Cecile Paris

Cecile Paris is a Chief Research Scientist at CSIRO's Data61 and Director of the Collaborative Intelligence (CINTEL) FSP. She holds adjunct professorships at RMIT University, University of Wollongong, and others. Her research focuses on Natural Language Processing (NLP), Social Media Analytics, and Human-AI Collaboration. Paris earned a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from Columbia University (1987) and has held senior roles internationally, including at USC's Information Sciences Institute and the University of Brighton.

• Education: PhD in AI (Columbia University, 1987), MSc (Columbia, 1982), BA (UC Berkeley, 1980).
• Research Interests: NLP, Social Computing, User Modelling, and AI ethics.

Her work emphasizes practical applications in health, emergency management, and digital services. Notable projects include We Feel (social media emotion mapping) and Accurait (AI-driven lease management). Paris has led teams that won awards for innovations like the ESA ASPIRE system and social media mental health monitoring tools.

Awards: Fellow of ATSE (2016), Fellow of Royal Society NSW (2019), ACS Disruptor Award (2015), and multiple CSIRO Excellence Awards. She has supervised over 20 students, many of whom received distinguished awards for their theses.

Grants: Includes CSIRO-funded projects on social licence to operate, mental health analytics, and collaborations with institutions like the Black Dog Institute.

Labs/Teams: Leads the Language and Social Computing team at Data61, fostering interdisciplinary research in AI and human collaboration.