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The University has a long tradition of excellence in Computer Science, dating back to the arrival of the first computer in Melbourne in 1956. The Computer Science research group specialises in both theoretical and applied computer science and pursues research in both established and emerging fields. These include Software Engineering, Security and Privacy, Quantum Computing, Programming Languages and Formal Verification, Distributed Systems and Cloud Computing, Databases and Information Retrieval, and Algorithms.

Researchers

Researchers in the research group. Showing 12 of 40.

A/Prof Adel N. Toosi

Prof Alistair Moffat

DR Amani Abusafia

DR Bach Le

DR Caren Han

Prof Cezary Kaliszyk

DR Christine Rizkallah

DR Christoph Treude

Prof Egemen Tanin

DR Farhana Choudhury

DR Feng Liu

DR Hanzhi Wang

Projects

Projects conducted by research group members

Displaying 10 projects from 298 for the research group.

KneeCare: An Online Self-Directed Weight Loss and Exercise Program for Older People With Knee Osteoarthritis and Overweight or Obesity

2025 - 2030

Active

Memorandum of Understanding Between UoM-FEIT and RIKEN-AIP

2025 - 2030

Active

Australian SPine Registry (ASPIRE) - Collecting, Analysing, Evaluating and Protecting Australians After Spine Surgery

2025 - 2030

Active

Scalable Hyper-Representations for Large Language Models

2026 - 2030

Active

Cyber Security Risk Mitigation for Sensor Data Integrity in Operational Systems and Digital Twins

2024 - 2029

Active

Electric Vehicle Charging Tariff Paradigms for the Clean Energy Transition

2026 - 2029

Active

Trustworthy Model Reprogramming: Learning With Imperfect Pre-Trained Models

2026 - 2029

Active

Scholarly Works

Scholarly Works by research group members

Displaying 10 scholarly works from 5218 for the research group.

An empirical study of self-admitted technical debt in AI agents

Suqi Fang, Zhipeng Gao, Tingting Bi, Haoye Wang, Fangcheng Qiu, Guanlin Chen, Xinyu Wang

Journal article | 2027 | Journal of Systems and Software

AI agents, characterized by their ability to make dynamic decisions and interact with complex environments (e.g., AutoGPT, graphra..

AI failures in the eyes of the downstream developer: a first look at concerns, practices, and challenges

H Gao, M Zahedi, W Jiang, HY Lin, JC Davis, C Treude

Journal article | 2027 | Empirical Software Engineering

Open access

With the advancement of AI models, more software systems are adopting AI as a component to facilitate automation. Pre-trained mode..

Preface

A Verma, P Verma, KK Pattanaik, R Buyya, D Dasgupta, MK Shukla

Journal article | 2027 | Communications in Computer and Information Science

DistributedEstimator: Distributed training of quantum neural networks via circuit cutting

P Singh, AN Toosi, R Buyya

Journal article | 2027 | Future Generation Computer Systems

Open access

Circuit cutting decomposes a large quantum circuit into smaller subcircuits that are executed independently; the original circuit’..

Preface

A Verma, P Verma, KK Pattanaik, R Buyya, D Dasgupta, MK Shukla

Journal article | 2027 | Communications in Computer and Information Science

Perspective: Improving social connection and inclusion through equitable digital health solutions

D Kwasnicka, J Kelly, E Quested, L Baldassar, S Robinson, R Sinnott, P O’Halloran, A Tiedemann, P Flatau, R Ogrin, J Farmer, AC King

Journal article | 2026 | Npj Digital Medicine

Open access

In this Perspective, we address the critical intersection of digital health, social connection, and health equity. Taking an inter..

Generative AI in the age of quantum computing: A taxonomy, architectural elements and future directions

S Sai, I Goyal, V Chamola, R Buyya

Journal article | 2026 | Future Generation Computer Systems

Open access

Generative AI has emerged as a transformative paradigm for diverse applications, yet the escalating scale of modern models exposes..

High Availability Ultra-Large Cloud-Oriented Storage Systems: A Review, Mind Mapping and Open Research Directions

Ajay Kumar, Seema Bawa, Neeraj Kumar, Rajkumar Buyya, Abdullah Mohammed Almuhaideb

Journal article | 2026 | ACM Computing Surveys

Open access

Cloud computing paradigm enables the delivery of computing, storage, and applications as services as subscription-oriented service..

Neuromorphic quantum computing: A survey and future directions in evolutionary and gradient-based learning strategies for quantum spiking neural networks

Y Cheng, M Wang, Z Hao, R Buyya

Journal article | 2026 | Neurocomputing

The convergence of quantum computing and neuromorphic engineering provides an important context for addressing the energy efficien..

Analyzing developer discussions on EU and US privacy legislation compliance in GitHub repositories

GM Kapitsaki, M Papoutsoglou, C Treude, I Theophilou

Journal article | 2026 | Information and Software Technology

Open access

Context: Privacy legislation has impacted the way software systems are developed, prompting practitioners to update their implemen..

News

News by research group members

Displaying 10 news articles from 47 for the research group.

Spy agencies say AI can help combat AI cyber risks. But don’t forget the basics

Toby Murray

Cybersecurity agencies of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States issued a call to action on Monday for cy..

June 23, 2026

conversation Article

A PhD is an apprenticeship in research – we can’t let AI take that away

Toby Murray

When OpenAI launched ChatGPT-5 in August of last year, many academics scoffed at the tech company’s claims its new artificial intelligence ..

March 12, 2026

conversation Article

What the Moltbook experiment is teaching us about AI

Shaanan Cohney

What happens when you create a social media platform that only AI bots can post to? The answer, it turns out, is both entertaining and conc..

February 5, 2026

pursuit Article

An AI lab says Chinese-backed bots are running cyber espionage attacks. Experts have questions

Toby Murray

Over the past weekend, the US AI lab Anthropic published a report about its discovery of the “first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionag..

November 17, 2025

conversation Article

Beyond Qantas’ data leak, Australian finance companies are also at risk of offshore hacks

Toby Murray

Australians are once again being warned to tighten their online security and be extra alert to scammers, after up to 5.7 million Qantas cus..

October 14, 2025

conversation Article

Hackers have hit major super funds. A cyber expert explains how to stop it happening again

Toby Murray

Several of Australia’s biggest superannuation funds have suffered a suspected coordinated cyberattack, with scammers stealing hundreds of t..

April 4, 2025

conversation Article

Leak of US military plans on Signal is a classic case of ‘shadow IT’. It shows why security systems need to be easy to use

Toby Murray

Yesterday, The Atlantic magazine revealed an extraordinary national security blunder in the United States. Top US government officials had ..

March 26, 2025

conversation Article

Tech companies’ proposed new safety codes won’t protect all kids online

Toby Murray

In July last year, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, directed tech companies to develop codes of practice to keep childr..

March 4, 2025

conversation Article

OpenAI says DeepSeek ‘inappropriately’ copied ChatGPT – but it’s facing copyright claims too

Lea Frermann, Shaanan Cohney

Until a few weeks ago, few people in the Western world had heard of a small Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company known as DeepSeek...

February 4, 2025

conversation Article

Trump has fired a major cyber security investigations body. It’s a risky move

Toby Murray

Before the end of its first full day of operations, the new Trump administration gutted all advisory panels for the Department of Homeland ..

January 23, 2025

conversation Article

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Computer Science Research Group

Our diverse research group includes expertise in programming languages, algorithms, distributed computing, cybersecurity and cryptography.

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Researchers

Projects

ARC Training Centre for Transformative Health Sensing Technologies

PLANETARI – PLAtform for NET Australia Enabling Research and Innovation

Modular Prefabricated Solar Farm System for Ultra Low-Cost Solar (ULCS)

KneeCare: An Online Self-Directed Weight Loss and Exercise Program for Older People With Knee Osteoarthritis and Overweight or Obesity

Memorandum of Understanding Between UoM-FEIT and RIKEN-AIP

Australian SPine Registry (ASPIRE) - Collecting, Analysing, Evaluating and Protecting Australians After Spine Surgery

Scalable Hyper-Representations for Large Language Models

Cyber Security Risk Mitigation for Sensor Data Integrity in Operational Systems and Digital Twins

Electric Vehicle Charging Tariff Paradigms for the Clean Energy Transition

Trustworthy Model Reprogramming: Learning With Imperfect Pre-Trained Models

Scholarly Works

An empirical study of self-admitted technical debt in AI agents

AI failures in the eyes of the downstream developer: a first look at concerns, practices, and challenges

Preface

DistributedEstimator: Distributed training of quantum neural networks via circuit cutting

Preface

Perspective: Improving social connection and inclusion through equitable digital health solutions

Generative AI in the age of quantum computing: A taxonomy, architectural elements and future directions

High Availability Ultra-Large Cloud-Oriented Storage Systems: A Review, Mind Mapping and Open Research Directions

Neuromorphic quantum computing: A survey and future directions in evolutionary and gradient-based learning strategies for quantum spiking neural networks

Analyzing developer discussions on EU and US privacy legislation compliance in GitHub repositories

News

Spy agencies say AI can help combat AI cyber risks. But don’t forget the basics

A PhD is an apprenticeship in research – we can’t let AI take that away

What the Moltbook experiment is teaching us about AI

An AI lab says Chinese-backed bots are running cyber espionage attacks. Experts have questions

Beyond Qantas’ data leak, Australian finance companies are also at risk of offshore hacks

Hackers have hit major super funds. A cyber expert explains how to stop it happening again

Leak of US military plans on Signal is a classic case of ‘shadow IT’. It shows why security systems need to be easy to use

Tech companies’ proposed new safety codes won’t protect all kids online

OpenAI says DeepSeek ‘inappropriately’ copied ChatGPT – but it’s facing copyright claims too

Trump has fired a major cyber security investigations body. It’s a risky move

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