Michael conducts interdisciplinary research at the boundary between robotics, neuroscience and computer vision and is a multi-award winning educational entrepreneur. Michael's research models the neural mechanisms in the brain underlying tasks like navigation and perception to develop new technologies in challenging application domains such as all-weather, anytime positioning for autonomous vehicles. Michael currently holds the position of Professor at the Queensland University of Technology, as well as Microsoft Research Faculty Fellow and Chief Investigator at the Australian Centre for Robotic Vision.