DrBahareh Nakisa

(She/Her)

Senior Lecturer

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

  • Senior Lecturer
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Information Technology
  • +61 3 522 73816 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Artificial Intelligence
Deep learning
Computer vision and multimedia computation
Human-centred computing
Affective computing
Mixed initiative and human-in-the-loop
Reinforcement learning

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    Mould exposure in Australian homes: from remediation to prevention
    1 Jun 2026 - 31 May 2029
    People funded by this grant:
    • Brambilla A,
    • Nakisa B,
    • Candido C,
    • Haddad S,
    • Bentley R
    ARC - Discovery Projects - DP260101661 - $26,840.00
  • GRANT
    SEED-AI - Skills for Education, Employment and Digital AI
    1 Dec 2025 - 1 Dec 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    AI Opportunity Fund - $349,396.91
  • GRANT
    Australia-Japan Cross-cultural Knowledge Exchange for the Wellbeing of Older Adults
    1 Nov 2025 - 30 Oct 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    DFAT - Australia-Japan Foundation - $43,185.20
  • GRANT
    Advancing Defence Capabilities Through Asymmetric Technologies and Human Factors Research
    30 Aug 2025 - 29 Jul 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Air Force Office of Scientific Research United States of America - 25IOA046 - $36,824.86
  • 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
    Enhancing Human-Agent Collaboration in High-Stress Virtual Environments
    Deakin Cyber1 Sep 2024 - 17 Dec 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Nakisa B,
    • Adnan A,
    • Xin H
    $12,225
  • GRANT
    Towards Responsible AI: Revolutionising Food Analysis with 3D Technology
    1 May 2024 - 1 Nov 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    CSIRO Scholarship - Next Generation Graduates Program - $170,363.00
  • GRANT
    Intelligent Table Tennis Match Analysis: Automated Insights Extraction through Machine Learning and Computer Vision.
    16 Oct 2023 - 16 Apr 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    Table Tennis Australia Ltd - $62,500.00
  • GRANT
    Empowering Agents with Human Feedback: Integrating Implicit and Explicit Signals in Deep Reinforcement Learning
    30 Sep 2023 - 29 Sep 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development - 23IOA087 - $529,864.20
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Air quality monitoring interpolation and prediction using low-cost outdoor air quality monitoring sensors station.
    27 Mar 2023 - 30 Apr 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Nakisa B,
    • Rastgoo N
    Aetmos Pty Ltd - $5,000.00
  • GRANT
    Microsoft Bootcamp
    Bendigo and Adelaide Bank17 Mar 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Nakisa B
    Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd- $10,000
  • GRANT
    AI Apology: Considerations for An Apologetic Approach to Socially Responsible Agents.
    9 Feb 2023 - 28 Mar 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    CSIRO - $30,000.00
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Deakin Science Society Network17 Jan 2023 - 16 Dec 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    Deakin Science Society Network- $ 13,940
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    AI-based capture of users’ emotional states during Virtual Reality experiences
    Faculty of Science, Engineering & built Environment12 Jan 2023 - 30 Nov 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    Faculty of Science, Engineering & built Environment- $29,000
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Melbourne finer-grained air quality monitoring interpolation and prediction using low-cost outdoor air quality monitoring sensors station
    Faculty of Science, Engineering & built Environment17 Jan 2022 - 30 Dec 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    Faculty of Science, Engineering & built Environment- $24,000
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Manfacturing the next generation Palm Vein Biometric Scanning Solution.
    16 Nov 2020 - 30 Jun 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Nakisa B,
    • Robles-Kelly A
    Aervision t/as Aervision Technologies Pty Ltd - $41,400.00