Each of our research-oriented missions will bring together academics from across the university to deliver focused research excellence and impact at scale. We have over 100 researchers committed to support the DSI, representing the Faculties of Engineering, Medicine and Health, Business, Science, Arts and Social Sciences, Law, Music and Architecture Design and Planning.
Director
Mission Leaders
Digital Defence
- Prof. Dries Verstraete (School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering)
- Prof. Xiaoke Yi (School Electrical and Information Engineering)
- Prof. Philip Leong (School Electrical and Information Engineering)
- Dr. Jacqueline Thomas (School of Civil Engineering)
Data Centric Engineering
- Prof. Matthew Cleary (School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering)
- Prof. Itai Einav (School of Civil Engineering)
- Prof. Willem Vervoort (School of Life and Environmental Sciences)
- A/Prof. Joseph Lizier (School of Computer Science)
- Prof. Mikhail Prokopenko (School of Computer Science)
Advanced Manufacturing and Materials
- Prof. Gwenaelle Proust (Advanced Manufacturing and Materials)
- Prof. Simon Ringer (School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering)
- Dr. Xianghai An (School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering)
- Dr Yogambha Ramaswamy (School of Biomedical Engineering)
- Prof. Anna Paradowska (Advanced Manufacturing and Materials)
- A/Prof. Zhiyong Wang (Advanced Manufacturing and Materials)
- Dr Li Chang (School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering)
- A/Prof. Daniel Dias da Costa (Advanced Manufacturing and Materials)
- Prof. Liyong Tong (School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering)
- Prof. Xiaozhou Liao (School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering)
Cyber Physical Systems
- Prof. Dacheng Tao (School of Computer Science)
- Prof. Ian Manchester (School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering)
- Prof. Joachim Gudmunsson (School of Computer Science)
- Dr. Tongliang Liu (School of Computer Science)
- Dr. Chang Xu (School of Computer Science)
- Dr. Sasha Rubin (School of Computer Science)
- Prof. Branka Vucetic (School Electrical and Information Engineering)
- A/Prof. Yonghui Li (School Electrical and Information Engineering)
- Dr. Zhiyong Wang (School of Computer Science)
- Dr. Jonathan K. Kummerfeld (School of Computer Science)
- Prof. Geordie Williamson (School of Mathematics and Statistics)
- Prof. Dingxuan Zhou (School of Mathematics and Statistics)
Digital Hardware
- Prof. Xiaoke Yi (School Electrical and Information Engineering)
- Prof. Philip Leong (School Electrical and Information Engineering)
- Prof. Craig Jin (School Electrical and Information Engineering)
- A/Prof. Niels Quack (School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering)
- A/Prof. Alex Song (School Electrical and Information Engineering)
- Dr. Liwei Li (School Electrical and Information Engineering)
Digital Agriculture
- Prof. Salah Sukkarieh (School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering)
- Prof. PJ Cullen (School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
- Prof. Alex McBratney (Institute for Agriculture)
Digital Health
- Prof. Jinman Kim (School of Computer Science)
- Prof. Luping Zhou (School Electrical and Information Engineering)
- Prof. Tim Shaw (School of Medical Sciences)
- Prof. Gemma Figtree (Norther Clinical School)
- Prof. Stuart Grieve (School of Health Sciences)
- Prof. Paul Keall (School of Health Sciences)
- Prof. Adam Dunn (School of Medical Sciences)
- Dr. Andre Kyme (School of Biomedical Engineering)
- Prof. Fernando Calamante (Brain and Mind Centre)
- Prof. Michael Barnett (Brain and Mind Centre)
- Dr. Ryan Sullivan (School of Biomedical Engineering)
- Prof. Sarah Lewis (Faculty of Medicine and Health)
- A/Prof. Weidong Cai (School of Computer Science)
- Prof. Martin Ugander (Royal North Shore Hospital)
- Prof. Tom Snelling (School of Public Health)
- Prof. Gregg Suaning (School of Biomedical Engineering)
- Dr. Nicola Giannotti (Faculty of Medicine and Health)
- Prof. Hala Zreiqat (School of Biomedical Engineering)
- Prof. Alistair McEwan (School of Biomedical Engineering)
- Dr. Sasha Rubin (School of Computer Science)
- Dr. David Martinez Martin (School of Biomedical Engineering)
- Dr. Omid Kavehi (School of Biomedical Engineering)
- Dr. Zhengqiang Jiang (Faculty of Medicine and Health)
- Dr. Yoghamba Ramaswamy (School of Biomedical Engineering)
- Dr. Daria Anderson (School of Biomedical Engineering)
- Dr Jinglei Lv (School of Biomedical Engineering)
- Dr. Arnold Ju (School of Biomedical Engineering)
- Dr. Zhenghao Chen (School of Electrical and Information Engineering)
- Dr. Chenyu Wang (Central Clinical School)
Digital Transformation
- Prof. Jennifer Whyte (School of Project Management)
- A/Prof. Danny Gozman (Business School)
Digital Society
- Prof. Kimberlee Weatherall (University School of Law)
- Prof. Kalervo Gulson (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
- Prof. Terry Flew (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
Digital Education
- A/Prof. Masahiro Takatsuka (School of Computer Science)
- Prof. Kalervo Gulson (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
- Dr. Tom Goldfinch (School of Civil Engineering)
- Prof. Teng Joon Lim (School Electrical and Information Engineering)
- Dr. Sandra Peter (The University of Sydney Business School)
- Prof. Kai Riemer (The University of Sydney Business School)