Artificial intelligence
Research
Artificial intelligence research is a particular strength in the School of Computing and Information Systems. Our researchers address many different approaches to AI, encompassing deep learning, data mining, machine learning, natural language processing, and agent-based systems. Our theories and techniques can be applied to a wide range of practical problems, including cyber-security, health, finance and government.
Melbourne is also host to the IBM and ARC Training Centre for Cognitive Computing for Medical Technologies, which is furthering our research and translating into solving critical needs in the domains of medicine and health.
Research Themes
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Artificial Intelligence Assurance Lab
Our research explores ethical, regulatory and legal issues relating to Artificial Intelligence. We validate AI technologies with respect to quality, safety, privacy, and reliability.
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AI and Autonomy Lab
Intelligent systems can act (semi-)autonomously, working alongside human experts to analyse and help solve complex challenges. Designing good agents needs to balance the ability of agents to work effectively with other agents and human experts to have the maximum real-world impact.
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Natural Language Processing
Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a field of artificial intelligence that focuses on enabling computers to understand, interpret, and generate human language. We develop algorithms and computational models to analyze and process large volumes of natural language data in order to extract meaning and insights from text, speech, and other forms of human communication.
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Digital Health
Digital health refers to the use of data and technology, such as mobile apps, wearables, and other digital tools, to improve healthcare delivery, patient outcomes, and overall health and wellness. We work in several areas of digital health and integrate data, analytics, and communication technologies to help healthcare providers and patients manage and prevent diseases, track health metrics, and improve healthcare access and efficiency.
Staff
| First Name | Last name | Position | Profile | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naveed | Akhtar | Senior Research Fellow, Decra | Profile | naveed.akhtar1@unimelb.edu.au |
| Uwe | Aickelin | Professor and Head of School | Profile | uwe.aickelin@unimelb.edu.au |
| Basim | Azam | Research Fellow | Profile | basim.azam@unimelb.edu.au |
| James | Bailey | Professor | Profile | baileyj@unimelb.edu.au |
| Tim | Baldwin | Professor | Profile | tbaldwin@unimelb.edu.au |
| Khuyagbaatar | Batsuren | Research Assistant in Natural Language Processing | Profile | khuyagbaatar.batsuren@unimelb.edu.au |
| Michelle | Blom | Senior Lecturer | Profile | michelle.blom@unimelb.edu.au |
| Renata | Borovica-Gajic | Lecturer | Profile | renata.borovica@unimelb.edu.au |
| Nestor | Cabello | Research Fellow in Artificial Intelligence | nestorstiven.cabello@unimelb.edu.au | |
| Daniel | Capurro | Senior Lecturer | Profile | dcapurro@unimelb.edu.au |
| Yanchuan | Chang | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Profile | yanchuan.chang@unimelb.edu.au |
| Brian | Chapman | Associate Professor | Profile | brian.chapman@unimelb.edu.au |
| Simon | Coghlan | Senior Lecturer in Digital Ethics | Profile | simon.coghlan@unimelb.edu.au |
| Trevor | Cohn | Professor | Profile | trevor.cohn@unimelb.edu.au |
| Michael | Conway | Senior Lecturer | Profile | mike.conway@unimelb.edu.au |
| Andrew | Cullen | Research Fellow | Profile | andrew.cullen@unimelb.edu.au |
| Simon | D'Alfonso | Lecturer | Profile | dalfonso@unimelb.edu.au |
| Ting | Dang | Senior Lecturer | Profile | ting.dang@unimelb.edu.au |
| Tom | Drummond | Melbourne Connect Chair of Digital Innovation for Society | Profile | tom.drummond@unimelb.edu.au |
| Kris | Ehinger | Senior Lecturer | Profile | kris.ehinger@unimelb.edu.au |
| Lea | Frermann | Lecturer | Profile | lea.frermann@unimelb.edu.au |
| Nicholas | Geard | Associate Professor | Profile | nicholas.geard@unimelb.edu.au |
| Mohammad | Golzarijalal | Research Fellow - Modelling & Optimisation | Profile | m.golzarijalal@unimelb.edu.au |
| Caren | Han | Senior Lecturer in Digital Innovation | Profile | caren.han@unimelb.edu.au |
| Eun-Jung | Holden | Professor of Digital Innovation | Profile | eunjung.holden@unimelb.edu.au |
| Jean | Honorio | Senior Lecturer in Machine Learning | Profile | jean.honorio@unimelb.edu.au |
| Eduard | Hovy | Professor in Digital Innovation | Profile | eduard.hovy@unimelb.edu.au |
| Curtis | Huang | Research Fellow | curtis.huang1@unimelb.edu.au | |
| Shanika | Karunasekera | Professor | Profile | karus@unimelb.edu.au |
| Kemal | Kurniawan | Research Fellow | Profile | kurniawan.k@unimelb.edu.au |
| Christine | de Kock | Associate Lecturer in NLP / Human Language Technology | Profile | christine.dekock@unimelb.edu.au |
| Michael | Kirley | Professor | Profile | mkirley@unimelb.edu.au |
| Lars | Kulik | Professor | Profile | lkulik@unimelb.edu.au |
| Kemal | Kurniawan | Research Fellow | Profile | kurniawan.k@unimelb.edu.au |
| Jey Han | Lau | Lecturer | Profile | jeyhan.lau@unimelb.edu.au |
| Chris | Leckie | Professor | Profile | caleckie@unimelb.edu.au |
| Sze | Leung | Research Assistant | sze.leung@unimelb.edu.au | |
| Jinhao | Li | Research Assistant | jinhao.li2@unimelb.edu.au | |
| Chunhua | Liu | Research Fellow in Empirical Software Engineering | Profile | chunhua.liu1@unimelb.edu.au |
| Feng | Liu | Lecturer | Profile | feng.liu1@unimelb.edu.au |
| Nir | Lipovetzky | Senior Lecturer | Profile | nir.lipovetzky@unimelb.edu.au |
| Ling | Luo | Lecturer | Profile | ling.luo@unimelb.edu.au |
| Mansoureh | Maadi | Research Fellow - Digital, The ARC Digital Bioprocess Development Hub | Profile | m.maadi@unimelb.edu.au |
| Neil | Marchant | Research Fellow | Profile | nmarchant@unimelb.edu.au |
| Julian | Marx | Lecturer | Profile | j.marx@unimelb.edu.au |
| Sarah | Monazam Erfani | Arc Decra Fellow | Profile | sarah.erfani@unimelb.edu.au |
| Bastian | Oetomo | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Profile | bastian.oetomo@unimelb.edu.au |
| Yulia | Otmakhova | Research Fellow, NLP/Media Bias | y.otmakhova@unimelb.edu.au | |
| Giulio | Passerotti | Research Fellow | giulio.passerotti@unimelb.edu.au | |
| Adrian | Pearce | Professor | Profile | adrianrp@unimelb.edu.au |
| Batugahage Kushani Anuradha | Perera | Postdoctoral Fellow in Social Media Analytics | Profile | kushani.perera@unimelb.edu.au |
| Jianzhong | Qi | Senior Lecturer | Profile | jianzhong.qi@unimelb.edu.au |
| Sarita | Rosenstock | Lecturer | Profile | sarita.rosenstock@unimelb.edu.au |
| Ben | Rubinstein | Professor | Profile | benjamin.rubinstein@unimelb.edu.au |
| Simone | Schmidt | Research Associate in Digital Mental Health | simone.schmidt@unimelb.edu.au | |
| Long | Song | Research Fellow | Profile | long.song@unimelb.edu.au |
| Fangziyun | Tong | Research Assistant in Digital Mental Health | f.tong@unimelb.edu.au | |
| Douglas Eduardo | Valente Pires | Associate Professor | Profile | douglas.pires@unimelb.edu.au |
| Ekaterina | Vylomova | Lecturer | Profile | ekaterina.vylomova@unimelb.edu.au |
| Joseph | West | Research Fellow | Profile | joseph.west@unimelb.edu.au |
| Zesheng | Ye | Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Trustworthy Machine Learning | Profile | zesheng.ye@unimelb.edu.au |
| Cameron | Zachreson | Research Fellow | Profile | cameron.zachreson@unimelb.edu.au |
| Ying | Zhao | Research Fellow | Profile | ying.zhao.2@unimelb.edu.au |
Artificial Intelligence Graduate Researchers
| Given | Family name | Profile | Thesis Title |
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| David | Adams | Profile | Automatic Insights: Database management in the era of data deluge |
| Abeer | Alshehri | Profile | Explanation of goal recognition systems |
| Hanan | Alsouly | Profile | Dynamic many-objective optimisation using evolutionary algorithms |
| Jiayang | Ao | Profile | Explainable computer vision algorithms |
| Vincent | Barbosa Vaz | Profile | Predict+optimise through time |
| Lyndon | Benke | Profile | Deceptive planning in multiagent environments |
| Maria | Bulychev | Profile | TBA |
| Daniel | Cabrera Lozoya | Profile | Augmenting clinical mental health practice with machine learning models and digital phenotyping insights |
| Chengyi | Cai | Profile | Foundation-model reuse via model reprogramming |
| Meng | Cai | Profile | Enhancing Transformer Models: A Study of Information Bottleneck Theory for Efficient Representation Learning |
| Nathaniel | Carpenter | Profile | Towards a therapist's AI - Building a real-time support system for clinicians engaging in therapeutic conversations via online chat sessions |
| Wachiraphan | Charoenwet | Profile | Pragmatic use of CodeQL in the context of code review |
| Liuliu | Chen | Profile | Understanding Internalized Stigma in People with Mental Health Conditions on Social Media: Manifestations, Influencing Factors, and Impacts |
| Ming-Bin | Chen | Profile | Interactive agents for combating misinformation |
| Shaona | Cheng | Profile | Agitation States Computing for Tailored Music Recommendation |
| Damian | Curran | Profile | Towards a unified narrative representation for computational understanding of narrative text |
| Sayantan | Dasgupta | Profile | Energy-Aware Machine Learning |
| Dinuka | de Zoysa | Profile | Discovering Insights through Intent Prediction and Guided Exploration |
| Roben | Delos Reyes | Profile | Modelling the impact of pandemics on health care services |
| Nadeeshan Dananjaya Kumara | Dissanayake Mudiyanselage | Profile | Intelligent Intersection Management for Improved Traffic Safety |
| Songlin | Du | Profile | Collaborative Human-ML Decision Making for Medical Diagnostics: an ICP-based approach |
| Yilin | Geng | Profile | Character-centric Story Understanding and Generation |
| Chenhao | Gu | Profile | Reconstructing Social Influence Networks and Tracking Opinion Dynamics on Social Media |
| Christopher | Guest | Profile | TBA |
| Matteo | Guida | Profile | Towards Multilingual Models of Framing Detection in News Coverage of Contemporary Polarizing Issues |
| Yiyi | Guo | Profile | Transfer learning driven weather prediction |
| Tom | Harris | Profile | Multiscale modelling of infectious disease systems |
| Afsaneh | Hasanebrahimi | Profile | Robust Anomaly Detection |
| Haitian | He | Profile | Video anomaly detection in crowded scenes at multi-timescale |
| Mitra | Heidari | Profile | Modelling and optimization of bioprocess systems |
| Nimeshika Udayangani | Hewa Dehigahawattage | Profile | A Pixel-level Unsupervised Approach to Image Anomaly Detection |
| Markus | Hiller | Profile | Constraining learning methods through geometry and causal reasoning |
| Guang | Hu | Profile | Explainable agency using epistemic planning |
| Sukai | Huang | Profile | Texted based reinforcement learning agent |
| Zhuoqun (Calvin) | Huang | Profile | Adaptive data analysis for principled data reuse |
| Demian Aaron | Inostroza Amestica | Profile | Explaining cross-lingual variation in grammatical case systems through Information-theoretical approaches |
| Dasun Oshada | Jayasinghe | Profile | Real time digital twins for intelligent transportation systems |
| Fan | Jiang | Profile | Retriever-augmented Approaches for Natural Language Processing |
| Weiwei | Jiang | Profile | Developing interactive systems using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy |
| Yanbei | Jiang | Profile | Abstract Visual Reasoning with Text Explanation |
| Anirudh | Joshi | Profile | Determining argument quality and reasoning proficiency using deep neural networks |
| Zaher | Joukhadar | Profile | Autonomous and robust AI in low-resource settings |
| Jemima | Kang | Profile | Using NLP to determine semantic drift in mental health discourse |
| Saumya Hansanie | Karunadhika | Profile | Development of a Novel Algorithm for Motif Discovery and Anomaly Detection in Medical Time Series Data from Ventilators |
| Dimuthu Lakmal | Kariyawasan Jalath Thanthrige | Profile | A Multi-Modal Approach For Fake News Detection On Social Media |
| Oliver | Kim | Profile | Task planning in mobile robots using common sense as a generative model |
| Fajri | Koto | Profile | Neural Language Model for Abstractive Text Summarisation |
| Mojgan | Kouhounestani | Profile | Modification of the temporal data embedded in electronic medical records dataset targeting cancer prediction using machine learning methods |
| Robert | Langtry | Profile | Machine learning for automated generation of validated infra-red signature models |
| Thao | Le | Profile | Explaining the Confidence in AI-Assisted Decision Making |
| Thi Xuan May | Le | Profile | Shapelet Transformer for Time Series and Its Applications in Healthcare |
| Chao | Lei | Profile | Automated Monitoring of Green Infrastructure in Melbourne |
| Craig | Lewis | Profile | Entrepreneurial initiatives and team collaboration: Effects of modes of behaviour on start-up team effectiveness and success |
| Haopeng | Li | Profile | Multimodal Video Understanding Based on Deep Learning |
| Jinhao | Li | Profile | Deep hypothesis testing and its applications in rule-based recommendations |
| Miao | Li | Profile | Neural Multi-document Modelling and Abstractive Summarization |
| Muxing | Li | Profile | Trustworthiness in Using Foundation Models |
| Yuhao | Li | Profile | Robust and explainable medical data mining and its application |
| Zuqing | Li | Profile | Query Constraint-Aware Tabular Data Generation |
| Ran | Liang | Profile | Spatio-temporal Traffic Prediction Using Deep Learning Models |
| Zheng Wei | Lim | Profile | Cross-lingual Psycholinguistics with NLP methods |
| Hong Yi | Lin | Profile | Using Neural Machine Translation Approaches to Automate Code Improvements for Code Reviews |
| Chang | Liu | Profile | Personalized Outlier Detection for Time Series Using XGBoost and Deep Learning Algorithms |
| Shijie | Liu | Profile | Enhancing adversarial defence via robust statistics and certified robustness |
| Yuansan | Liu | Profile | Robust AI for guidance of a cochlear implant procedure |
| Xueqi | Ma | Profile | Adversarial Learning based on Manifold Learning and Graph-based learning |
| Aso | Mahmudi | Profile | Developing Advanced Processing Tools for Under-Resourced Languages Focusing on Morphological Features |
| Isura | Manchanayaka | Profile | Identifying Coordination and Influential People in Social Media and Their Intentions |
| Kevin | McDonald | Profile | Enhancing reinforcement learning algorithms for team-based systems |
| Raphaël | Merx | Profile | Enhancing Machine Translation for Medical Education: A Study on Nursing Students in Timor-Leste |
| Behzad | Moradi | Profile | Enhanced Bilevel Optimization via Machine Learning |
| Suhail | Najeeb | Profile | Explaining Vision Transformers for Small Object Detection |
| Abir | Naskar | Profile | Identifying Adolescent Risk-taking Behaviours from Clinical Text |
| Thye Shan | Ng | Profile | Modular Multimodal Architectures for Plug-and-Play Applications |
| Paul | Ou | Profile | Data-Driven Methods for Modelling, Optimising and Validating Digital Bioprocess Development |
| Zhihao (Hardy) | Pei | Profile | Reinforcement Learning for robust decision-making under deep uncertainty |
| Anh | Pham | Profile | Measuring and improving the usability of agent-based models for infectious disease modelling |
| Tien Dung | Pham | Profile | A Robust Datamining Approach to Cell Culture Media Optimisation |
| Marzieh | Parvaneh Akhteh Khaneh | Profile | Designing online learning environment based on peer feedback |
| Priyanka | Pillai | Profile | Understanding the impact of population heterogeneity on the computational modelling of STIs |
| Pagnarasmey | Pit | Profile | Unlearnable Text and Protecting Digital Data from Exploitation |
| Pagnarith | Pit | Profile | Macro-economic policy investigation through agent-based modelling |
| Yiyuan (Gracie) | Pu | Profile | Literature-based discovery for Alzheimer's disease |
| Viktoria | Schram | Profile | Performance Prediction for Low Resource Scenarios |
| Rinu Ann | Sebastian | Profile | Explainable computer vision to improve human-machine interaction |
| Prabodi | Senevirathna | Profile | Quantifying and mitigating machine-learning induced overdiagnosis in sepsis |
| Xinling | Shen | Profile | Dynamic Indoor Evacuation Planning in an Emergency |
| Zewei | Shi | Profile | Multimodal Large Language Model for Digital Trust |
| Jiajia | Song | Profile | What Makes AI Planning Hard? From Complexity Analysis to Algorithm Design |
| Yige | Song | Profile | Student learning profile - The exploration, interpretation and feedback provision on students’ online learning behaviours |
| Xinyu | Su | Profile | Traffic prediction using graph neural networks |
| Fengze | Sun | Profile | Effective and Efficient Algorithms for Region Similarity Queries |
| Sing Chee | Tan | Profile | Improving Rapid Response Systems through Predictive Analytics |
| Gisela | Vallejo | Profile | A Fair Plan Towards Mitigating Bias and Misinformation |
| Sameera | Vithanage | Profile | Towards Understanding User Perceptions of Fake News on Social Media |
| Hung Thinh | Truong | Profile | Evidence extraction from the clinical trials literature |
| Archana | Vadakattu | Profile | Dynamic learning in cognitive agent architectures |
| Chen | Wang | Profile | Inverse Reinforcement Learning Approach for intent inference in adversarial environments |
| Dalin | Wang | Profile | Image captioning with conditional-GAN |
| Jinxi | Wang | Profile | Experimental Design and Performance Optimisation of Monoclonal Antibody Production in Bioreactors under Insufficient Data Based on Machine Learning |
| Jun | Wang | Profile | Adversarial machine learning for machine translation |
| Tingxuan | Wang | Profile | Modelling 3D Shape of Sands from X-ray Computed Tomography Images |
| Yuxiang | Wang | Profile | NeuralDB: Unleashing the Power of Neural Networks in Database Management Systems for Intelligent Data Processing |
| Helani | Wickramaarachchi | Profile | An efficient, autonomous reward shaping algorithm with evolutionary game theory: applied to the field of multi-agent systems |
| Rui | Profile | Towards Explainable Fact Checking | |
| Aotao (John) | Xu | Profile | A computational analysis of conceptual combination through time |
| Diana | Yang | Profile | Robust data mining |
| Jie | Yang | Profile | Save you from irrational decisions: a responsive agent affected by user emotions |
| Jinrui | Yang | Profile | Fairness and Bias in Natural Language Processing |
| Shuo | Yang | Profile | Multimodal Commonsense Knowledge Distillation for Visual Question Answering |
| Aryan | Yazdan Parast | Profile | Improving robustness of machine perception by intervention |
| Meng Abigail | Yuan | Profile | Modalities and measurement of systems for information discovery |
| Canaan | Yung | Profile | Adversarial attacks on generative AI models |
| Jiacheng | Zhang | Profile | Enhancing trustworthiness and robustness of machine learning models in adversarial environments |
| Tianyi | Zhang | Profile | Digital phenotyping (personal sensing) for mental health and well-being |
| Zhenkai | Zhang | Profile | To solve the current problems of NeRF and to explore the application of NeRF in robotic vision or automatic drive |
| Johnson | Zhou | Profile | Applied Deep Learning Control for Neurological Disease Models |
| Zhijian | Zhou | Profile | Data-adaptive Non-parametric Hypothesis Testing |
| Anqi | Zhu | Profile | Action recognition with explanation |
| Rongxin | Zhu | Profile | Automatic summarization for multi-party conversation |
| Farzaneh | Zirak | Profile | Using Eye-Tracking Technology to Improve Visual Data Exploratory Tools Performance |