Robyn Owens
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Robyn Anne Owens is an Australian applied mathematician and computer scientist known for her research in computer vision and face recognition,[1] and on the non-invasive imaging of lactation.[2] Formerly a professor at the University of Western Australia (UWA) and the deputy vice-chancellor for research at UWA, she retired in 2019,[3] and remains affiliated with UWA as a professorial fellow.[4]
Owens earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics (with honours) at the University of Western Australia and a doctorate in mathematics at the Somerville College, Oxford.[5] Her 1980 dissertation, Almost Periodic Hardy Spaces, was supervised by David Albert Edwards.[6] She returned to the University of Western Australia after postdoctoral study at Paris-Sud University. Before becoming vice-chancellor for research, she headed the UWA School of Computer Science & Software Engineering.[5]
