Our people

• Professor Peter Chong
  Associate Head of School
  Expertise in wireless network, machine learning, vehicle systems
• Associate Professor Loulin Huang
  Expertise in dynamic control systems, robotics
• Dr Sira Yongchareon
  Senior Lecturer
  Expertise in machine learning, sensor data processing, human behaviour analysis
• Dr Jing Ma
  Lecturer
  Expertise in autonomous vehicles, machine learning

PhD students

• Chris Burns
  Project: Utilising Deep Learning Frameworks to Map and Monitor Coral Reef Benthic Composition from Remote Sensing Imagery
• Rujia Chen
  Project: Musical Instrument Recognition from Spectrogram Images Using Convolution Neural Network
• Kasun Gedara
  Project: Computational Methods for Visual Blockchain in Intelligent Surveillance
• Makelesi Gonelevu
  Project: Using Machine Learning to Predict Crop Yield
• Bo Ma
  Project: Privacy-Preserving Federated Machine Learning
• Nam Huu Le
  Project: Coverage and Trajectory Planning of UAVs
• Sendong Liang
  Project: Multimodal Speech Recognition
• Xiaoxu Liu
  Project: Virtual Characters Pose Recognition with Deep Learning
• Jianchun Qi
  Project: AI Model for Fall Prevention of the Elderly
  Project: Garbage Classification Using Deep Learning
• Manju Vallayil (P. Nand, W. Yan)
  Project: Applying Deep Learning for Large Scale Project Evaluation and Monitoring
• Bingjie Xiao
  Project: Fruits Ripeness Classification Using Deep Learning
• Farah Younas
  Project: Deep Learning Enabled Framework for Colorectal Polyp Classification
• Kun Zhao
  Project: New Deep Learning Models for Fruit Detection and Recognition

Master's degree student

• Yi Xia
  Project: Kiwifruit Yield Estimation

• Dr Wenjuan Lian (Shandong University of Technology, November 2022 – November 2023)
• Zhi Li (CSC, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, November 2022 – November 2023)
• Nikhil Kumar Yadav (Indian Institute of Technology, India, February 2020 – March 2020)
• Saurabh Inge (Indian Institute of Technology, India, February 2020 – March 2020)
• Jianfeng Liu (China Jiliang University, China, January 2020 – April 2020)
• Dr Xiaohui Yang (Jinan University, China, August 2019 – April 2020)
• Chengwen Song (China Jiliang University, China, July 2019 – October 2019)
• Deling Huang (CSC, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China, February 2019 – February 2020)
• Dr Sam Hitchman (AgResearch New Zealand, January 2019 – January 2020)
• Huanhuan Ji (Guilin University of Electronic Technology, China, December 2018 – December 2019)
• Dr Xiuhui Wang (CSC, China Jiliang University, China, August 2018 – August 2019)
• Dr Xia Li (China Jiliang University, China, August 2018 – February 2019)
• Ling Ding (Wuhan University, China, December 2017 – June 2018)
• Professor Chen Pan (China Jiliang University, China, August 2017 – February 2018)
• Dr Xiaotian Wu (Jinan University, Guangzhou China, January 2017 – February 2017)
• Dr Qin Gu (CSC, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, November 2016 – December 2017)
• Professor Xingle Feng (Chang’an University, Xi’an China, August 2016 – February 2017)
• Professor Mutshuhiro Terauchi (Hiroshima International University Japan, February – March 2016)
• Dr Yuanyuan Zhang (Shandong Academy of Sciences, Shandong China, February 2016 – February 2017)
• Professor Pedro Real (Universidad de Sevilla, Spain, November 2015 – December 2015)
• Professor Sung-Dae Park (South Korea, Dong-eui University, Busan, March 2015 – February 2016)
• Rafael Guillermo (Mexico, Centro de investigaciones en Óptica, June 2015 – September 2015)
• Liangyou Wang (Tongji University, Shanghai China, June 2015 – December 2015)

• Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
• Peking University, Beijing, China
• Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China
• Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
• Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan, China
• Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China
• Jinan University (UJN), Jinan, China
• Shandong University, Qingdao, China
• Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
• Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
• Xidian University, Xi’an, China
• Chang’an University, Xi’a,n China
• Dalian University, Dalian, China
• Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
• China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
• Jinan University (JNU), Guangzhou, China
• Macao University of Technology, Macao, China
• National University of Singapore, Singapore
• Indian Institutes of Technology, Palakkad, India
• University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
• University of Derby, Derby, UK
• University of Surrey, Derby, UK
• Queen Mary University of London, UK
• Queen’s Belfast, UK
• University of California Irvine (UCI), Irvine, USA
• University at Albany – State University of New York, USA
• Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, USA
• Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
• German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Berlin, Germany
• Deakin University, Australia
• University of Sydney, Australia
• Screen 2 Script Limited, Auckland, New Zealand
• EyeGate, Auckland, New Zealand
• Northland Innovation Centre, Whangara, New Zealand
• AgResearch, Palmerston North, New Zealand
• Auckland Transport, Auckland, New Zealand
• Scion Limited, Rotorua, New Zealand
• Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR), Auckland, New Zealand
• Massey University, Palmerston North & Auckland, New Zealand
• University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
• University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
• Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

• October 2022. Minh Nguyen, Design and Creative Technologies Summer Research Scholarship
• October 2022. Parma Nand, Design and Creative Technologies Summer Research Scholarship
• October 2022. Paramjeet Kaur, PhD degree, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• September 2022. Sabeeha Mehtab, PhD degree, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• July 2022. Farah Younas, PhD Scholarship, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• July 2022. Sendong Liang, R&D Fellowship Grant, Callaghan Innovation, New Zealand
• June 2022. Parma Nand, R&D Fellowship Grant, Callaghan Innovation, New Zealand
• June 2022. Wei Qi Yan, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Screen2Script Limited, New Zealand
• June 2022. Ji Ruan, AIRA AUT Constituency Representative
• June 2022. Mahesh Babu, School of Future Environments Contestable Research Fund
• June 2022. CeRV has been granted as a unit of school’s research theme: Intelligent Systems
• March 2022. Nikola Kasabov. Top computer science scientist in New Zealand
• March 2022.  Farah Sarwar, PhD degree, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• February 2022.  Yuanyuan Shen, PhD degree, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• February 2022. Minh Nguyen, Head of CSSE Department, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• February 2022. Arpita Dawda, PhD degree, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• January 2022. Maryam Doborjeh, Design and Creative Technologies Faculty Contestable Research Fund 2022, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

• November 2021. Nikola Kasabov, Life Fellow of the IEEE
• November 2021. Xiaoxu Liu, PhD scholarship, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• October 2021. Minh Nguyen, Associate Professor, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• October 2021. Ziyuan Luo, R&D Fellowship Grant, Callaghan Innovation, New Zealand
• October 2021. Dong Chen, PhD degree, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• October 2021. Antonius Paijens, PhD degree, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• September 2021. Kooshan Aryana, R&D Fellowship Grant, Callaghan Innovation, New Zealand
• August 2021. Sabeeha Mehtab, Fellowship of Northland Innovation Centre, New Zealand
• August 2021. Kelly Luo, Freemasons Scholarship, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• June 2021. Albert Yeap, Committee Member of AI Association, New Zealand
• June 2021. Nidhi Gowdra, PhD degree, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• March 2021. Maryam Doborjeh, Design and Creative Technologies Faculty Contestable Research Fund 2021, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• March 2021. Clarence Tan, PhD degree, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• March 2021. Solmaz Mansouri, PhD degree, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• February 2021. Jia Lu, PhD degree, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• February 2021. Peter Chong, Research Head of School
• January 2021. Mohammad Norouzifard, ISGV Reinhard Klette Award (Best Paper Award)
• January 2021. Nguyet Tran, ISGV Reinhard Klette Award (Best Paper Award)
• January 2021. Zhongbing Qin, ISGV Reinhard Klette Award (Best Paper Award)
• January 2021. Minh Nguyen, Granted proposal for an AUT (NZ) and PUCV (Chile) joint project

• December 2020. Na An, Fellowship of Northland Innovation Centre, New Zealand
• October 2020. Xuejun (Jack) Li, Associate Professor, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• September 2020. Jing Ma, Shandong Reinhard Klette Postdoctoral Fellowship, the SDAS, China
• September 2020. Edmund Lai, New Zealand Singapore Data Science Research Programme Fund, New Zealand
• September 2020. Bo Ma, PhD scholarship, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• May 2020. Syeda Fouzia, PhD degree, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• March 2020. Minh Nguyen, BCIS Programme Leader, Auckland University of Technology
• March 2020. Mohammad Norouzifard, PhD degree, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• February 2020. Mahmoud Al-Sarayreh, PhD degree, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

2019

• November 2019. Amita Dhiman, PhD degree, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• October 2019. Jing Ma, PhD degree, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• August 2019. Wei Qi Yan, Director of CeRV, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• August 2019. Jonas Hilty, PhD degree, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• June 2019. Mahmoud Al-Sarayreh, Akira Nakamura Award
• May 2019. Noor Saleem, PhD degree, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• May 2019. Jia Lu, PhD scholarship, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

2018

• December 2018. Mohammad Norouzifard, the Best Paper Award of ICS, Taiwan
• December 2018. Arpita Dawda, Callaghan Innovation PhD funds, New Zealand
• October 2018. Amita Dhiman, the Best Paper Award, I-SPAN, China
• September 2018. Noor Saleem, Akira Nakamura Award
• July 2018. Shereen Afifi, PhD degree, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• July 2018. Qin Gu, PhD degree, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China
• July 2018. Hongmou Zhang, PhD degree, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
• May 2018. Robert Yang, PhD degree, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• April 2018. Noor Saleem, the Best Presentation Award, IEEE ICCAR 2018, New Zealand

2017

• November 2017. Jing Ma, the best paper award of IEEE M2VIP, New Zealand
• November 2017. Hsiang-Jen Chien, PhD degree, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• September 2017. Abhimanyu Garhwal Singh, PhD degree, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• September 2017. Rivindu Perera, PhD degree, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• August 2017. Noor Saleem, the best student paper award, CAIP, Sweden
• August 2017. Minh Nguyen, a Fellow of the HEA (Higher Education Academy)
• July 2017. Xinyu Hu, PhD degree, University of Auckland, New Zealand
• June 2017. Noor Saleem, Akira Nakamura Award

2016

• November 2016. Martin Stommel, the best paper award of IEEE IVCNZ 2016, New Zealand
• August 2016. Dongwei Liu, PhD degree, University of Auckland, New Zealand
• August 2016. Haokun Geng, PhD degree, University of Auckland, New Zealand
• July 2016. Hsiang-Jen (Johnny) Chien, Akira Nakamura Award

2015

• August 2015. Junli Tao, PhD degree, University of Auckland, New Zealand
• July 2015. Simon Hermann, PhD degree, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany
• May 2015. Dongwei Liu, Akira Nakamura Award