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Distinguished Professor Jie Lu AO is an internationally renowned scientist in computational intelligence at the University of Technology Sydney, where she serves as Associate Dean (Research Excellence) in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology and Director of the Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute (AAII), the largest AI hub in Australia with 35 researchers and 230 PhD students. She has been a Professor at UTS since 2007 after serving as Associate Professor from 2004-2006.
Professor Lu earned her PhD from Curtin University, Perth, Australia. Her research focuses on computational intelligence with significant contributions to fuzzy transfer learning, concept drift, data-driven decision support systems, and recommender systems. She has developed machine learning models, intelligent recommender systems, and AI-driven decision support systems through collaborations with industry partners including Optus, Sydney Trains, Domain Holdings Australia Ltd, and Workforce Health Assessors Transport NSW.
Her recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on addressing challenges in non-stationary environments, out-of-distribution detection, multi-stream concept drift, and applying AI to healthcare applications such as stroke risk prediction and cancer risk assessment. She has pioneered approaches combining traditional AI techniques with large language models for more robust and explainable systems, particularly in legal case recommendation and women's health applications.
- Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
- IEEE Fellow, IFSA Fellow, Australian Computer Society Fellow
- Australian Laureate Fellow in AI and Industry Laureate Fellow in AI-for-Health
- UTS Chancellor's Research Medal for Research Excellence (2019)
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems Outstanding Paper award (2019, 2022)
- Australian Most Innovative Engineer award (2019)
- NeurIPS 2022 Paper Award
- Australasian AI Distinguished Research Contribution Award (2022)
- Australian NSW Premier Prize on Excellence in Engineering (2023)
Professor Lu has supervised 60 PhD students to graduation and serves as Editor-In-Chief for Knowledge-Based Systems journal. She has secured 47 ARC grants and over 110 industry projects since 2017, with funding from ARC Discovery projects, ARC Laureate Fellowships, and industry partners. Her leadership has established UTS as a leading center for AI research in Australia, with significant impact across multiple sectors including transportation, telecommunications, healthcare, and education.
As Director of the Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute, Professor Lu has built a thriving research ecosystem that bridges academic research with practical industry applications. Her work on concept drift and transfer learning addresses fundamental challenges in adapting machine learning models to changing environments, with direct applications to real-world problems requiring continuous learning and adaptation.
