Ali Eshragh

Professor Ali Eshragh is a Senior Lecturer in Data Science at the University of Newcastle, Australia, holding a position equivalent to a tenured Associate Professor in the U.S. system. His research focuses on modeling and optimizing real-world complex systems under uncertainty, enabling optimal decision-making for managers and policymakers.

• Collaborates with Prof. Michael Mahoney in the Big Data group
• Publishes in optimization and machine learning journals (Mathematics of Operations Research, Annals of Operations Research, Journal of Machine Learning Research)
• Principal Investigator in 12 funded projects totaling USD 1,987,407

His work integrates methods from randomized numerical linear algebra (RandNLA) to develop efficient algorithms for big time series data analysis, with applications spanning supply chains, queuing networks, cognitive science, and epidemiology.