Azadeh Ghari-Neiat

Dr. Azadeh Ghari-Neiat is a Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering at the University of Queensland. Her research sits at the intersection of the Internet of Things (IoT), mobile computing, crowdsourcing, federated learning, and cybersecurity, with a particular focus on building trustworthy, privacy-preserving intelligent systems deployed at scale. Her current work explores federated fine-tuning of large language models (LLMs), enabling collaborative model adaptation across distributed environments without compromising data privacy, with emerging interests in the security and robustness of autonomous AI agents – bridging her long-standing expertise in distributed computing with the evolving challenges of trustworthy generative AI.

She completed her PhD in Computer Science at RMIT University in 2018. Prior to joining UQ, she was a Senior Lecturer at Deakin University, where she received two teaching awards and an innovation award from the School of IT in 2023 in recognition of her excellence in teaching, student engagement, and innovation, and previously held positions at the University of Sydney as a postdoctoral research fellow and casual lecturer.

At UQ, she coordinates COMP2701 (Generative AI) and lectures in DECO3800/7380 (Design Computing Studio 3), supervises postgraduate research students in areas including trustworthy LLM systems, and serves as program convenor of the Master of Software Engineering programs.