Allison Kealy
Adjunct Professor
Details
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College: STEM College
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Department: STEM College
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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allison.kealy@rmit.edu.au
Open to
- Media enquiries
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Allison Kealy is committed to delivering an exceptional tertiary education experience for students. Their focus is securing the best outcomes for society, by ensuring graduates have the professional skills to address society’s major challenges.
This is achieved through the fostering of an outstanding student experience which translates into a committed and active alumni, combined with resilient partnerships amongst universities, industry, government and the community.
Professor Allison Kealy has been Professor of Geodesy at RMIT since 2017. Her main research activity is as the Research Capability Coordinator in the SmartSat CRC. She has also occupied a number of senior leadership roles at the SmartSat CRC, as Research Director, Program 2 Intelligent Sensors/AI (June 2020–present); as Acting Chief Research Officer (Dec 2020–July 2021)
Since joining RMIT, she has performed a number of senior leadership roles including as Associate Dean International (Nov 2018–Sep 2020) and Deputy Director, Sir Lawrence Wackett Centre (Nov 2019–present).
Industry experience
In addition to her leadership in Australia, she has a significant senior leadership profile in the international Surveying and Spatial community, including:
- President of IAG Commission 4 on Positioning and Applications, International Association of Geodesy (IAG) (2019 – present)
- Technical Representative to the Satellite Division of ION, Institute of Navigation (ION) (2016 – present)
- Chair FIG Working Group 5.5 on Multi-Sensor Systems, International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) (2014 – present)
Awards:
2019 NavXperience Best Peer Reviewed Paper, FIG Conference, Hanoi, Vietnam.
2019 Innovation Award, Mobile Mapping Symposium, Shenzhen, China.
2019 Best Paper Award, International Conference on Ubiquitous Positioning, Indoor Navigations and Location-Based Services, Beijing, China
2019 Executive Dean Research Award, School of Science, RMIT University.
2019 Best Paper Award, Journal of Computing and Civil Engineering.
2017 Best Paper Award, International GNSS Conference, Sydney
2017 Captain Weems Award for advancing the art and science of navigation.
2016 Highly commendable award in the Technical Excellence category of Asia Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards.
2016 Best Paper Award, Computers and Geosciences, Elsevier.
2015 Victorian Spatial Excellence Award for Technical Excellence - Resilient Information Systems for Emergency Response (RISER) project.
2015 Victorian Government Award for Spatial Excellence - Resilient Information Systems for Emergency Response (RISER) project.
2014 Fellow, International Association of Geodesy.
2013 Victorian Spatial Excellence Award for Education.
2001 BMW Scientific Award (2nd Prize)
2001 Best Paper Award, Institute of Navigation ION-GNSS Conference, Salt Lake City
2000 Universitas 21 Fellowship, University of Melbourne
1989 British Council Postgraduate Research Award
This is achieved through the fostering of an outstanding student experience which translates into a committed and active alumni, combined with resilient partnerships amongst universities, industry, government and the community.
Professor Allison Kealy has been Professor of Geodesy at RMIT since 2017. Her main research activity is as the Research Capability Coordinator in the SmartSat CRC. She has also occupied a number of senior leadership roles at the SmartSat CRC, as Research Director, Program 2 Intelligent Sensors/AI (June 2020–present); as Acting Chief Research Officer (Dec 2020–July 2021)
Since joining RMIT, she has performed a number of senior leadership roles including as Associate Dean International (Nov 2018–Sep 2020) and Deputy Director, Sir Lawrence Wackett Centre (Nov 2019–present).
Industry experience
In addition to her leadership in Australia, she has a significant senior leadership profile in the international Surveying and Spatial community, including:
- President of IAG Commission 4 on Positioning and Applications, International Association of Geodesy (IAG) (2019 – present)
- Technical Representative to the Satellite Division of ION, Institute of Navigation (ION) (2016 – present)
- Chair FIG Working Group 5.5 on Multi-Sensor Systems, International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) (2014 – present)
Awards:
2019 NavXperience Best Peer Reviewed Paper, FIG Conference, Hanoi, Vietnam.
2019 Innovation Award, Mobile Mapping Symposium, Shenzhen, China.
2019 Best Paper Award, International Conference on Ubiquitous Positioning, Indoor Navigations and Location-Based Services, Beijing, China
2019 Executive Dean Research Award, School of Science, RMIT University.
2019 Best Paper Award, Journal of Computing and Civil Engineering.
2017 Best Paper Award, International GNSS Conference, Sydney
2017 Captain Weems Award for advancing the art and science of navigation.
2016 Highly commendable award in the Technical Excellence category of Asia Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards.
2016 Best Paper Award, Computers and Geosciences, Elsevier.
2015 Victorian Spatial Excellence Award for Technical Excellence - Resilient Information Systems for Emergency Response (RISER) project.
2015 Victorian Government Award for Spatial Excellence - Resilient Information Systems for Emergency Response (RISER) project.
2014 Fellow, International Association of Geodesy.
2013 Victorian Spatial Excellence Award for Education.
2001 BMW Scientific Award (2nd Prize)
2001 Best Paper Award, Institute of Navigation ION-GNSS Conference, Salt Lake City
2000 Universitas 21 Fellowship, University of Melbourne
1989 British Council Postgraduate Research Award
Academic positions
- Research Director
- SmartSat CRC
- Program 2 Intelligent Sensors/AI
- , Australia
- 2020 – Present
- Acting Chief Research Officer
- SmartSat CRC
- , Australia
- 2020 – 2021
- Deputy Director
- RMIT University
- Sir Lawrence Wackett Centre
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2019 – Present
- Associate Dean International
- RMIT University
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2018 – 2020
- Research Capability Coordinator
- SmartSat CRC
- , Australia
- 2017 – Present
Supervisor projects
- Optical clocks in GNSS positioning
- 28 Mar 2022
- Cooperative Localisation for Constellations of High Altitude Balloon Platforms
- 19 Apr 2021
- An evaluation of supervised and semi-supervised Machine Learning algorithms for Space Situational Awareness
- 17 Mar 2021
- Attitude Estimation and Localisation from Low-Cost Inertial Sensors
- 16 Aug 2019
- Characterization and Calibration of Smartphone GNSS Antenna for Enhanced Positioning
- 4 Jan 2019
- Evaluating Visualization for Emergency Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
- 12 Feb 2018
Teaching interests
Supervisor interest areas:
Satellite positioning and Navigation
Filtering and Estimation for location
Geodesy
Sensor Fusion
high precision positioning
autonomous vehicles
indoor positioning
Programs:
BH117 - Bachelor of Science (Geospatial Science) (Honours) (https://www.rmit.edu.au/study-with-us/levels-of-study/undergraduate-study/honours-degrees/bachelor-of-science-geospatial-science-honours-bh117)
BH116 - Bachelor of Applied Science (Surveying) (Honours) (https://www.rmit.edu.au/study-with-us/levels-of-study/undergraduate-study/honours-degrees/bachelor-of-applied-science-surveying-honours-bh116)
MC265 - Master of Geospatial Science (https://www.rmit.edu.au/study-with-us/levels-of-study/postgraduate-study/masters-by-coursework/master-of-geospatial-science-mc265)
Satellite positioning and Navigation
Filtering and Estimation for location
Geodesy
Sensor Fusion
high precision positioning
autonomous vehicles
indoor positioning
Programs:
BH117 - Bachelor of Science (Geospatial Science) (Honours) (https://www.rmit.edu.au/study-with-us/levels-of-study/undergraduate-study/honours-degrees/bachelor-of-science-geospatial-science-honours-bh117)
BH116 - Bachelor of Applied Science (Surveying) (Honours) (https://www.rmit.edu.au/study-with-us/levels-of-study/undergraduate-study/honours-degrees/bachelor-of-applied-science-surveying-honours-bh116)
MC265 - Master of Geospatial Science (https://www.rmit.edu.au/study-with-us/levels-of-study/postgraduate-study/masters-by-coursework/master-of-geospatial-science-mc265)
Research interests
Allison Kealy is an internationally recognised leading researcher in the field of Geodesy. Her research contributions are particularly focused in the high-impact application areas of transport, emergency management, defence, and critical infrastructure. She has developed an extensive network of industry and government collaborators who have funded their research programs, including: the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), Plan Jericho Department of Defence, Air Services Australia, Bushfire CRC, Frontier SI and CRC for Spatial Information, Defence Science and Technology (DST), Emergency Services Telecommunications Agency (ESTA), IBM Research Australia, Emergency Management Victoria (EMV), Victorian Department of Infrastructure (now Transport), Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP).
Their research track record demonstrates their ability to connect to key stakeholders and deliver transformative and collaborative multi-disciplinary solutions. Digital innovation and high standards of governance in the public sector underpin all of their research grant success. It is notable that these programs of work extend well beyond their fundamental domain of satellite positioning and geodesy. This work pushes into broader, more diverse applications and technology domains, which require high-level communications and collaborative skills.
Training and mentoring the next generation of Surveying and Spatial scientists research is also the hallmark of my research. To date, they have been a primary supervisor of 14 graduated PhD research students: Dr Yan Li (PhD, Completed 02/20); Dr Lisa Cheong (PhD, Completed 06/19): Dr Andrej Peisker (PhD, 06/19); Dr Melissa Shahrom (PhD, 07/18); Dr Azmir Hasnur Rabiain (PhD, 07/18); Dr Salil Goel (PhD, 12/17); Dr Alan Both (PhD, 05/16); Dr Grant Hausler (PhD, 04/14); Dr Zaffar Mohamed Ghouse (PhD, 04/09); Dr Steven Scott-Young (PhD, 06/04); Dr Jessica Davies (PhD, 07/05); Dr Neil Brown (PhD, 04/07); Dr Paul Grgich (PhD, 07/08); Dr Susannah Hope (PhD, 08/08).
Research keywords
Global Navigation Satellite Systems, Estimation Theory, Sensor Fusion, Surveying, Geodesy
Their research track record demonstrates their ability to connect to key stakeholders and deliver transformative and collaborative multi-disciplinary solutions. Digital innovation and high standards of governance in the public sector underpin all of their research grant success. It is notable that these programs of work extend well beyond their fundamental domain of satellite positioning and geodesy. This work pushes into broader, more diverse applications and technology domains, which require high-level communications and collaborative skills.
Training and mentoring the next generation of Surveying and Spatial scientists research is also the hallmark of my research. To date, they have been a primary supervisor of 14 graduated PhD research students: Dr Yan Li (PhD, Completed 02/20); Dr Lisa Cheong (PhD, Completed 06/19): Dr Andrej Peisker (PhD, 06/19); Dr Melissa Shahrom (PhD, 07/18); Dr Azmir Hasnur Rabiain (PhD, 07/18); Dr Salil Goel (PhD, 12/17); Dr Alan Both (PhD, 05/16); Dr Grant Hausler (PhD, 04/14); Dr Zaffar Mohamed Ghouse (PhD, 04/09); Dr Steven Scott-Young (PhD, 06/04); Dr Jessica Davies (PhD, 07/05); Dr Neil Brown (PhD, 04/07); Dr Paul Grgich (PhD, 07/08); Dr Susannah Hope (PhD, 08/08).
Research keywords
Global Navigation Satellite Systems, Estimation Theory, Sensor Fusion, Surveying, Geodesy
