Biography
Tomasz Bednarz is a Team Leader (Visual Analytics) at the CSIRO's Data61 - Computational Platforms Group and Software and Computational Systems program. He leads Simulation & Modelling Cross-Cutting Capability, Future Science and Technology.
He is also a Director of UNSW's Expanded Perception and Interaction Centre (EPICentre).
Bednarz completed undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Physics and Applied Computer Science at the AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland. He completed his doctoral degree in Interdisciplinary Engineering Sciences at the Kyushu University, Japan; and received MBA (Technology) from the AGSM (UNSW), Australia.
He holds Adjunct Associate Professor position at the University of South Australia (School of IT and Math Sciences).
His current roles reflect his conviction to a holistic approach to the wicked problems facing the collation, analytics, computing and display of big data. His approach is expansive and encompasses the use of novel technologies (AR, VR, CAVE, Dome, AVIE), often in combination. Over the last couple of years, he has been involved in wide range of projects in area of immersive visualisation, human-computer interaction, computational imaging, image analysis and processing, visualisation, simulations, computer graphics, computer games, computational fluid dynamics, cloud computing, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and multi-sensors assimilation. He led cloud-based imaging project that received merit Queensland's iAward in 2015 (http://cloudimaging.net.au).
In 2019, he was Conference Chair of ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2019. SIGGRAPH conferences are the world's largest, most influential annual meetings and exhibitions in computer graphics and interactive techniques. The conference was held for the very first time in Australia (Brisbane) and attracted 5120 participants.
Professional Areas
Current Roles
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Team Leader
Visual Analytics Team -
Director
Expanded Perception and Interaction Centre (UNSW)
Academic Qualifications
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2020
MBA (Technology)
AGSM @ UNSW Business School, Australia -
2018
Graduate Certificate of Business Administration (Executive)
Australian Catholic University, Australia -
2005
PhD
Kyushu University, Japan -
2002
MSc in Physics
AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Computer Science, Poland
Achievements and Awards
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2019-2019
Excellence in Research, End-User Impact (Dean's Award)
UNSW Art & Design -
2017-2019
SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 Conference Chair
ACM SIGGRAPH -
2019-2019
Best Demo Award for Multi-modal High-End Visualisation System, ACM SIGGRAPH VRCAI 2019
ACM SIGGRAPH -
2020-2021
SIGGRAPH 2021 Frontiers Chair
ACM SIGGRAPH -
2017-2019
Software and Computational Systems (SCS) Program Award for Global Outlook
CSIRO's Data61 -
2015-2015
Merit Award for Cloud-based Image Analysis and Processing Toolbox
Queensland iAward 2015 -
2012-2015
Julius Career Award
CSIRO -
2015-2015
Visiting Professor
University of Wroclaw, Insitute of Computer Science, Poland -
2014-2014
Guest Researcher at the HPC and Scientific Visualization Group
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA -
2013-2018
Adjunct Associate Professor
The University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning -
2015-present
Adjunct Senior Lecturer
University of South Australia, IT, Engineering and the Environment -
2012-2012
Career Research Achievement Award 2012
CSIRO Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics
Grants
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2013-2014
Cloud-based Image Analysis and Processing Toolbox (RT035, NeCTAR funded)
Community and Corporate Citizenship
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2016-2017
IEEE Senior Member and Queensland IEEE Computer Society Chair
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2017-2020
SIGGRAPH Asia Conference Advisory Group (SACAG)
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2013-Present
Individual Khronos Group member
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2009-Present
Senior ACM and ACM SIGGRAPH Pioneer Member
