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Personal profile
Biography
Dr Jia (Jackie) Rong is a Teaching and Research Academic in the Department of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of IT, Monash University. She is affiliated with Monash Data Future Institue and Alliance for Digital Health at Monash (ADAM).
Dr Rong's research interest lies in the joint areas of machine learning, deep learning, bio-signal processing, image processing and their applications in digital health, medical image analysis, cancer diagnosis, cardiac disease detection and engineering. She is on the editorial board of the Scientific Reports, and an independent reviewer for top journals like Tourism Management, Information Processing and Management, IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, International Journal of Hospitality Management, Sensors, Plos One, Complexity, Sustainability, International Journal of Molecular Informatics, and serves as the PC member for Rank A*/A conferences including AAAI, IJCAI, PRICAI.
Dr Rong is also the course director of Master of Data Science and Master of Applied Data Science (online).
Dr Rong is looking for self-motivated Ph.D. students who are willing to dedicate themselves in machine learning, deep learning, image processing, and digital health.
Monash teaching commitment
Dr Rong has experience as the Lecturer for the following units in the Faculty of IT:
- FIT5196 - Data Wrangling
- FIT5145 - Introduction of Data Science
- FIT5197 - Statistical Data Modelling
- FIT5149 - Applied Data Analysis
- FIT5201 - Machine Learning
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):
Research area keywords
- Machine learning
- Deep Learning
- Pattern Recognition
- Digital Health
- Image Processing
- Natural Language Processing
- biosignal processing
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Zeolite catalyst for the fluid catalytic cracking of bio-oil and its regeneration in oxy-fuel combustion mode
Zhang, L. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Rong, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wang, Q. (Partner Investigator (PI)) & Liu, Q. (Partner Investigator (PI))
Huadian Electric Power Research Institute Company Limited
1/09/25 → 28/02/29
Project: Research
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ARC Research Hub: ARC Research Hub for Value-Added Processing of Underutilised Carbon Waste
Zhang, L. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Konarova, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Chaffee, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Zhang, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lindsay, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bhattacharya, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Yu, Y. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Zeng, X. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Zhang, Z. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wu, H. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Monsalve-Bravo, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Chen, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), van 't Hag, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hoadley, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Li, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Rong, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wang, X. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Herring, J. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Edwards, J. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Bury, P. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Guha, S. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Nolan, P. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Geissdoerfer, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), McCarthy, S. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Dai, B.-Q. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Zhang, Z. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Cass, P. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Proctor, G. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Wang, Q. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Meysztowicz, E. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Gutwein, K. (Project Manager), Peters, J. (Partner Investigator (PI)) & Dawkins, S. (Partner Investigator (PI))
Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Enzide Technologies Ltd, Ironwood Clean Energy Technologies Pty Limited (trading as: Carbon Technologies Australia), Huadian Electric Power Research Institute Company Limited, Suzhou Beyond Environmental Protection Technology Co Ltd, Urban Mining Industries Pty Ltd, VECCO Electric Pty Ltd, Canopy Blue Pty Ltd, Southeast University - Monash University Joint Research Institute, Suzhou
5/11/24 → 4/11/29
Project: Research
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An Assessment Framework: An Assessment Framework: Assessments for writing with generative artificial intelligence
Gasevic, D. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Swiecki, Z. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Tsai, Y.-S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Rong, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Rakovic, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Nagtzaam, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Jovanović, J. (Partner Investigator (PI)) & Järvelä, S. (Partner Investigator (PI))
1/08/24 → 31/07/27
Project: Research
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AI for Clean Energy and Sustainability
Wang, H. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Jalili, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Strengers, Y. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hill, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Razzaghi, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Goodwin, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Liebman, A. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Pink, S. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Le Bodic, P. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Salehi, M. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Wang, T. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Vered, M. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Rong, J. (Associate Investigator (AI)), George, Y. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Song, H. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Tafakori, L. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Sajjadi, S. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Pourkhanali, A. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Moradiamani, A. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Kamoona, A. (Associate Investigator (AI))
1/01/23 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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Bringing personalised aneurysm rupture predictions to the patient - precision medicine
Gunasekera, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Chong, W. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Rong, J. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Carberry, J. (Associate Investigator (AI))
1/01/24 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
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A dual-image fusion instance segmentation model for pavement patch detection
Zhang, Q., Rong, J., Fang, Y., Fletcher, W. & Kodikara, J., 18 Mar 2025, In: International Journal of Pavement Engineering. 26, 1, 13 p., 2472857.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus) -
An elastic reconfiguration strategy for operators in distributed stream computing systems
Sun, D., Fan, Y., Guan, C., Rong, J., Gao, S. & Buyya, R., 10 Apr 2025, In: Journal of Supercomputing. 81, 5, 31 p., 722.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Enhancing Motivation and Learning in Primary School History Classrooms: The Impact of Virtual Reality
Zhong, L., Lang, W., Rong, J., Chen, G. & Fan, M., 2025, The Fifteenth International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge. Zamecnik, A., Kuvar, V. & Wong, A. (eds.). New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), p. 272-282 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Citations (Scopus) -
HB-net: Holistic bursting cell cluster integrated network for occluded multi-objects recognition
Gao, X., Gao, X., Rong, J., Chen, X., Liao, X. & Chen, J., 7 Jul 2025, In: Neurocomputing. 637, 16 p., 130071.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Spatiotemporal Generalization Graph Neural Network-Based Prediction Models by Considering Morphological Diversity in Traffic Networks
Liu, L., Duan, P., Chen, Z., Zhang, J., Feng, S., Yue, W., Wang, Y. & Rong, J., Jul 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 26, 7, p. 9993-10007 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Scientific Reports (Journal)
Rong, J. (Editorial board member)
2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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Sensors (Journal)
Rong, J. (Peer reviewer)
2020 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Information Processing and Management (Journal)
Rong, J. (Peer reviewer)
2019 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Tourism Management (Journal)
Rong, J. (Peer reviewer)
2015 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility