DrBahadorreza Ofoghi

(he/him)

Senior Lecturer, Information Technology

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Information Technology

  • Senior Lecturer, Information Technology
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Information Technology
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My research interests lie at the intersection of natural language processing and computational intelligence, with a specific focus on advancing analytical methods for information-intensive applications. I am dedicated to developing scalable approaches for extracting and synthesizing knowledge from complex data. By bridging theoretical foundations with real-world deployment, my work aims to advance both applied AI systems and methodological innovation across critical health and societal domains.

 

  • Natural Language Processing: Developing advanced techniques for text mining, knowledge extraction, and synthesizing insights from unstructured text.
  • Machine and Deep Learning: Building and scaling intelligent models to analyze complex, high-dimensional data.
  • Information Retrieval: Advancing analytical methods to efficiently search, structure, and navigate information-intensive data environments.

GRANTS

  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Integration of artificial intelligence in engineering teaching and learning
    Deakin Learning Futures (FutureFocus GenAI)1 May 2025 - 28 Feb 2026
    People funded by this grant:
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Deakin Cyber1 Mar 2025 - 31 Dec 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    I am the PI and this project’s outcomes are expected to inform national policy on inclusive cybersecurity education. This grant has contributed to one paper publshed by the ACM SIGCSE Proceedings 2026 (flagship conference in computing education).
  • GRANT
    Indiginizing ICT Curriculum: A Starter Framework for the Community of Practice
    15 Nov 2024 - 30 Jun 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Australasian Council of Deans of ITC ACDICT Learning and Teaching Academy (ALTA) - $15,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Application of Generic Actual Argument Model to represent complex decisions and generate narratives.
    2 May 2022 - 30 Nov 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Defence - 11416 - $30,000.00
  • GRANT
    An intelligent machine modelling assistant for combinatorial optimisation
    1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    ARC - Discovery Projects - DP220101925 - $480,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Simulation, Optimisation and Data Analytics solutions for Defence Workforce.
    16 Sep 2020 - 30 Jun 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    DSTO Grant - Research - Defence Science & Technology Organisation - ID9809 - $1,917,900.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Netball Australia Deakin Performance Insights Project.
    3 Apr 2019 - 31 Dec 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    Netball Australia Limited - CONTR2019/00599 - $30,000.00