Supervision

Recruitment Information for Prospective Students

I am available for supervision of honours, masters, and PhD students at RMIT University.

I have no funded positions available. However, opportunities exist for exceptional candidates who are eligible for a scholarship through RMIT University. These scholarships are highly competitive yet attainable for applicants with solid research credentials. If you believe you meet the criteria for these scholarships and are interested in collaborating with me, please contact me.

Current PhD Students

Supervision of PhD student: Sara Fahad Dawood Al Lawati. RMIT University. (with Mark Sanderson and Dana Mckay)

Supervision of PhD student: Jiaman He. RMIT University. (with Damiano Spina and Dana Mckay)

Current Master and Honours Students

Supervision of Masters student: Nam Duong. “Digital accessibility and user experiences for people with vision impairment accessing e-commerce sites”. RMIT University, 2024. (with Kate Anderson)

Supervision of Masters student: Synne Odegaard. “Investigating user queries through interaction logs with Google Assistant”. RMIT University, 2024.

Supervision of Masters student: Tony Smith working on Sexism Characterization in Social Networks (EXIST @ CLEF’24). RMIT University, 2024. (with Damiano Spina)

Former Students

Supervision of PhD student: Leila Tavakoli. “Evaluating engaging clarification questions in information retrieval“. RMIT University, 2023. (with Mark Sanderson, Falk Scholer, and Hamed Zamani)

Supervision of Honours student: James Wolfe. “Exploring Digital Hoarding: Psychological Factors, Mental Health, and Social Functioning Outcomes”. RMIT University, 2023. (with Dana Mckay and James Collett)

Supervision of Honours student: Kanika Mehra. “The most influential side of bias in spreading misinformation online: Supply vs Demand”. RMIT University, 2022. (with Danula Hettiachchi and Mark Sanderson)

Supervision of Masters student: Shubhdeep Singh. “A tool to perform Wizard of Oz experiments in speech-only question answering scenarios”. RMIT University, 2020. (with Damiano Spina)

Teaching

2024: Course coordinator and lecturer at RMIT University. Course: Data Science (COSC2669/COSC2816)

2024: Lecturer at RMIT University. Course: Usability Engineering (COSC1182/1183)

2023: Course coordinator and lecturer at RMIT University. Course: Data Science (COSC2669/COSC2816)

2023: Lecturer at RMIT University. Course: Usability Engineering (COSC1182/1183)

2022: Lecturer at RMIT University. Course: Usability Engineering (COSC1182/1183)

2022: Lecturer at RMIT University. Course: Innovation Ecosystem and the Future of Work (OENG2250)

2022: Lecturer at The University of Melbourne. Course: Evaluating the User Experience (INFO90004)

2021: Lecturer at The University of Melbourne. Course: Evaluating the User Experience (INFO90004)

2017–2018: Casual lecturer at RMIT University. Course: Usability Engineering (COSC1182/1183)