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Dr Martin Masek

Dr Martin Masek

Secretary of the WA Chapter of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society

Secretary of the WA Chapter of the International Game Developers Association

Course Coordinator - Honours

Research Interests

Image processing and computer vision,

Remote home-based healthcare,

Using computer games as teaching tools.

Computer games and exercise

Teaching Interests

Games Development

Staff Qualifications

PhD WAust.

BE (Honours in Information Technology) WAust.

Publications - Books

Publications - Book Chapters

  1. P. Hingston, B. Combes, and M. Masek (2006), "Teaching an Undergraduate AI Course with Games and Simulation ", in Technologies for E-Learning and Digital Entertainment (Pan, Z., Aylett, R., Diener, H., Jin, X., and Gobel, S. Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 3942/2006, pp. 494-506.
  2. M. Masek, C.J.S. deSilva, and Y. Attikiouzel (2003), "Automatic Breast Orientation in Mediolateral Oblique View Mammograms", in Digital Mammography 2002 (H.O. Peitgen, Ed.). Proc. 6th Int. Workshop on Digital Mammography, Springer-Verlag, pp. 207-209.
  3. M. Masek, Y. Attikiouzel, and C. J. S. deSilva. (2001) "Automatic Removal of High Intensity Labels and Noise from Mammograms" in Digital Mammography, IWDM 2000. Martin J. Yaffe (ed.), Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Digital Mammography, Toronto, Canada, June 2000. Madison, WI: Medical Physics Publishing, pp. 576-581.

Publications - Grants

  1. $15,000 - Masek, M. Brogan, M. & Hingston, P. (2010), AE2 Simulation, The Ian Maclean Award, National Archives of Australia.
  2. US$100,000 - Tan, A. & Masek, M. (2008), Fetal heart rate and activity monitoring via smart phones, Microsoft Research.
  3. $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. $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.
  5. $8,000 - Hingston, P., Combes, B., Masek. M. (2006), Developing pedagogy for using games to teach computer science, Edith Cowan University Teaching and Learning Grant Scheme.

Publications - Journal Papers

  1. 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.

Publications - Refereed Conference Papers

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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*
  9. Masek, M. & Hingston, P. (2007), "Use of online tools to aid group work", Proceedings of Transforming Information and Learning, Perth, Australia, 8 pp.
  10. 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.
  11. Hingston, P. & Masek, M. (2007), "Explorations with Monte Carlo Othello", Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, Singapore.
  12. 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.
  13. M. Masek, C.J.S. deSilva, Y. Attikiouzel (2002) "Image Retrieval Based on Histogram Comparison for Digital Mammography Workstations", CD ROM Proceedings of the International Congress on Biological and Medical Engineering, Singapore, 2 pp.
  14. M. Masek, C.J.S. deSilva, Y. Attikiouzel (2002), "Comparison Of Local Median With Modified Cross-Entropy For Pectoral Muscle Segmentation In Mammograms", Proceedings of the 16th Biennial International Conference Biosignal 2002, Brno, Czech Republic, pp 320-322.
  15. M. Masek, R. Chandrasekhar, C.J.S. deSilva, Y. Attikiouzel (2001) "Spatially Based Application of the Minimum Cross-Entropy Thresholding Algorithm to Segment the Pectoral Muscle in Mammograms", Proceedings of the Seventh Australian and New Zealand Intelligent Information Systems Conference, Perth, Western Australia, pp 101-106.
  16. M. Masek, Y. Attikiouzel, C. J. S. deSilva (2000) "Combining Data from Different Algorithms to Segment the Skin-Air Interface in Mammograms", CD-ROM Proceedings of the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Chicago, Illinois, 4 pp.
  17. M. Masek, Y. Attikiouzel, C. J.S. deSilva (2000) "Skin-Air Interface Extraction from Mammograms Using an Automatic Local Thresholding Algorithm", Proceedings of 15th Biennial International Conference Biosignal 2000, Brno, Czech Republic, pp 204-206.

Publications - Other

  1. M. Masek (2004), Hierarchical Segmentation of Mammograms Based on Pixel Intensity, PhD Thesis, The University of Western Australia.
  2. M. Masek (1997), Computer Support for the Disabled – Predictive Scanning Keyboard, Honours Thesis, The University of Western Australia.

Other Information

Past Duties:

Organiser of the Nullarbor Game Development Competition (2006, 2007,2008)

Plenary/Industry/Sponsorships Chair, CIG08, IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Games.

Games Chair for GRAPHITE 2007, The 5th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Australasia and Southern Asia.

Moderator of the Australian Games Panel at GO3 Electronic Entertainment Expo, 2007.

Technical programme committee member for Futureplay 2006.

Guest editor for EURASIP Journal of Applied Signal Processing, Special issue on Performance Evaluation in Image Processing (with Wirth, M., Fraschini, M., and Bruynooghe, M.), 2006.

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