Includes but not limited to Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Pattern Recognition, 2D and 3D Image Processing, Computer Graphics, Ear and Face Biometrics, Medical Imaging, Database Systems, Telerobotics, Network Design and Network Security.

ASOFRE Special Donation Grant 2014 (AUD 25,000), Mithran Goonewardene and Syed Islam, Construction of Patient-Specific Three Dimensional Facial Soft-tissue Models for Facial Deformity Analysis. Healy Research Collaboration Awards 2013 (AUD 10,000), Syed Islam, 2012, Three-dimensional modelling and analysis of soft-tissue and hard-tissue facial features for Craniofacial Surgery. [with The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , USA] ASOFRE Special Donation Grant 2012 (AUD 29,517), Mithran Goonewardene and Syed Islam, Three Dimensional Analysis of the Impact of Skeletal Jaw Base Relationship on Airway Size and Volume. ASOFRE Special Donation Grant 2011(AUD 28,317), Mithran Goonewardene, Syed Islamand Mohammed Bennamoun, Identification and Quantification of Facial Asymmetry to Facilitate Orthodontic Diagnosis and Treatment Planning using Three-dimensional Computer Vision and Virtual Reality Tools. UWA Research Collaboration Award 2011 (AUD 10,000),Syed Islam, Mohammed Bennamoun, Mithran Goonewardene, Andrew Smith, Mauro Farella (University of Otago), David Hillman, Arti Patel and Marc Ackermann (Harvard School of Dental Medicine), Computer Aided Integrated Maxillofacial Surgery for Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea. UWA Research Development Award 2012 (AUD 26,233), Syed Islam, 2012, Computer Aided Diagnosis and Treatment Planning of Dentofacial Deformities Using 3D Data and Graphical Models. UWA Research Development Award 2012(AUD 29,690), Jaafar Abduo, Syed Islam, 2012, A Comparison of Actual & Virtual Protocols for the Construction of Dental & Maxillofacial Prostheses. Philanthropic grant, 2011-2015 (AUD 205,265), Syed Islam, Booragoon & Subiaco Orthodontic Clinics for research in Orthodontics and Medical Imaging (for my salary).