Mr Brian Drake
Higher Degree by Research Candidate
School of Computer Science and Information Technology
College of Engineering and Information Technology
Hi, I'm Drake!
I’m a biotechnologist turned ML Engineer, currently pursuing a PhD in causal AI for decision making. My current research direction is more specifically, exploring Causal AI for Education.
Alongside my research, I’m the Lead Teacher at AI Camp and work casually with Barossa Eye Clinic as a Research Engineer. I’m passionate about AI literacy, biolife sciences, and building responsible, novel AI projects.
Thanks for stopping by!
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 - 2025 | Research Intern | Australian Institute for Machine Learning, AIML |
| 2025 - ongoing | Research Engineer | Barossa Eye Clinic |
| 2025 - ongoing | Head of Teaching, SA | AI Camp |
| 2024 - 2025 | AI Trainer (Advanced Biology) | Outlier.ai |
| 2021 - 2023 | Analytical Scientist II | Agilex Biolabs |
| Language | Competency |
|---|---|
| English | Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 - 2025 | University of Adelaide | Australia | Master of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning |
| 2024 - 2024 | University of Adelaide | Australia | Graduate Certificate Of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning |
| 2023 - 2023 | University of South Australia | Australia | Graduate Certificate of Project Management |
| 2013 - 2019 | University of Adelaide | Australia | Bachelor of Science |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Drake, B. (2025). LLM's in your workflow. Poster session presented at the meeting of NeurIPS 2025 Education Program. |