The Research Excellence Lecture Series showcases the diverse research topics undertaken by our research leaders in the faculty. The series demonstrates how their work impacts society and motivates early to mid-career researchers to achieve research excellence in the future.

Upcoming lecture:
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 1:00pm -2:15pm
Online Transfer Learning for Real-Time Decision Making
Dr. Hua Zuo
Senior Lecturer, Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute (AAII)
With the rapid development of deep learning and AI, a major challenge is the continuous shift in data distributions. Traditional offline transfer learning assumes a stable target domain post-training, often leading to performance decline with evolving data. Online transfer learning addresses this by continuously updating the model at test time, maintaining adaptability to new data. However, it still faces issues like error accumulation, catastrophic forgetting, class imbalance, OOD detection difficulties, and overfitting. To tackle these challenges, we propose a multi-level framework. We use multiple teacher models to generate weighted pseudo-labels to mitigate error accumulation.
Research Excellence Lecture Series
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology Research Excellence Lecture Series delivers public lectures, seminars and workshops across the faculty, university and wider community in four broad themes.
Distinguished Professor Lecture Series
The Faculty of Engineering and IT Distinguished Lecture Series, launched in September 2017, is a vital component of the Research Excellence program. The series features captivating lectures presented by esteemed Faculty of Engineering and IT Distinguished Professors, shedding light on cutting-edge research conducted within the faculty. These engaging lectures are open to the public, welcoming industry partners, academics, and students from UTS and other universities to delve into the forefront of knowledge and innovation.
Research Fellowship Seminars
Discover the Faculty of Engineering and IT Research Seminar Series, presented by Fellowship holders. This series fosters research engagement, collaboration, and recognition among the Faculty of Engineering and IT academics, HDR students, and esteemed visitors from outside UTS. Join us across a wide range of data science and engineering disciplines and be part of our vibrant research community!
Early and Mid-Career Research Development Series
These workshops are an integral part of the Faculty of Engineering and IT Research Excellence Framework, which aims to encourage and support early and mid-career researchers, foster talent, and provide them with tools and guidance to achieve research excellence.
Part of the Faculty of Engineering and IT Research Excellence Framework is to encourage and support early and mid-career researchers, foster talent and provide them with tools and guidance to achieve research excellence.
Inspirational Talks by Guest Speakers
These talks motivate and inspire students, faculty, and staff and showcase the Faculty of Engineering and IT's impact on society. Hosting these talks, the faculty fosters a culture of innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and community engagement, solidifying its reputation as a centre of academic excellence.