Tom Drummond
About
Professor Drummond is the Melbourne Connect Chair of Digital Innovation for Society at the University of Melbourne. Prior to July 2021, he was Head of Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering at Monash University, where he was also Chief Investigator and Monash Node Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence in Robotic Vision.
His research interests include Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, High Performance Computing and Computer Vision, with a particular emphasis on real-time systems for Augmented Reality, Robotics and Assistive Technologies. He has received the Könderink prize and the ISMAR 10 year impact award for his research and has been awarded ARC and EU Framework research grants totalling in excess of $35M AUD as well as numerous funded industry collaborations.
