Doctor Jeffrey Zou
DIRECTOR - ENGAGEMENT & INTERNATIONAL,
Deans Unit School of Computing, Engineering & Math
SENIOR LECTURER,
Engineering and Construction Management
Personal
Qualifications
- PhD University of Sydney
- MSc Zhongshan University
- BSc Zhongshan University
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Deans Unit School of Computing, Engineering & Math
- Engineering and Construction Management
Contact
| Email: | J.Zou@uws.edu.au |
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| Extension: | 2312 |
| Mobile: | 0449257498 |
| Location: | XB.2.41 Penrith (Kingswood) |
| Website: |
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Biography
Jeffrey received a PhD degree in digital image processing from the University of Sydney in 2001. His PhD research was supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award and a Norman I. Price Scholarship. He was a Research Associate and then an Australian Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Sydney from 2000 to 2003, working on projects funded by the Australian Research Council. He joined the University of Western Sydney as a Lecturer in June 2003, where he is currently a Senior Lecturer.
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Publications
Chapters in Books
- Uy, B., Zhu, X., Xiang, Y., Zou, J., Liyanapathirana, R., Gunawardana, U., Pap, L. and Perera, H. (2011), 'Civionics--An emerging interdisciplinary research area in Australia', Structural Health Monitoring in Australia, Nova Science Publishers 9781617288609.
- Ye, Z., Fang, G., Chen, S. and Zou, J. (2011), 'Image Selection Based on Grayscale Features in Robotic Welding', Artificial Intelligence and Computational Intelligence, Springer-Verlag 9783642238956.
- Dinham, M., Fang, G. and Zou, J. (2011), 'Experiments on Automatic Seam Detection for a MIG Welding Robot', Artificial Intelligence and Computational Intelligence, Springer-Verlag 9783642238864.
- Shan, Y., Deng, G. and Zou, J. (2009), 'Recent Advances in Image Analysis and Data Mining for DNA Microarray Processing', New Signal Processing Research, Nova Science Publishers, Inc. 9781604564792.
Journal Articles
- Leo, C., Tokeshi, K., Zou, J. and Liyanapathirana, S. (2013), 'Investigation of dynamically compacted ground by HVSR-based approach', Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 10.
- Zou, J. and Leo, C. (2013), 'A robust search paradigm with Enhanced Vine Creeping Optimization', Engineering Optimization, 20.
- Leo, C., Zou, J. and Liyanapathirana, S. (2013), 'Compaction evolution observed via the HVSR of microtremors', Geotechnique Letters, 4.
- Harutoonian, P., Leo, C., Doanh, T., Castellaro, S., Zou, J., Liyanapathirana, D., Liyanapathirana, S., Wong, H. and Tokeshi, K. (2012), 'Microtremor measurements of rolling compacted ground', Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 9.
- Pap, L., Zou, J. and Uy, B. (2012), 'Accurate measurement of translational shifts by adaptively masking phase correlation', Electronics Letters, 3.
- Harutoonian, P., Leo, C., Doanh, T., Castellaro, S., Zou, J., Liyanapathirana, S., Wong, H. and Tokeshi, K. (2012), 'Microtremor measurements of rolling compacted ground', Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 9.
- Chu, R. and Zou, J. (2011), 'Polarisation mode dispersion in transverse strain sensor based on optical fibre Solc filter', Electronics Letters, 3.
- Chu, R. and Zou, J. (2010), 'Transverse Strain Sensing Based on Optical Fibre Solc Filter', Optical Fibre Technology, 5.
- Le Brese, C. and Zou, J. (2009), 'Identification of spots in rotated and skewed microarray images', Optical Engineering, 12.
- Morrison, P. and Zou, J. (2007), 'Triangle refinement in a constrained Delaunay triangulation skeleton', Pattern Recognition, 12.
- Zou, J. (2006), 'Efficient Skeletonisation Based on Generalised Discrete Local Symmetries', Optical Engineering, 7.
- Morrison, P. and Zou, J. (2006), 'Skeletonization Based on Error Reduction', Pattern Recognition, 11.
- Zou, J. and Yan, H. (2005), 'A Deblocking Method for BDCT Compressed Images Based on Adaptive Projections', I E E E Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 6.
- Zou, J., Yan, H. and Levy, D. (2003), 'Reducing artifacts in block-coded images using adaptive constraints', Optical Engineering, 12.
- Zou, J., Chang, H. and Yan, H. (2001), 'Shape skeletonization by identifying discrete local symmetries', Pattern Recognition, 11.
Conference Papers
- Russell, A. and Zou, J. (2012), 'Vehicle detection based on color analysis', International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies, Gold Coast, Qld..
- Harutoonian, P., Leo, C., Tokeshi, K., Zou, J., Liyanapathirana, S., Golaszewski, R. and Moyle, R. (2012), 'Site compaction assessment : comparison of surface wave methods', International Conference on Ground Improvement and Ground Control, Wollongong, N.S.W..
- Harutoonian, P., Chapman, B., Young, C., Leo, C. and Zou, J. (2010), 'Near Surface Soil Characterisation by Passive Ambient Noise HVSR Method', GeoShanghai International Conference 2010, Shanghai, China.
- Le Brese, C., Zou, J. and Uy, B. (2010), 'An Improved ASIF Algorithm for Matching Repeated Patterns', 2010 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Hong Kong.
- Pap, L. and Zou, J. (2010), 'Sub-Pixel Edge Detection for Photogrammetry Using Laplace Difference of Gaussian and 4th Order ENO Interpolation', 2010 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Hong Kong.
- Young, C., Zou, J. and Leo, C. (2010), 'Vine Creeping Algorithm for Global Optimisation', 2010 Second World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing, Kitakyushu, Japan.
- Pap, L., Zou, J., Uy, B. and Xiang, Y. (2009), 'Sub-Pixel Edge Detection for Structural Health Monitoring', 4th International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Morrison, P. and Zou, J. (2009), 'Efficient Hierarchical Graph Matching', 2009 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Cairo, Egypt.
- Young, C. and Zou, J. (2008), 'Adaptive circular object detection', 2nd International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems, Gold Coast.
- D'Cruz, C. and Zou, J. (2007), 'Lane Detection for Driver Assistance and Intelligent Vehicle Applications', The 7th International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies (ISCIT 2007), Sydney, Australia.
- Pap, L. and Zou, J. (2007), 'Image Enhancement for DNA Microarray Gridding Using Conditional Convolution Sub-Block Histogram Equalization', The 7th International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies (ISCIT 2007), Sydney, Australia.
- Le Brese, C. and Zou, J. (2006), 'Automatic Gridding of Rotated Microarray Images', International Conference on Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Singapore.
- Saffarian, N. and Zou, J. (2006), 'DNA Microarray Image Enhancement Using Conditional Sub-Block Bi-Histogram Equalization', IEEE International Conference on Video and Signal Based Surveillance 2006, Sydney, Australia.
- Vareljian, V. and Zou, J. (2006), 'Intelligent Elevator Control by Application of Computer Vision', The 4th International Conference on Active Media Technology (AMT06), Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
- Morrison, P. and Zou, J. (2005), 'Achieving a More Accurate Skeleton Through the Refinement of Skeletonization Triangles', Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA 2005), 8th Biennual Conference of the Australian Pattern Recognition Society., Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
- Morrison, P. and Zou, J. (2005), 'An Effective Skeletonization Method Based on Adaptive Selection of Contour Points', Third International Conference on Information Technology and Applications, Sydney, Australia.
- Shearer, M. and Zou, J. (2005), 'Detection of Dominant Points Based on Noise Suppression and Error Minimisation', Third International Conference on Information Technology and Applications, Sydney, Australia.
- Zou, J. (2004), 'Reducing artefacts in BDCT-coded images by adaptive pixel-adjustment', 17th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Cambridge, UK.
- Zou, J. (2003), 'A fast skeletonization method', Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications, Sydney, Australia.
- Zou, J. and Yan, H. (2003), 'Model-based smoothing for reducing artifacts in compressed images', ICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing , .
- Zou, J. and Yan, H. (2002), 'A POCS-based method for reducing artifacts in BDCT compressed images', International Conference on Pattern Recognition , .
- Zou, J. and Yan, H. (2001), 'Skeletonization of ribbon-like shapes based on regularity and singularity analyses', IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and cybernetics Part B, .
Research
Jeffrey’s research interests include digital image processing, pattern recognition, signal processing and their applications to structural health monitoring and geotechnical characterisation. He has been involved in research on strain measurement based on visual information, ambient noise analysis for soil structure determination, video surveillance, computer vision for driver assistance, DNA microarray image processing, ultrasound imaging, computer-aided cartooning, digital image compression and shape representation.
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Current Projects
| Title: | A Vision Controlled Autonomous Multi-Robot Welding System |
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| Years: | 2009-08-04 - 2014-04-29 |
| ID: | P00016583 |
| UWS Researchers: | Gu Fang and Jeffrey Zou |
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Previous Projects
| Title: | Vectorization for Computer-Aided Cartooning |
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| Years: | 2004-01-20 - 2005-01-19 |
| ID: | P0010282 |
| UWS Researchers: | Jeffrey Zou |
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| Title: | Geotechnical characterisation of compacted ground based on passive ambient noise techniques |
| Years: | 2009-02-24 - 2013-06-30 |
| ID: | P00016201 |
| UWS Researchers: | Chin Leo and Jeffrey Zou |
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Supervision
Doctor Zou is available to be a principal supervisor for doctoral projects
Current Supervision
| Title: | Autonomous Navigation for Ground Vehicles Concerning Safety of Road Users and Pedestrians |
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