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Dr Mark Berman

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Biography

Mark Berman is a mathematical statistician, who was with CSIRO Digital Productivity (DP), and its forerunners, between 1979 and 2014. Prior to joining CSIRO, he was a visiting lecturer in the Department of Statistics at the University of California, Berkeley (1978-1979). He spent 1988 at the Melbourne Research Laboratories of Broken Hill Proprietary Ltd., where he established the Image Processing and Data Analysis Group. From 1989 to 2000, he founded and led CSIRO's Image Analysis Group. He has given courses on spectroscopy and hyperspectral imaging in the Department of Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark (2007) and in the Department of Statistics, Stanford University (2008 and 2014). He was an Associate Editor of Computational Statistics and Data Analysis (2001-2006) and an Associate Editor of Environmentrics (2010-2015). He is the author of over 70 papers, over 90 reports and of several patents. He was a Visiting Scientist at CSIRO Data 61 from 2014 to 2018. Between 2018 and 2021 he was employed to work on a project in Terahertz spectroscopy with CSIRO Manufacturing. Between 2016 and 2019, he was an Adjunct Fellow in the Centre for Research in Mathematics and Data Science at Western Sydney University.

Professional Areas

Academic Qualifications

  • 1978

    Ph.D
    Imperial College, University of London, Mathematical Statistics

  • 1976

    Master of Statistics
    University of New South Wales

  • 1974

    B.Sc. (Hons. 1) and University Medal in Statistics
    University of New South Wales

Professional Experiences

  • 2018-2021

    Senior Research Scientist
    CSIRO Data61

  • 2014-2018

    Visiting Scientist
    CSIRO Data61

  • 2007-2014

    Senior Principal Research Scientist
    CSIRO CMIS and DP

  • 2001-2006

    Chief Research Scientist
    CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences (CMIS)

  • 1989-2000

    Leader, Image Analysis Group
    CSIRO DMS and CMIS

  • 1979-1988

    Research Scientist
    CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics (DMS)

  • 1988-1989

    Leader, Image Processing and Data Analysis Group
    BHP Melbourne Research Laboratories

  • 1978-1979

    Visiting Lecturer
    Department of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley

  • 1974-1975

    Experimental Officer
    CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics

  • 1974-1974

    Tutor, School of Mathematics
    University of New South Wales

Achievements and Awards

  • 2011

    `Best Application' paper published in the Journal of Chemometrics in 2009 and 2010

  • 1999

    CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (for RoadCrack system)

  • 1999

    Institution of Engineers, Sydney Division, Engineering Excellence Award for Engineering R&D and a Special Commendation for Asset Management (for RoadCrack system)

  • 1999

    AusIndustry Award for Innovation (for RoadCrack system)

  • 1998

    Australian Road Research Board, Transport Research Director's Prize for Application of Research into Practice (for RoadCrack system)

  • 1990

    Best paper in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Other highlights

  • 2014-2014

    Presented a 6-week Ph.D course entitled `Spectroscopy, Multispectral and Hyperspectral Image Analysis' at the Department of Statistics, Stanford University

  • 2009-2009

    Invited Speaker, 57th Session of the International Statistical Institute, Durban, South Africa (Invited Paper Session on `Statistical and computational challenges from new environmental sensing systems')

  • 2008-2008

    Presented a 6-week Ph.D course entitled `Spectroscopy, Multispectral and Hyperspectral Image Analysis' at the Department of Statistics, Stanford University

  • 2007-2007

    Presented a 6-week Ph.D course entitled `Spectroscopy, Multispectral and Hyperspectral Image Analysis' at the Department of Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark

  • 2006-2006

    Invited Speaker, 35th Applied Imagery and Pattern Recognition Workshop, Washington DC

  • 2006-2006

    Invited Speaker, Workshop on Biophotonics Imaging for Diagnosis and Treatment, Copenhagen

  • 2005-2005

    Invited Speaker, New Zealand Statistics Conference, Dunedin

  • 2005-2005

    Invited Speaker, Hidden Markov Models and Complex Systems Workshop, Wanaka, New Zealand

  • 2001-2001

    Closing Plenary Speaker, Royal Statistical Society Theme Conference on Spatial Modelling, Glasgow

  • 2000-2000

    Guest Editor, Special Issue of Statistics and Computing on Image Analysis

  • 1994-1994

    Invited Speaker, XIIth Australian Statistical Conference, Melbourne

  • 1992-1992

    Invited Speaker, XVIth International Biometric Conference, Hamilton, New Zealand

  • 1985-1985

    Invited participant, Royal Statistical Society Research Workshop on Statistics and Pattern Recognition, Edinburgh

  • 1985-1985

    Invited speaker, Pacific Statistical Congress, Auckland (Sessions on: `Stochastic Processes'' and `Statistical Consulting').

  • 1983-1983

    Invited discussant, 44th Session of the International Statistical Institute, Madrid (Session on: `Geological and Geophysical Statistics'').

Community and Corporate Citizenship

  • 2010-2015

    Associate Editor, Environmetrics

  • 2002

    Chair, Local Organising Committee, International Symposium on Mathematical Morphology, Sydney

  • 2001-2006

    Associate Editor, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

  • 2000

    Member, Programme Committee, International Symposium on Mathematical Morphology, Palo Alto, California

  • 1999

    Member, Organising Committee, 10th International Congress for Stereology, Melbourne

  • 1996

    Joint Organiser, Special One-Day Workshop on Imaging at the 28th Symposium on the Interface, Sydney

  • 1994

    Organiser, Australasian Workshop on Thin-Plate Splines, Sydney

  • 1992

    Foundation President, N.S.W. Branch Committee, Australian Pattern Recognition Society

  • 1991-1992

    Member of National Committee, Australian Pattern Recognition Society

  • 1991

    Secretary, CSIRO Imaging Symposium, Sydney

  • 1990

    Chairman, Organising Committee, Workshop on Statistical Methods in Image Analysis and Processing, Sydney

  • 1986-1987

    Member of N.S.W. Branch Council, Statistical Society of Australia

  • 1985

    Secretary, CSIRO Institute of Physical Sciences Seminar on Digital Image Analysis and Processing

  • 1982

    Co-convener, Session on Spatial Data Analysis, 6th Australian Statistical Conference, Melbourne

  • 1982

    Co-convener, Workshop on the Analysis of Spatial Data, CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics, Sydney

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