Haohui Chen

Dr. Haohui Chen is a Senior Research Scientist at CSIRO Data61, specializing in applied statistics, machine learning, natural language processing, and computational social sciences. He develops efficient NLP AI models for complex socio-economic analysis and has contributed to projects like the National Digital Capability Framework and Green Energy Jobs Dictionary.

Education:

• PhD in Geomatics (2012), University of Melbourne
• MSc in Remote Sensing and GIS (2006), Sun Yat-sen University, China

Research Focus: His work bridges structured/unstructured data analysis with socio-economic modeling, addressing societal impacts of automation, employment shifts, and labor dynamics. He applies machine learning to computational social sciences and NLP for industrial applications.

Recognition:

• Excellence Award, Shanghai Open Data App Challenge (2015)

Additional Roles: Editorial Board Member of Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (Nature Portfolio journal). His research has been cited in Science News and the Washington Post.