Jasmine Banks

Dr. Jasmine Banks is a Lecturer in the School of Electrical Engineering & Robotics at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). She holds a PhD in Engineering from QUT and a dual Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Information Technology. Her academic roles include serving as First Year Coordinator for Engineering since 2016, focusing on student welfare, academic advising, and curriculum management.

Research Interests: Her work spans FPGA-based signal processing, computer vision, biomedical image analysis, and embedded systems. Key areas include stereo vision algorithms, white blood cell segmentation, and 3D face tracking using stereo cameras. She emphasizes practical applications of hardware-software co-design and FPGA acceleration.

Teaching: Over 20 years of university teaching experience, including courses in Electronics, Signal Processing, and FPGA programming. Notable roles include Unit Coordinator for ENB240 Introduction to Electronics and EGH449 Advanced Electronics. She pioneered blended learning approaches and developed FPGA tutorials used globally.

Publications: Over 80 peer-reviewed papers in areas like FPGA-based solvers, medical image segmentation, and biometric recognition. Recent work focuses on microstructural analysis of drying processes and deep learning for cell classification.

Professional Service: IEEE Queensland Section Treasurer (2009–2010) and QUT Student Branch Counselor. Active member of Engineers Australia and the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE).