Dr Javad Pool – 2023 Award for Excellence

Congratulations to our CIRES Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Javad Pool who has received a 2023 Award for Excellence from the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law (BEL) at The University of Queensland.

The award was for Research – Engagement and Impact, within the Trust in AI Research Team working with Professor Nicole Gillespie, Dr Caitlin Curtis, and Dr Steven Lockey.

“I’m honoured to receive this BEL Award for Excellence 2023 alongside the Trust in AI Research Team. Professor Nicole Gillespie’s leadership in this research has been inspiring, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with Nicole, Steve, and Caitlin on impactful projects highlighted in the media, in policy, and in industry reports.”

Congratulations Javad!

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2023 Information Resilience PhD School in Melbourne!

Thank you to all our delegates and speakers who participated in the CIRES Information Resilience PhD School 2023 hosted at The University of Melbourne. Please see below for photos, videos, posters, and slides from the 2023 event.


Congratulations to our 2023 Award Winners

Three-Minute-Thesis Competition 

Winner: Hrishi Patel from The University of Queensland
Can We Predict Sepsis with Machine Learning? 

Runner-up: Ensiyeh Javaherian Pour from The University of Melbourne
Underground Utility Networks 

People’s choice: Jessica Hintzsche from The University of Queensland
Digital Twins in Aquaculture 

Poster Session 

Winner: Thisarani Ediriweera from James Cook University
Decrypting Barramundi’s Disease Resistance Code: Interactions, Genetics & Genomic Selection  

Runner-up: Huy Nguyen from The University of Queensland
Sepsis prediction for paediatric patients – inpatient (ICU) environment 

People’s choice: Lufan Zhang from Swinburne University of Technology
Practice-based perspective towards Explainable AI (XAI) in Enterprise Information Management (EIM) 

Data Literacy 

Winner: Pa Pa Khin from Swinburne University of Technology 

Runner-up: Masoud Kamali from The University of Melbourne 


Watch the 2023 Highlights Video


2023 Presentations on YouTube

Interactive Sessions


2023 PhD School Photo Gallery


Research Poster Gallery