Owheo Building, Room 2.50
Tel: 479 8449
Email hamza@cs.otago.ac.nz
I am an applied mathematics and computer science engineer. After completing my Masters of Engineering in France, I worked as a freelance computer science engineer in Europe, providing website creation and maintenance, programming and creation of customised software solutions (my speciality being computer vision/graphics), as well as training and teaching. In 2017 I completed my PhD here at the University of Otago - “Lumbar spine models from radiographs”.
My research interests are primarily in graphics and computer vision. During my PhD my main interest was on statistical shape analysis of human lumbar vertebrae, and 3D reconstructions of the human spine from bi-planar radiographs. I have also been involved in many research projects within the Dental School, School of Physiology and Geography Department. My role in the research projects has been to implement computational methods of geometric morphometrics (point distribution models) to describe anatomical structures that are widely used for diagnosis and treatment plans in clinical dentistry. I have also developed software scripts for quantitative analysis of muscle contraction patterns during prolonged periods of time.
I am currently teaching a graphics paper here at the University of Otago and the Effective Programming paper.
Publications
Prasad, S., Ramanan, D., Bennani, H., Paulin, M., Cannon, R. D., Palla, S., & Farella, M. (2021). Associations among masticatory muscle activity, physical activity and self-reported oral behaviours in adult women. Clinical Oral Investigations. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s00784-021-03816-9
Idris, G., Smith, C., Galland, B., Taylor, R., Robertson, C. J., Bennani, H., & Farella, M. (2020). Relationship between chewing features and body mass index in young adolescents. Pediatric Obesity. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12743
Petrie, F., Mills, S., Bennani, H., Walter, R., & Greig, K. (2019). Stitching partial 3D models with an application to modelling stone flakes. Proceedings of the 2019 International Conference on Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ). IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IVCNZ48456.2019.8961032
Bennani, H., & Mills, S. (2019). A light in dark places: 3D reconstruction from stereo views with a moving light source. Proceedings of the 2019 International Conference on Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ). IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IVCNZ48456.2019.8961003
Bennani, H., & McCane, B. (2019). Three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of dried vertebrae from bi-planar radiographs. Proceedings of the 2019 International Conference on Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ). IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IVCNZ48456.2019.8961014
Journal - Research Article
Prasad, S., Ramanan, D., Bennani, H., Paulin, M., Cannon, R. D., Palla, S., & Farella, M. (2021). Associations among masticatory muscle activity, physical activity and self-reported oral behaviours in adult women. Clinical Oral Investigations. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s00784-021-03816-9
Idris, G., Smith, C., Galland, B., Taylor, R., Robertson, C. J., Bennani, H., & Farella, M. (2020). Relationship between chewing features and body mass index in young adolescents. Pediatric Obesity. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12743
Park, J. E., Gray, S., Bennani, H., Antoun, J. S., & Farella, M. (2016). Morphometric growth changes of the nasopharyngeal space in subjects with different vertical craniofacial features. American Journal of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics, 150(3), 451-458. doi: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2016.02.021
Gray, S., Bennani, H., Kieser, J. A., & Farella, M. (2016). Morphometric analysis of cervical vertebrae in relation to mandibular growth. American Journal of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics, 149(1), 92-98. doi: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2015.06.028
Bennani, H., McCane, B., & Cornwall, J. (2016). Three dimensional (3D) lumbar vertebrae data set. Data Science Journal, 15, 9. doi: 10.5334/dsj-2016-009
McNee, C., Kieser, J. A., Antoun, J. S., Bennani, H., & Gallo, L. M. (2013). Neck and shoulder muscle activity of orthodontists in natural environments. Journal of Electromyography & Kinesiology, 23(3), 600-607. doi: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2013.01.011
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Petrie, F., Mills, S., Bennani, H., Walter, R., & Greig, K. (2019). Stitching partial 3D models with an application to modelling stone flakes. Proceedings of the 2019 International Conference on Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ). IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IVCNZ48456.2019.8961032
Bennani, H., & McCane, B. (2019). Three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of dried vertebrae from bi-planar radiographs. Proceedings of the 2019 International Conference on Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ). IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IVCNZ48456.2019.8961014
Bennani, H., & Mills, S. (2019). A light in dark places: 3D reconstruction from stereo views with a moving light source. Proceedings of the 2019 International Conference on Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ). IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IVCNZ48456.2019.8961003
Bennani, H., Mills, S., Walter, R., & Greig, K. (2018). Photogrammetric debitage analysis: Measuring Māori toolmaking evidence. Proceedings of the International Conference on Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ). IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IVCNZ.2017.8402463
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Bennani, H., Cornwall, J., & McCane, B. (2013). Computer modelling of vertebral body shape. Clinical Anatomy, 26, (pp. 642). doi: 10.1002/ca.22235
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Mills, S., Bennani, H., Walter, R., & Greig, K. (2017, December). Photogrammetric debitage analysis: Measuring Māori toolmaking evidence [Keynote]. Verbal presentation at the Conference on Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ), Christchurch, New Zealand.
