IAA Lab · Monash University
About Monash University
Monash University is a public research university in Melbourne, Australia, and a member of the Group of Eight, the country's research-intensive universities. It is ranked #31 globally in the 2027 QS World University Rankings and #38 globally in the 2026-2027 U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Rankings. On CSRankings it is #7 in HCI worldwide (2010-2026), and #1 in Australia in all four of AI, NLP, software engineering, and HCI.
Interpretive Agentic AI Lab (IAA Lab)
IAA Lab (Interpretive Agentic AI Lab) studies how to help people understand, build, evaluate, and use AI agents more effectively. Our goal is to support agent developers, trainers, evaluators, and end users in developing better agent systems and working effectively with agents. Using methods from the social sciences and HCI, we help people evaluate, monitor, visualize, debug, and oversee agents. Potential applications include AI agents for scientific research and discovery, software engineering, education and learning, and healthcare and wellbeing.
As a cross-disciplinary team, we bring together perspectives from the AI, HCI, social sciences, and software engineering. We especially welcome students from these backgrounds. Students with other strong backgrounds are also welcome to contact us.
Open Positions
PhD Students (1-2)Starting mid to late 2027 or early 2028
I will accept students via PhD scholarships below. I may also be able to fund exceptionally strong students directly, depending on grant funding at the time. Please see How to apply and the Graduate Research Admissions Procedure. International students must also satisfy the English language requirements.
Visiting Students
I personally benefited a lot from my own visiting experience, in which I learned other labs' research methods and gained access to their alumni networks. So IAA Lab will welcome visiting students. I also encourage our students to visit other labs in other countries, and to have one or more internships in industry or another research lab. This ensures our students are more competitive on the job market in their graduating year, whether they are looking for academic or industry positions. If you want to visit IAA Lab, please contact me.
Interns
We welcome interns both remotely and locally.
How to Reach Out
When you email me, please include:
- Your CV.
- Which position you are interested in, and when you would want to start.
- A short paragraph on what you want to work on and why it connects to the lab.