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Dr Julie Tang
Research Assistant

Dr Julie Tang

  • 2015 - 2019 PhD, Mechatronic Engineering at the University of New South Wales
  • 2010 - 2015 BE (Mechatronics) / BComm (Finance) at the University of New South Wales
Engineering
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Julie is a researcher within the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. Julie's interests are in automation as well as sustainability with focus in the agricultural sector.
E-mail
julie.tang@unsw.edu.au
Location
J17 Ainsworth Building (Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering), Room 510H
  • Journal articles | 2022
    Wang X; Tang J; Whitty M, 2022, 'Data-centric analysis of on-tree fruit detection: Experiments with deep learning', Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, vol. 194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2022.106748
    Journal articles | 2021
    Wang X; Tang J; Whitty M, 2021, 'DeepPhenology: Estimation of apple flower phenology distributions based on deep learning', Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, vol. 185, pp. 106123 - 106123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2021.106123
    Journal articles | 2020
    Wang X; Tang J; Whitty M, 2020, 'Side-view apple flower mapping using edge-based fully convolutional networks for variable rate chemical thinning', Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, vol. 178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2020.105673
    Journal articles | 2018
    Liu S; Li X; Wu H; Xin B; Tang J; Petrie P; Whitty M, 2018, 'A robust automated flower estimation system for grape vines', Biosystems Engineering, vol. 172, pp. 110 - 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2018.05.009
    Journal articles | 2018
    Tang J; Petrie P; Whitty M, 2018, 'Modelling relationships between visible winegrape berries and bunch maturity', Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research, vol. 25, pp. 116 - 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajgw.12374
    Journal articles | 2017
    Liu S; Cossell S; Tang J; Dunn G; Whitty M, 2017, 'A Computer Vision System for Early Stage Grape Yield Estimation Based on Shoot Detection', Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, vol. 137, pp. 88 - 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2017.03.013
  • Conference Papers | 2021
    Yem O; Tang J; Wang AX; Whitty M, 2021, 'Estimation of Apple Fruitlet Density in Orchards using Deep Learning Techniques', Melbourne, presented at Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Melbourne, 06 December 2021 - 08 December 2021
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Tang J; Petrie P; Whitty M, 2019, 'Low-Cost Filter Selection from Spectrometer Data for Multispectral Imaging Applications', in fitch R; Katupitiya J; Whitty M (eds.), 6th IFAC Conference on Sensing, Control and Automation Technologies for Agriculture AGRICONTROL, IFAC-Online, Sydney, Australia, pp. 277 - 282, presented at Sensing, Control and Automation Technologies for Agriculture - 6th AGRICONTROL 2019, Sydney, Australia, 04 December 2019 - 06 December 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2019.12.534
    Reports | 2017
    Whitty M; Liu S; cossell S; Jayakody H; Woods M; Tang J; Singh S; van Kerk Oerle P; Wiseham D; Liu S; Davidson A; Stocco T; Jarrett J; Jarrett P; Wotton C; Shepherd J; Lim S; Petrie PR; Dunn G, 2017, Improved yield prediction for the Australian wine industry, Wine Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, DPI1401, https://www.wineaustralia.com/au/research/search/completed-projects/dpi-1401
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Cossell S; Whitty M; Liu S; Tang J, 2016, 'Spatial Map Generation from Low Cost Ground Vehicle Mounted Monocular Camera', in IFAC PAPERSONLINE, ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, WA, Seattle, pp. 231 - 236, presented at 5th IFAC Conference on Sensing, Control and Automation Technologies for Agriculture (AGRICONTROL), WA, Seattle, 14 August 2016 - 17 August 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2016.10.043
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Cossell S; Whitty M; liu S; tang J, 2016, 'Spatial Map Generation from Low Cost Ground Vehicle Mounted Monocular Camera', in IFAC-PapersOnLine, Seattle, Washington, pp. 231 - 236, presented at AgriControl 2016, Seattle, Washington, 14 August 2016 - 17 August 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2016.10.043
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Liu S; Tang JULIE; Whitty MARK, 2016, 'A Fast Method to Measure Stomatal Aperture by MSER on Smart Mobile Phone', in Applied Industrial Optics: Spectroscopy, Imaging and Metrology 2016, Heidelberg Germany, presented at Applied Industrial Optics: Spectroscopy, Imaging and Metrology, Heidelberg Germany, 25 July 2016 - 28 July 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AIO.2016.AIW2B.2
    Conference Posters | 2016
    Tang J; Whitty M, 2016, 'Non-Productive Canopy Detection from Aerial Imagery', Adelaide, Australia, presented at Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 24 July 2016 - 28 July 2016
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Tang J; Woods M; Cossell S; Liu S; Whitty M, 2016, 'Non-Productive Vine Canopy Estimation through Proximal and Remote Sensing', in IFAC-PapersOnLine, Seattle, USA, pp. 398 - 403, presented at Sensing, Control and Automation Technologies for Agriculture - 5th AGRICONTROL 2016, Seattle, USA, 14 August 2016 - 17 August 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2016.10.073
    Conference Posters | 2016
    Woods MR; Whitty MA; Cossell S; Liu S; Tang J; Dunn G; Petrie P; Davidson A; Wotton C; Jarrett J, 2016, 'An Initial Investigation into Harvest Efficiency', Adelaide, presented at Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference, Adelaide, 24 July 2016 - 28 July 2016
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Liu S; Tang J; Cossell S; Whitty MA, 2015, 'Detection of Shoots in Vineyards by Unsupervised Learning with Over the Row Computer Vision System', in Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, ACRA, Canberra, Australia, presented at Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Canberra, Australia, 02 December 2015 - 04 December 2015, https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/acra/acra2015_proceedings/views/includes/files/pap162.pdf
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Tang J; Liu S; Cossell S; Whitty M, 2015, 'Addressing Big Issues in Agriculture: A Case Study on Rapid and High Fidelity Yield Mapping', in Addressing Big Issues in Agriculture: A Case Study on Rapid and High Fidelity Yield Mapping, 14th APRU Doctoral Students Conference, Hangzhou, China, presented at 14th APRU Doctoral Students Conference, Hangzhou, China, 23 November 2015 - 27 November 2015

Past Research Grants

  • AGWA funded Ph.D scholarship project “Autonomous In-Vivo Determination of Maturity Parameters” (2016 – 2018), value $30,000.

My Research Supervision

Current Students and Topics

Ph.D

  • Annie Xu Wang: Flower detection for apple spraying robot (cosupervised with Mark Whitty as primary supervisor)

BE thesis

  • Timothy Ryan (with Mark Whitty and Valerie Mengying Hu): Orchard point cloud processing

Completed Students and Topics

Taste of Research

  • Aaron (Shanda) Su (with Mark Whitty): An online system for vine flower counting

My Teaching

Previously: MTRN4230 Robotics (tutor), MTRN3500 Computing Applications in Mechatronics Systems (tutor), MTRN3100 Robot Design (tutor)