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Joseph Lizier

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Associate Professor in Complex Systems

I am currently an Associate Professor in Complex Systems, who:

• leads the Information Dynamics Team,
• in the Modelling and Simulation research group,
• in the School of Computer Science and Centre for Complex Systems,
• at The University of Sydney, Australia

My research studies information processing in biological and bio-inspired complex networks, including in the computational neuroscience domain.

I also teach in our Master of Complex Systems program.

Contact Details

Office 550
School of Computer Science Building (J12)
Faculty of Engineering
The University of Sydney, NSW 2006
Australia

E-mail: joseph dot lizier at sydney dot edu dot au
Mobile: +61 408 186 901

Publications, Presentations and Software

• List of my publications for download.
• List of my presentations for download.
• Open source software I have contributed to, including the information dynamics toolkit JIDT.
• My YouTube playlist of short video lectures on Information Theory and Self-Organisation, including getting started with JIDT

Research Interests

• Information processing in complex systems
• Information dynamics
• Information storage
• Information transfer
• Computational neuroscience
• Dynamics on networks
• Complex networks
• Collective animal behaviour
• Cellular automata
• Random Boolean networks
• Guided self-organisation

Employment/Research History

The University of Sydney

Associate Professor, 2019-present
Senior Lecturer, 2015-2018
I am investigating the relationship between complex network structure and computational capabilities, with applications to computational neuroscience and collective behaviour in biology.

CSIRO Digital Productivity Flagship

2012-2015 (Research Scientist, 2014-2015; Postdoctoral Fellow, 2012-2014)
Working in the Adaptive Systems / Data Mining teams, I untertook machine learning in biological data sets and continuing to investigate the relationship between complex network structure and computational capabilities.

Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences

Postdoctoral Researcher, 2010-2012
Working in the Complex Structures in Biology and Cognition research group of Prof. Juergen Jost, I investigated the information dynamics of computation in complex networks.

CSIRO ICT Centre and School of Information Technologies at The University of Sydney

Ph.D. student / Researcher, 2006-2010
I developed a framework for quantifying the information dynamics of distributed computation in complex systems.

Seeker Wireless

Senior Research Engineer, 2006-2010.
I worked part-time in the applet development team at Seeker, assisting in development of our client-side SIM toolkit applet and investigating handset compatibility issues.

Telstra Research Laboratories

2001-2006 (Senior Research Technologist, 2004-2006; Research Technologist 2001-2004).
At Telstra, I worked on a variety of projects and technologies, including anomaly detection in network and service metrics, online identity management, mobile applications development, web service development, and online trading technologies.

Professional Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Information Technologies, The University of Sydney, 2010.
• Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies (Higher Education), University of Sydney, 2016.
• Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Information Systems) (Honours), The University of Sydney, 2000.
• Bachelor of Science (Computer Science, Physics), The University of Sydney, 1998.

Achievements

• Best Paper prize from the Entropy journal 2019
• Faculty Teaching Commendations in 2016, 2019, 2021
• USyd SOAR prize 2019-2020.
• SUPRA Supervisor of the Year Award (Faculty of Engineering & IT) 2018.
• ARC DECRA fellowship 2016-2019.
• Dean's Award for Outstanding Teaching Innovation 2017.
• Over 70 academic publications.
• Best Paper prizes at IEEE ALife 2013, 2011, RoboCup Symposium 2013, and best ECR presentation at NeuroEng 2014.
• CSIRO ICT Centre Young Scientist of the Year award 2013.
• Honourable mention in CORE Doctoral Dissertation Award 2010.
• Siemens Prize for Solving an Industry Problem in Research Project Work (at School of Information Technologies Research Conversazione 2006).
• A.E. and F.A.Q. Stephens Scholarship for Ph.D. studies, for highest ranked APA applicant to the University of Sydney (2006-2009).
• CSIRO Postgraduate Scholarship (ICT Centre) for Ph.D. studies (2006-2009).
• University Medal for Bachelor of Engineering Degree (2000).
• Chancellor's Industry Scholarship in Engineering (a co-op style scholarship) for undergraduate engineering studies (1996-2000).

PhD opportunities

See my Information Dynamics Team page for more information regarding PhD projects with me studying information processing in complex systems and networks.

Résumé/ CV

Full curriculum vitae available here.

Joe Lizier, Last Updated 6/12/2022. ;