معرفی
Professor Falk Scholer is a Professor of Information Access and Retrieval Technologies in the School of Computing Technologies at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. He leads the RMIT University Centre for Human-AI Information Environments (CHAI). His research focuses on understanding how search engines and recommender systems assist users in resolving information needs and measuring their effectiveness. His work emphasizes fairness, accountability, and human-centered computing.
Research interests include interactive information access, evaluation methodologies, misinformation, and the ethical implications of AI systems. His projects span topics like bias mitigation in conversational search, physiological data analysis for user behavior, and generative AI adaptation for diverse scenarios.
He collaborates on industry projects, such as enhancing job search systems with SEEK, improving query performance prediction, and developing fact-checking tools. His teaching interests include Data Science, Web Programming, and Research Methods. He actively supervises PhD and Master’s students in areas like fairness-aware systems and complex answer retrieval.
Professor Scholer serves on committees including RMIT’s Academic Board and Human Research Ethics Committee. His research has been recognized through high-impact publications and partnerships addressing real-world challenges in search and information systems.
