Contact details:
BENTLEY WA 6102 AUSTRALIA
Biography
Ulrich Engelke received the Dipl.-Ing. degree in Electrical Engineering from RWTH Aachen University, Germany, in 2004. In 2010, he received the Ph.D. degree in Telecommunications from the Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden, followed by a post-doc position at the University of Nantes, France. Before joining the CSIRO he was with the Visual Experiences Group at Philips Research, The Netherlands, and with Philips Color Kinetics, USA. In 2016 he was seconded to IBM Research Almaden Labs in San Jose, USA. In 2017 and 2018 he conducted visiting scholarships at the University of Konstanz, Germany, and University of Oxford, UK, respectively.
In his current role at CSIRO Technology, Ulrich works at the interface between human and artificial intelligence (AI) to solve challenging scientific problems. His research focuses specifically on user experience design and evaluation in immersive analytics/AI for scientific applications. Towards this end, he designs and evaluates interactive systems and methods that enable an efficient path from data to insight for improved decision making.
Ulrich’s application areas lie mainly within earth and environmental sciences. Through his work in these areas, Ulrich hopes to make a positive impact on the future of our planet and its inhabitants.
Ulrich is the recipient of several prestigious awards, including the
- 2015 OCE Julius Career Award
- 2014 CSIRO Excellence in Research Ethics Award as member of the Cognitive Engineering team, and
- 2006 Graduate School of Telecommunications (GST) PhD scholarship awarded through the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden.
Current Roles
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Project Leader
Immersive Analytics
Academic Qualifications
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2010
PhD Telecommunications
Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), Sweden -
2004
Masters Information and Communication Technologies
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Professional Experiences
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05/2013-now
Senior Research Scientist / Project Leader
CSIRO, Perth, Australia -
10/2016-now
Adjunct Senior Lecturer
University of Tasmania -
05/2017-06/2017
Visiting Scholar
University of Konstanz, Germany -
05/2016-08/2016
Secondment
IBM Research Almaden, Accelerated Discovery Lab, USA -
08/2011-04/2013
Research Scientist
Philips Research, Visual Experiences Group, The Netherlands -
09/2012-12/2012
Research Scientist / Project Leader
Philips Color Kinetics, USA -
02/2011-07/2011
Post-doc
University of Nantes, Image and Video Communications (IVC) Group, France -
09/2009-12/2009
Visiting Researcher
University of Nantes, Image and Video Communications (IVC) Group, France -
10/2008-12/2008
Visiting Researcher
University of Western Sydney (UWS), School of Computing and Mathematics, Australia -
04/2005-01/2011
Research Assistant / Project Leader
Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), Signal Processing Group, Sweden -
03/2003-07/2003
Research Intern
Western Australian Telecommunications Research Institute (WATRI), Australia -
03/2018-04/2018
Visiting Scholar
University of Oxford, UK -
05/2000-12/2003
Research Assistant
RWTH Aachen University, Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Germany
Achievements and Awards
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2015-2018
Julius Career Award
CSIRO/OCE -
2006-2018
Senior Member
IEEE -
2016-2016
Best Paper Award
IEEE Data Science and Systems Conference -
2014-2014
Excellence in Research Ethics Award
CSIRO/CSSHREC -
2006-2010
GST PhD Scholarship
Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Other highlights
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2016-2016
Research Demonstration Co-Chair for OzCHI
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2015-2015
Co-founder and Co-Chair of the 1st IEEE International Symposium on Big Data Visual Analytics (BDVA)
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2015-2015
Publicity Chair for the Picture Coding Symposium (PCS)
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2014-2014
Advisory Board Member for the International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA)
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2013-2013
Co-Chair for the International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA)