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Dr Matthew Browne School of Human, Health and Social Sciences

Lecturer in Psychology

PhD

Office Location
G.47
Building 8
Contact Details
Email: m.browne@cqu.edu.au
Phone: (07) 4150 7002 - Ext: 7002

    Matthew Browne is a lecturer in research methods and statistics in the psychology program within the school of Health and Human Services. He also acts as consulting statistician to the Institute for Health and Social Sciences Research.

    Media Citations
    • 'Fast food consumption points to gambling' The Australian, January 16, 2013.
    • 'A better diet not healthy' MX Brisbane, January 17, 2013.
    • Interview with Glenn Ridge 1377 MyMP, 9:25am, 17 January, 2013 'Links between compulsive snacking and gambling'
    • 'Eating better: Snackers likely to be problem gamblers; MX News Melbourne, January 16 2013.
    • Interview with 4BU, 6:30am, January 16, 2013. 'Single men more likely to gamble than any other demographic'
    • 'Gambling link' Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton), January 16, 2013
    • 'Do you have an appetite for gambling as well as high-energy snacks?' Rockhampton Mirror, January 16, 2013.
    • Interview on 'Mornings with David Dowsett', ABC Wide Bay FM100.1, 15 January 2013, 'Gambling and personality'
    Background

    Matthew completed a PhD in psychophysiology methodology in 2002, publishing several novel methods for the analysis of EEG recordings. He has since held continuing posts in major international research organizations including CSIRO and the Fraunhofer Gesslschaft (Institute for Autonomous Systems). His main interests lie in the application of statistical and machine learnings methodologies across several disciplines (but especially social science and psychology). He acts as a consulting statistician to the IHSSR, contributing to a number of projects across CQUniversity health and social sciences. He also contributes actively to research programs in the psychology of gambling, cognitive psychophysiology, and personality and attitudes.

    Professional Experience
    Psychophysiology, evolutionary psychology, adaptive systems, research methods, modelling of biological sustems, computational statistics, image and signal processing, cybernetics: integrated human, machine and biological systems.

    Lecturer in Psychology at Central Queensland University 2011 - Present

    Teaching into the psychology program. Currently teaching Advanced Data Analysis at the post-grad level, and Research Methods and Advanced Methods in the Undergraduate program

    Manager (R&D) and Director at Arden Architectural 2009 - 2011

    Managing the R&D group of advanced engineering company. Leader of a small team including researchers, technicians, and external contractors developing innovative methods to integrate design and human-use data gathered from architects, engineers and suppliers. Advanced programmatic CAD development in Autodesk Inventor to create parametric design tools.

    Senior Industry Researcher (Remote Sensing and Computer Vision) at CoastalCOMS 2009

    Role included dev. and implementation of new analysis methods, design and supervision of validation studies leading to patentable IP. Led the data analysis team in a SmartState funded project to
develop new statistical methodologies for improving safety on beaches. This component won the SAHF 2011 Pioneer Award in the Innovation category. Consultancies involving this technology with the Univ. of California, Univ. Guelph, and US Navy.

    Researcher (Applied Mathematics) at CSIRO 2006 - 2008

    Worked closely with marine ecologists for the design and analysis of large-scale research projects with an environmental conservation focus. I developed new methods for species distribution and
biodiversity modelling in marine ecoysystems. Created a methodological framework for monitoring healthy waterways, catchments and estuarine systems for adaptive human use. Informal supervision of students and a post-doctoral researcher.

    Post-Doctoral Researcher (Remote Sensing and Data Analysis) at Griffith University 2004 - 2006

    Development of research data analysis methods specically to improve understanding of coastal phys- ical processes, with particular regard to potential impact on human behaviour and safety. Managed research assistants, research grant applications and liaised with government bodies and commercial research partners.

    Applied Researcher / Engineer (Mobile Autonomous Robotics) at Gesellschaft fur Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung - Japan (GMD-JRL) 2002 - 2004

    Applied research activities in human-inspired mobile robotics, with a focus on applying cognitive theory to practical methods for learning, orientation and vision

    Key Achievements

    SHF 2011 Pioneer Award (awarded to CoastalCOMS for the 'WavePak' processing technology developed my myself and my team).

    Development and implementation of wave and beach informatics systems, with patents registered, and implementation by CoastalComs worldwide.

    Development and implementation of a database driven architectural framework for Arden Architectural.

    Editor
    Member of the International Editorial Review Board of Artificial Intelligence Research (AiR, ISSN 1927-6974, EISSN 1927-6982)
    Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
    Term 2 - 2013
    PSYC12047 - Data Analysis for Psychology
    Course Coordinator
    Term 1 - 2013
    PSYC14047 - Advanced Data Analysis
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    PSYC20030 - Advanced Data Analysis for Psychology
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    Term 2 - 2012
    PSYC12047 - Research Methods in Psychology A
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    PSYC13015 - Advanced Methods in Psychology
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    PSYC11008 - Biological Foundations of Psychology
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    PSYC14047 - Advanced Data Analysis
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    PSYC20030 - Advanced Data Analysis for Psychology
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    Journal Article

    Browne, M 2012, 'Regularized tessellation density estimation with bootstrap aggregation and complexity penalization', Pattern Recognition, online 2 September 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2011.09.003

    Link to Catalogue Link to ACQUIRE
    Theses
    Browne, M. “Wavelet Methods for Analysis of Event-Related Potentials”. Griffith University, 2002.
    Published in: 2002
    Papers in Refereed Proceedings
    Gal, Y., M. Browne, and C. Lane. “Automatic Estimation of Nearshore Wave Height from Video Timestacks.” 2011 International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (2011): 364–369.
    Published in: 2011
    Lane, C., Y. Gal, M. Browne, A. Short, D. Strauss, R. Tomlinson, K. Jackson, C. Tan, and M. Blumenstein. “A New System for Breakzone Location and the Measurement of Breaking Wave Heights and Periods.” In Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International, 2234–2236, 2010.
    Published in: 2010
    Mayer, N., M. Browne, and H. Wu. “ESNs with One Dimensional Topography.” Neural Information Processing. Models and Applications (2010): 209–216.
    Published in: 2010
    Mayer, N.M., K. Masui, M. Browne, and M. Asada. “Gyro Stabilized Biped Walking.” In Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference On, 1422–1427, 2006.
    Published in: 2006
    Strauss, D., M. Browne, R. Tomlinson, and L. Hughes. “Numerical Modelling and Video Analysis of Intermediate Beach State Transitions.” In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering, 1–15. Philadelphia, PA, 2006.
    Published in: 2006
    Browne, M., M. Blumenstein, R. Tomlinson, and D. Strauss. “An Intelligent System for Remote Monitoring and Prediction of Beach Safety.” In Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications, Innsbruck, 533–537, 2005.
    Published in: 2005
    Green, S., M. Blumenstein, M. Browne, and R. Tomlinson. “The Detection and Quantification of Persons in Cluttered Beach Scenes Using Neural Network-based Classification.” In Computational Intelligence and Multimedia Applications, 2005. Sixth International Conference On, 303–308, 2005.
    Published in: 2005
    Oullette, R., M. Browne, and K. Hirasawa. “Genetic Algorithm Optimization of a Convolutional Neural Network for Autonomous Crack Detection.” In Evolutionary Computation, 2004. CEC2004. Congress On, 1:516–521, 2004.
    Published in: 2004
    Mayer, N., and M. Browne. “Echo State Networks and Self-prediction.” Biologically Inspired Approaches to Advanced Information Technology (2004): 40–48.
    Published in: 2004
    Dorn, M., M. Browne, and S.S. Ghidary. “Landmark Detection by a Rotary Laser Scanner for Autonomous Robot Navigation in Sewer Pipes.” In Proceedings of the ICMIT 2003, 2nd International Conference on Mechatronics and Information Technology, Jecheon, Korea, 600–604, 2003.
    Published in: 2003
    Browne, M., and S. Ghidary. “Convolutional Neural Networks for Image Processing: An Application in Robot Vision.” In AI 2003: Advances in Artificial Intelligence, 641–652, 2003.
    Published in: 2003
    Ghidary, S.S., M. Browne, A. Nassiraie, and M. Dorn. “Omni-directional Imaging for Navigation in Sewer Pipes.” In Proceedings of the ICMIT 2003, 2nd International Conference on Mechatronics and Information Technology, Jechon, Korea, 754–758, 2003.
    Published in: 2003
    Browne, M., M. Dorn, R. Ouellette, T. Christaller, and S. Shiry. “Wavelet Entropy-based Feature Extraction for Crack Detection in Sewer Pipes.” 6th International Conference on Mechatronics Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan 648 (2002): 202–206.
    Published in: 2002
    Browne, M., S. Shiry, M. Dorn, R. Ouellette, and T. Christaller. “Feature Extraction via PCA of Wavelet Densities.” In Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Robots and Automation, Toluca, Mexico, 398–402, 2002.
    Published in: 2002
    Refereed Conferences
    Donaldson, P., Rockloff, M. J., Browne, M., & Li, E. (2012). Attitudes Towards Gambling and Gambling Reform in Australia. In Proceedings of the 22nd National Association for Gambling Studies. Presented at the National Association for Gambling Studies, Launceston, Australia.
    Published in: 2012
    Browne, M., Rockloff, M. J., Donaldson, P., & Li, E. (2012). A consuming passion: Linking gambling to the use of alcohol, caffeine, and energy-rich foods. In Proceedings of the 22nd National Association for Gambling Studies. Presented at the National Association for Gambling Studies, Launceston, Australia.
    Published in: 2012
    Li, E., Rockloff, M. J., Donaldson, P., & Browne, M. (2012). Gambling as an expression of needs for autonomy. In Proceedings of the 22nd National Association for Gambling Studies. Presented at the National Association for Gambling Studies, Launceston, Australia. Retrieved from www.nags.org.au
    Published in: 2012
    Mayer, M., M. Asada, and M. Browne. “What Is the ‘Right’ Metric for the Modelling of Feature Maps in the Visual Cortex?” Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Information Geometry and Its Applications (2005).
    Published in: 2005
    Grants
    $3,400. HAVRS (CQUniversity IHSSR). Collecting and processing event-related potential (ERP) trials from the auditory odd-ball paradigm using high resolution EEG equipment and MATLAB
    Published in: 2012
    $8,000. Griffith University Small School Grants Scheme, T.R.H. Cutmore, M. Browne, and D. Shum. 'A wavelet random-forest classifier for event-related-potential analysis'.
    Published in: 2012
    $6,000. Health CRN Short-term Exchange Program Award. M. Browne. 'Development of random-forest methods for data-processing applications in health and physiology'. Host Institution: University of Queensland.
    Published in: 2012
    $16,000. Institute for Health and Social Science Research grant (Population Research Laboratory) 'Covariability in beliefs towards evolution and religion in the Australian population'. M. Browne & M. McHenry
    Published in: 2012
    $93,000. Researchers in Business Grant. D.I.I.S.R. M. Browne & M. Blumenstein. Development of an automated modelling system with application to the construction / architectural industry.
    Published in: 2010
    $350,000 Australia-Japan Foundation Grant (CSIRO): 08/09 (with Prof Ritei Shibata of Keio University, Japan). Bilateral collaboration for the development of innovative tools in ecological management
    Published in: 2008
    YEN86 million Research and development of an inspection robot for sewer pipes (GMD-Japan): 8/03 - 1/06. Funding agency: Organisation for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, JAPAN (SMRJ). Y. Kawamura, M. Browne, R. Ouellette, S. Shiry (GMD-JRL sewer robotics group). Industry partners: FAIS (admin.), Kyushu Keisokuki, Nippon Tecmo, Yaskawa Corp.
    Published in: 2003
    MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
    This person is a recognised research supervisor for this field Statistics - Applied Statistics
    Matthew has 10 years post-doctoral experience contributing statistical and applied mathematics components to projects. He also has particular interests in computational statistics and machine learning methodologies.
    PSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES
    Psychology - Psychological Methodology, Design and Analysis