ProfessorSunil Gupta

Head, AI, Optimisation and Materials Discovery

Deakin Applied Artificial Intelligence Initiative/Applied Artificial Intelligence Initiative (Geelong)

  • Head, AI, Optimisation and Materials Discovery
    Deakin Applied Artificial Intelligence Initiative/Applied Artificial Intelligence Initiative (Geelong)
  • +61 3 522 73109 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

TEACHING EXPERTISE

In 2016 and 2017, I developed from scratch the unit "Introduction to Machine Learning (SIT720)" and delivered it as Unit chair for Master of Data science program at School of IT at Deakin University.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Empathetic Reinforcement Learning Agents
    Manisha Senadeera - Applied Artificial Intelligence Initiative
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Knowledge Distillation under Practical Constraints for Models and Datasets
    Tri Nhan Vo - Applied Artificial Intelligence Initiative
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Domain Generalisation and Continual Learning
    Vishnuprasadh Kumaravelu - Applied Artificial Intelligence Initiative
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Towards Reliable Large Language Models for Open-Ended Question Answering
    Huu Manh Nguyen - Applied Artificial Intelligence Initiative
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Minimal-Support Activation Steering for Controllable Language Models
    Toan Doan - Applied Artificial Intelligence Initiative
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Generative Models for Tabular Data
    Tu Nguyen - Applied Artificial Intelligence Initiative
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Bayesian nonparametric learning of contexts and activities from pervasive signals
    Cong Thuong Nguyen - School of Information Technology - 2015
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Building Stable Predictive Models for Healthcare Applications: A Data-Driven Approach
    Iman Kamkar - School of Information Technology - 2016
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Addressing Practical Challenges of Bayesian Optimization
    Thanh Dai Nguyen - School of Information Technology - 2019
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Efficient Hyperparameter Tuning using Bayesian Optimization
    Tinu Theckel Joy - School of Information Technology - 2019
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Machine learning to fight addiction using social media
    Haripriya Harikumar - School of Information Technology - 2018
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Harnessing Auxiliary Knowledge Towards Efficient Bayesian Optimisation
    Anil Ramachandran - Applied Artificial Intelligence Initiative - 2020
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Scalable Bayesian Optimization with Sparse Gaussian Process Models
    Ang Yang - Applied Artificial Intelligence Initiative - 2020
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Multi-objective Bayesian Optimisation and Its Applications
    Majid Abdolshah - Applied Artificial Intelligence Initiative - 2020
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    A Distributional Approach towards Efficient and Versatile Bayesian Optimisation
    Julian Maxwell Andrew Berk - Applied Artificial Intelligence Initiative - 2020
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Tackling Practical Challenges in Neural Network Model Deployment
    Deepthi Praveenlal Kuttichira - Applied Artificial Intelligence Initiative - 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Bayesian Optimization for Discrete, Missing and Cost-sensitive Inputs
    Huu Phuc Luong - Applied Artificial Intelligence Initiative - 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Accelerating Bayesian Optimisation with Advanced Kernel Learning Methods
    Arun Kumar Anjanapura Venkatesh - Applied Artificial Intelligence Initiative - 2022
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    On Practical Reinforcement Learning: Provable Robustness, Scalability, and Statistical Efficiency
    Tang Thanh Nguyen - Applied Artificial Intelligence Initiative - 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Learning Dependency Structures Through Time Using Neural Networks
    Duc Nguyen - Applied Artificial Intelligence Initiative - 2024
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Black-Box Optimization Using Deep Neural Networks
    Trong Dat Phan - Applied Artificial Intelligence Initiative - 2025
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Towards Robust, Fair, and Privacy-Aware Domain Generalization
    Ragja Palakkadavath - Applied Artificial Intelligence Initiative - 2025
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Advanced Methods for Cross-Domain Reinforcement Learning
    Pham Van Linh Le - Applied Artificial Intelligence Initiative - 2026
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Active Level Set Estimation: Continuous Spaces, Transfer Learning, and High Dimensionality
    Nam Giang Ngo - Applied Artificial Intelligence Initiative - 2025