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Prof Maia Angelova Turkedjieva

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Position

Visitor

Faculty

Faculty of Sci Eng & Built Env

Department

School of Info Technology

Campus

Melbourne Burwood Campus

Contact

maia.a@deakin.edu.au
+61 3 924 68756

Biography

I joined Deakin University in January 2017  as a Professor of Data Analytics and Machine Learning. From January 1997 to December 2016 I worked at Northumbria University, UK, where I was a Professor of Mathematical Physics from 2004. I was a College Lecturer in Physics in Somerville and Worcester Colleges and a member of the Theoretical Physics Sub-Department at Oxford University  for 6 years from 1991 to 1996, and Assistant Professor in Physics at Sofia University from 1988 to 1991. I am a Visiting professor at the National University of Mexico from 2015 and an Honorary Professor at Amity University. I was a Visiting Researcgh Fellow at the Department of Chemistry at University of Kent at Canterbury from 1988 to 1991.

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Biography summary

I am a Professor of Data Analytics and Machine Learning at the School of Information Technology at Deakin University from January 2017. I was a Professor of Mathematical Physics at the Department of Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering at Northumbria University at Newcastle upon Tyne from 2004 to 1996. Before that I was a reder in Applied Mathematics from 2001 to 2004 and Senior and Prinvipal Lecturer in Mathematics at Northumbria University from 1996 to 2001. I worked in Oxford University from 1991 to 1996 as a College Lecturer in Physics at Somerville College and a member of Theoretical Physics Sub-Department. 

Affiliations

Professor of Data Analytics and Machine Learning - School of IT, Deakin University 2017 - to date

Visiting Professor - National University of Mexico, 2015 - to date

Honorary Professor - Amity School of Engineering and Technology - 2018 to date 

Professor of Mathematical Physics - Department of Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering, Northumbria University 1997-2016

Lecturer in Physics - Somerville College, Oxford University 1991-1996

Assistant Professor in Physics - Faculty of Physics, Sofia University 1988-1991

Visiting Research Fellow, Departmnent of Chemistry, University of Kent at Canterbury  1988 -1991

Knowledge areas

Data analytics, machine learning and data mining, biomathematics, bioinformatics, mathematical physics, group theory, financial mathematics, condensed matter physics, mathematical crystallography.

Professional activities

Fellow of The Institute of Physics
Member of The London Mathematical Society

Member of The Australian Mathematical Society

Member of The International Union of Crystallography

member of The European Women in Mathematics

Projects

2015-2019: Loss of Complexity of human physiological signals with ageing and degenerative disease, funded by The Academy of Medical Sciences. 


2011-2014: Models for Ageing and Technological Solutions for Improving and Enhancing the Quality of Life (MATSIQEL), I was the Coordinator and principal investigator of the European research project funded by FP7-People-IRSES programme;

Publications

No publications found

Funded Projects at Deakin

Australian Competitive Grants

Improving parent and child emotion regulation in early childhood to reduce population rates of child mental illness

A/Prof Elizabeth Westrupp, Prof Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Jamie Thomas, Prof Maia Angelova Turkedjieva, Dr Sophie Havighurst, A/Prof Subhadra Evans, Dr Lisa Olive, A/Prof Melissa O'Shea, Mrs Maria Bates, Dr Christane Kehoe

NHMRC - Ideas Grant

  • 2024: $118,685
  • 2023: $345,686

Other Public Sector Funding

Multiple networks in dynamical combat modelling and critical phenomena.

Prof Maia Angelova Turkedjieva, Dr Ye Zhu

Department of Defence

  • 2018: $12,778

Intelligent Sensor processing for Enhancing Defence Decision Support.

Prof Maia Angelova Turkedjieva, Dr Ye Zhu, A/Prof Tim Wilkin, Dr Dan Dwyer, Dr Alex Kalloniatsis, Prof Paul Gastin

Defence Science Institute

  • 2019: $30,000
  • 2018: $20,000

Adversarial decision making networks and directed fires with non-combatant populations.

Prof Maia Angelova Turkedjieva, Dr Ye Zhu, Dr Sergiy Shelyag

DSTO Grant - Research - Defence Science & Technology Organisation

  • 2019: $30,000

Modelling networked combat, adversarial C2 and information operations.

Prof Maia Angelova Turkedjieva, Dr Sergiy Shelyag, Dr Ye Zhu

Department of Defence

  • 2020: $30,000

PlayerImpact: Data-driven Performance Evaluation of Player and Team via machine Learning Approach.

Prof Maia Angelova Turkedjieva, Dr Shitanshu Kusmakar, Dr Sergiy Shelyag

DSTO Grant - Research - Defence Science & Technology Organisation

  • 2020: $20,000

Industry and Other Funding

Risk of Attempt of Suicide Model

A/Prof Chandan Karmakar, Prof Maia Angelova Turkedjieva, Dr Md Ahsan Habib

Leidos, Inc

  • 2024: $15,503
  • 2023: $34,043

Supervisions

Principal Supervisor
2024

Sunita Rani

Thesis entitled: Investigation of Sleep and Sedentary Patterns in Adults Using Data-Driven Models and Actigraphy

Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology), School of Information Technology

Jeban Chandir Moses

Thesis entitled: Automatic Screening for Diabetes and Heart Failure Using Heart Rate Variability

Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology), School of Information Technology

2023

Jyotheesh Gaddam

Thesis entitled: Development of Self-Adaptive Hybrid Algorithms: A Hyper-Heuristic Approach to Dynamic Optimisation

Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology), School of Information Technology

Associate Supervisor
2023

Man Li

Thesis entitled: Weighted Dynamic Time Warping for Time Series Analysis

Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology), School of Information Technology

2022

Scott Tagliaferri

Thesis entitled: Towards data-driven biopsychosocial classification of non-specific chronic low back pain

Doctor of Philosophy (Nutrition & Exercise) (Low Cost), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences

Emran Ali

Thesis entitled: Minimising Electroencephalogram Channels for Epileptic Seizure Detection

Master of Science (Information Technology), School of Information Technology