Prof Wolfgang Mayer
Associate Professor
School of Computer Science and Information Technology
College of Engineering and Information Technology
I am passionate about developing novel Artificial Intelligence technologies to help answer important questions in industry, healthcare, engineering, and Defense. My focus is on applied research where domain knowledge combined with data can provide solutions that mainstream “Big Data” and Machine Learning techniques cannot address. My expertise combines state-of-the-art machine learning & data analysis techniques, natural language processing technologies, and the “traditional” logic-based knowledge representation and reasoning techniques used for modelling, configuration, and diagnosis of technical systems.
I have a broad portfolio of applied research collaborations with individual businesses, government, and Defence organisations. My research has helped overcome data silos and provide intelligent tools for Asset Management, Health Care, Oil & Gas and steel industries, Waste Management, Sustainable Development, Transportation, the Government sector, and Defence. I have also developed intelligent tools for configuration and fault diagnosis in software systems, technical systems, and associated business processes.
As a member of the Leadership Group in the Industrial AI Research Centre at UniSA, I am experienced in leading junior researchers and accustomed to collaborating with a variety of stakeholders in industry, government, and research institutions. My strong links with industry and Defence have resulted in a line of successful research projects on data platforms for engineering processes (AutoCRC), asset management (CIEAM CRC and FenEx CRC), scientific data collection (ANDS), health data collection (NECTAR), information management for law enforcement (Data to Decisions CRC), manufacturing (IMCRC), risk management in healthcare (DHCRC), multiple projects in the Defence context (information provenance for network analytics, behavioural simulation models, data-driven simulation processes, network analysis, narrative extraction) and several industry-funded projects related to data-driven optimisation in a variety of application areas. Overall, I have received ~$3.88M project funding in the last 5 years. Moreover, I was a Chief Investigator of 1 ARC Discovery Project grant, led the research directions of 5 postdoctoral fellows, graduated 8 PhD students, and published over 100+ scientific peer-reviewed papers.
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Data Analysis, Model-based Reasoning and Diagnosis, Program Analysis and Debugging, Product and process configuration and optimisation, Data Fusion, Systems interoperability
| Date | Position | Institution name |
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| 2022 - 2025 | Associate Professor | University of South Australia |
| Language | Competency |
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| English | Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review |
| German | Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
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| 2007 - 2007 | University of South Australia | Australia | PhD |
| 2001 - 2001 | TU Wien | Austria | Master of Computer Science |
| Date | Title | Institution name | Country |
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| — | SCRUM Master & SCRUM Product Owner | Scrum Alliance | United States |
| — | Diploma of Leadership and Management | TAFE SA | Australia |
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Enhancing Asset Reliability and Risk Interoperability for Scale and Sparse Reliability Data, Future Energy Exports CRC Limited, 06/10/2025 - 17/10/2027
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FEnEx CRC Project Zero - 20.RP0.001, Future Energy Exports CRC Limited, 01/12/2020 - 31/12/2026
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SENTRI – Sensor-based Environmental sense-making Network for Threat Response and Information, Defence Innovation Partnership, 12/02/2025 - 02/09/2026
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Advancing a digital tool for improved water decision-making in agriculture, Australia's Economic Accelerator Ignite Grant, 15/08/2025 - 14/08/2026
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FEnEx 20.RP3.0048: Open Specification for Analytics Interoperability, Future Energy Exports CRC Limited, 01/04/2021 - 30/06/2026
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FEnEX 21.RP3.0106: Asset Reliability and Risk Interoperability to Optimise Maintenance Execution and Improve Risk Management of Energy Producers, Future Energy Exports CRC Limited, 01/07/2022 - 01/01/2026
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Enhancing the RAN’s Undersea Surveillance Minimum Viable Capability, Defence SA, 14/03/2024 - 01/01/2026
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DHCRC-0156: A Predictive Harm Response Management algorithmic tool to reduce adverse events in healthcare setting, Digital Health CRC, 20/07/2021 - 31/12/2025
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Narrative Visualisation for Multi-Domain Agile C2, Defence Science and Technology Group, 20/12/2023 - 31/12/2025
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Int Policing: Entity Linking & Resolution, D2D CRC Limited, 01/01/2016 - 31/12/2019
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CERA 329 DeepRay Glider Robust Autonomy, Cwth Dept of Defence, 24/03/2017 - 31/05/2019
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Urban Best Practice Expert System, UN-Habitat, 16/05/2018 - 16/05/2019
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Modelling Complex Warfighting Strategic Response Initiative, SR2, Defence Science and Technology Group, 09/04/2018 - 30/06/2018
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Techniques of Generating Behavioral Models for Constructive Combat Simulations, Cwth Dept of Defence, 01/09/2016 - 30/05/2017
Courses I teach
- COMP 3024 System Architecture (2025)
- INFT 5021 Capstone Professional Project (2025)
- COMP 3024 System Architecture (2024)
- INFS 2044 System Design and Realisation (2024)
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | - | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Kevin Hickson |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | - | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Nilanjana Sarker |
| 2023 | Co-Supervisor | - | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Naeem Paeedeh |
| 2023 | Principal Supervisor | - | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ifrah Siddiqui |
| 2023 | Principal Supervisor | - | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Cong-Linh Le |
| 2023 | Co-Supervisor | - | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Ranjita Sapkota |
| 2023 | Co-Supervisor | - | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Gourav Gupta |
| 2022 | Co-Supervisor | - | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Mahesh Wickramarachchi Wickramaarachchige |
| 2022 | Principal Supervisor | - | - | Master | Full Time | Mr Benjamin Babu |
| 2022 | Co-Supervisor | - | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Seunglim Lee |
| 2022 | Co-Supervisor | - | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Kevin Coburn |
| 2022 | Principal Supervisor | - | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Shathika Koralagamage |
| 2022 | Co-Supervisor | - | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Umar Memon |
| 2022 | Principal Supervisor | - | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Kyle Ferdinand Hartzenberg |
| 2022 | Co-Supervisor | - | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Shaila Maheshwari |
| 2021 | Co-Supervisor | - | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Chris Michael Boyd |
| 2021 | Co-Supervisor | - | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Keith Thomas Man |
| 2019 | Principal Supervisor | - | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Tom John Clarke |
| Date | Role | Editorial Board Name | Institution | Country |
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| 2025 - ongoing | Associate Editor | Data Mining and Machine Learning | Scilight | Australia |
| 2020 - ongoing | Associate Editor | International Journal of Modeling and Simulation | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
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