Our Research

Research Themes

Computer Vision

• Robust geometric optimisation

• Structure-from-motion

• Simultaneous localisation and mapping

• 3D vision

• Visual place recognition

• Event-based vision

• Quantum AI

• Spiking neural networks

AI for Space

• Space-borne machine learning

• Spacecraft perception

• Vision-based navigation

• Autonomous rovers

Research Outputs

Publications

See DBLP or Google Scholar

Source Code and Demo Programs

• End-to-end learnable geometric vision by backpropagating PnP optimisation

• Deterministic consensus maximisation with biconvex programming

• Globally optimal point cloud registration

• Practical optimal registration of terrestrial LiDAR scan pairs

• Incremental rotation averaging

• As-projective-as-possible image stitching

• Globally optimal contrast maximisation for event-based motion estimation

• Visual localisation under appearance changes

• Clustering with hypergraphs: the case for large hyperedges

• ROSIA: Rotation-Search-Based Star Identification Algorithm

• Crater Identification by Perspective Cone Alignment

Commercial Outcomes

• Interactive LiDAR registration, now part of Maptek Point Cloud Studio

Datasets

• Adelaide RMF - multi-structure model fitting

• G2D - synthesis of urban scenes from games

• RobotEvt - event-based 3D rotation estimation

• Event-based star tracking

• SpotGEO - ground-based optical data for detection of objects in geostationary orbit

• SEENIC - event-based satellite pose estimation

• Event-based divergence estimation for spacecraft landing

• Spacecraft detection, segmentation and parts recognition

• TOPSPIN: daTaset Of sPinning objectS with neuromorPhic vIsioN

• Chang'e 5 Landing Camera Crater Detection Dataset

• CRESENT: a CRatEr-baSed pose estimation datasEt for cisluNarlocated spacecrafT

• Synthetic Lunar Terrain: A Multimodal Open Dataset for Training and Evaluating Neuromorphic Vision Algorithms

Research Honours and Awards

Best Paper Awards

• ECCV Best Paper Award Candidate (ECCV 2024), 1 out of 15 candidates, or top 0.6% of all accepted papers

• IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL) Best Paper Award, 2021

• DSTG Award (DICTA 2021)

• IAPR/IPRS Best Paper Award, DICTA 2019

• CVPRW Award (CVPR'19 Workshop on Event-based Vision and Smart Cameras)

• Best of ECCV 2018 (IJCV 2020 special issue).

• BMVC Award (BMVC 2018)

• DSTG Award (DICTA 2017)

• DSTO Award (DICTA 2015)

• CVPR Award (CVPR 2015)

Competitions

• Winner (Light Box Category), Kelvins Pose Estimation Challenge, European Space Agency, 2021

• 3rd Place and Innovation Award, NASA Space Robotics Challenge Phase 2, 2021

• Winner, Kelvins Pose Estimation Challenge, European Space Agency, 2019

Peer and Community Recognition

• Finalist, Academic of the Year, Australian Space Awards 2021

• Finalist, Academic of the Year, Australian Space Awards 2020

Student Awards

• Sofia Mcleod: ATSF EOS Space Systems Research Awards (Jupiter Program), 2022

• Cameron Mcleod: Best Computer Science Presentation Award, Ingenuity 2021

• Sofia Mcleod: Computer Science Innovation Award, Ingenuity 2020

• Zhipeng Cai: Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence, 2020

• Ryan Faulkner: Computer Science Innovation Award, Ingenuity 2019

• Ryan Marker: ASC Communications Award, 2016

• Ryan Marker: Google Award for Best Honours Thesis, 2016

• Álvaro Parra Bustos: Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence, 2016

• Marcus Low: Google Award for Best Honours Thesis, 2015

• Guosheng Lin: Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence, 2014

• Guosheng Lin: Google Ph.D. Fellowship, 2014

• Quoc Huy Tran: Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence, 2014

• Trung Thanh Pham: Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence, 2014

• Trung Thanh Pham: Invitation to Heidelberg Laureate Forum, 2013

• William X. Liu: Google Award for Best Honours Thesis, 2013

• Trung T. Pham: Google Ph.D. Fellowship, 2012