Dr Leon Yang

STAFF PROFILE

Position

Lecturer, IT

Faculty

Faculty of Sci Eng & Built Env

Department

School of Info Technology

Campus

Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy, Deakin University, 2020
Bachelor of Information Technology (Honours), Deakin University, 2015
Bachelor of Information Technology with Distinction, Deakin University, 2013

Contact

leon.yang@deakin.edu.au
+61 3 925 17104

Biography

Leon obtained his Ph.D. in Machine Learning and Data Science from Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute, at Deakin University, in 2020. His primary interest includes theoretical and applied Machine Learning with a current focus on Machine Learning, Optimization, Virtual Reality and Digital Transformation.

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Research interests

Machine Learning

Cloud Computing

Digital Transformation

Optimization

Teaching interests

Data Science

Cloud Computing

Cybersecurity

Awards

School of IT award for Sessional Staff Excellence 2023

Publications

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2021

Sparse Spectrum Gaussian Process for Bayesian Optimization

A Yang, C Li, S Rana, S Gupta, S Venkatesh

(2021), Vol. 12713, pp. 257-268, PAKDD 2021 : Advances in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining : 25th Pacific-Asia Conference, PAKDD 2021, Virtual Event, May 11–14, 2021, Proceedings, Part I, Virtual Event, E1

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2018

Efficient Bayesian optimisation using derivative meta-model

A Yang, C Li, S Rana, S Gupta, S Venkatesh

(2018), Vol. 11013, pp. 256-264, PRICAI 2018: Proceedings of the 15th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Nanjing, China, E1

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Sparse approximation for Gaussian process with derivative observations

A Yang, C Li, S Rana, S Gupta, S Venkatesh

(2018), Vol. 11320, pp. 507-518, AI 2018: Proceedings of the 31st Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Wellington, N.Z., E1

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2015

Enhanced Twitter sentiment analysis by using feature selection and combination

A Yang, J Zhang, L Pan, Y Xiang

(2015), pp. 52-57, SOCIALSEC 2015: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Security and Privacy in Social Networks and Big Data, Hangzhou, China, E1

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Funded Projects at Deakin

No Funded Projects at Deakin found

Supervisions

No completed student supervisions to report