Curriculum Vitae
Appointments
2026–2029
ARC DECRA Fellow (Senior Research Fellow), Faculty of Information Technology Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
2024–2025
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Information Technology Monash University. Continuing appointment; resumes in 2029 on completion of the DECRA
2020–2024
Lecturer, Faculty of Information Technology Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Education
2020
PhD, Educational Psychology University of Wisconsin–Madison
2016
MS, Educational Psychology University of Wisconsin–Madison
2013
BS, Physics & Mathematics, summa cum laude University of Alabama
Grants
Full amounts and roles are on the Research page. In summary: two Australian Research Council projects held as Primary Chief Investigator (PI equivalent) — a DECRA and a multi-institutional Discovery Project — and a DARPA program held as Chief Investigator, first-named after the lead.
Honours & awards
2026
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Australian Research Council
2022
Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Industry and Community Education Programs (Industry) Monash University
2019
Doctoral Consortium International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning
2015
CADRE Fellow CADRE Fellows Program
2008–2012
B.B. Comer Math Prize (2012); Smith Scholar and Coca-Cola Scholar (2008) University of Alabama; Smith Scholarship Foundation; Coca-Cola Scholars Program
Paper awards
2025
Best Student Paper Award, ICQE25 Cheng & Swiecki
2025
Best Student Paper Award Finalist, ICQE25 Han, Iveson, & Swiecki
2025
Best Paper Award Finalist, LAK25 Fang, Wang, Chen, & Swiecki
2022
Best Paper Award Finalist, ICQE22 Swiecki & Eagan
2021
Best Paper Award, ICQE21 Swiecki
2021
Best Paper Award, ICQE20 Zörgő, Swiecki, & Ruis
2019
Naomi Miyake Best Student Paper Award Finalist, CSCL 2019 Swiecki, Lian, Ruis, & Shaffer
Service
Program co-chair — The Sixth International Conference on Quantitative Ethnography (ICQE24); Poster & Demo Track, 16th International Learning Analytics & Knowledge Conference (LAK26).
Editorial boards — International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (2026–); Journal of Quantitative Ethnography (2026–).
Program committee — ICQE21 through ICQE26; LAK21 through LAK26; FLAIRS-33 Intelligent Learning Technologies.
Reviewing — Artificial Intelligence Review, Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, British Journal of Educational Technology, Computers & Education, Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, Computers in Human Behavior, Frontiers in Psychology, IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, Journal of Learning Analytics, Journal of the Learning Sciences, Nova Science Publishers, and the ICLS, CSCL, LAK, ICQE and FLAIRS conferences.
At Monash — Education and Analytics Group Coordinator, Department of Human-Centred Computing (2024–2025); Team Lead, AI Learning Circle (2023–2025); Committee Member, Education Transformation Project, Faculty of Information Technology (2022–2023).
Selected invited talks
2025
Changing University Assessment Practices for a World with AI Invited panel, CRADLE International Symposium, Melbourne
2024
AI & QE: Opportunities and Challenges Invited panel, Sixth International Conference on Quantitative Ethnography, Philadelphia
2024
From Outcomes to Process: Rethinking Assessment in the Age of Generative AI Inaugural Continuous Improvement Summit
2024
Rethinking Assessment in the Age of Generative AI LAK24 Assess workshop, Kyoto
2023
Quantitative Ethnography Masterclass Series Six invited lectures: National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University and National Central University (Taiwan); Seoul National University (South Korea); Osaka and Senshu Universities (Japan)
2023
Assessment in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence University of New South Wales
The full record of talks, paper presentations, workshops and posters is in the PDF.
Contact
Department of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University
Room 3.57, Alan Finkel Building for Technology and Design
20 Exhibition Walk, Clayton VIC 3800, Australia
zach.swiecki@monash.edu