Lee Sue Han

Dr. Lee Sue Han serves as Senior Lecturer and Head of Department for Information and Communication Technologies at Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak's Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Science. She joined Swinburne in April 2020 following post-doctoral research with Pl@ntNet (CIRAD and INRIA) in France.

Her academic credentials include a BEng (Hons) in Electronic Engineering from Multimedia University (2011), MSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Shinshu University, Japan (2014), and PhD in Computer Science from University of Malaya (2018).

Dr. Lee's research bridges artificial intelligence and plant biology, focusing on computer vision, machine learning, and deep learning applications for plant disease identification, cross-domain classification, and environmental monitoring. Her work explores how deep learning models interpret botanical features and align with human perception in disease diagnosis, with significant contributions to automated plant health systems.

Recent publications (2021-2022) demonstrate advanced work in multi-task learning for disease identification, global-scale plant recognition, and interpretable AI models. Her research consistently appears in top venues including Frontiers in Plant Science, IEEE Transactions, and Pattern Recognition.

Her accolades include the 2022 Outstanding Student Feedback on Teaching award, 2022 Swinburne Research Success Award, and Best Paper Awards in 2020 and 2018. She actively secures research funding as PI for FRGS 2021 and co-PI for FRGS 2022 and SDEC 2021 projects.

Dr. Lee supervises research in generative models, sign language production, drug discovery, animal re-identification, and plant disease modeling. She maintains international collaborations initiated during her France-based post-doctoral work and participates in global challenges like PlantCLEF.