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Professor Longbing Cao serves as a Professor at University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, specifically within the Data Science Institute. He also holds the position of Distinguished Chair Professor in AI at Macquarie University and is an ARC Future Fellow (Level 3). As a pioneering researcher in AI, data science, and advanced analytics, Professor Cao founded the UTS Advanced Analytics Institute, the first data science initiative in Australia.
Professor Cao's research interests span across data science fundamentals, machine/deep learning, behavior informatics, and enterprise data science applications. His work bridges the gap between theoretical research and practical implementation, focusing on non-IID learning, actionable knowledge discovery, and complex behavior modeling. His research has addressed real-world challenges in government services, finance, insurance, banking, telecommunications, transport, and e-commerce sectors.
His 15 most recent publications reveal a strong trend toward addressing distributional challenges in machine learning, developing transdisciplinary AI approaches, modeling complex temporal dependencies, and advancing negative sequence analysis. His work consistently integrates theoretical foundations with practical applications, particularly in financial analytics, healthcare, and disaster resilience.
Scientific Awards:
- Eureka Prize for Excellence in Data Science (2019)
- ACM Distinguished Scientist
Professor Cao has made significant contributions to academic leadership and research supervision. He established world-first research degrees at UTS (Master of Analytics and PhD Thesis: Analytics), founded the IEEE Task Force on Data Science and Advanced Analytics, and served as general chair of the KDD conference in 2015 (the first edition in Australia). His funded research portfolio includes multiple ARC grants and industry collaborations focusing on complex data analytics, behavior informatics, and AI applications.
He leads the Data Science Lab at UTS, which has become a prominent center for data science research in Australia. The lab focuses on developing fundamental theories and practical applications of data science, with strong industry partnerships that translate research into real-world impact. Professor Cao's leadership in establishing the annual Big Data Summit in 2012 created Australia's first platform for bridging academic research with industry and government applications.
