Scientific Programmer

Dr Paulette Lieby -- Senior Research Engineer


Biography

Previous Positions

Prior to taking up her position with NICTA beginning of 2004, Dr Lieby worked for five years as a software engineer/research programmer with the Magma Computational Algebra Group at the University of Sydney.
During her undergraduate and postgraduate years, Dr Lieby held various positions as tutor, lecturer and research assistant.
Before undertaking her studies, she was employed in many different capacities, among other as a factory worker, a public servant and a programmer/analyst programmer.
 
Qualifications

1999: PhD in Pure Mathematics from Charles Darwin University (CDU), Australia.
1994: Honours Degree (1C) in Computer Science and Mathematics, CDU.

Research Interests

Dr Lieby's research interests include extremal problems in finite sets and algorithm optimization.
She is currently leading the AASEDP project whose aim is to develop tools and techniques to improve understanding and characterization of the morphological shape changes of the hippocampus over time. Her current research focus is the analysis of 3D shapes and the definition of new shape descriptors.