Dena Bazazian is a lecturer in machine vision and robotics at the University of Plymouth. Previously, she was a senior research associate at the Visual Information Laboratory of the University of Bristol. Prior to that, she was a research scientist at CTTC (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya) and a postdoctoral researcher at the Computer Vision Center (CVC), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) where she accomplished her PhD in 2018. She had long-term research visits at Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) in 2024; at the NAVER LABS Europe in Grenoble, France in 2019 and at the Media Integration and Communication Center (MICC), University of Florence, Italy in 2017. She worked with the Image Processing Group (GPI) at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) between 2013 and 2015. Dena Bazazian was one of the main organisers of the series of Deep Learning for Geometric Computing (DLGC) workshops at CVPR2024-20, ICCV2021, Women in Computer Vision (WiCV) Workshops at CVPR2018 and ECCV2018, Robust Reading Challenge on Omnidirectional Video at ICDAR2017.

- PhD Students: 

As Dos (Director of Study):

• Owen Fiddy (2025-now), Funded by EPSRC-UDLA. Title: Drone-Assisted Vision for Advanced Offshore Wind Turbine Maintenance.
• Guy Ludford (2025-now), Funded by ARIA. Title: Autonomous Surface Sea Vessel Swarm Robotic Control Algorithm for Climate Forecasting. 
• Hayden Lee Close (2025-now), Funded by Cefas. Title: Modernising Imagery-Based Monitoring in Marine Environments Through AI and Machine Learning.
• Josh Gray (2024-now)- Funded by URS General. Title: Real-time Fall Prediction and Detection System for The Elderly in Care Homes Based on Quantum Computing and Artificial Vision.
• Eleanor Cross (2024-now)- Funded by CDT SuMMeR. Title: Harnessing AI for Enhanced Underwater Biodiversity Monitoring.
• Dharmendra Selvaratnam (2023-now)- Funded by EPSRC DTP HMT. Title: Visual analysis system to detect and predict the signs of anxiety in healthcare.
• Firas Zoghlami (2018-2024)- Funded by International Node. Title: Anomaly Detection based Post Gripping Perception for Logistics Robotics.

As other supervisors:

• Lakmini Herath (2025-now), Funded by EPSCR-UDLA. DoS:  Craig McNeile. Title: Developing a data science pipeline to extract high-resolution models of eyes from MRI scans. 
• Cerys Rimmer (2024-now)- Funded by SoBMS. DoS: Lauren Biermann.  Title: Seaweed and Sea-Scents: Assessing the impacts of Successive Sargassum blooms across the Tropical North Atlantic on Dimethyl Sulphide production and Cloud Cover.

- Internship/Visiting Students: 

• Isabel Ferri Mollá (Universitat Politècnica de València) - Visual Navigation with AI, AR and Multimodal Interaction, PhD Research Visit, 2025.
• Haftamu Gebretekle (University of Calabria) - AI and Enviromental Science -Erasmus Summer Internship Programme, 2024.
• Josh Fruin - Tech prototype using deep learning AI for object detection in museums, ADA Research/KE project, 2023.
• Mazvydas Gudelis (University of East Anglia) - Underwater Image Enhancement Based on Neural Rendering, CDORE Seedcorn Funding, 2023.
• Nathan Everett - Improve the remote medical system of the British Antarctic Survey, SECaM Student Research Internships, 2023.

Module Leader at the University of Plymouth (Faculty of Science and Engineering- School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics):

• AINT515/515Z: Artificial Vision and Deep Learning (2022/2023 - Present)
• ROCO321: Computer Vision (2023/2024 - Present)
• AINT308: Machine Vision and Behavioural Computing (2022/2023)

Qualifications:

• Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), University of Plymouth (2023).
• PhD : Computer Science- Computational Models for Artificial Vision (2018)
  • Computer Vision Center (CVC) - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain.

Research interests:

• Computer Vision
• Deep Learning
• Image and Video Processing
• 3D Modelling
• Geometry Analysis
• Point Cloud Processing

Other research:

Previous Research Experience:

• November 2024 - January 2025: Visiting Researcher, Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Barcelona, Spain.
• January 2021 - December 2022: Senior Research Associate, University of Bristol, Visual Information Lab, Bristol, UK. 
• November 2019 - January 2021: Research scientist at UPC, CTTC, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain.
• November 2018 - November 2019: Postdoctoral researcher at Computer Vision Center (CVC), Barcelona, Spain.
• September 2018 - March 2019: Research stays at NAVER LABS Europe, Computer Vision group, Grenoble, France.
• May 2017 - July 2017: Research stays at MICC (Media Integration and Communication Center), Florence, Italy.
• December 2015 - November 2018: Predoctoral researcher Computer Vision Center (CVC), Barcelona, Spain.
• September 2013- December 2015: Research assistant, Image Processing Group, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain.

Grants contracts:

Funded projects:

• Computer Vision for Marine Mammal Monitoring. Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project. Funded by UKRI Innovative. PI. 2025-2027 (24-month). £187,237.
• From Screen to Street: Bridging Digital Play and Physical Movement through an Interactive Parkour Game, Public Engagement, Get Involved Award, PI, 2025, £8K.
• Drone-Assisted Vision for Advanced Offshore Wind Turbine Maintenance, PhD Studentship, EPSRC University Doctoral Landscape Award (UDLA), DoS, 2025-2029, £95,721.
• Advancing Rip Current forecasts for beach locations across South Africa - Weather and Climate Science for Services Partnership (WCSSP) South Africa Grant Funding Opportunities. Funded by the Met Office on behalf of the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT). 2024-2027. £89,998 per year. Co-I, PI: Dr Timothy Poate. 
• Drone-based Wind Turbine Surface Damage Detection, Application to Supergen ORE Hub ECR Research Fund: “ECRRF2024 – (Call 7), PI, 2024-2025, £4,093.
• Harnessing AI for Enhanced Underwater Biodiversity Monitoring, PhD studentship, Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Management of UK Marine Resources (CDT SuMMeR), DoS, 2024-2028, £94,585.
• Real-time Fall Prediction and Detection System for The Elderly in Care Homes Based on Quantum Computing and Artificial Vision, SECaM PhD Studentship, University Research Studentship (URS) fund General, DoS, 2024-2027, £77,902.
• Visual analysis system to detect and predict the signs of anxiety in healthcare, SECaM PhD studentship, EPSRC DTP HMT, DoS, 2023-2027, £83,607.31. 
• Improve the remote medical system of the British Antarctic Survey, SECaM Student Research Internships, PI, with Dr Swen Gaudl (Co-I), 2023, £2K.
• Underwater Image Enhancement Based on Neural Rendering, CDORE Seedcorn Funding, PI, with Professor Kerry Howell (Co-I), 2023, £4,883.80.
• Compliant Robotic Arm for Underwater Scenarios (CRAUS), CDORE Seedcorn Funding, Co-investigator with Dr Pablo Borja Rosales (PI), 2023, £5K.
• Tech prototype using deep learning AI for object detection in museums, ADA Research/KE project, Co-Investigator with Dr Marius Varga (PI), 2023, £562.
• A method to utilise computer vision in the generation of milling tool paths for natural timber secondary processing: Proof-Of-Concept award, Co-Investigator with Dr Alejandro Veliz Reyes (PI), 2023, £5K.
• One Hundred Factories: Unlocking the collective capacity of local timber building system suppliers, Forestry Commission in partnership with Open Systems Lab, Co-Investigator with Dr Alejandro Veliz Reyes (PI), 2023-25, £200K.
• ICONIC: Intergenerational co-creation of novel technologies to reconnect digitally excluded people with community & cultural landscapes in coastal economies (ICONIC). Co-Investigator, Professor Ray Jones, 2022-24, EPSRC Equitable Digital Society, £1,248,051.