Robyn Owens

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Robyn Anne Owens is an Australian applied mathematician and computer scientist known for her research in computer vision and face recognition, [1] and on the non-invasive imaging of lactation. [2] Formerly a professor at the University of Western Australia (UWA) and the deputy vice-chancellor for research at UWA, she retired in 2019, [3] and remains affiliated with UWA as a professorial fellow. [4]

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Education and career

Owens earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics (with honours) at the University of Western Australia and a doctorate in mathematics at the Somerville College, Oxford. [5] Her 1980 dissertation, Almost Periodic Hardy Spaces, was supervised by David Albert Edwards. [6] She returned to the University of Western Australia after postdoctoral study at Paris-Sud University. Before becoming vice-chancellor for research, she headed the UWA School of Computer Science & Software Engineering. [5]

Recognition

With her co-author Peter E. Hartmann, she was a winner of the 2010 Rank Prize in Nutrition, given at the Royal College of Physicians in London, for their work on the imaging of lactation. [1] [2] [7]

Owens is a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society, [5] a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (elected 2012), [5] [8] a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (elected 2020), [1] [9] and a Fellow of the International Core Academy of Sciences and Humanities. [10]

In the 2023 King's Birthday Honours Owens was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for "significant service to science in the fields of computer vision and mathematics". [11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Robyn Owens, Australian Academy of Science, retrieved 2020-06-13
  2. 1 2 The Rank Prize Funds Prizegiving 8 February 2010 , retrieved 2020-06-13
  3. ↑ Freshwater, Dawn (18 July 2018), Professor Robyn Owens announcement, University of Western Australia, retrieved 2020-06-13
  4. ↑ "Robyn Owens", Faculty profile, University of Western Australia, retrieved 2020-06-13
  5. 1 2 3 4 Professor Robyn Owens, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, retrieved 2020-06-13
  6. ↑ Robyn Owens at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  7. ↑ "Prizes awarded by the Human and Animal Nutrition and Crop Husbandry Fund". The Rank Prize. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  8. ↑ Sinclair-Jones, Michael (2 November 2012), UWA leaders honoured by election to technology academy, University of Western Australia, retrieved 2020-06-13
  9. ↑ AMSI congratulates Professor Robyn Owens on her election as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute, 1 June 2020, retrieved 2020-06-13
  10. ↑ "Robyn Owens -Core Academy". coreacad.org. Retrieved 2025-07-16.
  11. ↑ "Emeritus Professor Robyn Anne OWENS". Australian Honours Search Facility. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
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