Shlomo Berkovsky

Senior Research Scientist

Contact

GPO Box 1538
Hobart TAS 7001

Tel: 61 3 6232 5536
Fax: 61 3 6232 5050
Email

Projects

• TLI - Tailored Lifestyle Information

Science Area

• Human Computer Interaction

Biography

I am a Research Scientist at the TLI project, Tasmanian ICT Centre. The project project aims to provide overweight individuals and their families with health and lifestyle information relevant to them.

My broad research interests are user modelling and personalisation as a means to overcome the information overload problem. In particular, I am interested in the mediation of user models, ubiquitous user modelling, recommender systems, collaborative and content-based filtering, context-aware personalisation, personalised content generation, and use of machine learning and data mining techniques in user modelling and personalisation. My prior research interest include text and web mining, semantic web and peer-to-peer computing.

Before joining CSIRO, I was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Melbourne. I graduated from the University of Haifa. The topic of my PhD thesis was "Mediation of user models for enhanced personalisation in recommender systems". The topic of my MSc thesis was "Unspecified ontologies for peer-to-peer E-Commerce applications".

Academic Qualifications

2007	PhD(summa cum laude), Computer Science Department, University of Haifa
2004	MSc(cum laude), Computer Science Department, University of Haifa
2002	BSc, Computer Science Department, University of Haifa

Recent Professional Experience

2010-cur.	Senior Research Scientist, ICT Centre, CSIRO.
2008-2010	Research Scientist and Team Leader, ICT Centre, CSIRO.
2007-2008	Research Fellow, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, University of Melbourne.
2004-2007	Research Associate, Caesarea Rothschild Institute for Interdisciplinary Applications of Computer Science, University of Haifa.
2001-2004	Research Assistant, Computer Science Department, University of Haifa.

Achievements & Awards

2011	Tasmania State iAward in eHealth, Australian Information Industry Association.
2011	Tasmania State iAward in Media and Entertainment, Australian Information Industry Association.
2010	Top-10 Publisher Award, ICT Centre, CSIRO.
2010	Tasmania State iAward in Research and Development, Australian Information Industry Association.
2006	Best Paper Award, International Conference on Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-Based Systems.
2005	Research Recognition Award, Caesarea Rothschild Institute for Interdisciplinary Applications of Computer Science.

Other Highlights

2011	Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group, tutorial.
2011	International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering, tutorial.
2011	Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, tutorial.
2011	International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization, tutorial.
2011	Workshop on Datasets for Technology Enhanced Learning, European Network of Excellence in Technology-Enhanced Learning, keynote talk.
2009	International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Science and Technology, tutorial.
2007	Australian Language Technology Workshop, tutorial.

Summary of Science & Technical Output

Grants

2007	Early Career Researcher Grant, "Context-Aware Personalization through Cross-Context Reasoning of User Modeling Data", Research Office, University of Melbourne.
2006	Short-Term Research Grant, "Ubiquitous User Modeling and Mediation of User Models", Minerva Foundation, Max Planck Society.
2004	Research Grant, "Unspecified Ontologies for E-Commerce Applications in a P2P Mode", Caesarea Rothschild Institute for Interdisciplinary Applications of Computer Science, University of Haifa.
2003	Research Grant, "Bartering Leftovers on the Internet", Caesarea Rothschild Institute for Interdisciplinary Applications of Computer Science, University of Haifa.

Student Supervision

2010-2013	Patrick Burns, "Using Mobile, Ubiquitous, and Wearable Computing to Motivate Physical Activity", Ph.D., University of Tasmania.
2009-2010	Geoffrey Verdouw, "Activity Promotion Systems for Long Distance Travel", B.Comp.Hons., University of Tasmania.
2008-2011	Nilufar Baghaei, "Tailored Lifestyle Information", Post-Doctoral Fellow, CSIRO.
2007-2008	Arno van Vulpen, "Stereotypical Modelling and Adaptation of the Museum Visitor Experience", M.A., University of Melbourne.

Science Citizenship

2011	Challenge and Workshop on Context-Aware Movie Recommendations, at Recommender Systems Conference, organizer.
2011	Recommender Systems Conference, tutorials chair.
2011	International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, workshops chair.
2010	Challenge and Workshop on Context-Aware Movie Recommendations, at Recommender Systems Conference, organizer.
2010	Workshop on Pervasive User Modeling and Personalization, at International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization, organizer.
2009	Workshop on Interacting with Information Technologies, organizer.
2009	International Workshop on Ubiquitous User Modeling, at International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization, organizer.
2008	Australian Language Technology Workshop, local organizer.
2008	International Workshop on Ubiquitous User Modeling: User Model Integration, at International Conference on Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-Based Systems, organizer.
2008	International Workshop on Ubiquitous User Modeling, at International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, organizer.
2007	International Workshop on Ubiquitous and Decentralized User Modeling, at International Conference on User Modeling, organizer.
2006	International Workshop on Ubiquitous User Modeling, at European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, organizer.
2005	Advances in Recommender Systems Workshop, organizer.

Links

• List of publications
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