Dr. Ayub Bokani
PhD (UNSW)
Lecturer-ICT
School of Engineering and Technology
Appleton Institute
- a.bokani@cqu.edu.au
- ORCID: 0000-0001-5160-7724
- 0293245083
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Sydney
400 Kent Street - Level 2, Room 2.09
Sydney 2000 NSW
About Me
I am a Lecturer and Research Scientist at the Central Queensland University (CQU), Sydney, Australia. My research interests span video coding and content streaming, interactive multimedia communications, and applications of AI and machine learning in different domains. I received my Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia. I have published peer-reviewed journal and conference papers, receiving the Best Demo/Presentation Award at ACM-CoNEXT in 2014, the Best Paper Award at IEEE-ITNAC in 2015, the Best Paper Award at the 14th APRU Doctoral Students Conference in 2015, the Highly Commended Paper Award at IEEE-ITNAC in 2018, the Best Paper Award at IEEE-MICC conference in 2019. I have served as a Discipline Leader of Mobile and Computing Apps discipline at CQUniversity from 2018 to 2021 and received the CQU’s prestigious Student Voice Award of the year in 2021. I have served extensively within the educational and research community, as an IEE member, academic advisor, reviewer, and area chair for conferences.
General
Background
Software Engineering
Universities Studied At
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Universities Worked At
Central Queensland University (CQU)
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Awards
- CQU’s prestigious Student Voice Award of year in 2021
- The Best Paper Award in IEEE-MICC 2019 conference Selangor, Malaysia, 2-4 December 2019.
- The highly Commended Paper Award in Proceedings of the 28th International Telecommunication Networks and Applications (IEEE-ITNAC), Sydney, Australia 22-24 November 2018.
- The Best Paper Award in the 14th APRU Doctoral Students Conference, Hangzhou, China, 23-27 November 2015.
- The Best Paper Award in Proceedings of the International Telecommunication Networks and Applications (IEEE-ITNAC), Sydney, Australia,18-20 November 2015.
- The Best Demo/Poster Presentation Award in Proceedings of the 2014 Workshop on Design, Quality and Deployment of Adaptive Video Streaming (ACM-CoNEXT- VideoNEXT’14), Sydney, Australia, 2-5 December 2014.
Media Citations
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/mid-air-wireless-charging-could-keep-drones-aloft-indefinitely-532697
Previous teaching
- University of New South Wales
- Victoria University
- Federation University
- The University of Sunshine Coast
- Central Queensland University
Professional Experience
Reviewer of multiple journals and conferences.
Developed Video Streaming player.
Developed real-time foveated video streaming mechanism.
Responsibilities
I am currently accredited for supervision at the level Principle Supervisor.
Research Supervision
Accreditation
I am currently accredited for supervision in the following:
- 0801 Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
- 0803 Computer Software
- 1005 Communications Technologies
Current Capacity
Current Supervision
Research Interests
Computer vision and multimedia computation - Video processing
Human-centred computing - Human-computer interaction
Machine learning - Reinforcement learning
