Haytham Fayek

Dr. Haytham Fayek

Senior Lecturer

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Open to

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision
  • Collaborative projects
  • Industry Projects
  • Join a web conference as a panellist or speaker
  • Media enquiries

About

Dr Haytham Fayek is an artificial intelligence and machine learning researcher. His research interests are broadly in artificial intelligence, machine learning, machine reasoning, deep learning, continual learning, and machine perception.

Research fields

  • 4611 Machine learning
  • 461103 Deep learning
  • 460307 Multimodal analysis and synthesis
  • 4602 Artificial intelligence
  • 460304 Computer vision
  • 460302 Audio processing
  • 460208 Natural language processing

Academic positions

  • Senior Lecturer
  • RMIT University
  • School of Computing Technologies
  • Melbourne, Australia
  • 1 Jan 2023 – Present
  • Lecturer
  • RMIT University
  • School of Computing Technologies
  • Melbourne, Australia
  • 3 Feb 2020 – 31 Dec 2022
  • Postdoctoral Research Scientist
  • Meta
  • Seattle, United States
  • 20 Aug 2018 – 31 Jan 2020

Supervisor projects

  • : Predictive Maintenance: Towards Trustworthy and Explainable LLM Frameworks
  • 28 Nov 2025
  • Development of a Method to Assess and Optimise the Crashworthiness of the Tecpro Barrier for Racing Track Safety
  • 20 Oct 2025
  • Multimodal data fusion for patient prognosis prediction of gastrointestinal tract diseases
  • 19 Sep 2025
  • Development of Intelligent AI Algorithm for Automated Transport Vehicle Diagnostics
  • 1 Apr 2025
  • Deep Learning from Data and Prior Knowledge
  • 25 Mar 2025
  • Knowledge-Infused Deep Graph Learning for Efficient Anomaly Detection
  • 13 Feb 2024
  • Development of Socially Adaptive Robot to lessen anxiety through two-channel data sources and Reinforcement Learning
  • 3 Jan 2024
  • Sound-Based Vehicle Engine Faults Detection Using Machine Learning
  • 9 Oct 2023
  • Fairness in Opinion Summarisation in the Era of Large Language Models
  • 1 Nov 2022
  • Development of Audio Sensing for Autonomous Cars
  • 3 Oct 2022
  • Trusted Autonomous Operations of Distributed Satellite Systems for Earth Observation Missions
  • 4 Feb 2022
  • Structural Prognostics and Health Management
  • 20 Aug 2021
  • Interference Modelling, Detection, and Mitigation for Next Generation Spaceborne SAR
  • 1 Mar 2021
  • The Cognitive Cost of Non-Player Character Companions in Video Games
  • 19 Nov 2020
  • Efficient Network Evaluation Strategy for Neural Architecture Search
  • 22 Jul 2020

Research interests

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Machine Perception, Natural Language Processing.

Initiatives and links

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.

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