Michael Blumenstein

Professor and Pro Vice Chancellor (Business Creation and Major Facilities) at the University of Technology Sydney

[Michael Blumenstein @ProfBlumenstein]

A great time was had this week at @wacv_official 2025 in Tucson, Arizona. I presented our paper entitled: “FASTER: A Font-Agnostic Scene Text Editing & Rendering Framework”, which introduced a novel editing technique powered by #AI to deal with difficult text in digital imagery.

[Michael Blumenstein @ProfBlumenstein]

@SidJamesActor One of my favourite British comedians and actors. #sidjames

[Michael Blumenstein @ProfBlumenstein]

#LestWeForget | It was a beautiful Anzac Sunset Tribute at the @SydOperaHouse Forecourt | @RSLNSW @Channel7

[Sanket Biswas , PhD @sanket10rony]

#WACV2025 we are here! @ProfBlumenstein will be presenting our poster soon this session. For details about this amazing work on Scene Text Editing and Rendering @wacv_official , here's our paper link: https://t.co/O657J0dLLK
Please come and visit our POSTER #111 this session!

[Michael Blumenstein @ProfBlumenstein]

Beautiful cloud formation at Mt Penang Gardens.⁦⁦@CCoastCouncil⁩ @NewSouthWales⁩

[Michael Blumenstein @ProfBlumenstein]

Two black swans enjoying the beautiful spring weather (one was photobombing).

[Michael Blumenstein @ProfBlumenstein]

Beautiful Kookaburra spotted in Rose Bay.

[Michael Blumenstein @ProfBlumenstein]

Congratulations to Dr @JiaoJiaoLi_Syd from @UTSFEIT who has won the Emerging Leader in Science Award at the @eurekaprizes! What a fantastic recognition of excellent research and #STEM engagement! @UTSEngage @UTSResearch #biomedicalengineering

[UTS @UTSEngage]

UTS has been named as one of the world’s top universities for the study of 34 subjects in the latest edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject, with 14 of them ranked in the global top 100. Read more: https://t.co/RAlO2QDeEt

[Michael Blumenstein @ProfBlumenstein]

@igordownunder @schmidtim @igordownunder, you need to first make the PDF ‘printer’ the default under settings. Then it won’t freeze.

[#ICPR2024 @ICPRConference]

📢📢 #ICPR2024 deadline has been extended.
· Paper submission deadline: April 10, 2024 (extended)
· Competition Proposal submission deadline: March 27, 2024 (extended)
· Workshop proposal submission deadline: March 31, 2024
· Tutorial proposal submission deadline: June 15, 2024

[Michael Blumenstein @ProfBlumenstein]

Rise of #AI fuels debate over regulation. There’s a danger of stifling #innovation in our start-up ecosystem if we go down the path of over-regulation. @UTSEngage @UTSFEIT | @ylecun @pmddomingos | https://t.co/dIs9vNpteV

[UTS @UTSEngage]

UTS and @Sydney_Uni will work together on Digital Central, an ambitious collaboration to harness the strength of the two unis in digital sciences and technologies, giving students the opportunity to work directly with the biggest and brightest in tech: https://t.co/cQAUbllSDT

[Alli Jackson @allijjackson]

Research Ethics Coordinator IRC260564 @UTSEngage https://t.co/U6FahGouXd Newly created role to ensure that the ethics function at UTS is reformative, adaptable, innovative, and sustainable! Play a key role in the continuous improvement of processes and systems. Closes 19/11.

[Alli Jackson @allijjackson]

International Assurance Coordinator IRC260561 @UTSEngage
HEW8, 1 FTE, continuing. Closes 19/11
If you are into geopolitics &national security, you are adaptive, and want to get into an exciting, evolving area then this job might be for you!
https://t.co/hjvUjoOGRL

[Benjamin Eggleton @ProfBenEggleton]

Great to host my friend @ProfBlumenstein from @UTSEngage at @SydneyNano @EggletonLab

[Michael Blumenstein @ProfBlumenstein]

@ProfBenEggleton @UTSEngage @SydneyNano @EggletonLab Great meeting you today @ProfBenEggleton - I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation and the visit to your @SydneyNano lab. It was also great meeting members from your research team.

[Michael Blumenstein @ProfBlumenstein]

The Humanisation of AI is in part contributing to the type of hype and ‘doomerism’ inherent in the narrative of some commentators and non-technical experts that portray a complete misunderstanding of how AI works. ⁦@ylecun⁩ ⁦@pmddomingos⁩ https://t.co/LGkqIZ5Dew

[UTS Faculty of Engineering and IT @UTSFEIT]

Distinguished Professor Mark Stewart from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering is going to great lengths to collect valuable data to help inform counter-terrorism strategies, including blowing up cars in the NSW outback:
https://t.co/lYsOhXfgmd