Personal profile
Biography
Bernd Meyer is a Professor in the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University.
Research interests
- Self-Organized Systems and Natural Computation
- Collective Behaviour and Collective Decision Making
- Optimization in Nature
- Nature-inspired Algorithms (specifically Meta-Heuristics for Stochastic Optimization)
Supervision interests
- collective behaviour and decision making
- natural computation
Monash teaching commitment
Professor Bernd Meyer has experience as the Chief Examiner for the following units in the Faculty of IT:
- FIT1042 Algorithms, computation and intelligence
- FIT9059 Algorithms and data structures
- MON1002 The changing face of science: how computational science helps us make sense of the world
- FIT2004 Data Structures and Algorithms
Bernd has experience as the Lecturer for the following units in the Faculty of IT:
- FIT1042 Algorithms, computation and intelligence
- FIT9059 Algorithms and data structures
- FIT4012 Advanced Topics in Computational Science
- MON1002 The changing face of science: how computational science helps us make sense of the world
- FIT2004 Data Structures and Algorithms
- FIT3082 (Programming languages and paradigms)
Education/Academic qualification
Computer Science, Dr. rer nat, FernUniversitat (University of Hagen)
Award Date: 15 Jun 1994
Computer Science, Diplom Informatik, Technische Universitat Braunschweig (Technical University of Braunschweig)
Award Date: 1 Jun 1990
Research area keywords
- Collective Behaviour
- Collective Decision Making
- Modelling and Simulation
- Natural Computing
- Intelligent Systems
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 15 Life on Land
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 11 Finished
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Self-organised communication as a foundation of large, complex societies
Meyer, B. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Reid, C. R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Landgraf, T. (Partner Investigator (PI)) & Couzin, I. (Partner Investigator (PI))
1/02/21 → 26/12/24
Project: Research
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Driving Social Change: Women, Entrepreneurship, IoT
Gonsalvez, C. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Whittle, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Meyer, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cheah, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Meitiner, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Pakakis, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Beekhuyzen, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Van Krieken, A. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/07/18 → 28/02/21
Project: Research
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Modelling collective behaviour to protect social insect ecosystem services
Meyer, B. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Burd, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Garcia Gallego, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Traulsen, A. (Partner Investigator (PI)) & Offenberg, J. (Partner Investigator (PI))
9/02/18 → 31/08/22
Project: Research
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Digital Careers Program - Monash University Engagement
Meyer, B. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
1/07/16 → 30/06/17
Project: Research
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Division of Labour and Collective Homeostasis in Dynamic Environments
Meyer, B. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)) & Kleineidam, C. (Chief Investigator (CI))
Monash University – Internal University Contribution
1/02/16 → 31/12/17
Project: Research
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Acoustic recognition of individuals in closed and open bird populations
Huang, L., Clarke, R. H., Teixeira, D., Chiaradia, A. & Meyer, B., Dec 2025, In: Ecological Informatics. 90, 14 p., 103330.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Age polyethism can emerge from social learning: A game-theoretic investigation
Khajehnejad, M., García, J. & Meyer, B., 25 Aug 2025, In: PLoS Computational Biology. 21, 8, 22 p., e1013415.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Self-supervised Learning for Acoustic Few-Shot Classification
Liang, J., Meyer, B., Lee, I. N. & Do, T. T., 2025, 2025 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP). D Rao, B., Trancoso, I., Sharma, G. & B. Mehta, N. (eds.). Piscataway NJ USA: IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 5 p. (ICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
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Deep Active Audio Feature Learning in Resource-Constrained Environments
Mohaimenuzzaman, M., Bergmeir, C. & Meyer, B., 2024, In: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing. 32, p. 3224-3237 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Environmental sound classification on the edge: a pipeline for deep acoustic networks on extremely resource-constrained devices
Mohaimenuzzaman, M., Bergmeir, C., West, I. & Meyer, B., Jan 2023, In: Pattern Recognition. 133, 12 p., 109025.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
63 Link opens in a new tab Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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Curriculum Writer - Victorian Curriculum & Assessment Authority
Meyer, B. (Member)
1 Jan 2016Activity: External Academic Engagement › External research and teaching
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Member - Association for Computer Machinery
Meyer, B. (Fellow)
1 Jan 2016Activity: External Academic Engagement › External research and teaching
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Director - Educational Outreach - Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University
Meyer, B. (Fellow)
1 Jan 2016Activity: External Academic Engagement › External research and teaching
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2015 Course Reviewer - Australian National University
Meyer, B. (Member)
2015Activity: External Academic Engagement › External research and teaching
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2015 Exam Vetter - Victorian Curriculum & Assessment Authority
Meyer, B. (Examiner)
2015Activity: Examination types › Thesis Examination