Data Science Seminar

This seminar series is hosted by EECS Data Science.

Contacts

Dr Yujun Cai

Fully Transparent German LLM and Encoder Families Trained from Scratch

10 February 2026 9:00am
Speaker: Professor Andreas Hotho, University of Würzburg, Germany

Reliable Multimodal Recommender Systems

9 January 2026 10:00am
Speaker: Lijian Chen

From Human-Like Reasoning to Memorization Biases: When Should We Align AI Models?

18 December 2025 11:00am
Speaker: Afra Mashhadi (University of Washington Bothell, USA)

UQ AI Conference Dry Run Seminar Series

13 October 2025 1:00pm
We are delighted to announce the inaugural UQ AI Conference Dry Run Seminar Series, proudly hosted by the UQ Data Science Discipline (School of EECS).

Beyond Visual Geometry: Toward Physical 3D Reconstruction

26 September 2025 1:00pm
Speaker: Prof. Chuanxia Zheng, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore

Human Understanding in Real-World Sports

14 August 2025 1:00pm
Speaker: Qingzheng Xu

Thinking Globally, Testing Locally: Lessons in AI Safety Evaluation from the Polish Perspective

2 July 2025 11:00am
Speaker: A/Prof Szymon Lukasik, AGH University of Krakow, Director of AI Safety Research Center, NASK National Research Institute, Poland

Teach AI What It Doesn't Know

26 June 2025 1:00pm
Speaker: Sean (Xuefeng) Du (University of Wisconsin–Madison & incoming Assistant Professor in Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Reasoning with Language Models

29 May 2025 1:00pm
Speaker: Dr Nicholas Tomlin (UC Berkeley & Incoming CDS Fellow at NYU & Assistant Professor at TTIC)

Towards Efficient Novel View Synthesis

23 May 2025 3:00pm
Speaker: Qianyi Wu (Monash University)

Towards Large Generative Recommendation Models: A Tokenization Perspective

22 May 2025 1:00pm
Speaker: Yupeng Hou, University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

Protocol Learning: Towards True Open-Source AI

17 April 2025 4:00pm
Speaker: Dr Alexander Long, Amazon

Would prompt work for graph learning? An exploration of few-shot learning on graphs

17 April 2025 1:00pm
Speaker: Prof Yuan Fang, Singapore Management University (SMU)

Compressed Video Restoration

15 April 2025 4:30pm
Speaker: Shuyun Wang

Towards Knowledgeable Foundation Models

10 April 2025 1:00pm
Speaker: Prof Heng Ji (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, UIUC)

Using Large Language Models for Cross-Language Information Access

28 March 2025 1:00pm
Speaker: Professor Douglas W. Oard, University of Maryland (USA)

Leveraging semantics for recommendation at scale

26 March 2025 11:00am
Speaker: Dr Julien Monteil (Amazon)

Value Capture From Enterprise AI

19 March 2025 2:00pm
Speaker: Nova Sepadyati

Show-o: One Single Transformer to Unify Multimodal Understanding and Generation

27 February 2025 1:00pm
Speaker: Prof Mike Shou (National University of Singapore)

Adaptive Collaborative Learning with Data Silos

17 February 2025 9:00am
Speaker: Achmad Ginanjar

Seeking Socially Responsible Consumers: Exploring the Intention-Search-Behaviour Gap

6 February 2025 10:30am
Speaker: Dr Leif Azzopardi, Principal Applied Scientist @ Microsoft

The Magnitude of Truth: On Using Magnitude Estimation in Truthfulness Assessment in Fact-Checking

6 February 2025 9:30am
Speaker: Professor Stefano Mizzaro, University of Udine, Italy

Towards Open-Vocabulary 3D Object Detection

21 January 2025 1:00pm
Speaker: Djamahl Etchegaray

From Verses to Vectors

20 December 2024 2:00pm
As the EMCR Informal Talk series are designed to share peoples’ own lives, keeping the Informal Talk as an in-person only event best aligns with its personal nature and can maximize interactions with the audience.

Controllable Visual Synthesis via Structural Representation

13 December 2024 1:00pm
Speaker: Yunzhi Zhang (Stanford University)

Developing Effective Long-Context Language Models

4 December 2024 1:00pm
Speaker: Tianyu Gao (Princeton University)

Mitigating Distribution Shifts in Using Pre-trained Vision-Language Models

2 December 2024 11:00am
Speaker: Dr Feng Liu (The University of Melbourne)

Towards Graph Machine Learning in the Wild

27 November 2024 1:00pm
Speaker: Dr Qitian Wu (MIT & Harvard)

Evaluation and Reasoning in Real-world Scenarios

20 November 2024 1:00pm
Speaker: Wenting Zhao (Cornell University)

Contextual Document Embeddings

6 November 2024 11:00am
Speaker: Jack (John) Morris (Cornell University & Meta AI)

Graph Neural Networks in Epidemic Modeling: An In-Depth Review and Toolkit

30 October 2024 1:00pm
Speaker: Prof Wei Jin (Emory University)

Inference-Time Strategies for Ranking and RAG with LLMs

23 October 2024 9:30am
Speaker: Dr Honglei Zhuang (Google DeepMind)

Decentralized POI Recommender Systems

21 October 2024 10:00am
Speaker: Jing Long

Graph Foundation Model in the Era of LLMs

16 October 2024 1:00pm
Speaker: Prof Chao Huang (University of Hong Kong)

Language Inclusivity with Foundation Models

10 October 2024 3:00pm
Speaker: Prof Yuan Fang, Singapore Management University (SMU)

Recreating the Physical Natural World from Images

9 October 2024 1:00pm
Speaker: Dr Shangzhe Wu (Stanford University)

Human-Computer Conversational Vision-and-Language Navigation

8 October 2024 11:00am
Speaker: A/Prof Qi Wu (University of Adelaide)

Entrepreneurship: What does it Mean to EMCRs?

27 September 2024 1:00pm
The EECS EMCR Advocacy Committee invites you to a panel session themed around entrepreneurship development.

Towards Graph Foundation Model

11 September 2024 1:00pm
Speaker: Haitao Mao (Michigan State University, USA)

Toward Memory-Efficient Recommender Systems

12 June 2024 1:00pm
Speaker: Jason Xurong Liang

Embracing Changes in Deep Learning: Continual Learning with Augmented and Modularized Memory

11 June 2024 2:30pm
Speaker: Dr Dong Gong (The University of New South Wales)

Generative Sequential Recommendation

22 May 2024 3:00pm
Speaker: Aleksandr Petrov (University of Glasgow, UK)

Efficient and Elastic Large Models

17 May 2024 3:00pm
Speaker: Dr Prateek Jain, Google Research India

Deep Copula-Based Survival Analysis for Dependent Censoring

24 April 2024 1:00pm
Speaker: Dr Weijia Zhang (University of Newcastle)

Towards Open-World Object Segmentation and Detection

10 April 2024 1:00pm
Speaker: Prof Jianfei Cai (Monash University)

Building AI/ML & Gen AI responsibly on AWS

13 March 2024 1:00pm
Speaker: Nieves Garcia (Amazon)

Filter Bubble in Recommender System: Diversity and Beyond

7 March 2024 1:00pm
Speaker: Prof Chen Gao (Tsinghua University, China)

Adaptive Collaborative Learning with Data Silos

13 February 2024 11:00am
Speaker: Achmad Ginanjar

Summer of AI 2023 Keynotes

14 December 2023 12:00pm
Join us at the 2023 Summer of AI (SAI) from 11-15 December, where you'll hear from UQ's two new Professors of AI, as well as some of our leading academics in the field.

AI and HPC Infrastructure at UQ in the next 12 to 24 months

13 December 2023 2:00pm
Speaker: Jake Carroll, Chief Technical Officer of UQ RCC

Summer of AI 2023 Keynotes

11 December 2023 12:00pm
Join us at the 2023 Summer of AI (SAI) from 11-15 December, where you'll hear from UQ's two new Professors of AI, as well as some of our leading academics in the field.

Diffusion and text-based guidance for image morphing

8 December 2023 10:00am
Speaker: Prof Richard Hartley, Australian National University

Normalization for relational and graph databases

20 November 2023 12:00pm
Speaker: Prof Sebastian Link (University of Auckland)

Database integration in multidatabase systems

8 November 2023 11:45am
Speaker: Dr Liang Zheng, Australian National University

Measurement, Scales, Averages, Meaningfulness

7 November 2023 10:00am
Speaker:Prof Nicola Ferro, University of Padua, Italy

Large Language Models: Risks, Opportunities and Responses

29 October 2023 2:00pm
Speaker: Prof Geoff Webb (Monash University)

Process Mining: Opportunities and Challenges

18 October 2023 1:00pm
Speaker: Prof Moe Thandar Kyaw Wynn (Queensland University of Technology)

On using language models for relevance labelling

16 October 2023 2:00pm
Speaker: Dr Paul Thomas, Microsoft

Evaluating and Improving Text to Image Alignment with Latent Diffusion Models

4 October 2023 1:00pm
Speaker: Jaskirat Singh (Australian National University)

Igniting Innovation: How Queensland's AI Hub Fuels Growth and Opportunity

20 September 2023 3:00pm
Speaker: Toni Peggrem, Executive Manager, Queensland AI Hub

Immersive Data Visualisation and Interactive AI

20 September 2023 1:00pm
Speaker: Dr Maxime Cordeil (University of Queensland)
In this talk I will first briefly introduce my previous work in Immersive Analytics, which includes the visualisation of abstract and 3D data in multiple XR scenarios.

Towards Cost-Efficient Federated Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning with Learnable Aggregation

20 September 2023 1:00pm
Speaker: Yi Zhang
We introduce a client-server framework designed to fortify MARL in real-world scenarios, achieving scalability, parallelization, and privacy preservation.

Enhancing Vision-and-Language Navigation with Multi-modal Prompts

20 September 2023 12:00pm
Speaker: Haodong Hong
Our research introduces a novel task, Vision-and-Language Navigation with Multi-modal Prompts (VLN-MP), in which instructions consist of both natural language and images as prompts.

Model Selection and Model Generalizability of Deep Neural Networks

19 September 2023 2:00pm
Speaker: Ekaterina Khramtsova
In this research, we explore various methods for assessing the generalisability of Deep Neural Networks on OOD samples within different scenarios, namely for model selection and for performance estimation.

Towards Robustness: Boosting Approaches for Learning from Positive and Unlabeled Data

19 September 2023 2:00pm
Speaker: Yawen Zhao
By overcoming three key challenges, we aim to work towards PU boosting methods which have superior performance alongside computational efficiency and minimal dependence on hyperparameter tuning.

Empowering Foundation Models for Unsupervised Bi-Temporal Analysis in Satellite Imagery

14 September 2023 11:30am
Speaker: Yiyun Zhang
In this study, we propose novel unsupervised approaches for BTRS analysis, specifically focusing on change and damage detection in buildings, without the need to use any annotations.

Graph Neural Networks for Large Dynamic Graphs

13 September 2023 1:00pm
Speaker: Yanping Zheng (DATA61-CSIRO)
My research focuses on improving the scalability and expressiveness of dynamic graph neural networks.

Generating data-driven continuous optimization problems for benchmarking

8 September 2023 11:00am
Speaker: Sara Hajari
In this research, a detailed exploration of problem instance generation is carried out, and possible ways this approach can be used in benchmarking practice are discussed.

Trustworthy Recommendation under Limited Data

7 September 2023 11:00am
Speaker: Chenhao Zhang
My research aims to improve recommendation systems in low-data scenarios, benefiting small and medium-sized companies and responding to public emergencies.

Machine learning guided scientific experiments

6 September 2023 3:00pm
Speaker: Cheng Soon Ong, Data61, CSIRO
The AI hype claims that everything can be solved by AI. The reality is that while there are many exciting advances in recent years, many open problems remain.

Automating Expertise in Format Identification: From Experts, Through Novices, to Machines

4 September 2023 12:30pm
Speaker: Shaochen Yu
As the role of data amplifies in decision-making, our methodologies promise efficient and streamlined solutions in format identification.

On the Role of Human and Machine Metadata in Crowdsourced Data Annotation

4 September 2023 11:00am
Speaker: Jiechen Xu
The process of data annotation, also referred to as data labeling, is a crucial step in various research fields like machine learning and behavioral studies.

Generalized Out-of-distribution Detection: Theory and Algorithm

23 August 2023 1:00pm
Speaker: Dr Zhen Fang (University of Technology Sydney)
In this talk, we will present the latest advancements in OOD detection theory, and OOD detection algorithms.

A Study on Practical Bluetooth Map-matching

22 August 2023 11:00am
Speaker: Zichun Zhu

Progressive Image generation between large gap domains with hierarchical disentangled representations

17 August 2023 10:00am
Speaker: Tianren Wang
This project will study the explicit form of a latent space to make the learning process more accurate and interpretable.

How to Detect Out-of-Distribution Data in the Wild? Challenges, Research Progress and Path Forward

16 August 2023 10:00am
Speaker: Sharon Yixuan Li (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
I will introduce a new algorithmic framework, which jointly optimizes for both accurate classification of ID samples, and reliable detection of OOD data.

Data Analysis for Multimedia

9 August 2023 1:00pm
Speaker: Prof Phoebe Chen (La Trobe University)
There is a large number of possible applications that can benefit from the analysis of multimedia data.

Task-aware Retrieval with Instructions

2 August 2023 1:00pm
Speaker: Akari Asai (University of Washington)
We study the problem of retrieval with instructions, where users of a retrieval system explicitly describe their intent along with their queries.

Memory-efficient Recommendation

12 June 2023 3:00pm
Speaker: Yunke Qu

Mitigating Imbalanced Data Distribution in Heterogeneous Information Networks

12 June 2023 2:00pm
Speaker: Xinyi Gao
This comprehensive experimental study demonstrates that SNS consistently outperforms existing methods in different benchmark datasets.

Estimating Causal Effect: Challenges and Countermeasures

12 June 2023 1:00pm
Speaker: Hechuan Wen
Causal inference is increasingly important in guiding decision-making in high-stake domains, such as healthcare, education, e-commerce, etc.

Smart Things in Industrial IoT

31 May 2023 1:00pm
Speaker: Haoyu Ren (Technical University of Munich)

An introduction to sequential/session-based recommendation

17 May 2023 1:00pm
Speaker: Dr Shoujin Wang (University of Technology Sydney)
In recent years, sequential/session-based recommendations have emerged as a new recommendation paradigm to well model users’ dynamic and short-term preferences for more accurate and timely recommendations.

Building Experiment Tracking at Scale with Weights & Biases

10 May 2023 1:00pm
Speaker: Andrea Parker, Growth ML Engineer (Weights & Biases)
Join us to learn all about experiment tracking at scale with Pachyderm and Weights & Biases.

SEINE: SEgment-based Indexing for NEural Information Retrieval

3 May 2023 10:00am
Speaker: Dr Grace Hui Yang (Georgetown University)
We propose a novel SEgment-based Neural Indexing method, SEINE, which provides a general indexing framework that can flexibly support a variety of interaction-based neural retrieval methods.

Towards algorithms on grammar-compressed strings, trees, and graphs

28 April 2023 1:00pm
Speaker: Prof Stefan Böttcher - Universität Paderborn (Germany)
This talk gives an overview of the key ideas behind grammar-based compression techniques for strings, trees, and graphs.

Mobility Digital Twin for Connected and Automated Vehicles

26 April 2023 1:00pm
Speaker: Dr Ziran Wang (Purdue University)
In this talk, a Mobility Digital Twin (MDT) framework is introduced, which is defined as an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based data-driven cloud-edge-device framework for mobility services.

Towards Trustworthy AI

21 April 2023 11:00am
Speaker: Dr Qiongkai Xu, The University of Melbourne
This seminar will present research towards trustworthy AI systems.

Sparks between Data Analytics and Graphs

13 April 2023 2:00pm
Speaker: Dr Shixun Huang (RMIT University)
In this talk, recent advances under multiple fields (i.e., data mining, viral marketing and urban computing) of graph analytics will be introduced.

Concept drift adaptation for multiple streams with temporal dependence

27 March 2023 4:00pm
Speaker: Dr Yiliao Song, RMIT University

A magic ingredient, a secret spice, a special blend, for it can all be nice!' The Human Quotient for Better AI Systems

22 March 2023 1:00pm
Speaker: A/Prof Ujwal Gadiraju (Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands)

Multi-Domain Few-Shot Image Classification

15 March 2023 1:00pm
Speaker: Dr Yanbin Liu (Australian National University)

AutoML for On-device Recommender Systems

14 March 2023 3:30pm
Speaker: Ruiqi Zheng

Efficient Distributed Complex Event Processing

9 March 2023 1:00pm
Speaker: Dr Matthias Weidlich (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU), Germany)

Score based Diffusion Models and Their Applications

8 March 2023 1:00pm
Speaker: Dr Jing Zhang (Australian National University)

Seven Algorithms for the Same Task (Testing Uniformity)

1 March 2023 1:00pm
Speaker: Dr Clément Canonne (University of Sydney)

Escaping the Echo Chamber: The Quest for Normative News Recommender Systems

22 February 2023 1:00pm
Speaker: Prof Abraham Bernstein (University of Zurich)

Improving Discriminative Retrieval Models Using Generative Tasks

20 February 2023 10:00am
Speaker: Professor Shane Culpepper, RMIT University

Addressing Domain Shift in an Open World

19 January 2023 8:30pm
Speaker: Zijian Wang