Dr Arpit Garg
Research Fellow
Office of Engineering and Information Technology
College of Engineering and Information Technology
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.
My research focuses on developing robust and responsible AI systems that can operate reliably in real-world environments with imperfect data. I specialize in instance-dependent noisy label learning, where I've pioneered novel graphical model approaches and adaptive estimation techniques that significantly improve model performance when training labels are corrupted or unreliable. Through my work at TikTok, I advanced multimodal large language models (MLLMs) for Trust & Safety applications, achieving substantial AUC improvements by integrating diverse vision backbones with state-of-the-art language models.
Currently, as a Grant-Funded Research Fellow at the Responsible AI Research Centre, I'm developing privacy-preserving machine learning frameworks for Australian data sovereignty and AI safety protocols for critical infrastructure. My research bridges theoretical advances with practical applications, from contributing ML innovations to major film productions (Mad Max: Furiosa, Wolverine & Deadpool) to architecting scalable AI systems with multi-million dollar revenue impact. I maintain active collaborations with leading international institutions and contribute regularly to top-tier conferences including ECCV, WACV, and ICCV.
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 - 2025 | University of Adelaide | Australia | PhD |
| 2019 - 2021 | University of Adelaide | Australia | Master of Data Science |
| 2015 - 2019 | Rajasthan Technical University | India | Bachelors of Technology in Computer Science |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| - | Verma, M. A. K. (2017). BLOCKCHAIN: AN ANALYSIS ON NEXT-GENERATION INTERNET. International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science, 8(8), 429-432. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Garg, A., Nguyen, C., Felix, R., Do, T. -T., & Carneiro, G. (2025). Instance-Dependent Noisy-Label Learning with Graphical Model Based Noise-Rate Estimation. In Lecture Notes in computer science Vol. 15062 LNCS (pp. 372-389). Milan, Italy: Springer Nature Switzerland. DOI |
| 2023 | Garg, A., Nguyen, C., Felix, R., Do, T. -T., & Carneiro, G. (2023). Instance-Dependent Noisy Label Learning via Graphical Modelling. In Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV 2023) (pp. 2287-2297). Online: IEEE. DOI Scopus32 WoS30 |
| 2021 | Shah, P., Garg, A., & Gajjar, V. (2021). PeR-ViS: Person Retrieval in Video Surveillance using Semantic Description. In 2021 IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision Workshops (WACVW) (pp. 41-50). Virtual, Waikola: IEEE. DOI Scopus12 WoS5 |
My research on Noisy label was supported by prestigious international funding including the Australian Research Council grants DP180103232 and FT190100525, which fund my collaborative work on robust machine learning and computer vision applications. Additionally, I'm supported by the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) grant EP/Y018036/1, enabling cross-institutional research with the University of Oxford and University of Surrey.
This comprehensive funding support has enabled me to focus on high-impact research while collaborating with leading institutions across Australia, the UK, and internationally, positioning my work at the forefront of responsible AI development.
Lecturer for COMP SCI 7306 - Mining Big Data (Tri 1, 2022)
As a Research Fellow at the Australian Institute for Machine Learning, I actively mentor next-generation Australian AI researchers, providing guidance on responsible AI development and advanced machine learning techniques. My teaching philosophy emphasizes hands-on learning through real-world applications, drawing from my diverse industry experience at TikTok, Rising Sun Pictures, and defense research organizations.
I contribute to the academic community by serving as a reviewer for premier machine learning conferences including ICCV, WACV, ECCV, and ICLR, helping maintain high standards in AI research publication. My mentoring extends beyond formal academic settings, as I've guided team members across cross-functional industry collaborations and contributed to open-source projects that have received over 140,000 GitHub visits, demonstrating my commitment to knowledge sharing and community education in the AI field.
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Exploring complex encoding and Instant NGP for efficient positional encoding in machine learning models | Master of Philosophy | Master | Full Time | Mr Runze Xu |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Location | Program | Supervision Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 - 2023 | Principal Supervisor | Live AI Art Gallery | Australian Institute for Machine Learning | Bachelor of IT | Other | Full Time | Abhijith Sreekumar |
| 2025 - ongoing | Principal Supervisor | Fine-tuning Spatial Language Models for Food Quantity Estimation from Images | University of Adelaide | Master Of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning | Master | - | Varun Chahar |
| 2025 - ongoing | Principal Supervisor | Fine-tuning Spatial Language Models for Food Quantity Estimation from Images | University of Adelaide | Master Of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning | Master | - | Sreehari Suraj |
| 2025 - ongoing | Principal Supervisor | Fine-tuning Spatial Language Models for Food Quantity Estimation from Images | University of Adelaide | Master Of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning | Master | - | Sweedal Jacintha Dsouza |
| 2023 - 2024 | Principal Supervisor | Live AI ART Gallery | Australian Institute for Machine Learning | Master of Data Science | Master | Full Time | Divye Maggo |
| Date | Role | Committee | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 - 2025 | Co-Chair | Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA 2025) | Australian Institute for Machine Learning | Australia |
| Date | Role | Membership | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 - ongoing | Member | Australian Computer Society | Australia |
| 2021 - ongoing | Member | Association for Computing Machinery | United States |
| 2021 - ongoing | Member | Institution of Engineers | India |