Jie Lu AO
Invited Speaker

Jie Lu AO

Distinguished Professor

Director of the Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute (AAII)
Director of the ARC Research Hub in Responsible AI for a Sustainable Grain Industry (gRAIn)
University of Technology Sydney, Australia

IEEE Fellow IFSA Fellow ACS Fellow Australian Laureate Fellow Australian Industry Laureate Fellow Officer of the Order of Australia

Biography

Distinguished Professor Jie Lu is a world-renowned scientist in computational intelligence, best known for her contributions to fuzzy machine learning, transfer learning, concept drift, recommender systems, and decision support systems. She is an IEEE Fellow, IFSA Fellow, Australian Computer Society Fellow, Australian Laureate Fellow, and Australian Industry Laureate Fellow.

Professor Lu is the Director of the Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute (AAII) and Director of the Australian Research Council Research Hub in Responsible AI for a Sustainable Grain Industry (gRAIn) at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia. She has published six research books and over 500 papers, supervised 60 doctoral students to completion, and led numerous ARC and industry-funded projects. She also serves as Editor-in-Chief of Knowledge-Based Systems and the International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems.

Talk Overview

Advanced Machine Learning for Decision Support in Complex Environments

This talk will present how advanced machine learning can effectively learn from complex data to support data-driven decision-making in uncertain and dynamic environments. It will introduce new autonomous transfer learning theories, methodologies, and algorithms that enable knowledge transfer across multiple source and target domains through latent-space construction, mapping functions, and self-training mechanisms.

The talk will also discuss new approaches to concept drift detection, understanding, and adaptation for continuously evolving data stream environments. These methods aim to identify when, where, and how drift occurs, enabling timely and adaptive responses. The presentation will further highlight real-world applications across multiple industry sectors, demonstrating how these advanced machine learning capabilities significantly strengthen prediction and decision support systems.

Autonomous transfer learning in uncertain environments
Knowledge transfer across multiple source and target domains
Latent-space construction, mapping, and self-training
Concept drift detection, understanding, and adaptation
Explainable identification of when, where, and how drift occurs
Real-world decision support applications across industries

Research Interests

  • Computational Intelligence
  • Fuzzy Machine Learning
  • Transfer Learning
  • Concept Drift
  • Recommender Systems
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Data-Driven Prediction
  • Responsible Artificial Intelligence

Selected Distinctions

  • Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), 2023 Australia Day Honours
  • IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems Outstanding Paper Awards (2019, 2022, 2025)
  • NeurIPS Outstanding Paper Award, 2022
  • Australia’s Most Innovative Engineer Award, 2019
  • Australasian AI Distinguished Research Contribution Award, 2022
  • NSW Premier’s Prize for Excellence in Engineering or ICT, 2023
  • iAwards 2025 NSW Merit Recipient, Technology Platform Category
  • Over 40 keynote speeches at major international conferences

Academic Leadership

Current Role
Distinguished Professor, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia
Institute Leadership
Director, Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute (AAII)
Research Leadership
Director, ARC Research Hub in Responsible AI for a Sustainable Grain Industry (gRAIn)
Editorial Service
Editor-in-Chief, Knowledge-Based Systems
Editorial Service
Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems
Research Output
Author of 6 research books and over 500 papers; supervisor of 60 completed doctoral students