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Contact
E: hugh acfr.usyd.edu.au
P: +61 2 9351 5583
F: +61 2 9351 7474
Room 208
Rose Street Building J04
The University of Sydney 2006 NSW
Qualifications
PhD in Systems Engineering,
University of Pennsylvania, 1986.
MSE in Systems Engineering,
University of Pennsylvania, 1985.
BSc (Eng) in Nuclear Engineering, 1st Class Honours
University of London, 1983.
Employment
10/02-Current ARC Federation Fellow
1/99-10/02 Director, Australian Centre for Field Robotics
7/95-10/02 Professor of Mechatronic Engineering, Department
of Aerospace, Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering,
The University of Sydney.
10/87-6/95 University Lecturer in Engineering Science,
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Fellow of Oriel College Oxford.
10/86-9/87 Research Fellow, Department of Engineering
Science, University of Oxford.
Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford.
Research Interests
My research focuses on two main
areas; navigation of autonomous vehicles and senor data
fusion.
In navigation I pioneered the application
of Kalman filter and target-tracking methods to the
problem of robot localisation. This has had substantial
impact in robotics; Many operational mobile robots now
use these methods for localisation. I also introduced
the revolutionary Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping
(SLAM) method. Interest in SLAM is now exploding. My
research work is now focused on general probabilistic
SLAM problems appropriate to very unstructured, outdoor
and underwater, environments.
In data fusion I introduced and pioneered
decentralised data fusion algorithms based on the information
filter. While I initially undertook this work in the
early 1990s, these algorithms are now being used as
the theoretical underpinning for many new concepts in
network-centric warfare systems. The ACFR now receives
considerable funding from overseas defence companies
in the UK and US for the development and implementation
of this theory. New research work is broadening the
scope of these methods to general information fusion
problems.
Awards and Prizes
Business and Higher Education
Award:
Awarded by Department of Industry (Australia) for innovation
in collaborative R&D. (2000)
Best Paper Prize
IEEE International Symposium on Robotics in Construction.
(1999)
Best Paper Prize
IEEE Data Fusion Symposium. (1996)
UK Engineer of the Year
(Highly Commended) Awarded by the UK Manufacturing Industry
Association. (1994)
Best Paper Prize
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Intelligent
Systems (IROS). (1993)
Thouron Award
For postgraduate study at the University of Pennsylvania,
USA. (1983-1985)
Drapers Award
Best undergraduate performance at the University of
London. (1981 and 1983)
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