Seminar: Adrian Ball, 5th Nov, 3p

When: Thurs 5th of Nov, 3p AEST Where: This seminar will be presented online, RSVP here. Speaker: Dr Adrian Ball Title: Boundary Fusion: An Ore Body Modelling Technique Abstract: Ore body modelling is focused on the estimation of ores and their transition boundaries. Typically, exploration holes are used to acquire ore data. Due to the …

Seminar: Abdul Qadir, 29th Oct, 1p

When: Thurs 29th of Oct, 1p AEST Where: This seminar will be presented online, RSVP here. Speaker: Dr Abdul Qadir Title: Grade Risk Minimisation in Network Planning under Uncertainty Abstract: In a network of mines and ports, the network planner has the responsibility of assigning material movements from mine sites to ports such that the …

Thesis Seminar: Nathan Wallace, 22nd Oct, 1p

When: Thurs 22nd of Oct, 1p AEST Where: This seminar will be presented online, RSVP here. Speaker: Nathan Wallace Title: Energy-aware Planning and Control of Off-road Wheeled Mobile Robots Abstract: Many modern agricultural properties are vast, often encompassing large areas of undulating off-road terrain with varying traction conditions, making them difficult to traverse for wheeled …

Seminar: Wilhelm Marais, 15th Oct, 1p

When: Thurs 15th of Oct, 1p AEST Where: This seminar will be presented online, RSVP here. Speaker: Wilhelm Marais Title: Coupled Control of Underwater Vehicle Manipulator Systems Abstract: Autonomous and remotely operated underwater vehicles are often fitted with one or more manipulators to increase the number of degrees of freedom of the system. This allows …

Congratulations to Steven Potiris who has satisfied the requirements for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Steven Potiris has successfully completed his PhD thesis, entitled “Robust and Efficient Individual Plant Mapping of Vegetable Crops”. The work was supervised by Professor Salah Sukkarieh and Dr Asher Bender. Congratulations Steven! Crop mapping can provide phenotype data for breeding research. To provide phenotyping data for individual plants,  a system must be able to detect …

Seminar: Yongliang Qiao, 8th Oct, 1p

When: Thurs 8th of Oct, 1p AEST Where: This seminar will be presented online, RSVP here. Speaker: Yongliang Qiao Title: Deep learning based cattle welfare measurement for precision livestock farming Abstract: With the increasing consumption demand on livestock production, global livestock industry has to feed more animals with limited environmental resources and the shortage of …

Seminar: A/Prof Craig Jin, 2nd Oct, 1p

When: Fri 2nd of Oct, 1p AEST Where: This seminar will be presented online, RSVP here. Speaker: A/Prof Craig Jin Title: Machine hearing tutorial from a microphone array viewpoint Abstract: This talk provides a tutorial overview for supporting machine hearing with microphone arrays and is targeted for those interested in adding microphone array processing to …

Looking for an Australian Summer research project with us? The Engineering Vacation Research Internship Program applications are now live, deadline is 14 October 2020.

Our Engineering Vacation Research Internship Program is designed to provide valuable research experience and is open to those students interested in pursuing a research career at a university or in industry. The Summer Research Program will run for 8 weeks from 14 December 2020 until 19 February 2021 (excluding the University’s closedown period). Below is …

Naoko Abe has received a grant from The Australian-French Association for Research and Innovation (AFRAN) Inc.

Centre researcher Naoko Abe has successfully received a grant from The Australian-French Association for Research and Innovation (AFRAN) Inc for her project “Australia-France Forum on Human-Machine Relationship”. Australia-France Forum on Human-Machine Relationship is a gathering at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, in order to discuss novel technologies deployed in Australia and France …

Seminar: Mehran Samavati, 24th Sept, 1p

When: Thurs 24th of Sept, 1p AEST Where: This seminar will be presented online, RSVP here. Speaker: Mehran Samavati Title: Development of a Material Movement Planning and Optimisation System for Rio Tinto Abstract: In the surface mining industry, material transportation management coordinates material movement through dynamically allocating trucks to transfer material from dig units to …

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