Supervisors in Information Technology, Monash University

I am a Senior Lecturer in the DSAI at Monash University, an associate investigator for OPTIMA ARC, the Director of Student Engagement for the FIT at Monash University, and an academic supervisor for Monash DeepNeuron. I have earned my Ph.D. (2020) on the topic of optimal planning with deep neural networks, my MASc. (2016) on the topic of least-commitment partial-order planning and my BASc. in Industrial Engineering (2014) from University of Toronto.

Dr. Isma Farah Siddiqui is a Lecturer in the Department of Software, Systems, and Cybersecurity at Monash University, Australia. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from Hanyang University, South Korea, in 2018, where her doctoral research was honoured with the Best Graduate Thesis Award from the School of Computing. Throughout her academic career, she has been the recipient of multiple awards for excellence in research and teaching.

Ron Steinfeld received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science in 2003 from Monash University, Australia. Since 2020, he is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Australia. Following his Ph.D. Ron worked as a postdoctoral research fellow in cryptography and information security at Macquarie University, Australia, holding the positions of Macquarie University Research Fellow in cryptography and information security (2007-2009), and ARC Australian Research Fellow in cryptography and information security (2009- 2012).

My principal interests are in discrete optimization and programming languages, both areas underpinned by methods for reasoning about constraints.

I am also interested in the intersection of machine learning and optimization: e.g. the predict+optimize problem of predicting parameters to be used in optimization problems.