Omar Khadeer Hussain

Dr. Omar Khadeer Hussain serves as an Associate Professor and Deputy Head of School (Research) at the School of Business, UNSW Canberra. He has been with the School since February 2014, initially working as a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer before his current appointment. Prior to joining UNSW, he worked as a Senior Research Fellow at Curtin University.

Dr. Hussain's educational background includes a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from JNTU (2002), a Master of Research in Computer Science from La Trobe University (2004), and a Doctor of Philosophy in Information Management from Curtin University (2008).

His research focuses on Logistics and Supply Chain Management, with particular emphasis on Supply Chain Risk Management, Distributed and Grid Systems, Decision Support, and Group Support Systems. Dr. Hussain applies these areas to develop knowledge synthesis from data for business applications such as decision making, risk management, cloud service management, new product development, and milk quality management. His work incorporates predictive analytics to enable informed business decision making, with recent research increasingly integrating artificial intelligence and large language models for supply chain risk identification and management.

Analysis of Dr. Hussain's recent scholarly output reveals a strong focus on applying cutting-edge AI techniques to supply chain challenges. His work spans systematic literature reviews on supply chain risk modeling, development of frameworks for SLA violation prevention in Cloud of Things environments, and innovative applications of explainable AI in various domains. There is a clear trend toward leveraging large language models for event identification in supply chain risk management and developing dual-sided decision frameworks that integrate multiple stakeholder perspectives. His research bridges theoretical advances with practical applications in logistics and business engineering.

• Curtin Business School New Researcher of the Year award for 2012
• Prize for Early Career Researcher, Curtin Business School (2013)
• Chancellor's thesis commendation award, Curtin University (2008)
• Master Prize – Computer Science, La Trobe University (2004)

Dr. Hussain has successfully secured multiple competitive research grants, including ARC Linkage Projects on 'Economically Efficient Green Logistics through Cyber Physical Systems' (2016) and 'Intelligent CRM through Conjoint Data Mining of Heterogeneous Sources' (2015), both with Professor Elizabeth Chang as lead CI. He has also supervised 9 PhD students to completion, serving as both main and joint supervisor.

While specific lab or team information isn't explicitly mentioned in the available text, Dr. Hussain's research appears to be conducted within the School of Business at UNSW Canberra, likely collaborating with colleagues across business disciplines and computer science to address complex supply chain and logistics challenges through interdisciplinary approaches.