Professor Michael Brünig is the Head of School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (ITEE) at The University of Queensland (UQ), a role he took over in 2016 but with an interruption from 2019-2021 to lead UQ’s Business School.
Prof Brünig is a strategic thinker, an innovation expert, and an experienced change manager with international experience from Europe, the United States, and Australia. He is passionate about building strong performing teams and has experience in bringing large projects with substantial funding to fruition, igniting entrepreneurial spirit in students and staff, and driving impact from research through partnering, commercialisation and spin-off companies.
Before joining UQ, Prof Brünig worked with the CSIRO. As an executive manager with the organisation, he led an initiative to establish a $140m National Research Flagship on Digital Productivity and later guided the business through a merger to create Data61, a national research powerhouse focusing on data innovation. Professor Brünig started his career in research and development in the automotive industry in Germany and Silicon Valley in the United States after completing his PhD at RWTH Aachen, Germany.
Prof Brünig is a sought-after expert with respect to research translation. He sits on multiple boards as non-executive director, is technical advisor to start-up companies in Australia and is frequently consulted as a subject matter expert. Within UQ, Prof Brünig has helped to create UQ Ventures and UQ Innovate, units that foster entrepreneurship among students and academics and provide the creative environment to be successful.
Under Prof Brünig’s leadership, UQ started multiple significant initiatives, including UQ Cyber, the National Industry 4.0 Energy Testlab, the AI Initiative and with partners the QLD Government AI Hub. He is also highly influential in shaping UQ’s curriculum. He initiated the Bachelor of Computer Science, the Master of Cyber Security that is modelled using the US National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education framework and UQ’s first full online Master of Business Analytics. He also was a key contributor to creating the Graduate Certificate in Clinical Informatics and Digital Health.
Journal Article: Air-Ground Collaborative Localisation in Forests Using Lidar Canopy Maps
de Lima, Lucas Carvalho, Ramezani, Milad, Borges, Paulo and Brunig, Michael (2023). Air-Ground Collaborative Localisation in Forests Using Lidar Canopy Maps. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 8 (3), 1-8. doi: 10.1109/lra.2023.3243498
Conference Publication: Adaptive Sequential Composition for Robot Behaviours
Tam, Benjamin, Kottege, Navinda, Hudson, Nicolas and Brunig, Michael (2022). Adaptive Sequential Composition for Robot Behaviours. 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Kyoto, Japan, 23-27 October 2022. Piscataway, NJ United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/iros47612.2022.9982012
Journal Article: Melimine-modified 3D-printed polycaprolactone scaffolds for the prevention of biofilm-related biomaterial infections
Cometta, Silvia, Jones, Robert T., Juárez-Saldivar, Alfredo, Donose, Bogdan C., Yasir, Muhammad, Bock, Nathalie, Dargaville, Tim R., Bertling, Karl, Brünig, Michael, Rakić, Aleksandar D., Willcox, Mark and Hutmacher, Dietmar W. (2022). Melimine-modified 3D-printed polycaprolactone scaffolds for the prevention of biofilm-related biomaterial infections. ACS Nano, 16 (10), 16497-16512. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.2c05812
Tech4HSE-University Collaboration Agreement (TUCA)
(2022–2027) CSIRO
Imaging in the nano-scale age: terahertz and millimetre wave microanalysis
(2018) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
(2017–2020) Data 61 - University Collaboration Agreement (DUCA)
Adaptive behaviour selection for autonomous robots
Doctor Philosophy
Autonomous Self-Modelling by a Robotic System
Doctor Philosophy
Evaluating and Improving Type Inference Models for Web Application Reverse Engineering
Doctor Philosophy
Air-Ground Collaborative Localisation in Forests Using Lidar Canopy Maps
de Lima, Lucas Carvalho, Ramezani, Milad, Borges, Paulo and Brunig, Michael (2023). Air-Ground Collaborative Localisation in Forests Using Lidar Canopy Maps. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 8 (3), 1-8. doi: 10.1109/lra.2023.3243498
Cometta, Silvia, Jones, Robert T., Juárez-Saldivar, Alfredo, Donose, Bogdan C., Yasir, Muhammad, Bock, Nathalie, Dargaville, Tim R., Bertling, Karl, Brünig, Michael, Rakić, Aleksandar D., Willcox, Mark and Hutmacher, Dietmar W. (2022). Melimine-modified 3D-printed polycaprolactone scaffolds for the prevention of biofilm-related biomaterial infections. ACS Nano, 16 (10), 16497-16512. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.2c05812
Qi, Xiaoqiong, Bertling, Karl, Taimre, Thomas, Agnew, Gary, Lim, Yah Leng, Gillespie, Tim, Robinson, Ashley, Brünig, Michael, Demić, Aleksandar, Dean, Paul, Li, Lian He, Linfield, Edmund H., Davies, A. Giles, Indjin, Dragan and Rakić, Aleksandar D. (2021). Observation of optical feedback dynamics in single-mode terahertz quantum cascade lasers: Transient instabilities. Physical Review A, 103 (3) 033504, 033504-1-033504-7. doi: 10.1103/physreva.103.033504
Estimating fire weather indices via semantic reasoning over wireless sensor network data streams
Gao, Lianli, Bruenig, Michael and Hunter, Jane (2014). Estimating fire weather indices via semantic reasoning over wireless sensor network data streams. International Journal of Web and Semantic Technology, 5 (4), 1-20. doi: 10.5121/ijwest.2014.5401
DTLS based security and two-way authentication for the Internet of Things
Kothmayr, Thomas, Schmitt, Corinna, Hu, Wen, Bruenig, Michael and Carle, Georg (2013). DTLS based security and two-way authentication for the Internet of Things. Ad Hoc Networks, 11 (8), 2710-2723. doi: 10.1016/j.adhoc.2013.05.003
Opal: a multi-radio platform for high throughput wireless sensor networks
Jurdak, Raja, Klues, Kevin, Kusy, Brano, Richter, Christian, Langendoen, Koen and Bruenig, Michael (2011). Opal: a multi-radio platform for high throughput wireless sensor networks. IEEE Embedded Systems Letters, 3 (4) 6086565, 121-124. doi: 10.1109/LES.2011.2177065
Clothier, Reece, Walker, Rodney, Baumeister, Richard, Bruenig, Michael, Roberts, Jonathan, Duggan, Andrew and Wilson, Michael (2011). The smart skies project. IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, 26 (6) 5936181, 14-23. doi: 10.1109/MAES.2011.5936181
Continous monitoring of reservoir water quality: The Wivenhoe Project
Dunbabin, Matt, Udy, James, Grinham, Alistair and Bruenig, Michael (2009). Continous monitoring of reservoir water quality: The Wivenhoe Project. Water, 36 (6), 74-77.
Robotic helicopter navigates infrastructure for a closer inspection
Bruenig, Michael (2009). Robotic helicopter navigates infrastructure for a closer inspection. Materials Performance, 48 (1), 14-16.
A Bayesian method for probable surface reconstruction and decimation
Diebel, JR, Thrun, S and Brunig, M (2006). A Bayesian method for probable surface reconstruction and decimation. Acm Transactions On Graphics, 25 (1), 39-59. doi: 10.1145/1122501.1122504
Fast full-search block matching
Brunig, M and Niehsen, W (2001). Fast full-search block matching. Ieee Transactions On Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 11 (2), 241-247. doi: 10.1109/76.905989
Covariance analysis of motion-compensated frame differences
Niehsen, T and Brunig, M (1999). Covariance analysis of motion-compensated frame differences. Ieee Transactions On Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 9 (4), 536-539. doi: 10.1109/76.767119
Ein Algorithmus zur schnellen Bewegungsschätzung in Bildfolgen
Brünig, Michael and Niehsen, Wolfgang (1998). Ein Algorithmus zur schnellen Bewegungsschätzung in Bildfolgen. ITG-Fachbericht (146), 53-58.
Adaptive Sequential Composition for Robot Behaviours
Tam, Benjamin, Kottege, Navinda, Hudson, Nicolas and Brunig, Michael (2022). Adaptive Sequential Composition for Robot Behaviours. 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Kyoto, Japan, 23-27 October 2022. Piscataway, NJ United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/iros47612.2022.9982012
Radio diversity for reliable communication in sensor networks
Kusy, Branislav, Abbott, David, Richter, Christian, Huynh, Cong, Afanasyev, Mikhail, Hu, Wen, Bruenig, Michael, Ostry, Diethelm and Jurdak, Raja (2014). Radio diversity for reliable communication in sensor networks. New York, NY United States: ACM Special Interest Group. doi: 10.1145/2530291
Semantic-based detection of segment outliers and unusual events for wireless sensor networks
Gao, Lianli, Bruenig, Michael and Hunter, Jane (2013). Semantic-based detection of segment outliers and unusual events for wireless sensor networks. ICIQ 2013: 18th International Conference on Information Quality, Little Rock, AR, USA, 7-9 November, 2013. Cambridge, MA, USA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Low power or high performance? A tradeoff whose time has come (and nearly gone)
Ko, Jeonggil, Klues, Kevin, Richter, Christian, Hofer, Wanja, Kusy, Branislav, Bruenig, Michael, Schmid, Thomas, Wang, Qiang, Dutta, Prabal and Terzis, Andreas (2012). Low power or high performance? A tradeoff whose time has come (and nearly gone). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-28169-3_7
A DTLS based end-to-end security architecture for the Internet of Things with two-way authentication
Kothmayr, Thomas, Schmitt, Corinna, Hu, Wen, Bruenig, Michael and Carle, Georg (2012). A DTLS based end-to-end security architecture for the Internet of Things with two-way authentication. 37th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), Clearwater, FL, United States, 22-25 October 2012. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/LCNW.2012.6424088
Challenges for RF two-way time-of-flight ranging in Wireless Sensor Networks
Bader, Sebastian, Oelmann, Bengt and Bruenig, Michael (2012). Challenges for RF two-way time-of-flight ranging in Wireless Sensor Networks. 37th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), Clearwater, FL, United States, 22-25 October 2012. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/LCNW.2012.6424081
Poster: Securing the internet of things with DTLS
Kothmayr, Thomas, Hu, Wen, Schmitt, Corinna, Bruenig, Michael and Carle, Georg (2011). Poster: Securing the internet of things with DTLS. New York, NY, USA: ACM. doi: 10.1145/2070942.2070982
Radio diversity for reliable communication in WSNs
Kusy, Branislav, Richter, Christian, Hu, Wen, Afanasyev, Mikhail, Jurdak, Raja, Brunig, Michael, Abbott, David, Huynh, Cong and Ostry, Diethelm (2011). Radio diversity for reliable communication in WSNs. 10th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks, Chicago, IL United States, 12-14 April 2011. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1145/2530291
Lattice Occupied Voxel Lists for Representation of Spatial Occupancy
Ryde, Julian and Bruenig, Michael (2010). Lattice Occupied Voxel Lists for Representation of Spatial Occupancy. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Taipei Taiwan, Oct 18-22, 2010. NEW YORK: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IROS.2010.5650324
Non-cubic occupied voxel lists for robot maps
Ryde, Julian and Bruenig, Michael (2009). Non-cubic occupied voxel lists for robot maps. 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2009, St. Louis, MO, October 11, 2009-October 15, 2009. NEW YORK: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IROS.2009.5354292
Springbrook: Challenges in Developing a Long-Term, Rainforest Wireless Sensor Network
Wark, Tim, Hu, Wen, Corke, Peter, Hodge, Jonathan, Keto, Aila, Mackey, Ben, Foley, Glenn, Sikka, Pavan and Bruenig, Michael (2008). Springbrook: Challenges in Developing a Long-Term, Rainforest Wireless Sensor Network. International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing, Sydney Australia, Dec 15-18, 2008. NEW YORK: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/ISSNIP.2008.4762055
Vehicle navigation using 3D visualization
Brunig, M, Lee, A, Chen, TL and Schmidt, H (2003). Vehicle navigation using 3D visualization. 2003 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, IV 2003, Columbus Oh, June 9, 2003-June 11, 2003. NEW YORK: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IVS.2003.1212957
Visualizing Realistic 3D Urban Environments
Lee, A, Chen, TL, Brunig, M and Schmidt, H (2003). Visualizing Realistic 3D Urban Environments. Visualization and Data Analysis 2003, Santa Clara, CA, January 21, 2003-January 22, 2003. BELLINGHAM: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. doi: 10.1117/12.477533
Face detection and tracking for video coding applications
Menser, B and Brunig, M (2000). Face detection and tracking for video coding applications. 34th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove Ca, Oct 29-Nov 01, 2000. NEW YORK: IEEE.
Fast full search block matching using subblocks and successive approximation of the error measure
Brunig, M and Menser, B (2000). Fast full search block matching using subblocks and successive approximation of the error measure. Conference on Image and Video Communications and Processing 2000, San Jose Ca, Jan 25-28, 2000. BELLINGHAM: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING.
Optimized bit allocation for scalable wavelet video coding
Wien, M and Brunig, M (2000). Optimized bit allocation for scalable wavelet video coding. Conference on Image and Video Communications and Processing 2000, San Jose Ca, Jan 25-28, 2000. BELLINGHAM: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. doi: 10.1117/12.382948
Scalable wavelet video coding using long-term memory motion-compensated prediction
Brunig, M and Wien, M (2000). Scalable wavelet video coding using long-term memory motion-compensated prediction. Conference on Image and Video Communications and Processing 2000, San Jose Ca, Jan 25-28, 2000. BELLINGHAM: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING.
Iterative backward motion estimation for hierarchical wavelet video coding
Brünig, Michael and Niehsen, Wolfgang (1999). Iterative backward motion estimation for hierarchical wavelet video coding.
Paraunitary filter banks for hierarchical wavelet video coding
Niehsen, Wolfgang and Brünig, Michael (1999). Paraunitary filter banks for hierarchical wavelet video coding.
Locating human faces in color images with complex background
Menser, Bernd and Bruenig, Michael (1999). Locating human faces in color images with complex background. IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS), Phuket, Thailand, 8-10 December 1999. IEEE.
Segmentation of human faces in color images using connected operators
Menser Bernd and Bruenig Michael (1999). Segmentation of human faces in color images using connected operators. IEEE.
AR-modeling and low bit rate encoding of motion-compensated frame differences
Brünig, Michael and Niehsen, Wolfgang (1998). AR-modeling and low bit rate encoding of motion-compensated frame differences. doi: 10.1117/12.298371
A fast full search block matching algorithm using subblocks
Bruenig, M. and Niehsen, W. (1998). A fast full search block matching algorithm using subblocks. 9th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), Island of Rhodes, Greece, 8-11 September 1998. Typorama Editions.
Fast full search block matching based on combined SAD and MSE measures
Brunig, M and Niehsen, W (1998). Fast full search block matching based on combined SAD and MSE measures. Meeting on Visual Communications and Image Processing, San Jose Ca, Jan 25-27, 1999. BELLINGHAM: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING.
Least-asymmetric signal extension for two-band paraunitary FIR filter banks
Niehsen, W and Brunig, M (1998). Least-asymmetric signal extension for two-band paraunitary FIR filter banks. IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Chicago Il, Oct 04-07, 1998. LOS ALAMITOS: IEEE COMPUTER SOC.
Adaptive Pel-Recursive Displacement Estimation
Niehsen, Wolfgang and Brünig, Michael (1997). Adaptive Pel-Recursive Displacement Estimation.
Adaptive pel-recursive displacement estimation
Niehsen, W. and Brünig, M. (1997). Adaptive pel-recursive displacement estimation.
AR-modeling and low bit rate encoding of motion-compensated frame differences
Brunig, M and Niehsen, W (1997). AR-modeling and low bit rate encoding of motion-compensated frame differences. Visual Communications and Image Processing 1998 Conference, San Jose Ca, Jan 28-30, 1998. BELLINGHAM: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING.
Pounds, Pauline, Davis, Edwin and Bruenig, Michael (2022). Force sensing device. AU2017365703B2.
Pounds, Pauline, Davis, Edwin and Bruenig, Michael (2021). Force sensing device. CN110023730B.
Pounds, Pauline, Davis, Edwin and Bruenig, Michael (2020). Force sensing device. EP3545277A4.
Pounds, Pauline, Davis, Edwin and Bruenig, Michael (2019). Force sensing device. 16463110.
Pounds, Pauline, Davis, Edwin and Bruenig, Michael (2018). Force sensing device. WO2018094454A1.
Tech4HSE-University Collaboration Agreement (TUCA)
(2022–2027) CSIRO
Imaging in the nano-scale age: terahertz and millimetre wave microanalysis
(2018) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
(2017–2020) Data 61 - University Collaboration Agreement (DUCA)
Adaptive behaviour selection for autonomous robots
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Autonomous Self-Modelling by a Robotic System
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Evaluating and Improving Type Inference Models for Web Application Reverse Engineering
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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