Dr Ripon Chakrabortty

Dr Ripon Chakrabortty

Senior Lecturer
UNSW Canberra
School of Systems & Computing

Dr Ripon Kumar Chakrabortty is "A Decision Scientist who applies Artificial Intelligence and Optimisation Models in Decision-Making for Complex Systems (focus: Supply Chain and Project Management). His research interest covers a wide range of topics in decision analytics, applied artificial intelligence, evolutionary computation, operations research, and applied optimisation in the "Project Scheduling and Supply Chain Management" domains. As an industrial engineer with a strong focus on da...

Phone
+61 2 5114 5133
E-mail
r.chakrabortty@unsw.edu.au
Location
School of Systems & Computing, UNSW Canberra at ADFA Room 108, Level 1, Building 15, Northcott Drive, Campbell, ACT PO Box 7916, CANBERRA BC ACT 2610

  1. Co-CI, "An explainability oriented approach to manage dependent supply chain risks", ARC Linkage Project 2023-Round 1, 2024-2026, $500,000 (including industry partner's contribution). 

  2. Lead CI, "Enhancing Solar Panel Reliability: Data-Driven Maintenance, Smart Strategies, and User Acceptance", UNSW Global Research and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP), 2024, $20,000.

  3. PI, "Blockchain-powered Sustainable Supply Chain", Sunway University Research Accelerator Grant Scheme, Malaysia, 2024-2025, RM 16,500.00  

  4. Co-CI, "Achieving Maritime Decarbonization through Systems Dynamics and Simulation Modelling", UNSW Global Research and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP), 2024, $20,000.

  5. Co-CI, "Building Resilience to Power and Energy Systems Under Cyber-Related Disasters", Rapid Research Funding, SysCom, UNSW Canberra, 2023, $19,173.

  6. Co-CI, RG204502, “Name: confidential”, Department of Defence / Commonwealth Government Contract, 2020-2021, $292,273.

  7. Co-CI, RG203864, “Name: confidential”, Department of Defence / Commonwealth Government Contract, 2020, $300,000.

  8. Co-CI, RG192081, “Name: confidential”, Department of Defence / Commonwealth Government Contract, 2019-2020, $541,425.

  9. Co-CI, RG193169, “Name: confidential”, Department of Defence / Commonwealth Government Contract, 2019-2020, $245,125.

  10. Co-CI, RG202374, “Name: confidential”, Department of Defence / Commonwealth Government Contract, 2020-2021, $330,600.

  11. Co-CI, RG194087, “Name: confidential”, Department of Defence / Commonwealth Government Contract, 2019-2020, $453,750.

  12. CO-CI, RG201160, “Asset Maintenance Modelling”, Department of Defence / Commonwealth Government Contract, 2020, $353,705.

  13. Lead CI, “Pilot Optimisation models for security systems”, Capability Systems Centre, UNSW Canberra, 2019-2020, $37,000

  14. Sole CI, Academic Start-up Funding, "Solving Resource Portfolio Problem: Mitigating Uncertainties and Preparing for the Unexpected", School of Engineering & Information Technology, UNSW Canberra, 2019-2020, $50,000.

  15. Sole CI, 2022-23, Decision Support & Analytics Self Forming Research Group Bid, School of Engineering and IT, UNSW Canberra, $22,151

 

  • As a first author, one of my journal papers was awarded a ‘highly cited paper’ (i.e., enough citations to place in the top 3% of the academic field and publication year).
  • Top downloaded/most read paper award for one of my publications within the window of 2018-19.
  • Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering & Engineering Management (IEEEM), 2018
  • Champion, Competition on solving real-world constrained optimisation problems in 2020 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), Glasgow, United Kingdom.
  • Gold Medal by Bangladesh University of Science and Technology (BUET), 2013 (For Highest CGPA in Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Session 2012-2013)
  • Awarded University Merit Scholarship in five semesters during undergraduate studies at BUET
  • Awarded Dean’s Scholarship for four years during undergraduate studies at BUET
  • Technical Award for engineering education in Bangladesh

Please look at the "Decision Support & Analytics Research Group" webpage to find out more about my research activities, current projects and future projects for potential PhD students. 

Link: https://www.unsw.edu.au/canberra/our-research/research-centres-institutes/dsar-group

To understand more about Dr Chakrabortty's engagement, please look at the "Decision Support and Analytics Research Group" webpage

 

 

Professional Services

 

Organisational Contribution

  • I have been the Program Coordinator of the Master of Decision Analytics (MDA) program at UNSW Canberra since February 2020. I have also been working as the Program Coordinator of the Master of Engineering Science (M.Eng.Sci.) at UNSW Canberra since June 2019. 
  • Worked as a Program Coordinator for the Master of Project Management between Jan 2023 to Jan 2024. 

 

 

My Research Supervision

1. Mahdi Ansari (M.Res. in Civil Engineering) >> Integrated Solid Waste Management: Application of EAs (Completed & Awarded July 2022

2. Dr Md Asadujjaman (PhD in Systems Engineering) >> Integrated Project Scheduling with Supply Chain Considerations (Completed & Awarded in March 2023)

3. Dr Shahed Mahmud (PhD in Systems Engineering) >> Sustainable Supply Chain and Production Planning (Completed & Awarded in March 2023)

4. Dr Tarun Kumar Biswas (PhD in Systems Engineering) >> Integrating Optimisation in Influence Maximisation tools (Completed & Awarded in August 2023. Got the Dean's Award for the outstanding thesis)

5. Dr Aaliya Sarfaraz (PhD in Computer Science) >> Deploying Blockchain Technology in the Sustainable Supply Chain (Completed & Awarded in May 2023)

6. Dr Supriyo Ahmed (PhD in Computer Science) >> Predicting Project Performance by Using Machine Learning Approaches (Completed & Awarded in October 2023)

7. Dr Md Sanowar Hossain (PhD in Systems Engineering) >> Production Planning under Dynamic Uncertainties (Completed & Awarded in October 2023)

8. Sonia Farhana Nimmy (PhD in Business) >> An Automated eXplainable Artificial Intelligence Framework for Operational Risk Management (AXAI-ORM) (Completed & Awarded in April 2024)

9. Dyuti Paul (M.Res. in Computer Science) >> Predicting Power Consumptions by Electric Vehicles: AI-focused (Completed & Awarded in May 2024

10. Abu Hashan Md Mashud (PhD in Computer Science) >> Sustainable Supply Chain Design in Multi-echelon Framework (Expected completion: December 2024)

11. Farhad Habibi (PhD in Computer Science) >> AI and Optimisations in Managing Supply Chain Resiliency (Expected completion: February 2025).

12. Amir Hossein Ordibazar (PhD in Business) >> Proposing recommender systems and risk mitigation strategies for Supply Chain Management by using Counterfactual Explanation algorithms (Expected completion: February 2025) 

13. Md Kamruzzaman (PhD in Business) >> Artificial Intelligence Assisted Recommeeder System for Credit Assessability (Expected Completion: July 2025)

14. Tanzila Azad Shashi (PhD in Computer Science) >> Artificial Intelligence-assisted decision-making in Production and Delivery Scheduling problem (Expected completion: July 2025) 

15. Md Mahamudul Hasan (PhD in Computer Science) >> Intelligent, Secure and Scalable Digital Supply Chain Framework (Expected completion: July 2025) 

16. Bodrunnessa Badhon (PhD in Computer Science) >> Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Project Risk Management (Expected completion: December 2025) 

17. Mr Sayem Ahmed (PhD in Computer Science) >> Energy-aware Supply Chain Integrated Production Scheduling (Expected completion: December 2025) 

18. Ms Yifan Xin (PhD in Computer Science) >> Carbon Gaming Policy for Optimised Global Supply Chain (Expected completion: February 2027)

19. Mrs Cholthicha Chaisuwan (Professional Doctorate in Project Management) >> Lesson Learned and Implication of Artificial Intelligence in Project Management Office (Expected Completion: December 2028)

20. Mr Sujan Miah (M.Res. in Business) >> Machine Learning Models for Supply Chain Prediction (Expected Completion: Term 1, 2028)

21. Mr Hasin Md Muhtasim Taqi (PhD in Computer Science) >> Machine Learning Models for Carbon Efficient Supply Chain Infrastructure (Expected Completion: Term 1, 2028)

22.  Mrs Zahra Jiryaei Sharahi (PhD in Business) >> Explainable AI for Supply Chain Risk Management (Expected Completion: Term 1, 2028)

 

 

My Teaching

UG Courses: 

  1. ZEIT3506 (System Engineering & Management), Sem-2 [2019-2020]
  2. ZEIT3506 (Managing the Development of Engineered Systems), Sem-2 [2021+]
  3. System Analysis & Modelling (UC, Canberra)

PG Courses

  1. ZEIT8305 (Systems Thinking & Modelling), Sem-1
  2. ZEIT8310 (Project Schedule & Budget Control), Sem-1
  3. ZEIT8402 (Evidence-Based Decision Making), Sem-1 
  4. ZEIT8403 (Capability Options Analysis), Sem - 2
  5. ZEIT8404 (Decision Making Analytics), Sem- 1/2

 

PG Courses (UNSW Online)

  1. ZZCA6510 (Decision Making in Analytics), Hexamester 1 and 4

 

Professional Education Short Courses