Alex Zelinsky
Alex Zelinsky | |
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Prof Alex Zelinsky in 2014 | |
| Vice-Chancellor of the University of Newcastle | |
| Assumed office November 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Caroline McMillen |
| Chief Defence Scientist | |
| In office March 2012 – November 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Clark |
| Succeeded by | Tanya Monro |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 March 1960 Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Wollongong |
| Awards | Officer of the Order of Australia M. A. Sargent Medal |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mobile robotics |
| Institutions | University of Newcastle Defence Science and Technology Group CSIRO Australian National University University of Wollongong |
| Thesis | Environment exploration and path planning algorithms for mobile robot navigation using sonar (1991) |
Alexander ‘Alex’ Zelinsky (born 5 March 1960) is an Australian computer scientist, systems engineer and roboticist. His career spans innovation, science and technology, research and development, commercial start-ups and education. Professor Zelinsky is Vice-chancellor and President of the University of Newcastle joining the university on 19 November 2018. He was the Chief Defence Scientist of Australia from March 2012 until November 2018. As Chief Defence Scientist he led defence science and technology for Australia's Department of Defence.