Our people
Academic staff
Fethi Rabhi
Fethi is a Professor at the School of Computer Science and Engineering at UNSW with expertise in software engineering theory and practice. His passion is in bridging the academic-industry divide through collaborative applied research and developing innovative software products in the financial space.
Alan Hsiao
Alan is a Senior Visiting Fellow at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW Sydney
He is also the Managing Director of Cognitivo Consulting and has experience in professional services advisory, banking and within startups. Alan works with both established organisations and startups in building digital and data-driven strategies with an emphasis on modernising and maturing both AI and data risk management practices.
Felix Tan
Dr Felix Tan is the Associate Dean (International) and an Associate Professor of Information Systems at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney Business School. His research interests include Digital Platforms, Information Systems for Good, Sports Digitalization, E-Commerce, and Enterprise Systems.
Basem Suleiman
Dr Basem Suleiman is a Lecturer at UNSW and a practitioner in software systems specializing in Software Engineering, Cloud Computing and Information Systems, with over 10 years of experience in research, industry and academia.
Jerry Parwada
I am a Professor of Finance at UNSW Business School, Sydney, Australia. He has served as Head of School - Banking and Finance and as Director of Academic Strategy at UNSW. He is currently a visiting professor at the University of Mannheim and has held visiting positions at Fordham University, New York University, UT Austin, UCLA and Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. His research specializes in investment management and financial markets. Among several governance roles, Jerry has been instrumental in the launch of the Adviser Ratings Licensee Rating system in Australia and is the Chair of its independent Ratings Committee. He is a member of the FINSIA Industry Council for Institutional Markets and serves as an independent non-executive director of a not-for-profit and a central bank.
Research students
Mingqin yu
Enthusiastic in Fintech, SE, AI and life.
Hirad Rezaei
I am eager to learn new concepts in the field of finance, artificial intelligence and also the combination of the two. I work in the financial markets as an analyst as well as a programmer of trading robots. I am also interested in the world of data analysis and discovering unknown things.
Bhushan Oza
I’m a PhD student at UNSW researching machine learning applications in financial markets, with experience working as a Derivatives Trader and Site Reliability Engineer.
Iromie Samarasekara
I am a Fintech enthusiast with specific interests around capital markets and digital assets. I am also a passionate business analyst who takes interest in exploiting the capabilities of AI to leverage enterprise solutions.
Muhammad Raheel Raza
I am a PhD researcher at UNSW interested in topics related to amalgamation of Software Engineering and Business domains. Currently, I am working on Business API Ecosystems and its applications in E-invoicing for Supply Chain Automationanalyst who takes interest in exploiting the capabilities of AI to leverage enterprise solutions.
Dattatray Kute
I am a PhD student, doing research on financial crime detection using artificial intelligence at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW Sydney. My research focuses on both applying and developing advanced AI algorithms tailored for detecting and combating financial crimes in today's complex and dynamic financial landscape.
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