Dr Anwaar Ulhaq is a Senior Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence at Central Queensland University's Sydney Campus, Australia. He holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from Monash University, Australia, a Graduate Certificate in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, and a professional certificate in Business Analytics from Harvard Business School. Additionally, he completed the Oxford Executive Leadership Program at Oxford Said Business School, University of Oxford. He is Vice President of the Australian Pattern Recognition Society and is a member of the Australian Academy of Sciences, the Australian Computer Society, and IEEE Signal Processing. He is an associate editor of Springer Nature Computer Science. With a diverse academic background, Dr Ulhaq has contributed significantly to the field of computer vision, serving as the General Chair of DICTA, 2023, a major Australian computer vision conference. He has published over 90 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers, received teaching and research excellence awards, and secured approximately $3 million in research projects as a Chief and Co-Investigator. Dr. Ulhaq's research interests span computer vision, image and signal processing, responsible AI, and remote sensing, and his work has been featured in national and international media over 30 times, highlighting the relevance and significance of his contributions.