Current position
Professor, FAA, FRS
Inaugural Australian Federation Fellow
Research interests
I am interested in understanding the principles of visual processing
in small animals, such as insects, that possess relatively simple
nervous systems but nevertheless display a rich behavioural repertoire.
My research seeks to elucidate principles of flight control and
navigation, and to explore the limits of the "cognitive"
capacities of small brains.
An understanding of visual processing in insects may provide
simple, novel solutions to problems in machine vision and artificial
intelligence. Thus, another focus of my research is the design
of biologically-inspired algorithms for "seeing" machines,
and the development of autonomously navigating robots.
For further information see
Biorobotics
laboratory
Selected Publications
A. Barron and M.V.
Srinivasan (2006) Visual regulation of ground speed and headwind
compensation in freely flying honey bees ( Apis mellife
ra L.) Journal of Experimental Biology 209,
978-984.
S.W. Zhang, F. Bock,
A. Si, J. Tautz and M.V. Srinivasan (2005) Visual working
memory in decision making by honeybees. Proceedings of the
National Academy of Science 102, 5250-5255.
M.V. Srinivasan.,
S.W. Zhang, J S Chahl, G Stange and M Garratt (2004) An overview
of insect inspired guidance for application in ground and
airborne platforms. Proc Inst Mech Engnrs Part G: J Aerospace
Engineering 218, 375-388.
J.
Reinhard, M.V. Srinivasan and S.W. Zhang (2004) Scent-triggered
navigation in honeybees. Nature (Lond.) 427, 411.
M.V. Srinivasan,
S.W. Zhang (2004) Visual motor computations in insects. Annual
Review of Neuroscience 27, 679-696.
Mizutani, A., Chahl,
J.S. and Srinivasan, M.V. (2003) Motion camouflage in dragonflies.
Nature (Lond.) 423, 604.
A. Si, M.V. Srinivasan
& S.W. Zhang (2003) Honeybee Navigation: Properties of
the Visually Driven ‘Odometer'. J. Exp. Biol. 206,
1265-1273
H. Esch, S.W. Zhang,
M.V. Srinivasan & J. Tautz (2001) Honeybee dances communicate
distances measured by optic flow. Nature (Lond.)
411, 581-583
M.V. Srinivasan,
S.W. Zhang, J.S. Chahl, E Barth, E. & S. Venkatesh (2000):
How honeybees make grazing landings on flat surfaces. Biological
Cybernetics 83, 171-183.
M.V. Srinivasan,
S.W. Zhang, M. Altwein, J. Tautz (2000) Honeybee navigation:
nature and calibration of the ‘odometer'. Science
287, 851 – 853.
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