Dr Alireza Abbasi joined UNSW Canberra in 2012 as an academic staff and is now with the School of Systems & Computing.

Alireza’s research focuses on devising intelligent data-driven decision support methods to mitigate uncertainties in real-word socio-technical systems by utilising machine learning and AI methods and technologies.  The developed tools and methods facilitate development of resilient and sustainable systems in various domains such as public health, transportation energy, construction and manufacturing to name a few.

Alireza has been publishing in high ranked journals, and he has been recognised in Stanford/Elsevier top 2% scientists since its release in 2020.

Dr Abbasi has supervised more than 13 PhDs and Masters by research students to completion, mentored couple of post doctoral candidates, and served several leadership roles including the coordinator of project management programs between 2013 ans 2023 and director of postgraduate studies for more than two years.  

Education:

• PhD: Faculty of Engineering and IT, the University of Sydney, 2012.
• MSc: Department of Industrial Engineering, Seoul National University, 2008.
• BSc: Department of Computer Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, 2002.

• Graduate Certificate in University Learning and Teaching, UNSW, 2017.

Teaching:

• Systems Analysis & Design
• Engineering Management
• Software Project Management
• Project Schedule and Budget Control
• Modelling Project Risks
• Computer Applications in Project Management
• Social Network Analysis

Professional Membership:

• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM)
• Project Management Institute (PMI)
• Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)
• IEEE