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PhD (Queensland University of Technology), BEng(hon)(Aerospace) (Royal Melbourne Inst. of Tech)
Dr Matthew Dunbabin joined QUT as a Principal Research Fellow (Autonomous Systems) in 2013. He is known internationally for his research into field robotics, particularly environmental robots, and their application to large-scale marine habitat restoration and monitoring, marine pest identification and control, and aquatic greenhouse gas mapping. He has wide research interests including vision-based perception and classification, vision-based navigation, adaptive sampling and path planning and cooperative robotics. Dr Dunbabin received his Bachelor of Engineering in Aerospace Engineering from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and his PhD from the Queensland University of Technology. He started his professional career in 1995 as a project engineer at Roaduser Research International, and following his PhD joined the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in the Autonomous Systems Laboratory. At CSIRO he held various roles including Principal Research Scientist, project leader and the Robotics Systems and Marine Robotics team leader before moving to QUT in 2013. A strong advocate of robotic systems in civilian applications, Dr Dunbabin is involved in a number of initiatives aimed at promoting, educating and demonstrating autonomous systems to a range of interest groups nationally and internationally. Awards and recognitions
- 2016: Google Impact Challenge – People’s Choice Award (Great Barrier Reef Foundation – RangerBot AUV: Chief investigator)
- 2016: Eureka Prize Finalist (research and innovation in environmental science), COTSBot team
- 2010: Australian ICT Industry Association (AIIA) National iAward for Research & Development (iSnet – Chief Investigator)
- 2007: Australasian Hydrographic Society Award of Recognition for Scientific & Technical Achievement.
- 2006: Australian Engineering Excellence Award, Engineers Australia (Starbug – Chief Investigator).
- 2006: Innovation Award, Queensland Engineering Excellence Awards, Engineers Australia (Queensland Division).
Career History 2013-Present: Principal Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology. 2009-2013: Principal Research Scientist, Team Leader and Project Leader: Autonomous Systems Laboratory, CSIRO ICT Centre. 2007-2009: Stream Leader, Wealth from Oceans Flagship, CSIRO. 2001-2007: Senior Research Scientist and Project Leader, Autonomous Systems Laboratory, CSIRO ICT Centre. 1995-1998: Project Engineer, Roaduser Research International Pty Ltd. More Information Details of Matthew’s current projects can be found here.
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- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2010
- Details
- National iAward for Research & Development (iSnet - Chief Investigator)
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2007
- Details
- Award of Recognition for Scientific & Technical Achievement
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- Australian Engineering Excellence Award (Starbug - Chief Investigator)
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- Innovation award, Queensland Engineering Excellence Awards (Starbug Project - Chief Investigator)
- Dayoub F, Dunbabin M, Corke P, (2015) Robotic detection and tracking of Crown-of-Thorns starfish, Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems p1921-1928
- Dunbabin M, Marques L, (2012) Robots for environmental monitoring: Significant advancements and applications, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine p24-39
- Grinham A, Dunbabin M, Gale D, Udy J, (2011) Quantification of ebullitive and diffusive methane release to atmosphere from a water storage, Atmospheric Environment p7166-7173
- Dunbabin M, Grinham A, (2010) Experimental evaluation of an autonomous surface vehicle for water quality and greenhouse gas emission monitoring, Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation p5268-5274
- Dunbabin M, Udy J, Grinham A, Bruenig M, (2009) Continuous monitoring of reservoir water quality: The Wivenhoe project, Water: Journal of the Australian Water Association p74-77
- Dunbabin M, Corke P, Vasilescu I, Rus D, (2009) Experiments with cooperative control of underwater robots, International Journal of Robotics Research p815-833
- Dunbabin M, Corke P, Vasilescu I, Rus D, (2006) Data muling over underwater wireless sensor networks using an autonomous underwater vehicle, Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation p2091-2098
- Dunbabin M, Usher K, Corke P, (2006) Visual motion estimation for an autonomous underwater reef monitoring robot, Field and service robotics: Results of the 5th International Conference [Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, Volume 25] p31-42
- Vasilescu I, Kotay K, Rus D, Dunbabin M, Corke P, (2005) Data collection, storage, and retrieval with an underwater sensor network, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems p154-165
- Clement R, Dunbabin M, Wyeth G, (2005) Toward robust image detection of crown-of-thorns starfish for autonomous population monitoring, Proceedings of the 2005 Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation p1-8
- Title
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Robotic Vision (ACRV)
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- CE140100016
- Start year
- 2014
- Keywords
- Robotic Vision; Robotics; Computer Vision
- Title
- Revolutionising protection against air pollution
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP150101828
- Start year
- 2015
- Keywords
- personal exposure monitoring; air pollution exposure; exposure risk management
- Title
- Establishing Advanced Networks for Air Quality Sensing and Analyses
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP160100051
- Start year
- 2017
- Keywords