About me
Hamid received his PhD and MSc degrees in computer science from Tokyo Institute of Technology, in 2006 and 2003, respectively. He is currently a professor at Murdoch University (Australia). He has experience in leading and managing large, multi-disciplinary academic units, overseeing the development and delivery of a large portfolio of courses across multiple disciplines (Information Technology, Mathematics and Statistics, Media and Communication) and locations (Perth, Singapore, and Dubai).
His main expertise is in Machine Learning, 3D Computer Vision, and Computer Graphics. While his primary focus is on fundamental research, he undertakes cross-disciplinary and translational research across agriculture, animal science, biosecurity and health. He also provides consultancy services to industries and companies interested in translating research outcomes to end-user products.
His research interests include:
(1) 3D reconstruction, modelling and analysis of static and dynamic objects, using tools from artificial intelligence, machine learning, statistics and differential geometry. In addition to solving the underlying fundamental problems, I also target applications such as modelling and simulation in computer graphics, medical diagnosis, and sports analytics.
(2) Virtual and augmented reality in Health, and
(3) Machine learning, computer vision and image processing for Health, Agriculture and Biosecurity.
Hamid co-authored two books published, respectively, in 2017 and 2019, and more than 40 articles in top journals including IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence and ACM Transactions on Graphics (Siggraph). My work received multiple awards including the Best Paper Awards at (1) the Eurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing (2017), (2) the APRS/IAPR Best Paper Prize at DICTA (2012), and (3) the IEEE International Conference on Shape Modelling (2006). He has also received the Japan Society of Art and Science Award (2008) for the best computer graphics paper published between 2006 and 2008. I was also the recipient of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship (April 2006 to March 2008).
He is a Chief Investigator on two ARC Discovery Grants. He was also a Chief Investigator on two ARC Linkage projects, working in close collaboration with industry partners on problems related to image-based phenotyping, data analytics, and machine learning in agriculture and plant biology.