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See our new website at research.ict.csiro.au Alex Zelinsky Biography
Dr
Alex Zelinsky
CSIRO ICT Centre
Group Executive, Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies, and Director, CSIRO ICT CentreDr Alex Zelinsky is a leader in the Australian ICT industry who is recognised as an outstanding scientist and an innovator. Dr Zelinsky has successfully delivered R&D results of significant commercial value and global impact. Current activitiesDr Zelinsky is Group Executive, Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies, and Director, CSIRO Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Centre. He is a member of the CSIRO Executive Team. Under Dr Zelinsky’s leadership CSIRO is developing world class technology platforms for sensor & sensor networks and computational & simulation science. These platforms are being applied to underpin cross-disciplinary research across the CSIRO – particularly in energy, health, agriculture, manufacturing and environment applications. The platforms have a strong engagement with the CSIRO National Research Flagships. Dr Zelinsky also:
BackgroundBefore joining CSIRO in July 2004 Dr Zelinsky was CEO and co-founder of Seeing Machines, a high-technology company dedicated to developing state of the art computer vision systems. Prior to founding Seeing Machines Dr Zelinsky was Professor of Systems Engineering at the Australian National University (1996-2001). He has worked as a Research Scientist in the AIST Electrotechnical Laboratory, Japan (1992-1995) conducting research in robotics and computer vision. He worked as an academic – teaching and researching in computer science at the University of Wollongong (1984-1991). Dr Zelinsky started his career as a Systems Engineer with BHP Steel International (1978-1984). Since joining CSIRO has Dr Zelinsky has focused on building the research capabilities of the ICT Centre to address Australian national challenges, and the commercialisation of CSIRO technology through SME engagement (including start-ups), technology licensing and global partnering. Academic qualificationsDr Zelinsky has been awarded
AchievementsDr Zelinsky is internationally recognised for his research in robotics and computer vision, particularly in real-time computer vision systems for human-machine interfaces. He has published over 120 refereed papers and supervised 10 PhD students. He has served on the editorial boards of the leading journals and magazines in his field, including the program committees of international conferences. Dr Zelinsky's contributions to science have been recognised by numerous awards in Australia and internationally:
Dr Zelinsky has been elected:
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