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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-10-23 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-02-03 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007885b.htm person Durrant-Whyte Hugh FAA FRS FTSE AACR2 6 February 1961 Place of Birth London, United Kingdom Chief Scientist Robotics engineer High Durrant-Whyte is a world authority on machine learning and robotics, and has played a key role in raising Australia's profile in these fields internationally. His research has found application in areas such as cargo handling, mining and defence. Among his major projects have been autonomous vehicle navigation and sensor data fusion, and Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping(SLAM) (with John Leonard). Durrant-Whyte is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and the Royal Society, London. In 2018 he was appointed New South Wales Chief Scientist and Engineer. 1983 1983 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc (hons)), University of London 1985 1985 Education - Master of Science in Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. 1985 1986 Career position - Research Assistant, Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. 1986 1986 Education - PhD, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. 1986 1987 Career position - Research Fellow, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford 1987 1995 Career position - Lecturer in Engineering Science, University of Oxford 1994 1994 Award - United Kingdom Engineer of the Year, United Kingdom Manufacturing Industry Association 1995 Career position - Professor of Mechatronic Engineering, University of Sydney 1995 1995 Life event - Migrated to Australia 1999 2010 Career position - Director, Australian Centre for Field Robotics, University of Sydney 2002 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) 2002 2010 Career position - Research Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Autonomous Systems 2004 2004 Award - New South Wales Pearcey Award for the Tech Entrepreneur of the Year, Pearcey Foundation 2004 2004 Award - Harry Lees Award, Institute of Marine Engineers, Science and Technology, United Kingdom 2008 2008 Award - Professional Engineer of the Year, New South Wales Division, Institution of Engineers, Australia 2009 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 2009 2009 Award - Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering 2010 Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS) 2010 2010 Award - Scientist of the Year, New South Wales Science and Engineering Awards 2010 2014 Career position - Chief Executive Officer of National ICT Australia Ltd (NICTA) 2014 2017 Career position - Chair, Innovation and Productivity Council, New South Wales 2016 Career position - Director, Centre for Translational Data Science, University of Sydney 2016 2018 Career position - Chief Scientific Advisor, Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom 2017 2017 Award - M. A. Sargent Medal, Institution of Engineers, Australia 2018 Career position - New South Wales Chief Scientist and Engineer, Office of the New South Wales Chief Scientist and Engineer Office of the New South Wales Chief Scientist and Engineer, State of New South Wales (2008 - )

Chief Scientist and Engineer 2018 -

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1987 - )

Fellow 2002 -

 The University of Sydney (1850 - )

Professor of Mechatronic Engineering 1995 - ; Director, Australian Centre for Field Robotics 1999 - 2010; Director, Centre for Translational Data Science 2016 -

 Pearcey Foundation (1998 - )

Received New South Wales Pearcey Award for the Tech Entrepreneur of the Year 2004

 New South Wales Science and Engineering Awards (2008 - 2014)

Scientist of the Year 2010

 Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1991 - 2015)

Received the Award 2009

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 2009 -

 'Durrant-Whyte, Hugh', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Durrant-Whyte, Hugh Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation