Who We Are

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

Researchers

Students

Jalal Abdolahi
PhD Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Isobel Abell
PhD Student
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science
Hanan Alsouly
PhD Student
School of Computing and Information Systems
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Evelyn Mannix
PhD Student
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science
Alejandro Casar Berazaluce
PhD Student
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science
Computational Biology Program
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Daniel Herring
PhD Student
School of Computing and Information Systems
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Craig Lewis
PhD Student
School of Computing and Information Systems
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Bill Rudd
PhD Student
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science
Dong Luo
PhD Student
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science
Jiangrong Ouyang
PhD Student
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science
Brandon Syiem
PhD Student
School of Computing and Information Systems
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Helani Wickramaarachchilage
PhD Student
School of Computing and Information Systems
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology