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Dr Martin Masek

Senior Lecturer

Responsibilities

Honours Coordinator

Current Teaching

Games and Simulation Development and Software Engineering

Staff Qualifications

Martin obtained his Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Information Technology in 1998 and a PhD in Image Processing and Computer Vision in 2004, both from The University of Western Australia.

Professional Memberships

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• International Game Developers Association (IGDA)

Research

Research Interests

• Computer vision and image processing
• Applications of games technology
• Applications of software to health

Current Research Areas

• Mobile phone remote health diagnosis
• Games for health
• Computer vision and image processing 
• Computational red teaming

Recent Research Grants

• $75,000 - Murcia, K., Newhouse, P., Hackling, M., & Masek, M. (2012), Nanotechnology Online Game, ECU Industry Collaboration Scheme grant with Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.
• $25,000 - Lam, C.P. & Masek, M. (2011), Remote blood pressure monitoring for pre-eclampsia, Nortel Development Grant Scheme.
• $30,000 - Dooley, J., Masek, M., Cross, D., Hingston, P. & Brown, D. (2010-2011), Promoting youth mental health using gaming technology: A RCT study, Healthway.
• $60,000 - Boeing, A. & Masek, M. (2010), Autonomous Mobile Robotic Mapping and Surveillance, ECU Industry Collaboration Scheme grant with Thales Australia.
• $15,000 - Masek, M., Brogan, M. & Hingston, P. (2010), AE2 Simulation, The Ian Maclean Award, National Archives of Australia.
• US$100,000 - Tan, A. & Masek, M. (2008), Fetal heart rate and activity monitoring via smart phones, Microsoft Research.
• $14,939 - Masek, M. (2007), Development of an ad-hoc wireless network routing protocol optimised for multiplayer peer-to-peer computer games, Edith Cowan University Early Career Researcher Grant Scheme.
• $4,954 - Masek, M., Hingston, P., Nosaka, K., Laursen, P. (2007), Games for health - motivating exercise through the use of computer games, Edith Cowan University, Faculty of Computing, Health, and Science Small Grant Scheme.

Recent Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

• M. Brogan, M. Masek (2011), AE2 Commander: simulation and serious games in the online cultural heritage space, Archives and Manuscripts, Vol 39(1) pp85-106.
• J. Sinclair, P. Hingston, M. Masek, K. Nosaka (2009), Using a Virtual Body to Aid in Exergaming System Development, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Vol 29(2) pp39-48.

Conference Papers

• Ranjeet, T.R., Masek, M., Hingston, P., and Lam, C.P. (2011), The effects of diversity maintenance on an intransitive numbers problem, Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AI 2011, Perth, December 2011.
• Lee, C.S., Lam, C.P., & Masek, M. (2011), Rough-fuzzy hybrid approach for identification of bio-markers and classification on Alzheimer’s disease data, In 11th IEEE International Conference on Bio-Informatics and Bio-Engineering (BIBE), October 2011, Taichung, Taiwan, p84-91.
• Masek, M., Jung, J. & Clarkson, B. (2011). Managing Multidisciplinary Student Design Teams. In T. Bastiaens & M. Ebner (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2011 (pp. 465-470). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
• Jung, J., Clarkson, B. & Masek, M. (2011). Thinking outside the “I am the user” box: a trial of social-emotional design in HCI education. In T. Bastiaens & M. Ebner (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2011 (pp. 412-418). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
• Clarkson, B., Jung, J.H.(. & Masek, M. (2011). Shared Assessment: a Strategy for Managing Multidisciplinary Projects. In T. Bastiaens & M. Ebner (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2011 (pp. 2925-2930). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
• Ranjeet, T.R., Hingston, P, Lam, C.P., & Masek, M. (2011), Analysis of key installation protection using computerized red teaming, The Thirty Fourth Australasian Computer Science Conference, January 17-20, Perth, Australia, 8pp.
• Sinclair, J., Hingston, P., Masek, M., & Nosaka, K. (2010), Testing an extergame for effectiveness and attractiveness, IEEE Games Innovation Conference, Hong Kong, 21-23 December 2010, 8pp.
• Masek, M., Boeing, A., & Bailey, W. (2010), Critical infrastructure protection risk modelling with games technology, Published in: What Kind of Information Society? Governance, Virtuality, Surveilance, Sustainability, Resilience, IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, Vol. 328/2010, p363-372. Presented at: World Computer Congress 2010, Brisbane, Australia. 20-23 September 2010.
• Sinclair, J., Hingston, P., & Masek, M. (2009) "Exergame development using the dual flow model", Proceedings of The 6th Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment, Sydney, Australia. 17-19 December 2009.
• Masek, M. (2009), Computer games and exercise - The new sport?, Workshop at IEEE Healthcom 2009, the 11th IEEE International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications & Services, abstract published in Journal of eHealth Technology and Application, 7(2), p185.
• Masek, M., Lee, C.S., Lam, C.P., Tan, K.T., & Fyneman, A. (2009), "Remote home-based ante and post natal care", Proceedings of HEALTHCOM, the 11th IEEE International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications & Services, Sydney, Australia, 16-18th December 2009.
• Lee, C.S., Masek, M., Lam, C.P., & Tan, K.T. (2009), "Towards higher accuracy and better noise-tolerance for fetal heart rate monitoring using Doppler ultrasound", TENCON 2009, Singapore, 23-26th November 2009.
• Masek M. (2009), Fetal heart rate and activity monitoring via Microsoft Smart Phones, in Case Studies Presentation - Point of Care Diagnostics and Remote Patient Monitoring, mHealth Summit, Washington DC, October 29-30, 2009.
• Lee, C.S., Masek, M., Lam, C.P., & Tan, K.T. (2009), "Advances in fetal heart rate monitoring using smart phones", Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Communication and Information Technology (ISCIT) 2009, Incheon, South Korea.
• Masek, M., Hingston, P., Carrigy, M., Collins, L., & Nosaka, K. (2009), "Raising heart rate with dance pad based computer games", Proceedings of Computer Games, Multimedia and Allied Technology 09, Singapore, pp.245-252.
• Boeing, A., Masek, M., & Bailey B. (2008), "Immersive critical infrastructure simulation with games technology", Proceedings of the 9th Australian Information Warfare & Security Conference, Perth, Australia, 8 pp. *Awarded best conference paper*
• Masek, M. & Hingston, P. (2007), "Use of online tools to aid group work", Proceedings of Transforming Information and Learning, Perth, Australia, 8 pp.
• Sinclair, J., Hingston, P. & Masek, M. (2007), "Considerations for the design of exergames", GRAPHITE 2007, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Australasia and Southern Asia, Perth, Australia, p289-295.
• Hingston, P. & Masek, M. (2007), "Explorations with Monte Carlo Othello", Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, Singapore.
• M. Masek, S.M. Kwok, C.J.S. deSilva, Y. Attikiouzel (2003) "Classification of Mammographic Density Using Histogram Distance Measures", CD-ROM Proceedings of the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Sydney, Australia, 1pp.