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Anton van den Hengel wins Pearcey Foundation
2010 SA Award
EMBARGOED UNTIL 6.00pm 21 OCTOBER 2010
Adelaide, Thursday 21 October 2010: The 2010 South Australian
Pearcey Foundation Award was presented to Dr Anton van den Hengel,
inventor of the Videotrace image modelling system and Professor of
Computer Science at the University of Adelaide. The presentation was
made by Mr Wayne Fitzsimmons, Chairman of the Pearcey Foundation,
at a ceremony held this evening in the Adelaide Festival Centre. The
award is made annually to a younger person in mid-career who is
running a risk and making a difference in the ICT industry.
“Allowing unskilled computer users to create 3D models of objects
around them, has translated into users being able to generate content
for virtual environments such as Second Life and Google Earth - that
this globally used software was invented right here in Adelaide by Anton
and his team at the University of Adelaide, illustrates why Anton has
been recognised through this most prestigious award” commented
Brenda Aynsley, Chairman of the Pearcey Foundation selection
committee for South Australia.
In addition to his academic role, Anton is also heavily involved with
Snap Surveillance, a start-up company he established to
commercialise another invention associated with surveillance camera
technology as well as the Australian Centre for Visual Technologies,
an academic centre in Adelaide focussed on innovation in the
production and analysis of visual digital media, counting global
companies such as BHP Billiton as users of their technologies.
Ms Aynsley also announced that this evening’s winner will be a finalist
in a new Pearcey National Award sponsored by CSIRO. The winner of
this new award, to be presented for the first time in 2011, will be drawn
from each of the 2010 Pearcey State Award winners.
About the Pearcey Foundation
Founded in memory of Trevor Pearcey, who built Australia’s first and
the world’s fourth programmable digital computer, CSIRAC, in Sydney
in 1949, the foundation is a group of concerned individuals fostering the
aims and achievements of the Australian ICT industry. Celebrating its
61st
anniversary this year, CSIRAC is the oldest surviving computer in
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the world. The Pearcey Foundation’s objective is to reinforce the
recognition, knowledge and appreciation of Australia’s ongoing
contribution to the development and growth of our ICT professions,
research and industry.
For more information on the South Australian Pearcey Awards please
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