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Senior principal research scientist at the Machine Learning Research Group, Data61, CSIRO. Leading machine learning for scientific discovery at CSIRO.

I am interested in enabling scientific discovery by extending statistical machine learning methods. In recent years, we have developed new optimisation methods for solving problems such as ranking, representation learning, and experimental design, with the aim of solving scientific questions in collaboration with experts in other fields. This has included diverse problems in genomics, systems biology, and astronomy. The long term goal is to use active learning, bandits, and choice theory for design of experiments. I am co-author of the textbook Mathematics for Machine Learning. I support and advocate open source software and reproducible research in the context of machine learning.

My family name is Ong, and my first name is Cheng Soon (yes there is a space in my first name).

Contact

Address: Data61, CSIRO
Synergy Building, Black Mountain Campus, Canberra ACT 2601

@cheng@masto.ai