Professor Lewis Mitchell
Professor
School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
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I'm a Professor of Data Science at the University of Adelaide. I study how information moves over social networks using mathematical models, coupled with data science techniques. My research interests are in computational social science, human dynamics, online social networks, as well as data assimilation and the mathematics of weather and climate. Please consult my homepage for further information.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2014 - ongoing Lecturer->Professor of Data Science University of Adelaide 2011 - 2014 Ed Lorenz postdoctoral fellow in the mathematics of climate University of Vermont -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2021 Award JH Michell Medal for outstanding new researchers ANZIAM Australia - 2018 Award ACEMS Recognition for Outstanding Participation in Outreach Award ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers (ACEMS) Australia 1000 2018 Award ACEMS Outstanding Achievements Recognition Award ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers Australia 1000 2018 Award SA Young Tall Poppy Award Australian Institute of Policy & Science Australia - 2017 Teaching Award ECMS Faculty Teaching Award (Continuing) University of Adelaide Australia 2000 2017 Honour Fresh Science SA Finallist - - - -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2008 - 2012 University of Sydney Australia PhD 2003 - 2007 University of Wollongong Australia BMath (Hons) (Adv) / BSc (Physics) (Adv) -
Research Interests
Applied Mathematics Applied Statistics Artificial Intelligence Computational Linguistics Computer Communications Networks Computer-Human Interaction Information and Computing Sciences Knowledge Representation and Machine Learning Mathematical Sciences Networking & Telecommunications Networking and Communications Neural, Evolutionary and Fuzzy Computation Neurocognitive Patterns and Neural Networks Numerical and Computational Mathematics Numerical Computation Pattern Recognition and Data Mining Simulation and Modelling Social Sciences Methods Stochastic Analysis and Modelling
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Journals
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2017 Mitchell, L. (2017). How the internet knows if you’re happy or sad. In J. Watson (Ed.), The Conversation Yearbook 2017: standout articles from Australia's top thinkers. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne University Press. -
Conference Papers
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Curated or Produced Public Exhibition or Events
Year Citation 2019 Mitchell, L. (2019). The Hedonometer exhibit (HEDONISM exhibition, MOD) (No. Of Pieces: 5 months) [Exhibition]. MOD (Museum of Discovery), Adelaide. -
Working Paper
Year Citation 2014 Frank, M. R., Williams, J. R., Mitchell, L., Bagrow, J. P., Dodds, P. S., & Danforth, C. M. (2014). Constructing a taxonomy of fine-grained human movement and activity
motifs through social media.2013 Bagrow, J. P., Desu, S., Frank, M. R., Manukyan, N., Mitchell, L., Reagan, A., . . . Bongard, J. C. (2013). Shadow networks: Discovering hidden nodes with models of information
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Internet Publications
Year Citation 2017 Mitchell, L. (2017). Explainer: how the internet knows if you’re happy or sad. The Conversation. 2016 McVernon, J., Ross, J. V., Glass, K., Mitchell, L., Geard, N., & Moss, R. (2016). Computing helps the study of infections on a global and local scale. 2016 Mitchell, L. (2016). How Twitter gives scientists a window into human happiness and health. The Conversation. -
Preprint
Year Citation 2022 Smart, B., Roughan, M., & Mitchell, L. (2022). The entropy rate of Linear Additive Markov Processes.
- ARC Discovery Project DP210103700: Mathematical modelling of information flow in social networks (with A/Prof Jim Bagrow and Prof. Matthew Roughan) ($390,000 over 3 years)
- NHMRC Ideas Grant 2002589: Improving the safety of implantable medical devices (with Dr. Marianne Gillam, Dr. Marie-Therese Kelly, Dr. Renly Lim and Dr. Tyman Stanford) ($775,924 over 3 years)
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers (ACEMS) (Chief Investigator in 2021)
- Universities Australia-DAAD (Germany) Australia-Germany Joint Research Cooperation Scheme: Detection and classification of malicious virtual grassroots influence campaigns in social media (with F Neumann, M Nasim, D Weber, C Grimme, H Trautmann, D Assenmacher) ($24,000 over 2 years)
- Cyber Security CRC: Cyber-social-security during COVID-19: The social media reaction to COVIDSafe ($10,000 over 1 year)
- DST/University of Adelaide Research agreement: Modelling in the grey zone (with Prof D Stephens) ($175,000 over 1 year)
- Centre for Invasive Species Solutions: Understanding and intervening in illegal trade in non-native species (with Prof. Joshua Ross and A/Prof. Phill Cassey) ($665,000 over 3 years)
- Data to Decisions CRC Beat The News Project: Predicting common and novel disease outbreaks by assimilating open data into epidemiological models (with A/Prof. Joshua Ross and Prof. Nigel Bean) ($637,606 over 3 years)
- Data to Decisions CRC Beat The News Project: Predicting civil unrest and election outcomes using Bayesian network models (with Dr. Jonathan Tuke and Prof. Nigel Bean) ($661,261 over 3 years)
Courses
- APP MTH 4047 Mathematics of Artificial Intelligence (2022-24)
- MATHS 2203 Advanced Mathematical Perspectives II (2021,2023-24)
- APP MTH 3014 Optimisation III (2021-24)
- MATHS 7027 Mathematical Foundations of Data Science (2019-21)
- MATHS 1004 Mathematics for Data Science I (2019)
- APP MTH 3001 Applied Probability III (2018-19)
- MATHS 2102 Differential Equations II (2015-17)
- MATHS 2104 Numerical Methods II (2015-17)
- MBB Mathematics for Biostatistics (online) (2015)
- MATHS 1011 Mathematics 1A (algebra) (2014)
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2024 Principal Supervisor Quantifying the onset of atrial fibrillation as a phase transition from synchrony into chaos Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Luke Phillip O'Loughlin 2024 Co-Supervisor Uncertainty Calibration of Probabilistic Machine Learning Models Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Peter Moskvichev 2024 Principal Supervisor Developing explainable AI methods for the financial sector Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Wenrui Zhang 2024 Principal Supervisor Quantifying Online Persuasibility: Analysis, Metrics Development, and Application in Digital Discourse Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Gia Bao Hoang 2023 Co-Supervisor Using Twitter Posts to determine whether gender effects the sentiment of text. Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Oska Tex Dubsky-Smith 2023 Co-Supervisor Analysis of users' behaviours in social networks using process mining techniques Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Ethan Michael Johnson 2023 Principal Supervisor Applications of data science and artificial intelligence to support intellectual property development in the creative industries Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Anton Andreacchio 2023 Principal Supervisor Financial Causality Networks in Cryptocurrency Markets Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Cameron James Cornell 2022 Co-Supervisor Investigating information flow across multiple online social networks: a network science and information theory approach Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Sara Benedetti 2022 Principal Supervisor Identifying and preventing the coordinated spread of misinformation Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Scott James Carnie-Bronca 2021 Co-Supervisor Large-scale social media sentiment analysis as a predictor of public behaviour in Australia. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Miss Saranzaya Magsarjav -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2022 - 2024 Principal Supervisor An Analysis of Bias in Australian Television Media Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Miss Irulan Claire Prowse Murphy 2021 - 2023 Principal Supervisor Measuring and modelling information flows in real-world networks Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Miss Bridget Anna Smart 2021 - 2023 Principal Supervisor The Application of Social Media in Modern-Day Influence Campaigns: Personality Profiling and Information Warfare Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Joshua Watt 2020 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Optimising Battery Replacement in a Fleet of Scooters Master of Philosophy Master Part Time Mr Joshua Thomas Price 2020 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Mathematics of Last-Mile Transportation Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Scott James Carnie-Bronca 2019 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Lagrangian Coherent Data Assimilation for Chaotic Geophysical Systems Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Ms Rose Joy Crocker 2019 - 2021 Principal Supervisor Non-parametric Information Flow Estimation in Social-Media News Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Tobin Max South 2019 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Carmen et Standard Error: Computational Methods in Stylometry for Classical Latin Poetry Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Benjamin Charles Nagy 2018 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Analysing Dynamics of the Illegal Wildlife Trade in Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Adam Toomes 2018 - 2020 Principal Supervisor Analysis of World War One Diaries using Natural Language Processing Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Miss Ashley Grace Dennis-Henderson 2018 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Data Science and Usefulness in Domains of Human Action Master of Philosophy Master Part Time Mr Anton Andreacchio 2017 - 2019 Co-Supervisor The One with the Social Network Analysis: The Extraction, Analysis and Modelling of Temporal Social Networks from Narratives Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Miss Michelle Claire Edwards 2017 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Mathematical and Statistical Models of Human Behaviour in Digital Epidemiology Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Dennis Liu 2017 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Using Approximate Bayesian Computation and Machine Learning Model Selection Techniques to Understand the Impact of Climate on Seasonal Influenza-like Illness in Australia Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Miss Jessica Penfold 2017 - 2020 Co-Supervisor On the application of Bayesian inference to network estimation problems Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Caitlin Miranda Gray 2016 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Characterising the Social Media Temporal Response to External Events Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Peter Mathews 2016 - 2018 Co-Supervisor A methodology for predictive topic modelling; or, any excuse to watch Love Actually Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Miss Vanessa Grace Glenny -
Other Supervision Activities
Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name 2024 - 2024 Principal Supervisor Explainability of machine learning models in credit default prediction The University of Adelaide - Honours - Shufan Wang 2023 - 2023 Principal Supervisor Coordinate networks can outperform Shannon interpolation The University of Adelaide - Honours - Alexander Mackay 2023 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Machine learning for sea ice remote sensing The University of Adelaide - Honours - Elizabeth Shine 2023 - ongoing Co-Supervisor Stochastic process mining The University of Adelaide - Honours - Alexandra Stephenson 2022 - ongoing Co-Supervisor Branching process model of early spread of gene drives through mouse populations The University of Adelaide - Honours - Thomas Heyworth 2018 - 2018 Principal Supervisor Network analysis of communication on Twitter University of Adelaide - Honours - Declan Jamieson 2018 - 2018 Principal Supervisor Analysis of balance in signed social networks from movies University of Adelaide - Honours - Saranzaya (Saka) Magsarjev 2017 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Prediction using emotional arcs in movies University of Adelaide - Honours Part Time Luke Pickering 2016 - 2018 Co-Supervisor Prediction of civil unrest events using Poisson and Hawkes models University of Adelaide - Honours - Wendy Li 2016 - 2016 Principal Supervisor Information cascades on random networks University of Adelaide - Honours - Caitlin Gray
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2017 - ongoing Member School of Mathematical Sciences Outreach Committee - - -
Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2014 - ongoing Member Australian Mathematical Society Australia
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