Hugh Durrant-Whyte @ University of Sydney

Hugh Durrant-Whyte received the B.Sc. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of London, U.K., in 1983, and the M.S.E. and Ph.D. degrees, both in Systems Engineering, from the University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A., in 1985 and 1986, respectively. From 1987 to 1995, he was at the University of Oxford, U.K. In 1995 he became Professor of Mechatronic Engineering at University of Sydney and established the Australian Centre for Field Robotics. In 2002 he was awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) Federation Fellowship. He also now leads the ARC Centre of Excellence in Autonomous Systems. His research work focuses on autonomous vehicle navigation and decentralised data fusion methods. His work in applications includes automation in cargo handling, mining, defence, and marine systems. He has published over 300 technical papers and has won numerous awards and prizes for his work. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, an IEEE Robotics Society Distinguished Lecturer and a Fellow of the Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE).