At the Melbourne Centre for Data Science, we are forging a vibrant, research rich and engaging interdisciplinary environment to lead advances in data science for the benefit of society.
About MCDS
Data touches every aspect of our daily lives and holds potential for big change, positive or negative. Our goal is to promote and engage in fundamental and interdisciplinary research, teaching and leadership in Data Science.
Melbourne Centre for Data Science is built out of a joint collaboration between Statistics and Computer Science with priorities to:
- Connect the data rich ecosystem at the University to enhance distinguished research
- Enable vital fundamental research and deeper exploration into methodological foundations of data science
- Collaborate across academia, the private and public sectors, research centres, centres of excellence and research groups to drive innovation
- Assemble interdisciplinary teams of data science experts and domain experts to tackle long-term and/or large-scale projects
- Employ data science methods to aid circular discovery and further learned enquiry
- Inject data science expertise into real-world problems to provide cutting edge solutions
- Fortify research and educational training in data science for students, postdocs, academics and professionals
- Progress research outcomes, translation and impact by unblocking impediments by addressing methodological constraints
- Advise on, promote and observe strong data governance policies and practices.
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
Associate Professor
Academic Convenor, MCDS
Melbourne Business School
Faculty of Business and Economics
- Kasun Bandara
Research Fellow, MCDS
School of Computing and Information Systems
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
- Chris Baker
Research Fellow, MCDS
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science
- Sarah Monazam Erfani
Senior Lecturer
Academic Convenor, MCDS
School of Computing and Information Systems
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
- Lyle Gurrin
Professor
Academic Convenor, MCDS
School of Population and Global Health
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
- Charles Hill
Lecturer
Academic Convenor, MCDS
School of Physics
Faculty of Science
- Timothy Kariotis
Research Fellow In Regulation And Design
Academic Convenor, MCDS
Melbourne School Of Government
Faculty of Law
- Erik Mooi
Associate Professor
Academic Convenor, MCDS
Department of Management and Marketing
Faculty of Business and Economics
- Irma Mooi-Reci
Associate Professor
Academic Convenor, MCDS
School of Social and Political Sciences
Faculty of Arts
- Peta Masters
Research Fellow, MCDS
School of Computing and Information Systems
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
- Goce Ristanoski
Research Fellow, Medical Data Mining
Academic Convenor, MCDS
School of Computing And Information Systems
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
- Jeremy Silver
Research Fellow, MCDS
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science
- Hamed Soleimani
Research Fellow, MCDS
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science
- Jason Thompson
Arc Early Career Research Fellow (Decra)
Academic Convenor, MCDS
Melbourne School of Design
Faculty of Architecture, Building And Planning
- Martin Tomko
Senior Lecturer
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
- Michael Zyphur
Associate Professor
Academic Convenor, MCDS
Department of Management and Marketing
Faculty of Business and Economics
Investigators
MCDS is pleased to have a large and growing group of researchers from a wide variety of domain specialties
- Dr Andres Munoz Acosta, Research Fellow, Operations Research
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science - Dr Adrian Bickerstaffe, Senior 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, Lecturer in Data Analytics
School of Computing and Information Systems
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology- A/Prof Douglas Boyle, Rural Health Research/Informatics Research
Department of General Practice
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences 
Dr Lucas Calais Ferreira, Research Assistant in Justice Health
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences- Ms Ximena Camacho, Director of Population Health Data Analytics
Centre for Digital Transformation of 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, Research Fellow in Digital Ethics
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 Dang, Lecturer, Data Science and Statistics
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science 
Dr Koen Degeling, Research Fellow
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 and Dame Kate Campbell Fellow
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- Dr Nic Geard, Senior Lecturer
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 John Hopper, 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, Research Fellow
School of Computing and Information Systems
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Dr Sue Malta, Manager, Twins Research Australia
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Dr Miriam Mosing, Senior Research Fellow
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, Research Fellow in Applied AI in Medicine
School of Computing and Information Systems
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology- A/Prof Ben Rubinstein, Associate Professor and Associate Dean (Research)
School of Computing and Information systems
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology 
- Yuji Saikai, Teaching Specialist
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science - A/Prof Agus Salim, Associate Professor in Biostatistics
Melbourne School Of Population And Global Health
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences 
Prof Michael Smith, Professor in Business Administration
Melbourne Business School
Faculty of Business and Economics
Dr Matthew Tam, Lecturer in Operations Research
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science
Prof Karin Verspoor, Professor
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 - Dr Georgia Warren-Myers, Senior Lecturer 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, 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 - Dr Yuting Zhang, Professorial Fellow
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
Faculty of Business and Economics
Job opportunities
CLOSED - Research Data Scientist
Department/School: Melbourne School of Government
Division/Faculty: Melbourne Law School
Salary: UOM 7
Advertised closing date: 11 March 2021, 11:55pm
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OPEN - Research Fellow in Data Science
Centre: Melbourne Centre for Data Science
Department/School: School of Mathematics and Statistics
Division/Faculty: Faculty of Science
Salary: Level B
Advertised closing date: 5 April 2021, 11:55pm
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