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Biography
Dr Stephen Wan is a computer scientist specialising in computational linguistics, an inter-disciplinary field that draws on both linguistics and computer science. His research employs natural language processing and text mining methods, in conjunction with machine learning, information retrieval and human computer interaction techniques.
With over 20 years of research experience, Dr Wan leads a team of software engineers and researchers to build information management systems for a variety of text data types. A common element in these systems is the need to extract actionable nuggets of information that will help with a user's task. His team has developed systems used by both the government and private sector for areas such as business intelligence, social media monitoring, and information systems for scientific literature.
Currently, Dr Wan's team is investigating research directions in natural language processing and information retrieval that supports research in other scholarly fields. The work, part of Data61's "AI for Science" direction, currently spans multiple disciplines, including computational social science, mental health, precision health, ecology and conservation, and agronomics.
Press and Online Public Speaking:
* Jun. 2022: Panelist on 2022 Academy of the Social Sciences workshop's Industry perspectives panel
* Jul. 2020: Studiosity’s “Students First” Industry Symposium Invited Speaker
* Jul. 2020: Australian Public Sector Innovation Month "Unlocking 20 years of trapped knowledge"
* Feb. 2020: Studiosity partners with CSIRO’S Data61 to enhance the student experience with AI
* Sep. 2019: Invited Speaker at ECML PKDD 2019 Workshop on Knowledge Discovery and User Modelling for Smart Cities "Building Social Media Analytics Applications: A Ten-Year Retrospective"
* Jun. 2019: CSIRO SMEConnect Kickstart Case Study: “Accurait®: Lease management with AI efficiencies Accurait®: Lease management with AI efficiencies”
* Jun. 2019: Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) 2019 NSW Merit Recipients for my Accurait team from CSIRO’s Data61 (research lead: Stephen Wan)
* [Aug. 2018: “LeaseInfo launches Australia's first AI lease management platform” (AFR)] (https://www.afr.com/real-estate/leaseinfo-launches-australias-first-ai-lease-management-platform-20180808-h13q30)
*Aug. 2018: “Artificial intelligence set to change lease management processes” (IT Wire)
* Aug. 2018: “Release of innovative AI software set to revolutionise lease management”
* Aug. 2018: “LeaseInfo launches digital lease management platform Accurait”
* Aug. 2018: Speech by Stephen Wan at the Accurait launch as lead researcher
* [Nov. 2017: “SOCIAL MEDIA ARCHIVE: Collecting digital material to provide a documentary record of life in New South Wales”] (http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/research-and-collections-significant-collections/social-media-archive)
*[Oct. 2017: “The Power of Emotional Analysis: Introducing Signal Spotlight”] (http://www.getsignal.info/blog-old/2017/10/17/the-power-of-emotional-analysis-introducing-signal-spotlight)
* Jan. 2015: “Sydney siege aftermath: History written in tweets captured by State Library for posterity”
* Mar. 2015: “The election collection: tracking trends on Twitter”
* Apr. 2015: “Case study: Connecting with users on social media”
* Jul. 2015: “CSIROSeven: Meet Stephen”
Publications:
* Partial list from the CSIRO repository
Professional Areas
Fields of Research
Current Roles
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Team Leader (for science capability)
Language And Social Computing (Natural Language Technologies) research capability
Academic Qualifications
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2011
Doctor of Philosophy (in Computational Linguistics)
Macquarie University -
2001
Bachelor of Science (Honours: First Class) in Computer Science (Computational Linguistics)
Macquarie University -
1999
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Linguistics and Psychology
The University of Adelaide -
1999
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) in Mathematics and Computer Science
The University of Adelaide
Professional Experiences
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2016-Current
Team Leader
CSIRO Data61 -
2015-Current
Senior Research Scientist
CSIRO Data61 -
2015-2017
Social Computing and the Enterprise
Initiative Lead (for engagement with industry) -
2015-2016
Team Leader
CSIRO Digital Productivity Flagship -
2010-2014
Research Scientist
CSIRO Digital Productivity Flagship -
2005-2009
Research Engineer
CSIRO Digital Productivity Flagship -
2011-2011
Visiting Scientist (funding Endeavour Awards)
University of Manchester -
2011-2011
Visiting Scientist (funding Endeavour Awards)
University of Oxford: Image Bioinformatics -
2005-2005
Visiting Scientist
University of Edinburgh -
2003-2003
Visiting Scientist/Research internship
Columbia University
Achievements and Awards
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2021-2024
CSIRO Julius Career Award
CSIRO -
2019-2019
NSW iAwards Merit Recipient: (1) Infrastructure and Platforms Innovation of the Year, and (2) Business Service Markets
Australian Information Industry Association -
2013-2013
CSIRO ICT Impact from Science Award
CSIRO -
2015-2015
CSIRO Seven (featured researcher on social computing)
CSIRO -
2011-2011
Endeavour Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Australian Government: Department of Education and Training
Other highlights
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2022-2025
Invitation to lead the AI for Missions NLP project (with application across CSIRO)
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2021-2024
Julius Career Award
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2015-2022
Team Leader and Senior Research Scientist
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2019-2022
Impact from Knowledge and Information Extraction (Natural Language Processing) with the Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment
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2020-2021
Applied research with Studiosity on Grammatical Error Detection
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2019-2019
Successful product launch and industry impact in applying Deep Learning Information Extraction methods to Corporate Lease Documents
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2017-2017
Successful launch of the State Library of New South Wales' Social Media Archive (based on my team's research software)
Grants
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2021-2024
CSIRO Julius Career Award ($60k)
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2020-2020
AusIndustry Innovation Connection Business Placement Fellowship Grant ($100k)
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2019-2020
Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet: Platforms for Open Data ($300k)
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2018-2020
STEM Science Industry Endowment Fund for a Post-doctoral position ($500k)
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2018-2018
NSW Dept of Industry: TechVouchers project (total $15k)
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2017-2018
CSIRO KickStart Grant (total $100k)
Publications
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