Volker Hilsenstein
Research Scientist ICT
Contact
Autonomous Systems Lab
CSIRO ICT Centre
QCAT, 1 Technology Ct, Pullenvale, Qld 4069
Tel: 61 7 3327 4581
Fax: 61 7 3327 4455
Email
Projects
- Smart Skies (UAV)
- Improving prawn feed efficiency (optical sensing of prawns)
Science Area
- Robotics
Biography
Volker joined the ICT Centre Autonomous Systems Lab in January 2009.
Currently he works on a joint project with the Tasmanian ICT Centre and AQ1 Systems where he investigates the use of optical sensing and sizing of prawns for improving acquaculture efficiency.
Prior to that he worked for the smart skies project where he worked on camera pose estimation and tracking and evaluated cameras for use in obstacle avoidance.
Before joining the ICT Centre, Volker worked for CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences (CMIS) where he develeoped image analysis algorithms with a focus on automated microscopy. Also at CMIS, Volker built an early prototype for an automated opal grading system which has meanwhile been commercialized and won an Engineering Excellence Award from Engineers Australia (Sydney Region).
Volker received his Doctoral and his Diplom degrees in Physics from the University of Heidelberg for his research on water wave imaging to investigate air-sea gas exchange processes.
Research interest include: computer vision, digital image processing, image morphology, automated microscopy, thermal infrared imaging (thermography), UAVs, multi-media photogrammetry.
Academic Qualifications
| 2004 | Dr. rer. nat., Combined Faculties for the Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany |
| 2000 | Dipl.-Phys (Physics), Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany. |
Recent Professional Experience
| 2009-current | Research Scientist, Autonomous Systems Lab, CSIRO ICT Centre, Pullenvale |
| 2007-2008 | Research Assistant (casual), ITEE, University of Queensland |
| 2004-2007 | Post-Doctoral Researcher, Biotech Imaging, CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences, St Lucia |
| 2003 | Research Visitor, ANU/NICTA, Canberra |
| 2000-2004 | Research Assistant, Institute for Environmental Physics and Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing, University of Heidelberg, Germany |
Achievements & Awards
| 2009 | Engineers Australia Sydney Region Engineering Excellence Award (Innovations & Inventions), member of the CSIRO team working on the Gemmological Digital Analyzer. |
| 2009 | Engineers Australia Sydney Region Highly Commended (Engineering for Regional Communities), member of the CSIRO team working on the Gemmological Digital Analyzer. |
| 2003 | Best oral presentation, 1st International Summer School on Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS), Cargese (Corsica), France. |
| 2003 | Best poster, 1st International Summer School on Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS), Cargese (Corsica), France. |
Science Citizenship
| 2011 | Reviewer ICRA 2011 |
| 2010 | Reviewer ICRA 2010 |
| 2010 | Program committee member Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ 2009) |
| 2009 | Program committee member Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ 2009) |
| 2008 | Reviewer IVCNZ 2008 |
| 2006 | Reviewer IVCNZ 2006 |
Top 10 Publications
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| Kahl, F., Hartley, R., Hilsenstein, V., Novelty Detection in Image Sequences with Dynamic Background. Proc. 2nd Workshop on Statistical Methods in Video Processing (ECCV'04), Prague, Czech Republic, 2004. |
| Hilsenstein, V., Surface Reconstruction of Water Waves using Thermographic Stereo Imaging, In Proceedings of Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ 2005), pp 102-107, Dunedin, New Zealand, 28-29 November 2005. |
| Sun, C., Beare, R., Hilsenstein, V., and Jackway, P.T., Mosaicing of Microscope Images with Global Geometric and Radiometric Corrections, Journal of Microscopy, Blackwell Publishing, Vol. 224, Pt 2 November 2006, pp. 158-165. |
| P. G. Allingham, W. Barris, A. Reverter, V. Hilsenstein, R. van de Ven and D. L. Hopkins, "Sire and growth-path effects on sheep meat production. 3. Fascicular structure of lamb loin muscle (m. longissimus lumborum) and the impact on eating quality", Animal Production Science, vol 49, no 3, pp. 239-247, 2009. |
| Hilsenstein, V., Robust Autofocusing for Automated Microscopy Imaging of Fluorescently Labelled Bacteria. In Proceedings of Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA 2005), Cairns, Australia, 6-8 December 2005, IEEE Computer Society Press |
| Hilsenstein, V., Jackway, P.T. and Allingham, P., An Automated System for Microscopy Imaging and Analysis of Histology Slides with an Application in Sheep Meat Morphometry, In Proceedings of Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ 2006), Great Barrier Island, New Zealand, 27-29 November 2006 |
| Sun, C., Hilsenstein, V., Beare, R. and Jackway, P.T., Mosaicing of Microscope Images. In Proceedings of the Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA 2005), Cairns Convention Centre, Australia, 6-8 December 2005, IEEE Computer Society Press. |
| Hilsenstein, V., Jackway, P.T. and Allingham, P., An Automated System for Microscopy Imaging and Analysis of Histology Slides with an Application in Sheep Meat Morphometry, In Proceedings of Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ 2006), Great Barrier Island, New Zealand, 27-29 November 2006. |
| Hilsenstein, V. Design and Implementation of a Passive Stereo-Infrared Imaging System for the Surface Reconstruction of Water Waves. Ph.D. Thesis, Combined Faculties for the Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany, May 2004. |
| Hornabrook, G.A., Marchant, S.N., Lummis, R.H., Primmer, K.E., Sutton, P.B., Hornabrook, A.N., Bischof, L., Lagerstrom, R., Hilsenstein, V., Imrie, R.G., "Apparatus and methods for assessment, evaluation and grading of gemstones", WIPO Patent WO/2008/119125, 2008 |