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 NAVER LABS Europe in Grenoble, France in 2019 and at the Media Integration and Communication Center (MICC), University of Florence, Italy in 2017. She was working 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.

• SECaM Early Career Research (ECR) Champion​
• Member of the High-Performance Computing (HPC) steering committee 
• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) committee member

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:

• 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:

• 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.

Externally funded projects:

• 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.

- PhD Students: 

• - Josh Gray (2024-now)- Funded by URS General- DoS.
• - Eleanor Cross (2024-now)- Funded by CDT SuMMeR- DoS.
• - Dharmendra Selvaratnam (2024-now)- Funded by EPSRC DTP HMT- DoS.
• - Firas Zoghlami (2021-now)- Funded by International Node- DoS.

- Internship/Visiting Students: 

• - Haftamu Gebretekle - 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 - 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.