About CIS-GReS


The home of CIS Graduate Research Students

About us

CIS-GReS stands for Computing and Information Systems Graduate Research Students. We are a group dedicated for all graduate research students with supervisors from the University of Melbourne's School of Computing and Information Systems.

We run a wide range of academic and industry-related events as well as networking and social events. These events aim to promote and build productive networks and linkages in order to open discussion, share research ideas and catalyse interdisciplinary research and support. The flagship of this is the annual CIS Doctoral Colloquium. Caring about student welfare and building a sense of community, we hold regular events as Weekly Tea Time, sporting events, and excursions outside the University. 

We want to encourage you to get involved and be part of our community!

If you want to learn more about CIS-GReS, you could check our constitution.

Constitution for CIS Graduate Research Student Group V1.7 2017-10-23.pdf

Our goals

The Committee            

Current Committee

President: Ba Duy Anh Pham

Secretary: Huiwen Zhang

Treasurer: David Adams

Activity Officer: Ming-Bin Chen

Activity Officer: Abir Naskar

Activity Officer: Roben Delos Reyes 

Past Committee (July 2023 to July 2024)

President: Abby Meng Yuan

Secretary: Tingxuan Wang

Treasurer: Nattapat Boonprakong

Activity Officer, Social: Archana Vadakattu

Activity Officer, Academic: Chao Lei

Activity Officer, Industry: Philip Cervenjak

Communications Officer:  Songyan Teng

Past Committee (June 2022 to July 2023)

President: Peter Wang

Secretary: Philip Cervenjak

Treasurer: Stella Peng

Activity Officer, Social: Archana Vadakattu

Activity Officer, Academic: Arjun Chaudhary

Activity Officer, Industry: Chao Lei

Communications Officer:  Nattapat Boonprakong

Past Committee (June 2021 to June 2022)

President: Qiushi Zhou

Secretary: Steven Spratley

Treasurer: Peter Wang

Activity Officer, Social: Jing Wei 

Activity Officer, Academic: Difeng Yu

Activity Officer, Industry: Anubhav Singh

Communications Officer:  Stella Peng

Past Committee (March 2021 to June 2021)

President: Steven Spratley

Secretary: Difeng Yu

Treasurer: Peter Wang

Communications Officer:  Qiushi Zhou

Activity Officer, Social: Anubhav Singh

Activity Officer, Academic: Steven Spratley

Activity Officer, Industry: Jing Wei 

Past Committee (June 2020 to March 2021)

President: David Mann

Secretary: Difeng Yu

Treasurer: Peter Wang

Communications Officer:  Qiushi Zhou

Activity Officer, Social: Anubhav Singh

Activity Officer, Academic: Steven Spratley

Activity Officer, Industry: Jing Wei 

Past Committee (May 2019 to June 2020)

President: Xin Zhang 

Secretary: Prashan Madumal Mathugama Babun Appuhamilage

Treasurer: Gabriele Marini

Communications Officer:  Stefan O'Toole

Activity Officer, Social: Steven Spratley

Activity Officer, Academic: David Mann

Activity Officer, Industry: Kate Ferris (May 2019 - Oct 2019), Difeng Yu (Oct 2019 - )

Past Committee (May 2018 to May 2019)

President: Nick Smith (May 2018 - Jan 2018), Xin Zhang (Feb 2019 - May 2019)

Secretary: Zhanna Sarsenbayeva

Treasurer and Vice-President: Fraser Allison

Communications Officer:  Ronny Andrade (May 2018 - Nov 2018), Malinga Perera (Dec 2018 - May 2019)

Activity Officer, Social: Danula Hettiachchi

Activity Officer, Academic: Xin Zhang (May 2018 - Jan 2018), David Mann (Feb 2019 - May 2019)

Activity Officer, Industry: Nicholas Akinyokun (May 2018 - Nov 2018), Subramaniam Ramasubramanian (Dec 2018 - May 2019)

Past Committee (December 2017-May 2018)

President: Abdulaziz Murad

Secretary: Peter Uchenna Eze

Treasurer: Fraser Allison

Communications Officer: Shima Rashidi

Activity Officer, Social (acting as Vice-President): Nick Smith

Activity Officer, Academic: Niels van Berkel

Activity Officer, Industry: Donia Malekian

Founding Committee (July 2017-November 2017)

President: Abdulaziz Murad

Secretary: Sarah Ellen Webber

Treasurer: Gerardo Luis (Ikee) Dimaguila

Communications Officer: Peter Uchenna Eze

Activity Officer: Doris Hoogeveen

Committee Member: Donia Malekian

Committee Member: Maria Veronica Torres Pena

CIS-GReS is the official group supported by the School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne. It is also affiliated with the Graduate Student Association.