Active projects

ARC Projects

DECRAs

The Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) scheme provides research support for outstanding early career researchers.

Dimension-reduced Reinforcement Learning for Large-scale Fleet Management (DE200101310) – Wei Bian
(4 June 2021 - 3 June 2027)
Advancing Human Perception: Countering Evolving Malicious Fake Visual Data (DE230100477) – Xin Yu
(1 June 2023 – 31 May 2026)
Transfer learning for reliable data detection in Open-set environments (DE250100363) - Zhen Fang
(1 June 2023 – 31 May 2026)
Neural empowered subgraph query processing (DE250100226) - Hanchen Wang
(15 Dec 2025 – 14 Dec 2028)
A reliable knowledge discovery system on dynamic academic graphs (DE260101493) - Mengjia Wu
(1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029)
Agile vision: Adapting vision foundation models in real-world contexts (DE260100509) - Yanbin Lin
(9 Nov 2026 – 8 Nov 2029)

Discovery Projects (DP)

The Discovery Project Scheme (DP) funds individual researchers or research teams to undertake research which promises to expand knowledge base and research capacity in Australia, with economic, commercial, environmental, social and/or cultural benefits.

Advanced Machine Learning with Bilevel Optimization (DP230101540) – Guangquan Zhang; Feng Liu; Hua Zuo
(1 June 2023 – 31 May 2027)
Toward Human-guided Safe Reinforcement Learning in the Real World (DP240102349) –
Ling Chen; Lina Yao
(1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2026)
Next-Generation Distributed Graph Engine for Big Graphs (DP240101322) – Lu Qin; Ying Zhang; Xiaoyang Wang
(1 Oct 2024 - 30 Sep 2028)
Mitigating the Influence of Social Bots in Heterogeneous Social Networks (DP240100181) – Xiaojun Chang; Wenguan Wang; Lina Yao
(1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2026)
Extra robotic limb and eye to augment human capability beyond natural limit (DP260101395) – Chin-Teng Lin
(1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2027)
The paradox of generative data: ensuring security and privacy (DP250100463) – Bo Liu
(1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2027)
Mind-reading AI to translate silent speech into words (DP250103612) – Chin-Teng Lin
(1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2027)
Federated foundation models for recommendations (DP250101576) – Guodong Long
(1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2028)
Embracing the standard: scalable subgraph search by graph query language (DP260100709) – Lu Qin
(1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2028)

ARC Linkage Projects (LP)

The ARC Linkage Program promotes national and international research partnerships between researchers and business, industry, community organisations and other publicly funded research agencies.

Effective, efficient and scalable processing of the graph of graphs (LP210301046) –
Ying Zhang; Lu Qin; Christy Jie Liang; Yiguang Lin
(2 Oct 2023 – 1 Oct 2026)
Improved security and privacy for online platforms (LP220200808) – Bo Liu
(1 Oct 2023 – 30 June 2027)
Neuro-AI for personalised image generation (LP240100414) – Avinsha Singh
(1 Jun 2025 – 31 May 2028)
Large language model-based client agents for psychotherapy simulation (LP240200698) – Ling Chen
(1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2029)
Upcycling cathode materials from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries (LP240200584) – Hao Liu
(1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2029)
Adaptive foundation models for general robotic object manipulation (LP250200791) – Guodong Long
(1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2028)
AI driven decision support systems for dairy logistics intelligence (LP250200750) – Jie Lu
(1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2028)
AI model security and safeguards (LP250200702) – Bo Liu
(1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2029)

Future Fellowships (FT)

The Future Fellowships Scheme provides four year fellowships to outstanding Australian mid-career researchers to undertake high quality research in areas of national and international benefit.

Learning Software Security Analysers with Imperfect Data (FT220100391) – Yulei Sui
(30 June 2023 – 29 June 2027)
Situated Anomaly Detection in an Open Environment (FT230100121) – Ling Chen
(30 June 2024 – 29 June 2028)
Building the foundations of federated agentic AI (FT260100845) – Guodong Long
(1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2030)

Australian Laureate Fellowships (FL)

The ARC’s prestigious Australian Laureate Fellowships scheme promotes excellence in research by supporting world-class Australian and international researchers to conduct research in Australia and to build Australia’s research capacity, undertake innovative research programs and mentor early career researchers.

Learn more: Autonomous Learning – ARC Laureate project by Jie Lu

Autonomous learning for decision making in complex situations (FL190100149)
Jie Lu
(1 Jan 2020 – 31 Jul 2026)

Industry Laureate Fellowships (IL)

The ARC’s prestigious Industry Laureate Fellowship scheme creates a pathway to support academic researchers in establishing careers in industry, and industry-based researchers to work in university settings, with the aim of increased two-way mobility and skill-building in research collaboration, translation and commercialisation.

Personalised machine learning to support women's quality of life (IL250100010) - Jie Lu
(1 Nov 2026 – 31 Oct 2031)

Industrial Transformation Research Hubs

The ARC’s Industrial Transformation Research Hubs provide eligible organisations with funding to undertake cutting-edge research on new technologies and economic, commercial and social transformation to benefit industry partners in the Industrial Transformation Priority areas.

ARC research hub in responsible AI for a sustainable grain industry (IH250100003) - Jie Lu
(1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2031)