Artificial Intelligence at UQ

Research

Our research is helping to provide solutions for complex global problems across multiple industries.

With research strengths in AI, machine learning and data science, we present a strong portfolio of fundamental knowledge critical for the future of AI.

Our researchers are creating value from big data in business, social, and scientific sectors, developing object recognition technology to read emotions on the human face, building information resilience in the face of cyber threats, and applying deep learning techniques to improve medical prediction capabilities.

If you would like to know more about UQ capability in these areas or how to engage with the appropriate reseacher/s please contact uqai@uq.edu.au.
AI strategy and governance
UQ researchers are generating insights, frameworks, and tools that deepen understanding of AI’s strategic, ethical, and organisational dimensions to support responsible and effective AI adoption.
Human-centred AI
We are designing intelligent systems that empower individuals and communities by prioritising human needs, agency, and social justice, while advancing inclusive, transparent, and accountable AI through interdisciplinary research and participatory inquiry.
Scalable and sustainable AI
We are advancing sustainable and scalable AI by developing energy-efficient models, responsible data practices, and adaptable systems that can be deployed across diverse contexts without compromising ethical standards or long-term societal impact.
Data-Centric AI
At UQ, we specialise in Data-Centric AI—advancing AI performance by improving data quality, consistency, and relevance through research in multimodal data management, preparation, governance, privacy, and security.

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    Associate Professor
    School of Business
    Affiliate of Centre for Enterprise AI
    Centre for Enterprise AI

  • Associate Professor Adrian Athique

    Affiliate of Centre for Communication and Social Change
    Centre for Communication and Social Change
    Associate Professor
    School of Communication and Arts
    Affiliate of Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies
    Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies

  • Professor Andrew Burton-Jones

    Professor
    School of Business
    Affiliate of Centre for Enterprise AI
    Centre for Enterprise AI
    Affiliate of Queensland Digital Health Centre
    Queensland Digital Health Centre
    Affiliate of Centre for the Business and Economics of Health
    Centre for the Business and Economics of Health

  • Professor Gianluca Demartini

    Affiliate of Centre for Enterprise AI
    Centre for Enterprise AI
    ARC Future Fellow
    School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

  • Associate Professor Chelsea Dobbins

    Associate Professor
    School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

  • Associate Professor Marcus Gallagher

    Associate Professor
    School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

  • Professor Nicole Gillespie

    Professor of Management
    School of Business
    Trust, Ethics and Governance Alliance Research Hub Lead & Professor in Management & Professor of Queensland Digital Health Centre
    Queensland Digital Health Centre

  • Associate Professor Mashhuda Glencross

    Associate Professor
    School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
    Deputy Associate Dean Academic (Students)
    Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology

  • Professor Paul Henman

    Professor
    School of Social Science
    Affiliate of UQ Cyber Research Centre
    UQ Cyber Research Centre

  • Associate Professor Dan Kim

    Associate Professor
    School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
    Affiliate of UQ Cyber Research Centre
    UQ Cyber Research Centre

  • Associate Professor Ben Matthews

    Associate Professor
    School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
    Affiliate of Centre for Communication and Social Change
    Centre for Communication and Social Change

  • Professor Janet Wiles

    Professor
    School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

  • Associate Professor Dongming Xu

    Associate Professor
    School of Business

  • Professor Guido Zuccon

    Affiliate of Centre for Enterprise AI
    Centre for Enterprise AI
    Affiliate of Queensland Digital Health Centre
    Queensland Digital Health Centre
    Professorial Research Fellow
    School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

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  • Associate Professor Ida Asadi Someh

    Associate Professor
    School of Business
    Affiliate of Centre for Enterprise AI
    Centre for Enterprise AI

  • Associate Professor Adrian Athique

    Affiliate of Centre for Communication and Social Change
    Centre for Communication and Social Change
    Associate Professor
    School of Communication and Arts
    Affiliate of Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies
    Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies

  • Professor Pierre Benckendorff

    Professor
    School of Business
    Deputy Dean, Graduate School
    Graduate School

  • Associate Professor Christoph Breidbach

    Associate Professor
    School of Business
    Affiliate of Centre for Enterprise AI
    Centre for Enterprise AI

  • Professor Andrew Burton-Jones

    Professor
    School of Business
    Affiliate of Centre for Enterprise AI
    Centre for Enterprise AI
    Affiliate of Queensland Digital Health Centre
    Queensland Digital Health Centre
    Affiliate of Centre for the Business and Economics of Health
    Centre for the Business and Economics of Health

  • Dr Alan Davidson

    Senior Lecturer
    TC Beirne School of Law

  • Professor Gianluca Demartini

    Affiliate of Centre for Enterprise AI
    Centre for Enterprise AI
    ARC Future Fellow
    School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

  • Associate Professor Chelsea Dobbins

    Associate Professor
    School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

  • Associate Professor Mashhuda Glencross

    Associate Professor
    School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
    Deputy Associate Dean Academic (Students)
    Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology

  • Professor Xue Li

    Affiliate of ARC COE for Children and Families Over the Lifecourse
    ARC COE for Children and Families Over the Lifecourse

  • Associate Professor Ben Matthews

    Associate Professor
    School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
    Affiliate of Centre for Communication and Social Change
    Centre for Communication and Social Change

  • Professor Geoffrey McLachlan

    Professor
    School of Mathematics and Physics

  • Dr Tapani Rinta-Kahila

    Affiliate of Centre for Enterprise AI
    Centre for Enterprise AI
    Senior Research Fellow
    School of Business

  • Professor Shazia Sadiq

    Centre Director of ARC Training Centre for Information Resilience
    ARC Training Centre for Information Resilience
    Professor
    School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
    Affiliate of UQ Cyber Research Centre
    UQ Cyber Research Centre
    Centre Director of Centre for Enterprise AI
    Centre for Enterprise AI

  • Dr Thomas Taimre

    Senior Lecturer in Statistics
    School of Mathematics and Physics

  • Associate Professor Mark Utting

    Associate Professor in Software Eng
    School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
    Affiliate of UQ Cyber Research Centre
    UQ Cyber Research Centre

  • Dr Slava Vaisman

    Senior Lecturer
    Mathematics

  • Professor Eric Vanman

    Professor
    School of Psychology
    Centre Director of Centre for Research in Social Psychology (CRiSP) & Affiliate of Centre for Research in Social Psychology (CRiSP)
    Centre for Research in Social Psychology

  • Professor Janet Wiles

    Professor
    School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

  • Associate Professor Dongming Xu

    Associate Professor
    School of Business

  • Dr Nan Ye

    Senior Lecturer
    School of Mathematics and Physics
    Affiliate of Centre for Behavioural and Economic Science
    Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Science
    Affiliate of UQ Cyber Research Centre
    UQ Cyber Research Centre

  • Emeritus Professor Xiaofang Zhou

    Emeritus Professor
    School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

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    Associate Professor
    School of Business
    Affiliate of Centre for Enterprise AI
    Centre for Enterprise AI

  • Associate Professor Adrian Athique

    Affiliate of Centre for Communication and Social Change
    Centre for Communication and Social Change
    Associate Professor
    School of Communication and Arts
    Affiliate of Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies
    Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies

  • Professor Nicholas Carah

    Director of Centre for Digital Cultures and Societies
    Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
    Professor
    School of Communication and Arts
    Affiliate of Centre of Architecture, Theory, Culture, and History
    Centre of Architecture, Theory, Criticism and History
    Affiliate of Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies & Centre Director of Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies
    Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies

  • Professor Gianluca Demartini

    Affiliate of Centre for Enterprise AI
    Centre for Enterprise AI
    ARC Future Fellow
    School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

  • Professor Nicole Gillespie

    Professor of Management
    School of Business
    Trust, Ethics and Governance Alliance Research Hub Lead & Professor in Management & Professor of Queensland Digital Health Centre
    Queensland Digital Health Centre

  • Professor Michael Haugh

    Professor
    School of Languages and Cultures
    Affiliate of Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies
    Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies

  • Professor Paul Henman

    Professor
    School of Social Science
    Affiliate of UQ Cyber Research Centre
    UQ Cyber Research Centre

  • Dr Hassan Khosravi

    Associate Professor
    Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation
    Affiliate Associate Professor of School of Education
    School of Education
    Affiliate Associate Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences of Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
    Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

  • Professor Greg Marston

    Director, Centre for Policy Futures & Centre Director of Centre for Policy Futures
    Centre for Policy Futures
    Affiliate of Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies
    Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies

  • Professor Shazia Sadiq

    Centre Director of ARC Training Centre for Information Resilience
    ARC Training Centre for Information Resilience
    Professor
    School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
    Affiliate of UQ Cyber Research Centre
    UQ Cyber Research Centre
    Centre Director of Centre for Enterprise AI
    Centre for Enterprise AI

  • Professor Simon Smith

    Affiliate of ARC COE for Children and Families Over the Lifecourse
    ARC COE for Children and Families Over the Lifecourse
    Professorial Research Fellow
    Child Health Research Centre
    Centre Director of ARC COE for the Digital Child (UQ Node)
    ARC COE for the Digital Child

  • Associate Professor Philip Terrill

    Associate Professor
    School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

  • Professor Rhema Vaithianathan

    Professor of Health Economics at AUT

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    Professorial Research Fellow & Affiliate of Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre
    Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre

  • Professor Peter Knights

    Professor
    School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
    Affiliate of Future Autonomous Systems and Technologies
    Future Autonomous Systems and Technologies
    Affiliate of Centre for Environmental Responsibility in Mining
    Centre for Environmental Responsibility in Mining
    Affiliate of Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre
    Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre
    Affiliate of Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining
    Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining

  • Professor Ross McAree

    Head of School & Head of School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
    School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
    Affiliate of Future Autonomous Systems and Technologies
    Future Autonomous Systems and Technologies
    Affiliate of Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining
    Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining
    Affiliate of Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre
    Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre

  • Professor Mohsen Yahyaei

    Professorial Research Fellow and Centre Director, JKMRC & Centre Director of Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre & Affiliate of Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre
    Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre
    Affiliate of Centre for Environmental Responsibility in Mining
    Centre for Environmental Responsibility in Mining
    Affiliate of Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining
    Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining
    Affiliate of W.H. Bryan Mining and Geology Research Centre
    W.H. Bryan Mining and Geology Research Centre
    Affiliate of Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre
    Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre

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  • Professor Graeme Hammer

    Professorial Research Fellow
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
    Affiliate of ARC COE for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture
    ARC COE for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture

  • Dr Hui Ma

    Senior Lecturer in Power & Energy Systems
    School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

  • Associate Professor Yoni Nazarathy

    Associate Professor
    School of Mathematics and Physics

  • Associate Professor Andries Potgieter

    Principal Research Fellow
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

  • Professor Daniel Rodriguez

    Professorial Research Fellow
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
    Affiliate of Centre for Environmental Responsibility in Mining
    Centre for Environmental Responsibility in Mining

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  • Professor Marius Portmann

    UQ-Cisco Chair in Network Security
    School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
    Affiliate of UQ Cyber Research Centre
    UQ Cyber Research Centre

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