Dr Nariman Habili
Pronouns: he,him,his
Principal Experimental Scientist
Biography
Dr Nariman Habili is an engineer with more than two decades of leadership, engineering and research experience in industry, academia and government. He has experience in leading R&D projects and developing state-of-the-art software solutions for computer vision and computational modelling. He has a BSc and a BEng (Hons) in Biomedical Engineering from Flinders University and a PhD in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Adelaide.
Dr Habili was the engineering leader of the Scyllarus hyperspectral imaging project at NICTA/Data61. He was the developer of Scyven, an app for processing, analysing and visualising hyperspectral data. Scyven has had more than 2,000 downloads and is used around the world for many research and industry projects. The Scyllarus C++ code base was recently released as open source.
Lately, Dr Habili has taken on the role of project leader for various computer vision projects, both internally and externally. Notably, he has collaborated with external clients including the DST Group and Bionic Vision Technologies. Bionic Vision Technologies (BVT) is an Australian company that develops innovative bionic vision systems to enable patients with vision loss to regain some vision and lead more independent lives. Dr Habili led a team of scientists, engineers and UX designers from across CSIRO. The project delivered algorithms and software to drive BVT's bionic vision system, as well as simulated clinical results to validate the algorithms and software. Three patent were granted during the course of the project and licensed to BVT.
Since 2022, Dr Habili led efforts to enhance Imaging and Computer Vision Group's software engineering and IP processes, establishing best practices, and creating a comprehensive project and IP database. Working alongside CSIRO IP managers, the insights gained will be expanded to benefit the broader Business Unit.
Dr Habili joined Standards Australia's MS-065 Photography committee in 2023, responsible for setting Australian standards for Photography, optical systems, and digital cameras.
Current Roles
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Project Leader
Atmospheric Correction using AI -
Principal Experimental Scientist
Imaging and Computer Vision
Academic Qualifications
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2002
PhD (Electrical & Electronics Engineering)
University of Adelaide -
1998
BSc, BEng (Biomedical Engineering)
Flinders University
Professional Experiences
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2012-2016
Senior Engineer, Engineering Team Leader
NICTA -
2006-2012
Lead Software Engineer (EL1)
Geoscience Australia -
2005-2006
Research Engineer
General Dynamics Mediaware -
2003-2005
Research Engineer
Iomniscient -
2002-2003
Postdoctoral research fellow
University of Western Australia, Nanyang Technological University (visitor)