Data Science and AI
Data Science and AI
Data science is transforming business, industry, government, social interaction and research. Our Department of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) is at the vanguard of research into the technologies that underpin this revolution.
We're unlocking the potential of large data sets across a wide range of applications. Our work is facilitating better health outcomes for elderly members of the community and helping businesses make more informed decisions for the future. Our cross-disciplinary approach to problem-solving means we work collaboratively with some of the world’s leading data scientists and external partners, ensuring we have the capabilities to deliver answers.
Areas of expertise
We have over 40 permanent academic staff, project-based researchers and graduate students. Our expertise covers a number of key research areas:
- Machine Learning
- Optimisation
- Computational and Collective Intelligence
- Vision and Language

Machine Learning
Explore our latest machine learning research.

Optimisation
Finding optimal solutions to complex problems in our society.

Computational and Collective Intelligence
This group researches the theory and applications of intelligent agents and multi-agent systems to break new ground in complex group behaviour.

Vision and Language
Blending expertise in computer vision and natural language processing, our Vision and Language group adopts an interdisciplinary approach to help machines comprehend and produce images, scenery, text and languages.

Contact
Prof Jianfei Cai
Head of Department, Data Science and AI
Faculty of Information Technology
Monash University
T: +61 03 9905 0871
E: fit-dsai@monash.edu

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