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Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D.

Queensland University of Technology

School of Information Systems

• Thesis: Building Adversarially Robust Predictive Systems for Tabular Data
• Co-advised by A/Prof. Chun Ouyang (Principal Supervisor), Prof. Alistair Barros (Associate Supervisor) and A/Prof. Catarina Moreira (External Supervisor @UTS)
• Addressed adversarial robustness of machine learning models on tabular data. Investigated state-of-the-art attack techniques, characterised what makes attacks on structured data imperceptible, and proposed metrics and a benchmark for evaluating these characteristics, laying the groundwork for defence mechanisms that improve model robustness against adversarial attacks in tabular domains.
• Awarded QUT Postgraduate Research Award (International) and QUT HDR Tuition Fee Sponsorship

Bachelor of Information Technology (Honours), First Class Honours

Queensland University of Technology

School of Information Systems

• Thesis: Investigating the Impact of Event Logs on Deep Learning-based Process Prediction Performance
• Co-advised by A/Prof. Chun Ouyang and A/Prof. Catarina Moreira
• Investigated how key characteristics of event logs affect next-activity prediction with LSTM and Transformer models; findings published in KBS 2022
• Graduated with 6.625 out of 7 GPA; awarded QUT International Merit Scholarship

Bachelor of Information Technology (Information Systems)

Queensland University of Technology

Faculty of Science and Engineering

• JIT-QUT Joint Bachelor of IT Program
• Graduated with 6 out of 7 GPA; awarded QUT International Merit Scholarship

Bachelor of Engineering (Software Engineering)

Jinling Institute of Technology

Faculty of Software Engineering

• JIT-QUT Joint Bachelor of IT Program
• Graduated with 87% Weighted Average Mark

Postdoctoral Fellow

School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering, Queensland University of Technology

• Conduct research on AI-To-Data (ATD), a decentralised privacy-preserving AI framework for multi-institute medical data, advancing it from TRL 3 to TRL 5 under the Australia’s Economic Accelerator (AEA) Ignite grant.
• Build training and evaluation pipelines to validate ATD at scale across distributed nodes on multi-modality medical datasets.
• Manage milestone delivery of the 12-month grant, covering progress tracking, risk management, and reporting to the funder.

Senior Project Officer

Energy Transition Centre & School of Information Systems, Queensland University of Technology

• Conduct research on multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) for coordinated optimisation of distributed Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) across household and community scales.
• Design and implement MARL architectures for cross-scale coordination, balancing household objectives with community-level goals such as grid stability and renewable energy utilisation.
• Develop a simulation testbed integrating public energy datasets to empirically evaluate the coordination architectures.

Research Associate

Energy Transition Centre & School of Information Systems, Queensland University of Technology

• Reviewed and synthesised literature on BESS with a focus on operational optimisation across different scales.
• Analysed how optimisation approaches and objectives differ across system scales.
• Developed a structured framework to summarise and compare existing optimisation methods.

Senior Research Assistant

School of Information Systems, Queensland University of Technology

Corporate partner: eLu Australia

• Established baseline understanding of electricity outages and price dynamics in the Australian National Electricity Market (NEM) through review of AEMO reports, industry literature, and exploratory data analysis.
• Identified and analysed root causes of electricity outages and price volatility within the NEM.
• Developed and evaluated a predictive model for electricity price forecasting, improving on current AEMO capabilities.
• Designed and implemented an interactive dashboard for visualising historical NEM data and real-time electricity price forecasts.

Research Assistant

School of Information Systems, Queensland University of Technology

• Collected literature on multi-modal fusion for time-sequence data and identified related research gaps
• Developed multi-modal fusion methods for time-sequence data to enhance the capability of predictive systems
• Developed an open-source tool package implementing the fusion methods, enabling testing and validation
• Designed and executed evaluation experiments using publicly accessible real-world datasets

Research Assistant

School of Information Systems, Queensland University of Technology

• Developed an analytical method for applying explainable AI (XAI) techniques to the inspection of predictive models
• Implemented the method as an open-source tool package for testing and validation using publicly available real-life datasets
• Built visualisations of model inspection results and developed a website for project publicity

Participant

AMSI Winter School 2021, Centre for Data Science, Queensland University of Technology

• Attended lectures and tutorials on advanced statistical learning such as Bayesian statistics and Markov chain Monte Carlo methods
• Gained knowledge of generative deep learning models
• Presented a participant talk titled Deep Learning-based Business Process Prediction

Vacation Research Experience Scheme (VRES) Student

School of Information Systems, Queensland University of Technology

Project: Towards Design and Development of Interactive Visualisation for Organisational Analytics

• Advised by A/Prof. Chun Ouyang
• Aimed to address how to visualise organisational analytics results as informed by existing visual analytics design principles
• Proposed an organisational mining visualisation design workflow for selecting appropriate visualisation techniques
• A project showcase was presented to all VRES students and supervisors from the School of Computer Science and School of Information Systems

Academic Tutor, IFN695 MDA Minor Project

Faculty of Science, Queensland University of Technology

• Proposed the topic of Australia’s National Electricity Market for the graduate research project unit, a capstone unit for the Master of Data Analytics program
• Assisted with weekly student supervision, participated in presentation assessment panels, and graded final project reports

Teaching Assistant, IFN703/4 MDA Advanced Project

Faculty of Science, Queensland University of Technology

• Proposed the topic of Anomaly Detection in ECG Signals for the graduate research project unit, a capstone unit for the Master of Data Analytics program
• Assisted with weekly student supervision, participated in presentation assessment panels, and graded final project reports

Full-Stack AI Engineer

Self-employed

• Provide AI consulting on business process automation, software architecture, and practical adoption of LLM-based solutions.
• Design and build AI agent systems for business use cases, covering architecture, workflow automation, and LLM integration.
• Develop backend services and web interfaces to connect business data, tools, and human workflows.

Capstone Analyst (Industry Capstone Project)

Suncorp Group

• Delivered an industry-partnered capstone project to support the integration of Management Information Systems for the Insurance Portfolio Management Office in Suncorp.
• Conducted business analysis and configured enterprise architecture tools (ARIS and Alfabet), integrating systems using existing APIs and data frameworks, and customising object and model mappings to meet organisational requirements.
• Developed integration risk management and deployment documentation to support production implementation.

High Achiever HDR Student

Faculty of Science, Queensland University of Technology

Awarded for sustained high achievement in research and esteem measures

Best HDR Championship

School of Information Systems, Queensland University of Technology

Awarded for outstanding leadership, advocacy and impactful research within the HDR community

HDR Accomplishment Award

School of Information Systems, Queensland University of Technology

Awarded for high-quality research with strong publications as an HDR candidate

Doctoral Consortium Outstanding Presentation Award

School of Information Systems, Queensland University of Technology

Awarded for the outstanding presentation at the 2024 Doctoral Consortium

QUT Postgraduate Research Award (QUTPRA) (International)

Queensland University of Technology

Competitive living stipend for full-time PhD research at QUT

QUT HDR Tuition Fee Sponsorship

Queensland University of Technology

Full tuition fee sponsorship for the Doctor of Philosophy at QUT

Dean's List Award

Faculty of Science, Queensland University of Technology

Awarded in recognition of excellent academic performance for Honours at QUT

AMSI Winter School Scholarship

Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute

Awarded for funding participation in the AMSI Winter School in July 2021

QUT International Merit Scholarship

Queensland University of Technology

Awarded for academic excellence, funding the Bachelor of Information Technology (Honours) at QUT

Vacation Research Experience Scheme (VRES) Scholarship

Queensland University of Technology

Funded a three-month research project on visualisation for organisational analytics

QUT International Merit Scholarship

Queensland University of Technology

Awarded for academic excellence, funding the Bachelor of Information Technology (Information Systems) at QUT

First-class Scholarship for Undergraduate Student

Jinling Institute of Technology

Awarded for funding undergraduate study at JIT

Merit Student Award

Jinling Institute of Technology

Awarded in recognition of outstanding academic performance at JIT