Du Huynh

Du Huynh is an Associate Professor at the School of Physics, Mathematics and Computing, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, The University of Western Australia (UWA). She holds a 0.8 FTE appointment and has served as Graduate Research Coordinator since 2013. Her research focuses on Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Object Detection, and Video Analytics with applications in mineral processing, intelligent transportation systems, and medical imaging. She has secured over $3M in ARC grants and is a Chief Investigator in the Australian Centre for Quantum Growth ($18M funding).

Education: BSc (Hons) and PhD in Computer Science from UWA. Prior to UWA, she lectured at Murdoch University for five years.

Research Highlights

• Developed algorithms for automated mineral ore analysis, pedestrian trajectory prediction, and surgical instrument detection.
• Received three Best Paper Awards (ICPR2014, Kenneth Clarke Journal 2019, AusDM2022) and multiple award nominations.
• Editorial roles include PLOS One, Journal on Artificial Intelligence, and guest editorships for special issues in CVIU and Electronics.

Grants & Projects

• Lead investigator in quantum computing algorithms for real-time optimization ($3M ARC funding).
• Collaborations with industry (e.g., Main Roads WA) on traffic video analytics and drone-based prediction systems.

Academic Contributions

• Developed courses in Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Java Programming.
• Supervised numerous HDR students and served on technical committees for WACV, ICCV, and DICTA conferences.