Mohammed Bennamoun

Mohammed Bennamoun is a Winthrop Professor at the University of Western Australia (UWA), affiliated with the School of Physics, Maths and Computing and the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering. He holds editorial roles in prestigious journals like IEEE Transactions on Image Processing and IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence. His research focuses on Computer Vision, 3D Biometrics, Machine Learning, and Robotics, with over 500 publications and 8 notable awards, including the UWA Vice-Chancellor’s Research Mentorship Award (2016).

He earned an M.Sc. in Control Theory from Queen’s University (Canada) and a PhD in Computer Vision from Queen’s University/Kinetic Vision (Australia). He served as Head of the School of Computer Science and Software Engineering at UWA (2007–2012) and held visiting professorships at the University of Edinburgh, CNRS Telecom Lille1, and others.

Bennamoun has led 58 research grants and contributed to projects like the National Australian Cardiac CT Platform and DelivAssure. His work spans 3D object recognition, deep learning applications, and AI-driven medical diagnostics. He has authored influential books, including 3D Shape Analysis and A Guide to Convolutional Neural Networks for Computer Vision.