Research Associate, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Asia Tenggara (J-PAL SEA) Ntuthuko Hlela is an economist with diverse experience in both research and consulting roles. He is currently a Research Associate at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) and serves as an Economic Research Assistant to Maya Goldman. Previously, he worked as a Junior Economic Consultant for the World Bank and an Economic Researcher for the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU). Hlela is pursuing a Master of Commerce specializing in Economic Development at the University of Cape Town, with a year spent at the University of Paris Pantheon Sorbonne on an Erasmus Mundus Scholarship. He also holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) and a Bachelor of Art in Economics, both from the University of KwaZulu Natal, where he graduated with high distinction (Cum Laude and Summa Cum Laude, respectively). His project work/experience includes collaborations with the South African Presidency on improving the Social Relief of Distress Grant and research on tax financing options for social protection, as well as the impact of fiscal policy on income distribution in Côte d’Ivoire, Benin and Mongolia.
Professor and Tier I Canada Research Chair of Global Water Sustainability and Ecohydrology, University of Waterloo Nandita Basu is a Professor and Tier I Canada Research Chair in Global Water Sustainability and Ecohydrology at the University of Waterloo in Canada
Senior Research Fellow, Hypertension and Patient Engagement, University of Sydney I am a blood pressure researcher that focuses on 'people and systems' to tackle the leading cause of death and disability in Australia and worldwide. I work closely with people from our communities who have lived experience of high blood pressure to develop educational and digital health tools to improve the management of high blood pressure. I am completed my PhD in 2021 at the university of Tasmania, for my PhD project I developed a health station that used a touchscreen app to control a blood pressure machine so that people could have their blood pressure measured while they waited for a blood test at pathology services. In 2023 I moved to the University of Sydney where I am a Senior Research Fellow and co-lead Patient Engagement of the Australian Hypertension Taskforce which is endorsed by the Federal Minister for Health with the goal of improving blood pressure control from 32% to 70% by 2030. My current work is focused on empowering patients to navigate the management of high blood pressure through effective delivery of education in services people already use, like pharmacy.
Researcher, public health, Torrens University Australia I have been involved in research for 13 years and investigating various public health topics. My main research interests are HIV/AIDS, mental health, disability, social determinants of health and qualitative methods.
Chancellor's Fellow (AI and Datascience), School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh Website: https://malkin1729.github.io/ Excerpt: I work on algorithms for deep-learning-based reasoning and their applications. I am specifically interested in the following subjects. - Machine learning for generative models, in particular, induction of compositional structure in generative models and modeling of posteriors over high-dimensional explanatory variables (including with continuous-time (diffusion) generative models). Much of my recent work is on generative flow networks, which are a path towards inference machines that build structured, uncertainty-aware explanations for observed data. - Applications to natural language processing and reasoning in language: what large language models can do, what they cannot do, and how to overcome their limitations with improved inference procedures. I view human-like symbolic, formal, and mathematical reasoning via Bayesian neurosymbolic methods as a long-term aspiration for artificial intelligence. - Applications to computer vision: notably, below you can find my work on AI for remote sensing (land cover mapping and change detection), which can be used for tracking land use patterns over time and monitoring the effects of climate change.
Research Officer & PhD Candidate in Anthropology, UNSW Sydney Nina is a PhD Candidate in Anthropology at the University of Melbourne. She is also a Research Officer at the University of New South Wales, working on the Gaawaadhi Gadudha project.
