Professor Paul Hurley

Western Sydney University

Paul is Professor of Data Science and the Director of the Centre for Research in Mathematics and Data Science at Western Sydney University (WSU). Paul is also an active member of WSU's International Centre for Neuromorphic Computing.

Before coming to Australia, Paul was a technical lead and senior research scientist at IBM Research in Zurich, Switzerland. He holds a PhD from EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, and is a graduate of the National University of Ireland in Galway. His research interests range from signal processing and algorithms (especially as applied to ultrasound, other modes of medical imaging, radio astronomy and other sensors, and sensor arrays) to data science, machine learning, information theory and abstract algebra. Paul enjoys listening to podcasts, in particular, “Hidden Brain”.