Scholar
Amin Beheshti
Google Scholar ID: Uw1OLAgAAAAJ
Full Professor, School of Computing, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Citations & Impact
Citations
5,218
H-index
39
i10-index
120
Publications
20
Co-authors
10
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- - Received prestigious awards including Australian National AI Award (AI Academic/Researcher of the Year), Excellence Award (Macquarie University, 2023), Excellence in Research Innovation, Partnership Entrepreneurship (Macquarie University, 2022), National Security Impact Award (D2D CRC, 2016 and 2017), Recognition Award (D2D CRC, 2016 and 2017), Australian Postgraduate Award (APA 2009-2012), and several Best Paper awards
- - Promoted from Senior Lecturer to Full Professor at Macquarie University in 2021
- - Awarded 'AI Academic/Researcher of the Year' at the inaugural Australian AI Awards 2024; finalist in two additional categories: AI Leader of the Year – Enterprise and AI Rising Star of the Year – Enterprise
- - Finalist for AI Leader of the Year – Enterprise in 2025
- - The Centre for Applied AI, which he founded and leads, was recognized on the Australian Financial Review's List of Most Innovative Companies for 2025 in the Government, Education and Not-For-Profit category
Research Experience
- - Over a decade of industry experience before starting his PhD in 2009, as a founder, CEO, consultant, and Solution Architect in national and international organizations
- - Invited as Keynote Speaker, General-Chair, PC-Chair, Organisation-Chair, and program committee member of top international conferences
- - Successfully secured 60+ research projects (Over $45 million in Research Funding)
Education
- - PhD in Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW Sydney
- - Postdoc in Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW Sydney
- - Master's degree in Computer Science with First Class Honours
- - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science with First Class Honours
Background
- - Full Professor of Data Science at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
- - Founder and Director of the Centre for Applied Artificial Intelligence
- - Head of the Data Science Lab
- - Founder of the Big Data Society
- - Research Interests: Data Science, Artificial Intelligence
- - Vision: To shift the focus of AI from theoretical potential to practical application, solving real-world problems
Miscellany
- - Personal interests not mentioned
