News.
Research, software releases, new chapters, and a few things along the way.
2026
September
- EventCV 1.0.8 released — continuing development of open-source tools for event-based computer vision.
Explore EventCV ↗ - Updated our EventGeM preprint on global-to-local feature matching for event-based visual place recognition.
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June
- Received a $10,000 QUT Centre for Robotics early-career researcher grant to develop an event-based data capture system.
March
- Shared an updated Event-LAB paper, accepted to ICRA 2026, providing a common framework for evaluating neuromorphic localisation methods.
Read the paper ↗ - Released EventGeM, our preprint on event-based visual place recognition.
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February
- Released our preprint on a neuromorphic model of the insect visual system for natural image processing.
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2026
- Started as a Research Fellow at the QUT Centre for Robotics, working with Associate Professor Thierry Peynot.
- Appointed Associate Editor on the IEEE/RSJ IROS Conference Paper Review Board.
2025
November
- Co-authored the Pixi preprint on unified software development and distribution for robotics and AI.
Read the preprint ↗
September
- Released the Event-LAB preprint on standardised evaluation of neuromorphic localisation methods.
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July
- Proceedings for the 2025 NICE conference (Robin's paper) were published
June
- I gave an interview for the West Gippsland Week 3BBR show about our Science Robotics work
- I gave an interview for 2GB about our Science Robotics work
- The Australian Associated Press, Science News, The Engineer covered our Science Robotics article
- A piece we wrote for The Conversation was published
- Our LENS research was published in Science Robotics: an embedded neuromorphic system for energy-efficient robot localisation.
Read the announcement ↗
May
- Visited Townsville and Charters Towers through the Flying Scientist program for the World Science Festival
April
- Got married!
- Attended the transitions team retreat in Kioloa, NSW with Macquarie, ANU, & Cambridge
March
- Robin's work was accepted to the IEEE Neuro Inspired Computational Elements conference, co-supervised by Tobias Fischer
February
- Presented at the QUT The Future of Neuromorphic and Bio-Inspired Computation event
January
- Started as co-chair of the EMCR Brain Sciences Network for a one year term
2024
September
- Visited Roma State College for a Flying Scientist event
- Joined Macquarie University as a postdoctoral research fellow
August
- Visited Macquarie University to meet and attend a special lecture from Prof. Barbara Webb
- Submitted our LENS neuromorphic localization system preprint and published it to arXiv
June
- Our J.Neuro paper was featured by the journal as one of the most discussed articles for May based on Altmetric >180
May
- Gave an interview for the ABC on our anaesthetic mechanisms paper
- A piece I wrote for The Conversation on our anaesthesia paper was published
- Served as an organiser for the 2024 IEEE ICRA Debates in Robotics workshop
- Attended and presented VPRTempo at the 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Yokohama, Japan
- Our general anaesthetic mechanism paper was accepted and published in The Journal of Neuroscience
- Poster presentation accepted to the 2024 IEEE ICRA workshop on "Bio-inspired robotics and robotics for biology"
April
- Presented about neuromorphic localisation and computing at the QUT School of EER Research+You event
February
- Completed the Harvard Business School Online Leadership Principles course
- Provided an expert insight to New Scientist on an article about AI and the mouse brain
January
- Our VPRTempo paper was accepted to the 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
- Joined the EMCR Brain Sciences Network as a steering committee member
2023
December
- Attended my PhD graduation at UQ
August
- Gave a seminar "Neuronal synapses: from biology to bits" at the QUT Centre for Robotics weekly seminar series
- Submitted our VPRTempo paper and published it to arXiv
July
- Successfully defended and had my PhD conferred!
May
- Participated in a Fulbright panel for researchers interested in the program at Neura in NSW
- Started as a Research Fellow with the QUT Centre for Robotics
March
- Submitted our anaesthetic mechanism paper and published it to bioRxiv
- Submitted my PhD thesis for examination
January
- Passed my final PhD milestone examination
2022
December
- Returned home from my Fulbright after 5.5 months in Philadelphia, PA
November
- Visited and presented a seminar at Weill Cornell in NYC
- Visited and presented a seminar at Harvard/MGH and MIT in Boston, MA
October
- Delivered an online seminar at the University of Pittsburgh Research Rounds
- Invited and attended the Liszt Piano Competition at Carnegie Hall, NYC from the One to World organisation
September
- Visited and presented a seminar at the Fall Seminar Series at Rutgers in NJ
August
- Joined H1 Connect as an Associate Faculty, alongside Prof. Roderic Eckenhoff
July
- Officially started my Fulbright program at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA
May
- Visited Far North Queensland for an 8 school tour through the Wonder of Science program and Business Liaison Association of Cairns promoting STEMM
- Delivered an online seminar (at 2am!) for the Research in Progress seminar series at the University of Pennsylvania
February
- Attended the Fulbright Orientation in Canberra