CV of Michael Milford

Career Objective

To obtain a position in which I can conduct pioneering research and develop new technologies in the fields of robotics, computer vision and artificial intelligence.

Details

Name	Michael John Milford	Email	michaelmilford@gmail.com
Address	Brisbane QLD Australia	Telephone
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Education

Feb 2003 - Aug 2006	PhD in the field of Electrical Engineering University of Queensland    Awarded November 2006 Dean’s Commendation List for Outstanding Theses (top 10%)
Feb 1999 - Dec 2002	Bachelor of Engineering (Honours Class I) in the field of Mechanical and Space Engineering University of Queensland    Awarded the University of Queensland Medal (top 2% of graduates) Grade Point Average of 6.9 out of 7

Awards and Scholarships

2007	Young Queenslander of the Year Finalist Department of the Premier and Cabinet
2006	Queensland Young Achiever of the Year Science and Technology

Professional Experience

February 2007 onwards	Research Fellow, Thinking Systems Project The Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Australia   Working as part of a team of researchers investigating how brains understand spatial systems, and the neural, behavioural, and information processing bases of thinking systems. Developing new biologically inspired, vision-based navigation technologies for mobile robots and high speed all terrain robot platforms. Supervision of PhD and Masters students and a research assistant. Commercializing computer vision technologies. Regularly communicating results to the international community at conferences. Promoting research through international media exposure such as New Scientist Magazine and national television coverage. Regular reviewer for several journals and conferences.
Aug 2006 - Feb 2007	Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Mobile Robotics Group School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Australia   Computational modelling of spatially responsive cells in the rodent brain. Development of a biologically inspired robot demonstrator for long term autonomous operation in real world environments. Supervision of undergraduate students.
February 2003 - Present	PhD Researcher, Mobile Robotics Group The University of Queensland Created software models of biological systems and implemented these models on a range of robotics platforms. Developed new technologies allowing for robot navigation and goal orientated behaviour in completely novel environments. Maintained and upgraded the hardware and software for several mobile robots. Contributed towards work leading to a $200,000 Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant and a $3,300,000 Thinking Systems Grant.

Funding

New Staff Research Start Up Grant ($12K)

Learning Optimal Foraging Behaviour in Real-World Environments

Referees

 

Provided upon request.

List of Peer-Reviewed Publications and Patents

Books and Research Monographs

1. *[1]M. Milford, Robot Navigation From Nature, Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, Volume 41, Springer-Verlag, 2008.

Book Chapters

1. M. J. Milford, G. Wyeth, "Spatial Mapping and Map Exploitation: a Bio-Inspired Engineering Perspective", Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), 2008.

Refereed Journal Articles

1. *M. J. Milford, G. Wyeth, "Persistent Navigation and Mapping using a Biologically Inspired SLAM System", The International Journal of Robotics Research, 2009 (IF 2.9).
2. G. Wyeth, M. J. Milford, "Spatial Cognition for Robots: Robot Navigation from Biological Inspiration", IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 2009 (IF 3.0).
3. *M. J. Milford, G. Wyeth, "Mapping a Suburb with a Single Camera using a Biologically Inspired SLAM System", IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 24 (5), pp. 1038-1053, 2008 (IF 2.7).
4. M. J. Milford, R. Schulz, D. Prasser, G. Wyeth, J. Wiles, “Learning Spatial Concepts from RatSLAM Representations”, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, pp. 403-410, 2007 (IF 1.2).
5. M. J. Milford, "From Rats to Robots: Engineering a Functional Biomimetic Navigation System", Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, 141 (1-2), pp. 3-25, 2007.

Refereed Conference Papers

1. G. Wyeth, M. J. Milford, "Towards Lifelong Navigation and Mapping in an Office Environment", in proceedings of the International Symposium of Robotics Research, 2009.
2. Oates R., Milford M., Wyeth G., Kendall G., Garibaldi J.M. (2009) “The Implementation of a Novel, Bio-Inspired, Robotic Security System,” in proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, accepted January 2009, Kobe, Japan.
3. M. J. Milford, G. Wyeth, "Single Camera Vision-Only SLAM on a Suburban Road Network", in proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Pasadena, United States, 2008.
4. M. J. Milford, G. Wyeth, "Featureless Vehicle-Based SLAM with a Consumer Camera", in proceedings of the Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Brisbane, Australia, 2007
5. M. J. Milford, G. Wyeth, D. Prasser, "RatSLAM on the Edge: Revealing a Coherent Representation from an Overloaded Rat Brain", in proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Beijing, China, 2006.
6. R. Schulz, M. J. Milford, D. Prasser, G. Wyeth, J. Wiles, "Learning Spatial Concepts from RatSLAM Representations", "From sensors to human spatial concepts" in proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Beijing, China, 2006.
7. M.J. Milford, D. Prasser, G. Wyeth, "Effect of Representation Size and Visual Ambiguity on RatSLAM System Performance", in proceedings of the Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Auckland, New Zealand, 2006.
8. M. J. Milford, D. Prasser, G. Wyeth, "Experience Mapping: Producing Spatially Continuous Environment Representations Using RatSLAM," in proceedings of the Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Sydney, Australia, 2005.
9. S. Emami, G. Wyeth, M. Milford, D. Prasser, "Framework for the Long-Term Operation of a Mobile Robot via the Internet," in proceedings of the Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Sydney, Australia, 2005.
10. M. J. Milford, G. Wyeth, D. Prasser, "Efficient Goal Directed Navigation using RatSLAM," in proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Barcelona, Spain, 2005.
11. D. Prasser, M. J. Milford, G. Wyeth, "Outdoor Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping using RatSLAM," in proceedings of the International Conference on Field and Service Robots, Port Douglas, Australia, 2005.
12. M. J. Milford, G. Wyeth, D. Prasser, "Simultaneous Localization and Mapping from Natural Landmarks using RatSLAM," in proceedings of the Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Canberra, Australia, 2004.
13. D. Prasser, G. Wyeth, M. J. Milford, "Experiments in Outdoor Operation of RatSLAM," in proceedings of the Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Canberra, Australia, 2004.
14. W. Hu, T. Downs, G. Wyeth, M. J. Milford, D. Prasser, "A Modified Particle Filter for Simultaneous Robot Localization and Landmark Tracking in an Indoor Environment," in proceedings of the Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Canberra, Australia, 2004.
15. D. Prasser,  G. Wyeth, M. J. Milford, "Biologically Inspired Visual Landmark Processing for Simultaneous Localization and Mapping," in proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Sendai, Japan, 2004.
16. M. J. Milford, G. Wyeth, D. Prasser, "RatSLAM: A Hippocampal Model for Simultaneous Localization and Mapping," in proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, New Orleans, United States, 2004.  
17. M. J. Milford, G. Wyeth, " Hippocampal Models for Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping on an Autonomous Robot," in proceedings of the Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Brisbane, Australia, 2003.

Other Publications

1. M. Milford, “Robot Navigation From Nature: Simultaneous Localisation, Mapping and Path Planning Based on Hippocampal Models”, PhD thesis, University of Queensland, 2006.

Patents

1. M. Milford, G. Wyeth, “Method and Algorithm for Creating a Navigable Spatial Map of Panoramic Images from Video”, filed provisionally 2009.

 

 

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