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Sunil Aryal is an Associate Professor of Data Science at the School of Information Technology, Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University, Australia. He received his PhD and Master by Research degrees from Monash University Australia and has published over 70 papers in top-tier international venues in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Mining.
Dr. Aryal's educational background includes:
- Graduate Certificate of Higher Education Learning and Teaching, Deakin University (2020)
- PhD in Computer Science, Monash University (2017)
- Master of Information Technology (Research), Monash University (2012)
- Master of Information Technology (Coursework), University of Southern Queensland (2008)
- Bachelor of Information Technology, Purbanchal University, Nepal (2005)
His primary research interests focus on making Machine Learning and Data Mining algorithms robust and flexible to handle heterogeneous, noisy and uncertain data in real-world problems. His work spans across several specific areas including anomaly detection, clustering, kernel/similarity-based learning, ensemble methods, learning from limited data, reinforcement learning, natural language processing, and computer vision. Dr. Aryal is particularly interested in applying these techniques to solve challenges in Defence, National Intelligence, Engineering, Manufacturing, Healthcare and Education.
Dr. Aryal co-leads the Machine Learning for Decision Support (MLDS) Research Group at Deakin University and has secured over AUD 4.5 million in external research funding. His research is supported by diverse organizations including US and Australia Defence Agencies, the Australian Office of National Intelligence, Worksafe Victoria, the Victorian State Department of Education and Training, the Technology Innovation Institute (TII) UAE, and Table Tennis Australia (TTA).
His notable awards include multiple Deakin University research and teaching awards, the Australian Postgraduate Award for his PhD studies, and several student travel awards during his doctoral candidature.
Dr. Aryal actively supervises numerous PhD and Master's students and has contributed significantly to teaching in various courses at Deakin University and previously at Federation University. He serves on several university committees and contributes to the research community as a reviewer, program committee member, and editor for various journals and conferences.
