Academic staff
Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering - Academic staff
Professor Scott Tyo
A/Professor Yan Wong
Deputy Head of Department
Research Interests:
Biomedical Engineering: Brain Machine Interfaces for upper limb movement control, visual cortex and retinal stimulation, improved cochlear implant fitting techniques, new electrode technologies such as stentrodes and the use of local field potentials to improve neural prostheses. Neuroscience: spike-LFP coding, movement planning and decision making
A/Professor Behrooz Bahrani
Research Interests:
My research is focused on application and control of power electronic converters. The aim is to explore advanced topologies and control techniques to facilitate massive integration of renewable energy resources.
Dr. Michael Burke
Research Interests:
Robotics, Robot learning and control, Machine learning, Computer vision, Probabilistic machine learning and statistical signal processing, field robotics
Dr. Pamela Carreno-Medrano
Research Interests:
Human-robot interaction, human-centred and embodied AI, robot learning, socially assistive robotics, affective computing
Dr. Bill Corcoran
Research Interests:
Applied Physics, Communication Systems, ENGINEERING, Electro-optical Technology, Electronic/Optical Materials, Fiber Optics, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Lasers, Optical Communications, Optics, Photonics, Physical Sciences, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY/MATHEMATICS/COMPUTER SCIENCE, Signal processing, Telecommunications
Dr. Mehdi Ghazavi Dozein
Research Interests:
1) Power System Dynamics and Stability of Emerging Renewable-Rich Power Systems, 2) Power System Integration and Operation of Hydrogen Technologies. 3) Understanding the real-life operational challenges in emerging power systems, also investigating their physical and operational characteristics.
Dr. Wynita Griggs
Research Interests:
Mathematical control theory, stability of dynamical systems, dissipative systems; Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), connected and/or autonomous vehicles; vehicle- and/or pedestrian-in-the-loop simulation (e.g., SUMO).
A/Professor Mehrtash Harandi
Research Interests:
Machine Learning Computer Vision Signal Processing
Professor David Hill
Research Interests:
Energy and power systems, dynamics, control, security, reliability, resilience
A/Professor Yi Hong
Research Interests:
Wireless Security, Error Control Coding, Modulation Techniques, Communications Technology, Secure UAV communications, Intelligent reflecting surface-aided Communications
A/Professor Nemai Karmakar
Research Interests:
RFID, Microstrip Antennas, Planar Phased Arrays, Array Signal Processing, Microwave Active and Passive Designs, Radar Systems, Direct Conversion Receivers, Satellite Communications.
A/Professor Lindsay Kleeman
Research Interests:
Real time Sensing and Robotics, including FPGA vision systems, ultrasonic sensing and mobile robot exploration, localisation and mapping. Real time signal processing and sensor integration for blind aids, such as the Monash Bionic Eye. Robotics, sensors, ultrasonic sensing, real time vision, robot mapping and localisation, sensor fusion.
Dr. Gayathri Kongara
Research Interests:
Software Defined Radios, Signal processing algorithms for wireless communication systems and Education focused research.
Professor Dana Kulic
Research Interests:
human-robot interaction, robot learning, human motion analysis
Dr. Juxi Leitner
Research Interests:
Robotic Manipulation, Machine Learning, Robotic Vision, Grasping, Space Robotics, Intelligent Robotics, Autonomous Robots, Entrepreneurship
A/Professor Jonathan Li
Research Interests:
Engineering Education - Student Engagement and Scalability using Technology, Mobile and Web applications, Network dimensioning, simulation and modeling, TCP/IP optimisation, Quality of Service (network and user-perceived),
Professor Arthur Lowery
Research Interests:
Bionic Vision, Brain-Machine Interfaces, Optical OFDM, Photonic Circuits and Systems, Optical Communications, Computer Simulation.
Dr. Faezeh Marzbanrad
Research Interests:
Biomedical Signal Processing, Machine Learning, Time-Frequency Analysis, Statistical Data Analysis, Time Series Analysis and Classification, Maternal and Fetal Healthcare.
Professor Rajendran Parthiban
Research Interests:
Optical Networks Visible Light Communication Vehicular Communication Grid/Cloud/Fog Computing Internet of Things VR/AR in Education
Professor Malin Premaratne
Director of Research
Research Interests:
Optics, BioOptics, Numerical Analysis, Numerical Software, Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Electrodynamics, Modeling and Simulation, Semiconductor Theory and Devices, Optics of Nano devices, Plasmonics, Software Engineering, Mathematics
Dr. Reza Razzaghi
Research Interests:
My research aims to deliver real-time monitoring, control, and advanced protection techniques to enhance reliability and security of power networks with the presence of volatile renewable energy resources.
Dr. Nicole Robinson
Research Interests:
Human-Robot Interaction, Social Robotics, Robot and AI Ethics, Healthcare and Medical Robotics, Psychological and Behavioural Science, Human Subject Research (High and Low Risk), Behavioural Interventions, Experimental Methodology (Clinical, Field, Natural and Laboratory), Randomised Controlled Trials.
Mr. James Salamy
Dr. James Saunderson
Research Interests:
Mathematical optimisation (methods based on convex optimisation and semidefinite programming). Algebraic structure in optimisation, and exploiting it to develop improved computational methods, with performance guarantees, for important classes of optimisation problems arising in practice.
Professor Emanuele Viterbo
Research Interests:
Error control coding for data storage, Modulation and coding for wireless communications, Sphere decoder, Algebraic space-time codes: Golden code and Perfect space-time codes, Lattices in wireless communications and algebraic number theory, Irregular and jittered sampling with applications to sensor networks and AD/DA conversion.
Professor Mehmet Yuce
Research Interests:
Wearable sensors, IoT Sensors, electronics, implantable devices, wireless body Area network (WBAN), energy harvesting, bio-sensors, neural engineering/recording, analog/radio-frequency/digital integrated circuits for wireless, biomedical, and RF applications.
Dr. Elizabeth Zavitz
Research Interests:
human and computer vision, visual neuroprosthetics, neuro-inspired AI, natural image perception, neural circuits for visual perception