ProfessorAsim Bhatti

Professor in Cognition and Performance Assessment

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Human Capability and Performance; Neural and Cognitive Systems; Neuroengineering and Brain-on-a-Chip Technologies; Human-AI Teaming; Cognitive Readiness and Human Performance Assessment; Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; Public Health Technologies; Simulation and Training Systems; Human Factors and Human-System Interaction; Advanced Manufacturing and Workforce Capability

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    Artificial Intelligence and Digital Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes
    31 Dec 2026 - 30 Dec 2029
    People funded by this grant:
    ARC - Discovery Projects - DP260103178 - $716,803.00
  • GRANT
    #DigitalYouth Phase 2: Policy Evaluation in the Context of the Social Media Minimum Age Act
    1 Feb 2026 - 31 Jan 2029
    People funded by this grant:
    The Ian Potter Foundation - Public Health - by invitation - 29301 - $600,000.00
  • GRANT
    #DigitalYouth Phase 2: Policy Evaluation in the Context of the Social Media Minimum Age Act
    1 Feb 2026 - 31 Jan 2029
    People funded by this grant:
    Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education - $30,000.00
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    SCANNER Sri Lanka: Adaptation of an Artificial Intelligence-enabled system to detect digital unhealthy food marketing in Sri Lank
    Institute for Health Transformations1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Deakin IHT Seed grant - AU$ 14,907.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Revolutionary Bio-Inspired Multi-Robot Navigation for Enhanced Human-AI Collaboration
    11 Jun 2025 - 31 Dec 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    • Asim Bhatti
    The University of Melbourne - $15,000.00
  • GRANT
    Developing a pilot for a technology-enabled solution for the monitoring of digital marketing of infant formulas
    11 Mar 2025 - 30 Jun 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Developing a pilot AI-enabled solution to monitor the digital marketing of infant formula in Australia - Health/PH24/17600 - $364,764.00
  • GRANT
    Healthier digital food environments in Denmark - Monitoring Childrens exposure to digital marketing of unhealthy food and beverages in Denmark
    1 Mar 2025 - 1 Mar 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen - KC23-00566 - $58,077.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Disaster Short Messaging System Telecommunications Disaster Resilience Innovation (TDRI)
    6 Jan 2025 - 30 Jun 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Depart of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts - TDRI Grant - $693,541.00
  • GRANT
    Developing proof-of-concept methods to hold industries accountable for the marketing of products that increase the risk of cardiovascular disease
    1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    HF Vanguard Grant - Heart Foundation of Australia - 108291_2024_VG - $149,043.96
  • GRANT
    DIGITAL-YOUTH: An intelligent systems approach to monitoring harmful online advertising to children and youth
    15 Jul 2022 - 14 Jul 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    Ian Potter Foundation Grant - Research - 31111044 - $590,000.00
  • GRANT
    DIGITAL-YOUTH: An intelligent systems approach to monitoring harmful online advertising to children and youth
    15 Jul 2022 - 14 Jul 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    VicHealth - Partnership - $75,000.00
  • GRANT
    DIGITAL-YOUTH: An intelligent systems approach to monitoring harmful online advertising to children and youth
    15 Jul 2022 - 14 Jul 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation - $30,000.00
  • GRANT
    DIGITAL-YOUTH: An intelligent systems approach to monitoring harmful online advertising to children and youth
    15 Jul 2022 - 14 Jul 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    Cancer Council Victoria - $20,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Automated Detection of Task Completion and Quality Assessment using Wearable Technology (iPupilX).
    12 Jul 2022 - 12 Jul 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Asim Bhatti
    Boeing Defence Australia Ltd - $186,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Reducing the exposure of children and adolscents to digital marketing of unhealthy foods.
    1 Jul 2022 - 30 Jun 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    The Food Safety Promotion Board (Safefood) - $22,079.66
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Optimisation of visual display technology for elite pilots.
    16 Mar 2022 - 30 Jun 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Defence - ID10968 - $512,320.81
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Children's exposure to high fat, sugar amd salt food and drink advertising and response to brand advertising: a robust and comprehensive baseline assessment and qualitative exploration.
    1 Mar 2022 - 31 Oct 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    National Institute for Health Research NIHR - $31,500.75
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Mixed Realty Haptics Simulator for Seldinger based Procedures
    31 Jan 2022 - 30 Apr 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bhatti A,
    • Nahavandi S,
    • Veerabhadrappa R
    Haptisim PTY LTD - $186,011.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Virtual firefighting training simulation with real time performance monitoring - HotFire Trainer
    11 Jun 2021 - 30 Jun 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    DoD Grant - Research - Department of Defence - P20-154879 - $4,662,799.00
  • GRANT
    Creating effective teams through physiological and behavioural quantification.
    24 Mar 2021 - 31 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transports and Resources - $15,000.00
  • GRANT
    Quantification of behaviour modification due to electrophysiological changes in the brain.
    15 Mar 2021 - 15 Mar 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bhatti A,
    • Javed N
    CSIRO Scholarship - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation - $21,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Close quarter battle optimised eye tracking glasses.
    30 Aug 2020 - 21 Dec 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    DSTO Grant - Research - Defence Science & Technology Organisation - MyIP:9501 - $100,000.00
  • GRANT
    Developing novel methods to monitor the digital marketing of products that increase the risk of cancer to children: An intelligent systems approach
    1 Jul 2020 - 30 Jun 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    Cancer Council Victoria Grant - Research - $383,398.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Multimodal Quantification of Operator State through Adaptive Team Training in Command and Control.
    16 Sep 2019 - 15 May 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    DSTO Grant - Research - Defence Science & Technology Organisation - MyIP9241 - $74,445.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Instructor-Student Gaze Coupling in Air-Battle Management Training.
    3 Dec 2018 - 31 Jul 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    DSTO Grant - Research - Defence Science & Technology Organisation - MyIP8633 - $99,923.00