Professor and Pro Vice Chancellor (Business Creation and Major Facilities) at the University of Technology Sydney
Joined June 2014
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8 Mar 2025
A great time was had this week at @wacv_official 2025 in Tucson, Arizona. I presented our paper entitled: “FASTER: A Font-Agnostic Scene Text Editing & Rendering Framework”, which introduced a novel editing technique powered by #AI to deal with difficult text in digital imagery.
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26 Apr 2025
#LestWeForget | It was a beautiful Anzac Sunset Tribute at the @SydOperaHouse Forecourt | @RSLNSW @Channel7
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Michael Blumenstein retweeted
3 Mar 2025
#WACV2025 we are here! @ProfBlumenstein will be presenting our poster soon this session. For details about this amazing work on Scene Text Editing and Rendering @wacv_official , here's our paper link: arxiv.org/abs/2308.02905
Please come and visit our POSTER #111 this session!
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13 Oct 2024
Two black swans enjoying the beautiful spring weather (one was photobombing).
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4 Sep 2024
Congratulations to Dr @JiaoJiaoLi_Syd from @UTSFEIT who has won the Emerging Leader in Science Award at the @eurekaprizes! What a fantastic recognition of excellent research and #STEM engagement! @UTSEngage @UTSResearch #biomedicalengineering
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19 Apr 2024
UTS has been named as one of the world’s top universities for the study of 34 subjects in the latest edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject, with 14 of them ranked in the global top 100. Read more: ow.ly/xAeC50Rjwug
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20 Mar 2024
📢📢 #ICPR2024 deadline has been extended.
· Paper submission deadline: April 10, 2024 (extended)
· Competition Proposal submission deadline: March 27, 2024 (extended)
· Workshop proposal submission deadline: March 31, 2024
· Tutorial proposal submission deadline: June 15, 2024
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2 Jan 2024
Rise of #AI fuels debate over regulation. There’s a danger of stifling #innovation in our start-up ecosystem if we go down the path of over-regulation. @UTSEngage @UTSFEIT | @ylecun @pmddomingos | abc.net.au/listen/programs/a…
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Michael Blumenstein retweeted
1 Dec 2023
UTS and @Sydney_Uni will work together on Digital Central, an ambitious collaboration to harness the strength of the two unis in digital sciences and technologies, giving students the opportunity to work directly with the biggest and brightest in tech: ow.ly/Fq0m50QecMl
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Michael Blumenstein retweeted
1 Nov 2023
Research Ethics Coordinator IRC260564 @UTSEngage rb.gy/iigke Newly created role to ensure that the ethics function at UTS is reformative, adaptable, innovative, and sustainable! Play a key role in the continuous improvement of processes and systems. Closes 19/11.
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Michael Blumenstein retweeted
31 Oct 2023
International Assurance Coordinator IRC260561 @UTSEngage
HEW8, 1 FTE, continuing. Closes 19/11
If you are into geopolitics &national security, you are adaptive, and want to get into an exciting, evolving area then this job might be for you!
rb.gy/cs7ea
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27 Oct 2023
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3 Oct 2023
The Humanisation of AI is in part contributing to the type of hype and ‘doomerism’ inherent in the narrative of some commentators and non-technical experts that portray a complete misunderstanding of how AI works. @ylecun @pmddomingos theconversation.com/evolutio…
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Michael Blumenstein retweeted
25 Sep 2023
Distinguished Professor Mark Stewart from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering is going to great lengths to collect valuable data to help inform counter-terrorism strategies, including blowing up cars in the NSW outback:
uts.edu.au/news/tech-design/…
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Michael Blumenstein retweeted
30 Aug 2023
Congratulations to Dr Ying Zhu from the School of Biomedical Engineering, Dr Jiangfeng Zhu from the School of Electrical and Data Engineering and Dr Michael Ruppert from the School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering on receiving ARC DECRA 2024 Awards!
#UTSFEIT
25 Aug 2023
Today, the ARC has announced more than $86 million in funding for 200 new research projects to be undertaken as part of the ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) scheme.
Read more here: arc.gov.au/news-publications…
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23 Aug 2023
Congratulations @EsselleKaru and the team on an outstanding win at tonight’s #EurekaPrizes! @UTSFEIT @UTSEngage
23 Aug 2023
It is my great pleasure to lead this exceptional MetaSteerers Team that was awarded one of the "Oscars" of Australian Science. Congratulations to the team and thank all who contributed to this amazing achievement in various ways.
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Michael Blumenstein retweeted
Meet Prof Buddhima Indraratna FTSE, Dist. Professor of Civil Engineering at @UTSFEIT @UTSEngage who is revolutionising railway infrastructure in Australia & promoting sustainability through his innovative research. 🛤️ 🚆
More on his sustainable solutions: atse.org.au/news-and-events/…
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