Robyn Owens

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]

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] and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (elected 2020).[1][9]

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".[10]

References

1. Robyn Owens, Australian Academy of Science, retrieved 2020-06-13
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. 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. "Emeritus Professor Robyn Anne OWENS". Australian Honours Search Facility. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-11.

External links

• Robyn Owens publications indexed by Google Scholar
• Audio interview with Owens, Women in Research