Dr Russell Brinkworth

Telephone	+61 8 8303 3429
Position	ARC Research Fellow
Email	russell.brinkworth@adelaide.edu.au
Fax	+61 8 8303 3356
Building	Medical School South
Floor/Room	4 05a
Campus	North Terrace
Org Unit	Molecular and Biomedical Science, School of

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Qualifications

PhD BSc BEng (biomedical) Hons

Research Interests

Modelling biological motion processing. Specifically the calculations of self-motion and the tracking of small targets in complex backgrounds under realistic lighting conditions.

Community Engagement

I regularly host tours of the laboratory to interested school groups. These events included a discussion about science in general, including real world applications, as well as specifics about medical research and visual neuroscience. Students enjoy literally seeing the world from the perspective of a fly and also learning about how their eyes work very differently to modern cameras.

To register a group for a tour please use the contact information above. Examples Of Press Coverage:

www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news14341.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/09/060907-fly-camera.html

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060828-062516-2562r

http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/607

www.newscientist.com/article/dn9879-flyvision-sheds-light-on-murky-videos.html

http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2006/829/2

http://www.e4engineering.com/Articles/295906/Insect%20eyes%20see%20the%20dark%20half.htm

Files

How biological processing helps view small moving objects - Plane_text.jpg [127.7K] (image/jpeg)
Example of enhancing existing footage - Enhanced_Footage.jpg [135.5K] (image/jpeg)
Usefulness of biological processing in surveillance applications - Hit_small.mov [921.8K] (video/quicktime)
Surveillance under difficult lighting condition - Walking_v_small.mov [1.3MB] (video/quicktime)
How eyes work - what you really see - Window.jpg [194.3K] (image/jpeg)

Expertise for Media Contact

Categories	Engineering, Medicine and medical research
Expertise	Vision; Artificial Vision; Artificial Eyes; Vision Systems; Biomimetics; Bioinspired; Biological Vision; Motion Vision; Motion Processing; Data Analysis; Jaw Reflexes; Neuroscience; Eyes
Notes	Fresh Science Finalist 2006 (Science Media Prize)
Mobile	0434113645

Entry last updated: Sunday, 5 Oct 2008

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