Dr. AJMAL S. MIAN

Australian Postdoctoral Fellow

Computer Science & Software Engineering
The University of Western Australia
35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA 6009
Phone: +61-8-64882702    Fax: +61-8-64881089
email: 

Qualifications
B.E. Avionics 1993
M.S. Information Security 2003
Ph.D. Computer Science (UWA) 2007


I have funding for a PhD student in the area of computer vision [details].

Publications


Research

Multimodal (2D/3D) face recognition 

3D object recognition
(3D models and 2.5D scenes available for download)

3D modeling
(2.5D views of objects available for download)
Internet key exchange 
(Java code available for download)

I also collaborate with Mark Walters, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children to develop software tools that will assist in planning craniofacial surgery of children with cleft lip and palate.

Research Grants and Awards
Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship (APD), 2008
Prize for Higher Degree by Research Achievements, 2007
Australasian Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2006 (download thesis)
UWA Research Grant, 2007

Special Commendation for Higher Degree by Research Achievements, 2006
Postgraduate Research Travel Award 2005

Pictures :-)

PhD student
Faisal R. Al-Osaimi (co-supervised with Prof. M. Bennamoun)

Conference Committee Member
International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications (VISAPP),  Portugal, 2008.
International Conference on Machine Vision (ICMV), 2007
British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), UK, 2007
International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications (SIGMAP), Spain, 2007.
International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications (VISAPP),  Spain, 2007.
International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications (SIGMAP), Portugal, 2006.

I am (have been) a reviewer for the following journals
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Anaylsis and Machine Intelligence (IEEE TPAMI)
International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV)
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (IEEE TCSVT)
IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
Image and Vision Computing (Elsevier)
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory (IEEE IT)
Pattern Recognition Letters (Elsevier)
IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics (IEEE SMC)
Signal Processing Journal (Elsevier)
Assembly Automation (Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.)
Industrial Robot (Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.)
Sensor Review (Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.)

I have reviewed papers for the following conferences
Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ),  2006.
The 19th Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2006.
British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), 2006.
Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ), 2005.
The 18th Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2005.
International Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications (ISSPA), 2005.
International Conference on 3D Digital Imaging and Modeling (3DIM), 2005.
IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2005.
The International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN), 2004.