
Overview
Background
Shazia Sadiq FTSE is a Professor of Computer Science at the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland. Her research focusses on responsible data management and aims to reduce the socio-technical barriers to data driven transformation, by assisting organisations to create, protect and sustain agile data pipelines. Her work has contributed to advancing knowledge on data quality management, scalable data curation and cleaning, and bias mitigation for advanced opaque analytical models and techniques, and process improvements for data-driven organisations. She is part of the Data Science discipline that has received the highest ranking for excellence in research for Australia in every round of ERA. She has published over 200 peer-reviewed publications and attracted over $10million in research funding from the Australian Research Council, industry and various national and international funding bodies. Shazia has been a devoted lecturer for two decades, and an advocate of learning analytics and AI in Education for improving personalized learning and equitable graduate outcomes. In 2012, she received an institutional award for teaching excellence and in 2016 she spearheaded the highly successful Master of Data Science program at UQ, that is helping overcome skill shortages in Queensland for qualified data scientists. Shazia is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, immediate past chair of the National Committee on Information and Communication Sciences at the Australian Academy of Science 2019-2023, a member of The Australian Research Council College of Experts 2018-2021, and Centre Director for the ARC Industry Transformation Training Centre on Information Resilience 2020-2025.
Availability
- Professor Shazia Sadiq is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science, Quaid-i-Azam University
- Masters (Coursework), Quaid-i-Azam University
- Masters (Coursework), Asian Institute of Technology Thailand
Research interests
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Data and Information Quality
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Database Mangement
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Business Process Management
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Conceptual Modelling
Works
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2009
Journal Article
On managing business processes variants
Lu, Ruopeng, Sadiq, Shazia and Governatori, Guido (2009). On managing business processes variants. Data and Knowledge Engineering, 68 (7), 642-664. doi: 10.1016/j.datak.2009.02.009
2009
Conference Publication
Learning from experience: can e-learning technology be used as a vehicle?
Au, Thien Wan, Sadiq, Shazia and Li, Xue (2009). Learning from experience: can e-learning technology be used as a vehicle?. 4th International Conference on e-Learning, ICEL 2009, Toronto, Canada, 16-17 July 2009.
2009
Book Chapter
The journey to business process compliance
Governatori, Guido and Sadiq, Shazia (2009). The journey to business process compliance. Handbook of Research on Business Process Modelling. (pp. 426-454) edited by Jorge Cardoso and Wil van der Aalst. Hershey, PA, USA: IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-60566-288-6.ch020
2009
Book Chapter
Managing Regulatory Compliance in Business Processes
Sadiq, Shazia and Governatori, Guido (2009). Managing Regulatory Compliance in Business Processes. Handbook on Business Process Management 2 : Strategic alignment, governance, people and culture. (pp. 159-176) edited by Jan vom Brocke and Michael Rosemann. Berlin: Springer.
2009
Journal Article
Defining adaptation constraints for business process variants
Lu, Ruopeng, Sadiq, Shazia, Governatori, Guido and Yang, Xiaoping (2009). Defining adaptation constraints for business process variants. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, 21 LNBIP, 145-156. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-01190-0_13
2008
Journal Article
Proceedings of the 1st International Joint Workshop on Technologies for Collaborative Business Processes and Management of Enterprise Information Systems TCoB and MEIS 2007, In Conjunction with ICEIS 2007: Foreword
Sadiq, Shazia, Reichert, Manfred, Schultz, Karsten, Trienekens, Jos, Møller, Charles and Kusters, Rob J. (2008). Proceedings of the 1st International Joint Workshop on Technologies for Collaborative Business Processes and Management of Enterprise Information Systems TCoB and MEIS 2007, In Conjunction with ICEIS 2007: Foreword. Proceedings of the 1st Int. Joint Workshop on Technologies for Collaborative Business Processes and Management of Enterprise Information Systems TCoB and MEIS 2007, In Conjunction with ICEIS 2007
2008
Journal Article
Joint Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing, IWUC 2008; 4th International Workshop on Model-Driven Enterprise Information Systems, MDEIS 2008; 3rd International Workshop on Technologies for Context-Aware Business Process Management, TCoB 2008; In Conjunction with ICEIS 2008: Foreword
Mostéfaoui, Soraya Kouadri, Maamar, Zakaria, Pires, Luís Ferreira, Hammoudi, Slimane, Rinderle-Ma, Stefanie, Sadiq, Shazia and Schulz, Karsten (2008). Joint Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing, IWUC 2008; 4th International Workshop on Model-Driven Enterprise Information Systems, MDEIS 2008; 3rd International Workshop on Technologies for Context-Aware Business Process Management, TCoB 2008; In Conjunction with ICEIS 2008: Foreword. 5th Int. Workshop Ubiquitous Comput. - IWUC 2008; 4th Int. Workshop Model-Driven Enterp. Inf. Sys. - MDEIS 2008; 3rd Int. Workshop Technol. Context-Aware Bus. Process Manage. - TCoB 2008; ICEIS 2008.
2008
Journal Article
Preface
Sadiq, Shazia, Indulska, Marta and Zur Muehlen, Michael (2008). Preface. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 339
2008
Journal Article
Measurement of compliance distance in business processes
Lu, Ruopen, Sadiq, Shazia and Governatori, Guido (2008). Measurement of compliance distance in business processes. Information Systems Management, 25 (4), 344-355. doi: 10.1080/10580530802384613
2008
Conference Publication
Similarity matching of business process variants
Mahmod, N.M., Sadiq, S. and Lu, R. (2008). Similarity matching of business process variants. 10th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS2008), Barcelona, Spain, 12-16 June, 2008. Portugal: Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communications.
2008
Conference Publication
Utilizing association relationship for selecting a relevant portion of an ontology
Ahmad, M. N., Colomb, R. M. and Sadiq, S. (2008). Utilizing association relationship for selecting a relevant portion of an ontology. Fifth International Conference on IT and Applications (ICITA'08), Cairns, Australia, 23-26 June 2008. Bathurst, N.S.W.: Macquarie Scientific.
2008
Conference Publication
Evie - A developers toolkit for encoding service interaction patterns
O'Hagan, Anthony M. J., Sadiq, Shazia and Sadiq, Wasim (2008). Evie - A developers toolkit for encoding service interaction patterns. 3rd International Workshop on Business Process Design (BPD'07), Brisbane, Australia, 24-28 September, 2007. Berlin: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-78238-4_28
2008
Conference Publication
A study of data quality issues in mobile telecom operators
Yeganeh, Naiem Khodabandhloo and Sadiq, Shazia (2008). A study of data quality issues in mobile telecom operators. 10th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, Barcelona, Spain, 12-16 June 2008. Setubal, Portugal: INSTICC Press.
2008
Conference Publication
On using workflow technology to model eLearning process
Pongpech, A., Sadiq, S. and Orlowska, M. E. (2008). On using workflow technology to model eLearning process. ICALT 2008: 8th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, 1-5 July 2008. Piscataway NJ United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/ICALT.2008.158
2008
Conference Publication
Compliance aware business process design
Lu, Ruopeng, Sadiq, Shazia and Governatori, Guido (2008). Compliance aware business process design. 5th International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM 2007), Brisbane, Australia, 24 September 2007. Berlin, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-78238-4
2008
Conference Publication
Preface
Sadiq, Shazia, Indulska, Marta and Zur Muehlen, Michael (2008). Preface. 1st International Workshop on Governance, Risk and Compliance - Applications in Information Systems (GRCIS'08) held in conjunction with the CAiSE'08 Conference, Montpelier, France, 17 June 2008.
2008
Conference Publication
Research and practice in data quality
Sadiq, Shazia, Zhou, Xiaofang and Deng, Ke (2008). Research and practice in data quality. APWeb 2008: 10th Asia Pacific Web Conference, Shenyang, China, 26-28 April, 2008. Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-78849-2_6
2008
Conference Publication
A Relevant Portion of an Ontology: Defining a System of ED Rules using a Part-Whole Relationship
Ahmad, Mohammad Nazir, Colomb, Robert M and Sadiq, Shazia (2008). A Relevant Portion of an Ontology: Defining a System of ED Rules using a Part-Whole Relationship. Second Asia International Conference on Modelling and Simulation AICMS 2008, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 13 – 15 May 2008. New York, USA: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/AMS.2008.28
2008
Journal Article
Extending a class of continuous estimation of distribution algorithms to dynamic problems
Yuan, B., Orlowska, M. and Sadiq, S. (2008). Extending a class of continuous estimation of distribution algorithms to dynamic problems. Optimization Letters, 2 (3), 433-443. doi: 10.1007/s11590-007-0071-4
2008
Conference Publication
UML-based DEMO profiles as metaconcepts for interlocking institutional worlds
Ahmad, M.N., Colomb, R.M. and Sadiq, S. (2008). UML-based DEMO profiles as metaconcepts for interlocking institutional worlds. Pacific-Asia International Conference on Information Systems (PACIS'08), Suzhou, People's Republic of China, 3-7 July, 2008. China: Association for Information Systems.
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Professor Shazia Sadiq is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
A Process Oriented Approach to Value Creation from Data Products
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Marta Indulska, Associate Professor Ida Asadi Someh
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Doctor Philosophy
Critical Success Factors in Data Driven Value Creation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Marta Indulska, Professor Gianluca Demartini
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Doctor Philosophy
Causal Analysis for Decision Support in Public Health
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Hongzhi Yin, Dr Rocky Chen
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Doctor Philosophy
Bias Mitigation in Human in the Loop Decision Systems
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Gianluca Demartini
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Doctor Philosophy
Coordinating for Innovation in Ecosystems: A Sensemaking Perspective
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andrew Burton-Jones
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Doctor Philosophy
Customer Data Stories
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Gianluca Demartini
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Doctor Philosophy
Value Measurement of Data Products
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Rocky Chen
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Master Philosophy
Privacy-Preserving Data Governance Framework for Generative AI: Ensuring Ethical Use and Protection of Sensitive Information
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Marta Indulska, Associate Professor Ida Asadi Someh
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Doctor Philosophy
Expanding Data Sets to Allow Improved Critical Care for Children - Outpatient Risk Prediction
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Adam Irwin, Associate Professor Sen Wang
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Doctor Philosophy
On-demand Dataset Builder
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Wojtek Tomaszewski, Dr Hassan Khosravi
Completed supervision
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Sensemaking in Integrative Multi-artefact Information Tasks
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Marta Indulska, Professor Gianluca Demartini
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2021
Master Philosophy
Integrated Information Risk Management Framework
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Marta Indulska
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2021
Master Philosophy
An exploration of data quality awareness and impacts in healthcare
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Marta Indulska
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
DEVELOPING A FRAMEWORK OF EFFECTIVE USE OF BIG DATA
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Marta Indulska
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Integrated Modeling of Business Processes and Business Rules
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Marta Indulska
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Effect of Using Domain Ontologies to Facilitate Shared Understanding and Cross-Understanding in Groups
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Marta Indulska
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
A PATTERN BASED APPROACH FOR DATA QUALITY REQUIREMENTS MODELLING
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Marta Indulska
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2016
Master Philosophy
A Data-Driven Approach for Discovery of Data Quality Requirements
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Marta Indulska
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
A Framework for Socialisation of Work Practice for Improving Business Process Performance
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Xue Li
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT ONTOLOGY: ENABLING SHARED UNDERSTANDING IN COMPLIANCE PRACTICE
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Marta Indulska
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
A Framework for Investigating, Analysing and Recommending eLearning Experience
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Xue Li
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
Customizing activity behaviour for flexible business process execution
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Xue Li
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2009
Doctor Philosophy
An Ontology Server for Ontology-based Interoperation of Information Systems
Principal Advisor
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2009
Doctor Philosophy
Framework for Personalized eLearning based on Pedagogical Dependencies
Principal Advisor
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2008
Doctor Philosophy
Design Considerations for Query Dissemination in Wireless Sensor Networks
Principal Advisor
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2008
Doctor Philosophy
On Optimal Path Computations in Intensive Messaging Environments
Principal Advisor
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Recommending Insightful Actions in Learning Analytics Dashboards
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Marta Indulska, Dr Hassan Khosravi
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Automating Expertise in Identifying Structured Data Quality Issues: From Experts, Through Novices, to Machines
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Marta Indulska, Professor Gianluca Demartini
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
On the Role of Human and Machine Metadata in Crowdsourced Data Annotation
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Marta Indulska, Professor Gianluca Demartini
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
AI and Learning Analytics to Improve Peer Review and Feedback in Learnersourcing
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Hassan Khosravi
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Improving the Work Environment and Data Quality in Micro-Task Crowdsourcing
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Gianluca Demartini
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Learner Models for Learnersourced Adaptive Educational Systems
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Hassan Khosravi
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Intelligence Behind Annotations: A Study of Understanding Interaction Behavior when the Human is in the Loop
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Gianluca Demartini
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2020
Master Philosophy
Advanced Machine Learning Algorithms for Discrete Datasets
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Hongzhi Yin
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Large-scale Content Management and Retrieval for Social Media
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Helen Huang
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
POINT OF INTERESTS RECOMMENDATION IN LOCATION-BASED SOCIAL NETWORKS
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Hongzhi Yin
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2017
Master Philosophy
SQL Extensions for Domain Agnostic Data Representational Consistency
Associate Advisor
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
SharkDB: An In-Memory Storage System for Large Scale Trajectory Data Management
Associate Advisor
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Quality-Aware Trajectory Processing Using Significant Locations
Associate Advisor
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2007
Doctor Philosophy
Business Process Enforcement Using Harmonized Messaging Technology
Associate Advisor
Media
Enquiries
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- Business process management - and IT
- Data quality management
- Databases
- Governance - IT
- Information systems
- Information technology
- IT - risk and compliance
- Risk and compliance - IT
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