The teaching team for the S2, 2024 edition of the course is listed below.
Conveners#
Dr. Alberto F. Martin#
Dr. Alberto F. Martin. I am a computational scientist working on the interface of applied mathematics, computer science and the physical sciences/engineering. My research focuses on the development of high performance numerical methods for the solution of large scale systems governed by Partial Differential Equations on supercomputers. This kind of systems stem from first physics principles (such as conservation of mass, energy and momentum) and are the ground for the most important scientific grand challenges nowadays, such as the realistic modelling of the Earth system and climate change. I am world-leader in scientific software development. I lead along with other international collaborators the so-called Gridap.jl ecosystem of packages, written in the Julia programming language. More info.
Dr. Minh Bui#
Dr. Minh Bui. I am the leader of the Computational Phylogenomics Lab. The research in my group lies at the interface between Computing, Biology and Statistics, with the motto to enable evolutionary research in the genomic era. My lab develops bioinformatic methods and models that turn DNA sequence data into robust inferences on evolutionary relationships. I lead an international team that jointly develops the widely used IQ-TREE software http://www.iqtree.org. IQ-TREE has been used for everything from understanding the origins and evolution of life on earth, to tracking the emergence and spread of the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. More info
Senior tutors#
Hancheng Shao#
Hancheng Shao. Hi, I’m Hancheng, I primarily coordinate the course email, manage lab allocations and administrate Wattle amongst various other things. If you have any feedback or suggestions on any of these areas feel free to let me know! Also appreciate everyone’s patience with emails throughout the semester as sometimes things need to go through many different people before I can reply you.
Robert McArthur#
Robert McArthur. Hey all, I’m Rob and I recently graduated from the ANU having done Advanced Computing. I’ve been tutoring at the ANU for a number of semesters now, and I really look forward to doing it again and getting to meet all of you! I’m very interested in a number of topics, having done work in phylogenetic tree reconstruction and machine learning, and am always happy to have a chat! Beyond computer science, I really enjoy doing music, walking as well as playing board games! I hope you all have a fantastic time in this course and I really look forward to meeting all of you!
Tutors#
Alexei Khorev#
Alexei Khorev. Alexei has been teaching Python programming and scientific programming for many years. He worked as a main and an associate lecturer in COMP1730 a number of times. He has a PhD in Physics. Above many things, he values code which is elegant and optimal.
Aline Maalouf#
Aline Maalouf. Hi all. My name is Aline. I hold BSc. and MSc. degrees in Electrical Engineering, an Mphil degree in Control Engineering from Cambridge University in UK and a PhD. in quantum control from UNSW ADFA. I worked as a research associate at UNSW ADFA and at ANU in the area of quantum control/machine learning and artificial intelligence. I also have industrial/academic/lecturer experience in robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence acquired at ANU/UNSW. I developed hardware/software integrations on FPGAs (Terasic/Altera) for many projects involving robotic cars, online face detection, online character recognition, hexapod robots, and biped robots in addition to many other projects. I have been working with Python since 2018. I designed many new research projects of embedded systems involving the integration of Python, Verilog, C++ and Java on one Platform. I tutored many courses at ANU and I am happy to be a tutor for the COMP1730 course this semester. I am happy to answer your questions and help you overcome any difficulties you may encounter in this course. Let’s make Python an enjoyable programming language together!
Bodan Liu#
Bodan Liu. Hi, I’m Bodan, a master’s student doing MLCV, my research interest is on combining logic and machine learning using Prolog and Python. Always happy to talk about old and new technologies, let’s learn together!
Chathura Nagoda Gamage#
Chathura Nagoda Gamage. Hi, I am Chathura, a PhD student from the Knowledge Representation and Reasoning group at CECC. Additionally, I am a member of the DARPA SAILON team at ANU. I am excited to be tutoring this course for the third time as it provides me with the opportunity to meet students from diverse backgrounds and share my knowledge. I eagerly look forward to meeting all of you and having a great time together in the labs.
Dilmi Jayasena#
Dilmi Jayasena. Hello, I’m Dilmi. I have experience working as a statistical analyst and a data scientist, prior to joining ANU. This will be my sixth time to tutor COMP1730/6730. I’m looking forward to the next semester, as I’m excited to share my knowledge and assist you utilizing Python to address scientific problems.
Han Zhang#
Han Zhang. Hey there! My name is Han, and I’m super excited to be your tutor in this course. I recently graduated from Master of Computing, specialised in machine learning. But that’s not all! Before that, I completed my Bachelor of Information Technology at ANU too. Therefore, I’m familiar with the teaching and learning structure here at CECC. I am more than happy to help you tackle any problems you might encounter in this course or even in your academic life in general. I’m here for you and let’s make this journey a fun and fulfilling one together!
Muhammad Salman#
Muhammad Salman. Hi Everyone, I am Salman. I am final year PhD scholar and working in the domain of Knowledge Graphs and Text Mining along-with Large Language Models (LLMs) i.e., GPT, Falcon, LLaMa, and Alpaca etc. My research work is to extract meaningful and factual knowledge from unstructured text. In the past, I have also worked in cross-disciplinary environment where we utilised AI to improved the performance of healthcare system i.e., DDIs predictions from literature. Before my journey for PhD, I was lecturer at COMSATS University Pakistan. I am in teaching teams at ANU from last 4 years and mainly tutored ‘Data Mining’ and ‘Programming for Data Scientists’ courses. Looking forward to 😄
Nutthadech Banditakkarakul#
Nutthadech Banditakkarakul. Hello, I’m K, a PhD student from the CECC currently working on computer vision research. Prior to starting my PhD, I completed a Master’s degree in Machine Learning and Computer Vision, also from ANU. Before that, I worked in the financial industry, utilizing Python to analyze financial market data. In my free time, I really enjoy playing sports, especially badminton. I’m looking forward to meeting all of you. Let’s create an enjoyable learning environment together!
Rohan Khatwani#
Rohan Khatwani. Hey everyone, my name is Rohan and I’m a final year Advanced Computing student. I am pursuing specialisations in Cyber Security and Machine Learning as part of my degree, and I’m happy to give advice and tips for anyone interested a similar pathway. I currently work as a Python software developer, and I’m excited to share my experience with you all. Looking forward to a fun semester ahead.
Sandy Zhao#
Sandy Zhao. Hi! My name is Sandy. I am excited to be one of your tutors this semester. I completed my Master of Computing at ANU and am currently working as a web developer in Canberra. Throughout my two years of tutoring in this course, I have not only honed my skills but also got fascinating stories to make our session engaging and enjoyable. I look forward to meeting each one of you. Let’s embark on this learning journey together!
Shashank Gummuluru#
Shashank Gummuluru. Hey everyone, I’m Shashank (he/him). I graduated from a degree in Advanced Computing last year and am now pursuing a Master’s in Applied Data Analytics. This is my forth time tutoring this course. My main advice? Engage with the lab content thoroughly since this is where a majority of your learning will be happening and remember that we tutors are here to help and there really are no silly questions!
Zora Zhuang#
Zora Zhuang. Hi there! I’m Zora, and I recently graduated from ANU with my Bachelor’s degree in Advanced Computing (R&D). I specialised in machine learning and artificial intelligence and mostly worked on applied machine learning in various scientific domains, including materials science, computational chemistry, and phylogenetics. Python is a very useful tool and definitely my go-to programming language for almost anything. However, it can be confusing or even annoying at times. I hope I can help you address the problems you might have in this course and improve your learning experience. Looking forward to seeing you all!