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Karol Miller is a Winthrop Professor of Applied Mechanics at The University of Western Australia and a Visiting Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School.
Karol's extended CV is here.
Karol's list of publications is here.
Karol was born and educated in Warsaw, Poland. He has MSc in aerospace engineering, PhD in robotics and DSc in biomechanics.
In 2002 Karol established the Intelligent Systems for Medicine Laboratory. ISML’s mission is to work towards improving clinical outcomes through development and appropriate use of technology. It runs exciting research projects funded by the Australian Research Council, the National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia), the National Institute of Health (USA) and other national and international agencies. The overall objective of his research is to help creating methods and tools which will enable a new exciting era of personalised medicine. He is best known for his work on biomechanics of the brain. He is the world’s most cited researcher in this area.
Karol’s research and teaching have been recognised by multiple awards, including the Humboldt Research Award, NVIDIA GPU Computing Champion Award, the Simulation Industry Association Australia Award, the Sir Charles Julius Medal, the Polish Prime Minister Award, the UWA Faculty of Engineering Computing and Mathematics Teaching Award and the UWA Student Guild Choice Award.
Karol has been a member of National Health and Medical Research Council panel for medical technology (Investigator and Ideas grants), Australian Research Council College of Experts and Australian Research Council Medical Research Advisory Panel. He is also the Editor of Modelling in Biology and Medicine and Associate Editor of International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering. Until 2020 he had served as Associate Editor of Annals of Biomedical Engineering.
Research expertise keywords
- Bioengineering
- Biomechanics
- Computer applications
- Computer control
- Control systems
- Digital/mechanical control systems
- Finite element method
- Industrial engineering, optimising methods, statistical quality control
- Machine dynamics
- Mechanism kinematics and dynamics
- Mechatronics
- Numerical methods
- Robotics
- Simulation techniques
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Towards Personalised Assessment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Structural Integrity
Jamshidian, M., Wittek, A., Sekhavat, S., Mufty, H., Maleux, G., Fourneau, I., Gizewski, E. R., Gassner, E., Loizides, A., Lutz, M., Enzmann, F. K., Le Liepvre, D., Bernard, F., Minvielle, L., Fondanèche, A. & Miller, K., Feb 2026, In: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering. 42, 2, e70140.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Towards personalised biomechanical assessment of child birth safety; Automatic generation of personalised bony pelvis geometry by template mesh morphing
Hynčík, L., Wittek, A., Jansová, M., Nováček, V., Čechová, H., Hympánová, L. H., Krofta, L. & Miller, K., Jun 2026, In: Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine Update. 9, 100233.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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4D-CTA image and geometry dataset for kinematic analysis of abdominal aortic aneurysms
Jamshidian, M., Wittek, A., Sekhavat, S., Alkhatib, F., Ritter, J. C., Parizel, P. M., Liepvre, D. L., Bernard, F., Minvielle, L., Fondanèche, A., Polce, J., Wood, C. & Miller, K., Aug 2025, In: Data in Brief. 61, 111797.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Wall Stress: A 7-line Code in MATLAB and a One-Click Software Application
Jamshidian, M., Sekhavat, S., Wittek, A., Le Liepvre, D., Bernard, F., Minvielle, L., Fondanèche, A. & Miller, K., 2025, Computational Biomechanics for Medicine: Progress in Research and Applications. Kobielarz, M., Wittek, A., Nash, M. P., Nielsen, P., Babu, A. R. & Miller, K. (eds.). Springer Science + Business Media, p. 88-103 16 p. (Lecture Notes in Bioengineering).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Conference paper › peer-review
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An Efficient Pipeline to Compute Patient-Specific Cerebral Aneurysm Wall Tension
Jamshidian, M., Zwick, B. F., Dissanayake, A. S., Wittek, A., Phillips, T. J., Honeybul, S., Hankey, G. J. & Miller, K., 16 Jul 2025, Computational Biomechanics for Medicine - Progress in Research and Applications. Kobielarz, M., Wittek, A., Miller, K., Nash, M. P., Nielsen, P. & Babu, A. R. (eds.). Springer Science + Business Media, p. 74-87 14 p. (Lecture Notes in Bioengineering).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Conference paper › peer-review
Datasets
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Data for: Is There A Relationship Between Stress in Walls of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and Symptoms?
Wittek, A. (Creator), Miller, K. (Contributor), Mufty, H. (Contributor), Catlin, A. (Contributor), Rogers, C. (Contributor), Saunders, B. (Contributor), Sciarrone, R. (Contributor), Fourenau, I. (Contributor), Bart Meuris, B. (Contributor) & Joldes, G. (Contributor), Mendeley Data, 27 Apr 2021
DOI: 10.17632/d3g2v8nthy.1, https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/d3g2v8nthy
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Data for patient-specific solution of the electrocorticography forward problem in deforming brain
Zwick, B. F. (Creator), Safdar, S. (Creator), Bourantas, G. (Creator), Joldes, G. (Creator), Hyde, D. E. (Creator), Warfield, S. K. (Creator), Wittek, A. (Creator) & Miller, K. (Creator), Zenodo, 2022
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7309089, https://zenodo.org/record/7309089
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Data for patient-specific solution of the electrocorticography forward problem in deforming brain
Zwick, B. F. (Creator), Safdar, S. (Creator), Bourantas, G. C. (Creator), Joldes, G. (Creator), Hyde, D. E. (Creator), Warfield, S. K. (Creator), Wittek, A. (Creator) & Miller, K. (Creator), Zenodo, 2022
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7687631, https://zenodo.org/record/7687631
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4D-CTA Images and Surface Models of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms from Ten Patients
Jamshidian, M. (Creator), Wittek, A. (Creator), Sekhavat, S. (Creator), Alkhatib, F. (Creator), Ritter, C. (Creator), Parizel, P. (Creator), Le Liepvre, D. (Creator), Bernard, F. (Creator), Minvielle, L. (Creator), Fondanèche, A. (Creator), Polce, J. (Creator), Wood, C. (Creator) & Miller, K. (Creator), Zenodo, 23 May 2025
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15477710, https://zenodo.org/records/15477710
Dataset
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Data for patient-specific solution of the electrocorticography forward problem in deforming brain
Zwick, B. F. (Contributor), Safdar, S. (Contributor), Bourantas, G. C. (Contributor), Joldes, G. R. (Contributor), Hyde, D. E. (Contributor), Warfield, S. K. (Contributor), Wittek, A. (Contributor) & Miller, K. (Contributor), Zenodo, 10 Nov 2022
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Brain-skull interface: discovering the missing piece of head biomechanics puzzle
Wittek, A. (Investigator 01), Miller, K. (Investigator 02), Yang, K. (Investigator 03) & Kikinis, R. (Investigator 04)
ARC Australian Research Council
25/01/23 → 31/05/27
Project: Research
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Biomechanics meets Phenomics: Towards understanding and predicting abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) disease progression
Miller, K. (Investigator 01), Richards, T. (Investigator 02), Wittek, A. (Investigator 04) & Gray Whiley, N. (Investigator 06)
NHMRC National Health and Medical Research Council
11/01/21 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Real-Time Brain Shift Correction in Neurosurgery Using Physics-Informed Neural Networks
Jamshidian, M. (Chief Investigator), Fichtinger, G. (CoPI), Kikinis, R. (CoPI), Miller, K. (CoPI), Wittek, A. (CoPI) & Zwick, B. (CoPI)
The University of Western Australia
1/01/25 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Computational Biophysics for Medicine in 3D Slicer
Zwick, B. (Chief Investigator), Fichtinger, G. (Investigator), Kikinis, R. (Investigator), Kikinis, R. (Investigator), Miller, K. (Investigator), Wittek, A. (Investigator), Fichtinger, G. (CoPI), Kikinis, R. (CoPI), Miller, K. (CoPI) & Wittek, A. (CoPI)
The University of Western Australia
1/01/23 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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MHRIF-2021 Infrastructure
Miller, K. (Investigator 01)
Department of Health (Western Australia)
26/02/21 → 23/12/21
Project: Research
Prizes
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Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Excellence in Teaching Award: individual teaching category
Miller, K. (Nominated), 2014
Prize: Award
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Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Excellence in Teaching Award
Miller, K. (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Award
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FASE (External organisation)
Miller, K. (Director)
2015Activity: Memberships › Membership of professional association
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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Miller, K. (Visiting researcher)
2010Activity: External visits › Visiting an external academic institution
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Leverhulme Trust UK
Miller, K. (Visiting researcher)
2010Activity: External visits › Visiting an external academic institution
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University of Texas at Austin
Miller, K. (Visiting researcher)
2005Activity: External visits › Visiting an external academic institution
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Agency of Industrial Science and Technology
Miller, K. (Visiting researcher)
2000Activity: External visits › Visiting an external academic institution
Press/Media
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UWA researchers awarded $8 million in Federal funding
Koutsantonis, G., Miller, K., Giudici, M., Lambers, H., Kuzenko, S. M., Saunders, M., Thompson, S., O'Loughlin, C., Martyniuk, M., Finnegan, P., Wittek, A., Bienen, B., Stewart, S., Vrielink, A., Boruff, B., Wallace, V., Nattabi, B., Dorta, R., Buchbinder, E., Chooi, Y.-H., Ranathunge, K., Savage, G. C. & Vokes, R.
29/11/22
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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$15 million in funding to support health and medical research
Green, D., Ingley, E., Miller, K., Hool, L., Coffin, J., Dickinson, J., Richmond, P., Fuller, K., Erber, W., Fatovich, D., Winteringham, L., Naylor, L., Milroy, H., Wittek, A., Viola, H., Ganss, R., Zhu, K., Mullin, B., Johansson-Percival, A., Satiaputra, J., Chakera, A., Cabrera Serrano, M., Haynes, A., McCutcheon, D., Richards, T., Cross, D., Hui, H., McVeigh, J., Parizel, P. M. & Mulroney, K.
15/12/20 → 16/12/20
3 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media