Researcher

Dr Annette Mary Spooner

Keywords

Fields of Research (FoR)

Artificial intelligence, Machine learning, Software engineering, Data mining and knowledge discovery, Data engineering and data science

Biography

I obtained a PhD in Computer Science from the University of NSW in 2023. I am currently a Senior Research Associate in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at UNSW, working on multi-modal classification models for high-dimensional multi-class data. My main research interest is in the use of machine learning for medical applications and I have worked in both Alzheimer’s disease and liver cancer research, applying machine learning to...view more

I obtained a PhD in Computer Science from the University of NSW in 2023. I am currently a Senior Research Associate in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at UNSW, working on multi-modal classification models for high-dimensional multi-class data. My main research interest is in the use of machine learning for medical applications and I have worked in both Alzheimer’s disease and liver cancer research, applying machine learning to the task of knowledge discovery and survival analysis. Prior to undertaking my PhD I was an industry-based software engineer, working in many varied roles, including running my own web development business.


My Qualifications

PhD in Computer Science (UNSW), BSc (Hons Class 1) in Computer Science (UNSW)


My Awards

  • Outstanding HDR Student Award 2021
  • The Norman Foo Memorial Best Research Paper Prize 2020
  • Three Minute Thesis Competition - Winner, School and Faculty Heats, 2021
  • Three Minute Thesis Competition - Winner, School heat, Runner-up, Faculty Heat, 2019

 

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Location

K17 412-03

Publications

by Dr Annette Mary Spooner