Michael Brooks

Biography

Professor Mike Brooks is a leading international researcher in computer vision and image analysis. He holds the position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research) at the University of Adelaide. His work has seen wide commercial use in the security and defence industries and has resulted in international awards. Professor Brooks is a former Research Leader of Video Surveillance within the Australian Centre for Visual Technologies at the University of Adelaide and a former Head of the School of Computer Science of the University of Adelaide where he holds the Chair in Artificial Intelligence. He has published numerous influential papers in the field of computer vision, image analysis and surveillance. Professor Brooks is a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Computer Vision. He served on the board of National ICT Australia (NICTA) for over 10 years from 2005. He chaired the Go8 DVCsResearch Group from 2014-2016.

Research Interest

Recovery of 3D object shape and depth from visual imagery: stereo vision; motion vision; shape from shading; metrology; self-calibration. Statistical vision-parameter estimation. Applications in vision: networked video surveillance, object detection and tracking, behaviour analysis, intruder detection, depth and volume estimation, analysis of road accident and crime scene images, UAV video analysis; evolutionary feature programming.