Dr Luping Zhou (周泸萍) is an Associate Professor and Associate Head of School (Research) in School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), the University of Sydney. Dr Zhou obtained her PhD from Australian National University. Before she started her PhD, she was a senior research engineer, developing medical imaging applications for surgical navigation and planning through virtual/augmented reality systems. Dr Zhou was a recipient of ARC (Australian Research Council) DECRA award (Discovery Early Career Researcher Award). She has a broad research interest in medical image analysis, machine learning, and computer vision. Her current research is focused on medical image analysis with statistical graphical models and deep learning, as well as general visual recognition problems.  Dr Zhou co-led (2021-2024) the Digital Health Imaging (DHI) research theme under Digital Sciences Initiatives (DSI) launched by the Faculty of Engineering, USyd. DHI is devoted to promoting the synergy of USyd’s strengths and leadership in AI and medical imaging and building trust with the industry for impactful research. Zhou is also affiliated with the Sydney Artificial Intelligence Centre and the Brain and Mind Centre. Dr Zhou is a Senior member of IEEE.