Research supervisors and their research areas

The Faculty primarily conducts research in seven Fields of Research (FoR). To assist future students to locate an appropriate supervisor, academics are listed under the following research areas:

Additionally the Faculty has expertise in a number of other related research areas, including: Communications Technologies; Bioinformatics (and Computational Biology); Specialist Studies in Education; Business and Management; Policy and Administration; Political Science; Sociology; Cognitive Sciences; Film, Television and Digital Media; Archaeology; and Curatorial and Related Studies.

Potential students may also find it helpful to search the list of previously completed PhD projects on the Faculty HDR completions site.

Research AreaResearcher
Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing Iqbal Gondal
Saadat Alhashmi (Malaysia)
Kevin Korb
Bernd Meyer
Ann Nicholson
Sid Ray
David Squire
Shyh Wei Teng
Kai Ming Ting
Mark Wallace
Ingrid Zukerman
Guido Tack
David Green
Arun Konagurthu
Maria Garcia de la Banda
Andrew Paplinski
Mohammad Awrangjeb
Artificial Life Alan Dorin
David Green
Jon McCormack
Computer Graphics Kim Marriott
Jon McCormack
Peter Tischer
Computer Vision Andrew Paplinski
David Squire
Expert Systems Kevin Korb
Ann Nicholson
Kai Ming Ting
Peter Tischer
Image Processing Gour Karmakar
Phu Dung Le
Manzur Murshed
Sid Ray
Grace Rumantir
Shyh Wei Teng
Mohammad Awrangjeb
Kai Ming Ting
Peter Tischer
Campbell Wilson
Dengsheng Zhang
Natural Language Processing Mark Carman
David Albrecht
Reza Haffari
Saadat Alhashmi (Malaysia)
Neural, Evolutionary and Fuzzy Computation Damminda Alahakoon
Sue Bedingfield
Madhu Chetty
Yen Cheung
David Green
Joarder Kamruzzaman
Gour Karmakar
Vincent Lee
Jon McCormack
Andrew Paplinski
Sid Ray
Grace Rumantir
David Squire
Chung-Hsing Yeh
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining David Albrecht
Sue Bedingfield
David Dowe
Maria Indrawan
Joarder Kamruzzaman
Asad Khan
Vincent Lee
Guojun Lu
Mohammad Awrangjeb
Mark Carman
Reza Haffari
Sid Ray
Saadat Alhashmi (Malaysia)
Eugene Siew (Malaysia)
Jayantha Rajapakse (Malaysia)
David Squire
Kai Ming Ting
Peter Tischer
Geoff Webb
Dengsheng Zhang
Simulation and Modelling Madhu Chetty
Yen Cheung
David Green
Kevin Korb
Ann Nicholson
Grace Rumantir
Ingrid Zukerman
Virtual Reality and Related Simulation Tom Chandler
Adaptive Agents and Intelligent Robotics Mark Carman
Simon Egerton (Malaysia)
Computation Theory and Mathematics
Computation Theory and Mathematics David Taniar
Rod Martin
Analysis of Algorithms and Complexity & Graham Farr
Applied Discrete Mathematics Graham Farr
Computational Logic and Formal Languages Chris  Ling
Yuan-Fang Li
Combinatorics and Discrete Mathematics (excl. Physical Combinatorics) Graham Farr
Applied Mathematics – Biological Mathematics Arun Konagurthu
Applied Mathematics – Operations Research John Betts
Rod Martin
Numerical and Computational Mathematics – Optimisation David Albrecht
Eng Keong Lua (Malaysia)
Bernd Meyer
Applied Statistics and; Statistical Theory David Dowe
Computer Software
Computer Software Maria Garcia de la Banda
Kim Marriott
David Squire
Mark Wallace
Guido Tack
Computer System Security Nandita Bhattacharjee
Phu Dung Le
Bala Srinivasan
Multimedia Programming Matt Butler
Programming Languages Maria Garcia de la Banda
Kim Marriott
Guido Tack
Mark Wallace
Software Engineering David Abramson
Ann Nicholson
David Squire
Robert Merkel
Yuan-Fang Li
Data Format
Data Format David Squire
Kai Ming Ting
Peter Tischer
Geoff Webb
Dengsheng Zhang
Coding and Information Theory David Dowe
Manzur Murshed
Grace Rumantir
Data Encryption Phu Dung Le
Distributed Computing
Distributed Computing Bala Srinivasan
Eng Keong Lua (Malaysia)
David Taniar
Distributed and Grid Systems David Abramson
Asad Khan
Saadat Alhashmi (Malaysia)
Chris  Ling
Jefferson Tan
Mobile Technologies Damminda Alahakoon
Iqbal Gondal
Eng Keong Lua (Malaysia)
Chris  Ling
Networking and Communications Iqbal Gondal
Joarder Kamruzzaman
Eng Keong Lua (Malaysia)
Jefferson Tan
Ubiquitous Computing Maria Indrawan
Chris  Ling
Web Technologies (excl. Web Search) Yuan-Fang Li
Chris  Ling
Information Systems
Information Systems Matt Butler
Joze Kuzic
Henry Linger
Judy Sheard
Ron Weber
Dengsheng Zhang
Eugene Siew (Malaysia)
Jayantha Rajapakse (Malaysia)
David Taniar
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Information and Knowledge Systems Sue McKemmish
Computer-Human Interaction Damminda Alahakoon
Bernd Meyer
Conceptual Modelling Jefferson Tan
Jayantha Rajapakse (Malaysia)
Ron Weber
Database Management Bala Srinivasan
Jefferson Tan
Decision Support and Group Support Systems David Arnott
John Betts
Frada Burstein
Guojun Lu
Rob Meredith
Mark Wallace
Caddie Gao
Chung-Hsing Yeh
Global Information Systems Asad Khan
Joze Kuzic
Information Systems Development Methodologies Ron Weber
Jayantha Rajapakse (Malaysia)
Information Systems Management John Betts
Yen Cheung
Julie Fisher
Mahbubur Rahim
Information Systems Organisation Yen Cheung
Joze Kuzic
Information Systems Theory Ron Weber
Inter-organisational Information Systems and Web Services Yen Cheung
Mahbubur Rahim
Library and Information Studies
Library and Information Studies Steve Wright
Sue McKemmish
Tom Denison
Joanne Evans
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledge Management Sue McKemmish
Information Retrieval and Web Search Guojun Lu
Saadat Alhashmi (Malaysia)
Eugene Siew (Malaysia)
Mark Carman
Organisation of Information and Knowledge Resources Sue McKemmish
Tom Denison
Social and Community Informatics Tom Denison
Other
Communications Technologies Carlo Kopp
Gour Karmakar
Iqbal Gondal
Eng Keong Lua (Malaysia)
Joarder Kamruzzaman
Manzur Murshed
Bioinformatics (and Computational Biology) Maria Garcia de la Banda
Arun Konagurthu
Reza Haffari
Specialist Studies in Education – Educational Technology and Computing Michael Morgan
Judy Sheard
Business and Management – Business Information Management (incl. Records, Knowledge and Information Management, and Intelligence) Henry Linger
Business and Management – Business Information Systems Mahbubur Rahim
Business and Management – Innovation and Technology Management Mahbubur Rahim
Policy and Administration – Health Policy Sue Bedingfield
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Mohammad Awrangjeb
Political Science – Defence Studies Carlo Kopp
Sociology Steve Wright
Cognitive Sciences – Computer Perception, Memory and Attention Andrew Paplinski
Film, Television and Digital Media – Computer Gaming and Animation Tom Chandler
Film, Television and Digital Media – Electronic Media Art Alan Dorin
Jon McCormack
Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americas Tom Chandler
Curatorial and Related Studies – Archival, Repository and Related Studies Sue McKemmish