Robyn Anne Owens AM FAA FTSE 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]
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]
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]
Robyn Anne Owens AM FAA FTSE 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]
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]
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]