Dr Morteza Saberi
Visiting Fellow
UNSW Canberra
School of Business
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Dr Morteza Saberi is currently a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the School of Business, UNSW Canberra. He has an outstanding research record and significant capabilities in the area of business intelligence, data mining and applied machine learning. He has published more than 150 papers in reputable academic journals and conference proceedings such as Computers & Industrial Engineering, Future Generation Computer Systems, Knowledge-Based Systems, Applied Soft Computing, Enterprise Information Systems, Business Process Management Journal, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Neurocomputing, Safety science, Quality & Quantity, Energy Policy, Applied Energy, AAA-I, WSDM & IJCAI. His Google Scholar citations and h-index are 3300 and 27, respectively. He was a Lecturer at the University of Tafresh’s Department of Industrial Engineering. He has won over 20 national and international research awards and recognitions till date from his research. He was awarded the first Place Dissertation Competition from Sixth International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM) as an output of his PhD. He visited two world-class research institutes in Germany: the Department of Information Systems (under Professor Martin Theobald), Max Planck Institute, Saarbrucken, Germany and Information Systems Group (under Professor Felix Naumann), Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany. Currently, he is the co-supervisor of 4 PhD students.
- His Erdös number is 4: Morteza Saberi-> Martin Theobald -> Gerhard Weikum -> Patrick Eugene O'Neil -> Paul Erdös.
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- (2021). Innovation Connection grant, Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, value at $205k.
- (2020). Australia–India Strategic Research Fund, IIITD, Delhi, India, Australian academy of science, value at $11k.
- (2020). Travel grant, Iran’s National Elites Foundation, value at $2k.
- (2019). Innovation Connection grant, Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, value at $78k.
- (2018). UNSW Faculty Infrastructure Project ‘Logistics and Supply Chain Insight Lab, value at $78k.
- (2016). Postdoctoral rector fellowship, UNSW, value at $300k.
- (2015). DAAD visiting fellowship, Hasso Plattner Institute, Information Systems Group, 2015, value at $20k.
- (2015). Postgraduate Research Support Scheme (PRSS), $3k.
- (2012-2013). Travel grant, Korean academy of science and technology, delivering two invited talks, 2012 & 2013, value at $7k.
- (2012). CUPSA Conference Grant, Curtin University, $2k.
- (2010). Visiting academic scholarship, Curtin University of Technology, 2010, value at $10K.
- (2020). Australian academy of Science fellowship: AISRF Early- and Mid-Career Fellowship, IIITD, Delhi, India.
- (2019). Field leader: Australia’s leading researcher in Evolutionary Computation by The Australian.
- (2018). Academic Promotion: Promoted to the position of Lecturer (Research Fellow Level B) at UNSW, 2018.
- (2018). Featured paper: ICEBE 2018 (second place).
- (2017). Erdös number is 4: Morteza Saberi -> Martin Theobald -> Gerhard Weikum -> Patrick Eugene O'Neil -> Paul Erdös.
- (2017). Video competition: Won IJCAI 2017 video competition, a leading conference in the field of AI.
- (2016). Dissertation Competition: The First Place at IEOM’16, Malaysia.
- (2015). DAAD fellowship: Hasso Plattner Institute, Information Systems Group.
- (2015). Featured paper. ICEBE 2015 (third place).
- (2013). Best Presentation: Hot topic workshop on Prediction using Fuzzy Theory, South Korea (best out of 25 invited participants).
- (2014). Most cited article: My authored paper in the Process Safety and Environmental Protection journal is amongst the most cited articles published since 2013 in that journal.
- (2015). Most cited article: My authored paper in the Applied Soft Computing journal is amongst the most cited articles published since 2013 in that journal.
- (2012). Best Paper Award: WConSC’12 in Azerbayjan, Baku.
- (2008-2013). Top 25 Hottest papers, 8 papers in Applied Mathematics and Computation, Energy Conversion and Management, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Loss Prevention in the Process; Applied Mathematics and Computation; Applied Soft Computing (25 out of 300).
- (2010). Visiting academic scholarship, Institute for Digital Ecosystems & Business Intelligence, Curtin University of Technology.
- (2012). Among best seven young Iranian researchers, Azad University, (7th out of 14000).
- (2012). CUPSA Conference Grant, Curtin University, 2012, (success rate: 10%).
- (2012). Best Presentation: Hot topic workshop on fuzzy theory and applications, South Korea, 2012 (best out of 30 invited participants).
- (2011). Curtin Strategic International research scholarship (CSIRS), 2011, (success rate: 10%).
- (2006-2011). The best researcher at Azad University Tafresh Branch, 5 times 2006:2011 (1 out 200).
- (2011). The Runner up researcher at region 5, Azad University, Iran, 2011 (second out of 2500).
- (2011-2012). Among best five Tafresh University researchers, 2011 and 2012. (Second out of 100 faculty members).
- (2010). The best researcher at region 5, Azad University, Iran, 2010 (1 out of 2500).
- (2020). Australian academy of Science fellowship: AISRF Early- and Mid-Career Fellowship, IIITD, Delhi, India.
- (2019). Field leader: Australia’s leading researcher in Evolutionary Computation by The Australian.
- (2018). Academic Promotion: Promoted to the position of Lecturer (Research Fellow Level B) at UNSW, 2018.
- (2018). Featured paper: ICEBE 2018 (second place).
- (2017). Erdös number is 4: Morteza Saberi -> Martin Theobald -> Gerhard Weikum -> Patrick Eugene O'Neil -> Paul Erdös.
- (2017). Video competition: Won IJCAI 2017 video competition, a leading conference in the field of AI.
- (2016). Dissertation Competition: The First Place at IEOM’16, Malaysia.
- (2015). DAAD fellowship: Hasso Plattner Institute, Information Systems Group.
- (2015). Featured paper. ICEBE 2015 (third place).
- (2013). Best Presentation: Hot topic workshop on Prediction using Fuzzy Theory, South Korea (best out of 25 invited participants).
- (2014). Most cited article: My authored paper in the Process Safety and Environmental Protection journal is amongst the most cited articles published since 2013 in that journal.
- (2015). Most cited article: My authored paper in the Applied Soft Computing journal is amongst the most cited articles published since 2013 in that journal.
- (2012). Best Paper Award: WConSC’12 in Azerbayjan, Baku.
- (2008-2013). Top 25 Hottest papers, 8 papers in Applied Mathematics and Computation, Energy Conversion and Management, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Loss Prevention in the Process; Applied Mathematics and Computation; Applied Soft Computing (25 out of 300).
- (2010). Visiting academic scholarship, Institute for Digital Ecosystems & Business Intelligence, Curtin University of Technology.
- (2012). Among best seven young Iranian researchers, Azad University, (7th out of 14000).
- (2012). CUPSA Conference Grant, Curtin University, 2012, (success rate: 10%).
- (2012). Best Presentation: Hot topic workshop on fuzzy theory and applications, South Korea, 2012 (best out of 30 invited participants).
- (2011). Curtin Strategic International research scholarship (CSIRS), 2011, (success rate: 10%).
- (2006-2011). The best researcher at Azad University Tafresh Branch, 5 times 2006:2011 (1 out 200).
- (2011). The Runner up researcher at region 5, Azad University, Iran, 2011 (second out of 2500).
- (2011-2012). Among best five Tafresh University researchers, 2011 and 2012. (Second out of 100 faculty members).
- (2010). The best researcher at region 5, Azad University, Iran, 2010 (1 out of 2500).
Data is everywhere, generated by everything around us on a daily basis at incredible speeds and touching every aspect of our life. This has led to the emergence of a new discipline, Data Science, which involves finding new patterns within the huge amount of data. My research focus is to develop new data science models that not only find new patterns but also make it understandable for individuals to help their informed decision making.
In my research projects, I have verified the suitability of new data science models in Australian industries ranging from agriculture to mining, pharmaceutical and retail. For example, we developed a low-cost network of sensors, coupled with data analytic techniques in order to predict the abnormal behaviour of milk temperature that assists the milk farmer in taking proactive steps to maximise the milk’s quality. This has enabled them to grow their business, produce better quality milk, and get a better price in return. In the retail industry, we developed a new model that decides how to allocate stock to customers based on their preferences, and values when stock is limited. This strategy is beneficial for customers as their preferences are taken into consideration in the modelling.