Adam McMillan / CV
CV
Experience
Research Assistant · Griffith University
July 2026 – present
Modernising a legacy research web application for deployment and ongoing use.
Academic Tutor · University of Melbourne
July 2026 – present
COMP90051 Statistical Machine Learning. Postgraduate tutorials, Python/PyTorch practical work, assessment and feedback.
Software development · Exergenics
Internship, July–October 2025; subsequent casual software and ML development.
React and Django features, production data workflows, and an internal ML classifier from data preparation through deployment.
Freelance Developer
2020 – present
Web development for small-business clients, from requirements to deployment and maintenance.
Research
Latent-Group Methods for Exploratory Fair Classifier Learning
University of Melbourne, 2026 · Supervisor: Dr Jean Honorio · 91 (H1).
Developed and evaluated methods for identifying fairness-relevant latent audit groups in classification.
Motor imagery and disordered movement in children with ADHD
Deakin University, 2023 · Supervisor: Dr Pamela Barhoun.
Perfectionism in classical pianists
Griffith University, 2014.
Education
Master of Information Technology · Artificial Intelligence
University of Melbourne, 2024–2026 (expected). Current WAM: 87.077, as of August 2026. Dean’s Honours List, 2025.
Bachelor of Psychology (Honours)
Deakin University, 2019–2023. First Class Honours.
Bachelor of Music (Honours)
Griffith University, 2011–2014. First Class Honours; University Medal.
Tools
Python, JavaScript, SQL, C++, Java, R. React, Django, PyTorch, scikit-learn, TensorFlow, pandas, NumPy. Docker, Kubernetes, Google Cloud, Git. RAG, language-model fine-tuning and LLM evaluation.
Music
Classical pianist and teacher in Melbourne. First prize, Great Romantics Competition (Melbourne Recital Centre) and Queensland Piano Competition.