Education background


 
 Postgraduate
2001 - 2004
 Ph.D. in Engineering, Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering, the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Topic: "Particle Filtering Methods for Acoustic Source Localisation and Tracking"
1999 - 2000
 M.Phil. in Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Topic: "Real-Time Implementation of a Nearfield Broadband Acoustic Beamformer"
 

Undergraduate
1994 - 1999
 Dipl. El.-Ing. ETH (electrical engineering), Department of Electrical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland (ETHZ). Specialisation in Signal Processing.
Diploma work: "Implementation of Control Algorithms for a Satellite Laser Pointing Mechanism"


Work experience


2008 - present
 Research Scientist with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), within the division of Mathematical and Information Sciences in Floreat, Western Australia. This position currently involves the use of image processing techniques for remote sensing data such as airborne and satellite imagery, as well as synthetic aperture radar (SAR). The focus is on the multi-sensor integration and analysis of spatial and temporal data in order to provide accurate information on environmental factors such as vegetation cover and land use, as well as their changes over time. These projects are carried out in collaboration with various industrial and governmental organisations in Australia and overseas.
2005 - 2008
 Research Fellow within the Signal Processing Laboratory at the Western Australian Telecommunications Research Institute (WATRI), Perth, Australia. My research at WATRI dealt with various aspects of array signal processing, acoustic speaker tracking and speech enhancement. An example of the type of research I was working on can be found here. As part of my work at WATRI, I was involved in the LaMP research project carried out in collaboration with, and partly funded by NICTA.
2004 (3 months)
 Research Engineer with National ICT Australia Ltd (NICTA). This work involved the implementation of a real-time algorithm for localising and tracking an acoustic source in reverberant environments, using an array of microphones. This algorithm was based on a particle filtering method using importance sampling, developed during my previous Ph.D. research. Some demonstration results from this application can be found here.


Curriculum Vitæ


For more information, have a look at my Curriculum Vitæ (version March 2009): either full-blown version (77kB) or condensed form (66kB). Or simply browse the menus on the left for online information.


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