Current PhD Students
Current doctoral supervision, focused on PhD research projects.
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Uzma Shafiq
Current PhD student (Feb 2025), Deakin University
Topic: Explainable AI for Computational Algebra
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Mahla Tayarani Zare
Current PhD student (Feb 2024), Deakin University
Topic: The planning of home health care systems
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Arezoo Mousavi
Current PhD student (Aug 2025), Deakin University
Topic: Machine Learning for Combinatorial Optimization Problems
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Elaheh Karimi Zarandi
Current PhD student (Feb 2026), Deakin University
Topic: Interpretable Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning and Uncertainty Quantification of Composite Materials
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Dong Ming Zheng
Current PhD student (Jan 2026), Deakin University
Topic: AI for Civil Engineering
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Salma Noor
Current PhD student (Feb 2026), Deakin University
Topic: HEURAGENT: LLMs as Heuristic Agents for Combinatorial Optimization
Completed PhD Students
Completed doctoral supervisions listed in reverse chronological order where possible.
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Ziwei Hou
Completed PhD, Deakin University, 2025
Thesis: Advancing Misinformation Detection Through the Utilization of Textual Aspects, Summarization, and Fact-Based Verification
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Yishuo Zhang
Completed PhD, Deakin University, 2025
Thesis: Generative Model for Tabular Data Generation
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Akib Mashrur
Completed PhD, Deakin University, 2024
Thesis: Towards a Robust Deep Learning Framework for Uncertainty Quantification
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Shu Li
Completed PhD, Deakin University, 2023
Thesis: Detection and Prevention of Harmful Information Propagation in Cyberspace
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Muhmmad Abbas Kazim Al-Khiza'ay
Completed PhD, Deakin University, 2021
Thesis: Personalized Review Selection Using Micro-Reviews in Social Networks
Postdoctoral Researchers
Postdoctoral researchers and fellows mentored through research projects and fellowships.
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Christine Dewi
Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Deakin University, 2024–2026
Topic: Fake News Detection
Joint supervision: Dhananjay Thiruvady
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Bassel Al Homssi
Postdoctoral researcher, Deakin University, 2021–2022
Topic: Artificial Intelligence for Managing Next Generation Satellite Communication Networks
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Thanh-Binh Nguyen
Postdoctoral researcher, Deakin University, 2020–2021
Topic: Artificial Intelligence for Managing Next Generation Satellite Communication Networks
Prospective PhD students
I am interested in supervising strong PhD students working in machine learning, data mining, generative tabular models, knowledge-guided learning, trustworthy AI, causal and robust learning, and AI for scientific and engineering domains. Prospective students should review my research page and contact me with a short research statement, CV, academic transcripts, and any relevant publications or project examples.