Research

Research Projects at UC Computer Vision

Drones with Tools

Occlusion Project

Mussel Rope Scanning

Surveying Scallop Populations

Tree Modelling

Maaratech

Audio Visual Interactions with Invasive Predators

Blood Spatter Pattern Analysis

PhD Theses

Audio Visual Interactions with Invasive Predators for Autonomous Luring (Predator Free 2050 led) (2021-)

Ben McEwan 2021


Work in Progress.

Automated Tree Model and Metric Extraction from Point Clouds (2021-)

Harry Dobbs 2021 –


Work in Progress.

Dense 3D reconstruction of high frequency structures in the vineyard. (2019)

Casey Peat 2019 –


Work in Progress.

Mining Bloodstain Pattern data (2019-)

Rosalyn Rough 2019 –


Work in Progress.

Autonomous identification and sizing of scallops in situ (NIWA)(2019-)

Tim Rensen 2019 –


Work in Progress.

Visual-inertial odometry for windblown vegetated environments (2017-2023)

Sam Schofield 2017-2023


Precision of Pose Estimation using Corner Detection (2015-2021)

Matthew Edwards 2015-2021


Development and analysis of computer vision solution concepts using game engine based simulations in visually realistic environments. (2017-2019)

Ori Ganoni 2017-2019


Towards accurate earth-referenced LiDAR mapping with an autonomous mobile robot (2017-2019)

Matthew Young 2017-2019


Reconstruction of overhead electrical infrastructure for dynamic line rating using vehicle-mounted LiDAR (2014-2018)

Josh McCulloch 2014-2018


Verification based annotation for visual recognition (2012-2016)

Oliver Batchelor 2012-2016


Inference of vine structures from images (2012-2016)

Ricardo Marin 2012-2016


Asymptotically optimal path planning with integrated local optimisation for robotic vine pruning (2013-2016)

Scott Paulin 2013-2016


Statistical methods for correspondence problems with branched structures (2012-2015)

Davide Floriello 2012-2015


Image histogram features for nano-scale particle detection and classification (2008-2014)

Kapila Pahalawatta 2008-2014


Accurate high-resolution 3D surface reconstruction and localisation using a wide-angle flat port underwater stereo camera: towards autonomous ship hull inspection (2009-2014)

Robert Schattschneider 2009-2014


The Potential for Augmented Reality to Bring Balance between the Ease of Pedestrian Navigation and the Acquisition of Spatial Knowledge (2011-2014)

James Wen 2011-2014


The Application of Harmony Search in Computer Vision (2008-2011)

Jaco Fourie 2008-2011


Visual Navigation for mobile robots using the Bag-of-Words algorithm (2007-2010)

Tom Botterill 2007-2010

OPIRA: The Optical-Flow Perspective Invariant Registration Augmentation and Other Improvements for Natural Feature Registration.  (2005-2010)

Adrian Clark 2005-2010

Real Time Human Tracking in Unconstrained Environments (2005-2010)

Hongzhi Gao 2005-2010

Signal-linear representations of colour for computer vision (2005-2010)

Robert Grant 2005-2010

Texture-boundary detection in real-time (2006-2010)

Ray Hidayat 2006-2010

Multimodal Speech-Gesture Interaction with 3D Objects in Augmented Reality Environments (2006-2010)

Minkyung Lee 2006-2010

Masters Theses

CNN identification of vineyard posts and trunks in 3D datasets

William Herewini 2022 –

Work In Progress

Real-time sensor fusion (GNSS  IMU) aided single view geometry camera calibration

Dylan White 2022-

Work In Progress

Human-Safe Multi-Floor Autonomous Navigation for Mobile Service Robots (2021 – )

George Maltby 2021 –

Work In Progress

Weddell seal monitoring in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica: a novel approach (2020-2021)

Shanelle Dyer 2020-2021

Species classification on thermal video using a convolutional recurrent neural network. (2019-2021)

Chris Carr 2019-2021

Long range moiré patterns (2019-2021)

Sam Banks 2019-2021

Novel CNNs for target localisation to prune pine tree branches : tree pruning with a smart UAV. (2017-2018)

Tim Irving, S, 2017-2018

Tree position detection for autonomous UAV navigation (2016-2017)

Scott (Peiwen) Luo 2016-2017

Quantifying human behaviour in a retail environment (2014-2016)

Amr Dahawi 2014-2016

Development Of A Real-Time Pedestrian Localisation System For A Warehouse Environment (2015-2016)

Ryan Estep 2015-2016

An unmanned aerial vehicle for autonomous forestry cutover edge survey (2015-2016)

David Hunt 2015-2016

Real-Time Hybrid Tracking for Outdoor Augmented Reality (2011-2013)

Samuel Williams 2011-2013

Feature Recognition and Obstacle Detection for Drive Assistance in Indoor Environments

Brenda (Chunhui) Zheng 2009-2012

Robust Upper Body Pose Recognition in Unconstrained Environments using Haar-Disparity (2007-2008)

Chu, H. S. 2007-2008

Plant species biometric using feature hierarchies (2007-2008)

Kapila Pahalawatta 2007-2008

Large-Scale Display Interaction Techniques to Support Face-to-Face collaboration (2004-2006)

David Thompson 2004-2006

Novel algorithms for tracking small and fast objects in low quality images. (2004-2005)

Hongzhi Gao 2004-2005

BE Hons

Honours (BSc, BE) Projects

  1. Andrew Clifford 2021 Onboard Automated Collision Avoidance for Drones using RGBD Video
  2. Yu Duan 2021 Whale Geometry: Estimate the Size of Free-living Whales
  3. Jerome Grubb 2021 Forest restoration and forecasting
  4. Phillip Kim 2021 Improving the reliability and ease of bloodstain pattern analysis with quantitative techniques
  5. Laurence McKnight 2021 Improving the reliability and ease of bloodstain pattern analysis with quantitative techniques
  6. Hamish O’Keeffe 2021 Research projects in Aquaculture Technology
  7. David Turton 2021 Forest restoration and forecasting
  8. Manoj  Paladugu 2020 Protecting our borders from biosecurity threats: Six-sided container scanning to identify threats
  9. Joel Ridden 2020 Protecting our borders from biosecurity threats: Six-sided container scanning to identify threats
  10. Michael Shannon 2020 Protecting our borders from biosecurity threats: Six-sided container scanning to identify threats
  11. Aaron Smith 2020 Protecting our borders from biosecurity threats: Six-sided container scanning to identify threats
  12. Gavin Ong 2020 Autonomous Carts
  13. Priyesh Shah 2020 Autonomous Carts
  14. Max Andrew 2020 Orchard and Vineyard robotic scanning platform
  15. Vikas Shenoy 2020 Orchard and Vineyard robotic scanning platform
  16. Kevin Langbroek 2020 Orchard and Vineyard robotic scanning platform
  17. George Khella 2020
  18. Tim Chang 2020
  19. Campbell Mercer-Butcher 2020
  20. Marvin Goesmann 2020
  21. Alan Brook 2019 South Pacific Sera Ltd Visit Wilding Pines with a Drone
  22. Alex Tompkins 2019 ESR Automated Method for Single Bloodstain Measurement
  23. Jack Hay 2019 South Pacific Sera Ltd Visit Wilding Pines with a Drone
  24. James Morritt 2019 South Pacific Sera Ltd Visit Wilding Pines with a Drone
  25. Lachlan Brewster 2019 South Pacific Sera Ltd Visit Wilding Pines with a Drone
  26. David Lee 2018 Collecting Forest Metrics using UAV Photogrammetry
  27. Sam Bates 2018 Collecting Forest Metrics using UAV Photogrammetry
  28. Sam Beeston 2018 Collecting Forest Metrics using UAV Photogrammetry
  29. William Muir 2018 Collecting Forest Metrics using UAV Photogrammetry
  30. Dale Baker 2017 Detecting​ ​Branches​ ​In​ ​Depth​ ​Images​ ​Generated​ ​By​ ​An​ ​R200​ ​Camera
  31. Josh Nimmo 2017 Pedestrian Detection and Collision Avoidance
  32. Zac Todd 2017
  33. Bradley Kirwan 2016 Multi-hop ad hoc communication over WiFi in a UAV Swarm
  34. Haydon Baddock 2016 Wheelchair Data Logger
  35. James Harrison 2016 UAV Swarm: Localisation within a known indoor environment utilising fiducial markers
  36. Jay Harris 2016
  37. Josh Norton 2016
  38. Sam Schofield 2016 UAV Swarm: Autonomous Environment Mapping
  39. Su-Shing Chen 2016 Collision Avoidance with UAV Swarms
  40. Stephenson M, 2015
  41. Klopper J, 2013
  42. McCulloch J, 2013
  43. Watson R, 2013
  44. Flowers S, 2012
  45. Rasmus E, 2012
  46. Gittoes W, 2011
  47. Baguley G, 2009
  48. Eliot M, 2007
  49. Kelly B, 2006
  50. Sarjeant S, 2006
  51. Schoo M, 2006
  52. Highet R, 2004
  53. Vaghani K, 2004