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Directors and Executive
- Howard Bondell
Professor
Co-Director, MCDS
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science
- Michael Kirley
Professor
Co-Director, MCDS
School of Computing and Information Systems
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
- Kirsten Doert Eccles
Executive Officer, MCDS
Melbourne Centre for Data Science
School of Mathematics and Statistics & School of Computing and Information Systems
Faculty of Science & Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Associates
- Tomohiro Ando
Professor
Academic Convenor, MCDS
Melbourne Business School
Faculty of Business and Economics
- Chris Baker
Research Fellow, MCDS
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science
- Esther Chan
Lecturer
Academic Convenor, MCDS
Melbourne Graduate School of Education
Melbourne Graduate School of Education
- Sarah Monazam Erfani
Senior Lecturer
Academic Convenor, MCDS
School of Computing and Information Systems
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
- Charles Hill
Senior Lecturer
Academic Convenor, MCDS
School of Physics
Faculty of Science
- Nick James
Research Fellow, MCDS
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science
- Timothy Kariotis
Research Fellow In Regulation And Design
Academic Convenor, MCDS
Melbourne School of Government
Faculty of Law
- Erik Mooi
Professor
Academic Convenor, MCDS
Department of Management and Marketing
Faculty of Business and Economics
- Irma Mooi-Reci
Professor
Academic Convenor, MCDS
School of Social and Political Sciences
Faculty of Arts
- Agus Salim
Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Academic Convenor, MCDS
School of Population and Global Health
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
- Jeremy Silver
Research Fellow, MCDS
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science
- Jason Thompson
Associate Professor & ARC Early Career Research Fellow (Decra)
Academic Convenor, MCDS
Melbourne School of Design
Faculty of Architecture, Building And Planning
- Martin Tomko
Associate Professor
Academic Convenor, MCDS
School of Electrical, Mechanical and Infrastructure Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
- Weichang Yu
Research Fellow, MCDS
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science
- Astrid Zeman
Research Fellow, MCDS
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science
Investigators
MCDS is pleased to have a large and growing group of researchers from a wide variety of domain specialties
- Dr Andres Munoz Acosta, OPTIMA Research Fellow, Operations Research
School of Computing and Information Systems
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology - Dr Adrian Bickerstaffe, Principal Research Fellow - System Analyst
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences 
Dr Khandis Blake, Lecturer in Psychology
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Dr Renata Borovica-Gajic, Senior Lecturer in Data Analytics
School of Computing and Information Systems
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology- Prof Dougie Boyle, Clinical Data Analytics
Department of General Practice
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences 
Dr Lucas Calais Ferreira, Academic Specialist (Research & Coordinator)
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences- Ms Ximena Camacho, Honorary
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences 
Dr Daniel Capurro, Senior Lecturer in Digital Health
School of Computing and Information Systems
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Dr Marc Cheong, Senior Lecturer, Information Systems
School of Computing and Information Systems
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Dr Holly Chinnery, Senior Lecturer
School of Optometry and Vision Services
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences- Dr Khue-Dung (KD) Dang, Lecturer, Data Science and Statistics
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science 
Dr Koen Degeling, Honorary
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences- Prof Simon Dennis, Director and Professor
Complex Human Data Hub
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences - Dr Maria Di Biase, Research Fellow
Department of Psychiatry
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences 
A/Prof Laura Downie, Associate Professor
Department of Optometry And Vision Sciences
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Dr Kris Ehinger, Senior Lecturer in Digital Health
School of Computing and Information Systems
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Dr Lea Frermann, Lecturer
School of Computing and Information Systems
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology- A/Prof Nic Geard, Associate Professor, Computational Simulation and Modelling
School of Computing and Information Systems
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology 
Dr Mingming Gong, Lecturer in Statistics (Data Science)
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science- Dr Hailong Guo, Lecturer Applied Mathematics (Continuum Modelling)
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science - Prof Lyle Gurrin, Biostatistics
School of Population and Global Health
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences 
Prof John Hopper, AM, NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences- Dr Ellie Hajizadeh, Lecturer
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology 
Wei Huang, Lecturer in Mathematical Statistics
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science
Dr Qiuhong Ke, Lecturer
School of Computing and Information Systems
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Dr Hadi Akbarzadeh Khorshidi, Senior Research Fellow- HECG
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Dr Sue Malta, Senior Manager and Researcher
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Dr Miriam Mosing, Honorary
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences- Dr Eduardo Araujo Oliveira, Teaching Fellow
School of Computing and Information Systems
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology 
Dr Douglas Pires, Senior Lecturer in Digital Health
School of Computing and Information Systems
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Dr Vlada Rozova, Honorary
School of Computing and Information Systems
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology- Prof Ben Rubinstein, Professor
School of Computing and Information Systems
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology 
- Prof Michael Smith, Professor in Business Administration and Chair of Management in Econometrics
Melbourne Business School
Faculty of Business and Economics 
Dr Matthew Tam, DECRA Senior Fellow, Optimisation
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science
Prof Karin Verspoor, Honorary
School of Computing and Information Systems
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology- Dr Damjan Vukcevic, Senior Lecturer, Statistical Genomics;
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science - A/Prof Georgia Warren-Myers, Associate Professor in Property
Faculty of Architecture, Business and Planning - Prof Stephan Winter, Professor, Spatial Information Science
Department of Infrastructure Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology 
Dr Jesse Young, Senior Research Fellow: Justice Health Program
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences- Dr Joyce Zhang, Senior Lecturer, Operations Research
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science - Prof Yuting Zhang, Professorial Fellow
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
Faculty of Business and Economics
Job opportunities
Data Scientist - Natural Language Processing Developer
Division/Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Department/School: School of Computing and Information Systems
Salary: RA Grade 3
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Software Engineer for Web Application Development
Division/Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Department/School: School of Computing and Information Systems
Salary: RA Grade 3
Advertising closing date: 10 August 2022
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