Supervisors in Information Technology, Monash University

A grant funded Research Fellow, working with Dr Yuan-Fang Li and A/Prof Reza Haffari in the Vision and Language discipline group, a part of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at FIT.

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.

Ruonan Sun graduated with a bachelor's degree in the IT program from the University of Canberra. He furthered his education at the Australian National University (ANU), where he obtained both a postgraduate degree and a Ph.D. in management information systems. During his doctoral studies, he served as an associate lecturer. In November 2020, he became a faculty member at Lancaster University Management School, where he remained until the conclusion of 2023 before joining Monash University.

Juliana is a Professor in Information Systems. After obtaining her PhD in 2008 from School of Computing at National University of Singapore, she joined ETH Zurich as Chair of Management Information Systems. In August 2015, she moved to Lancaster University as Professor in Information Systems. Since January 2023, she is leading the Digital Equity and Digital Transformation Group in Department of Human-Centred Computing at Faculty of IT, Monash University.

Zachari Swiecki is a Lecturer of Learning Analytics in the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University.  He received his master's and Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he was a member of the Epistemic Analytics lab. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Alabama with a bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Physics.

Guido Tack is an Associate Professor at the Department of Data Science and AI, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University.

Dr Stella Talic is a Senior Lecturer/Senior Research Fellow (~Assistant Professor) at the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine where she holds a number of combined education and research leadership roles.