Talks & Events

June 2026  - Talk  

RAG Systems in Research

Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS-Melbourne) 

This session introduced Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), covering what it is and how to build it. It then focused on helping researchers decide when RAG suits their data and research questions, and when other approaches work better, Details

June 2026  - Talk 

 Data Donations Using Data Download Packages (DDPs)

Research Bazaar (ResBaz), QUT

This workshop introduced researchers to the data donation method and Data Download Packages (DDPs). It focused on how online behaviour is tracked across platforms and the key considerations for ethical data collection. Participants also took part in a hands-on activity to explore what DDPs can offer for research, Details

July 2026  - Talk & Research Visit

Weizenbaum instutitut - Birlen

I visited the Weizenbaum Institute as part of a European tour introducing the Australian Internet Observatory (AIO). I presented the latest developments in the AIO, the methods we currently use to collect data, and our best practices. The visit also explored future collaboration on data donation methods and data ontology.

July 2026  -  Talk & Research Visit

Vrije Iniversity - Amseterdam

I visited the Weizenbaum Institute as part of a European tour introducing the Australian Internet Observatory (AIO). I presented the latest developments in the AIO, the methods we currently use to collect data, and our best practices. The visit also explored future collaboration on data donation methods and data ontology.

July  -  Summer School

Digital Methods Summer School in Amsterdam 

Represented the Australian Internet Observatory in a team project on AI-generated “Fruit Drama” videos on TikTok, examining violent content, engagement, and platform incentives. 

February 2026  -  Organisng

Hands-on tutorial to build your own customised Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) 

ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society Summer School 2026,  Details

December 2025  -  Talk

Indigenous Impact Project Workshop - 2025 

Presented findings from an analysis of five years of Student Experience Survey (SES) responses on reconciliation to 30 university stakeholders and leaders, and worked with them to shape an approach for evaluating Responsible Practice over the next three years. Details

December 2025  -  Hackathon 

Growing up with search

ADM+S Hackathon navigates the “Wicked Problems” of search

Analysed how search engines and AI tools respond when a child makes a risky or sensitive query. We tested queries on YouTube, Google, and ChatGPT using a child’s profile, Detials

November 2025  -  Hackathon 

 Indigenous Australian Datathon 2025 - Cairns 

Working with Indigenous community members to explore how AI and technology can help with the problems they identified, including environmental and health applications. Detials

August 2024  -  Panel

Doing a PhD in Data Science,

School of Computing Technologies, RMIT University 

Shared my experience with students, including choosing a research topic, day-to-day research work, challenges, and advice for a research career in data science and AI. Detials

April 2024  -  Talk

WALERT Chatbot Research Showcase  - Industry  Engagement

Presented Walert, an LLM-powered chatbot, and discussed the evaluation of customised LLM-powered chatbots and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).  Details

March 2024  -  Conference

Walert: Putting Conversational Information Seeking Knowledge into Action by Building and Evaluating a Large Language Model-Powered Chatbot

Attend and present at CHIIR24 conference in Sheffield, UK,  Article 

Final PhD milestone, School of Computing Technologies, RMIT University.

Completed the third and final milestone, presenting my thesis “Modelling Heterogeneous Time Series with Streaming Sporadic Data” to a panel of four committee members.  

February 2024  -  Summer School 

ADM+S Summer School at QUT in Brisbane.

I attended the 2024 DMRC and ADM+S Summer School. The  program brought together over 150 delegates and presenters, with sessions on topics such as dewesternising research, researching informal media industries, creative approaches to research translation, and using OpenAI to classify, annotate and process data.

April 2023-  Talk & Research Visit

University of Waterloo, Canada

Presented the latest developments in my work on time series analysis and deep learning models, and attended the Math and Computing Research Discovery Days. 

February 2023  -  Data study group

The Alan Turing Institute Data Study Group

Collaborated with an international team of students and academic staff on a real-world project, “Deeper understanding of Eddies using Machine Learning”.

December 2022 -  Conference

AusDM 2022, Western Sydney University

Presented my PhD research and attended the conference.