Associate Profess and Program Director of Information Technology (2021)
- Organization: Torrens University Australia
- Job Title: Associate Professor and PD of IT
- Duties and Contributions:
- Managing Master of Information Technology, Master of Software Engineering (AI), Master of Software Engineering (Cloud), Bachelor of Software Engineering (AI and Cloud), and Master of Digital Transformation and Creative Intelligence
- Development of new Bachelor of Information Technology
- Greatly increasing student retention rates and student satisfaction rates.
- Research leadership in machine learning (AI) in Cybersecurity and Smart Digital Infrastructure (Smart Cities).
Associate Professor and Associate Head of School of IT and Engineering (2018- 2021)
- Organization: Melbourne Institute of Technology (MIT), Sydney, Australia
- Job Title: Associate Head of the School of Information Technology and Engineering
- Duties and Contributions:
- Managing 60 lecturers and 1100 higher education students
- Development of new courses in Data Analytics, Cybersecurity and Software Engineering Technologies
- Leadership in accreditations with TEQSA and ACS (Australian Computing Society)
- Greatly increased student enrolments and retention rates
- Greatly improved QILT (SES and GOS) survey outcomes
Discipline Head of ICT Studies (2010-2015)
- Organization: Australian Defence (Citadel) Academy, Parramatta
- Job Title: Discipline Head of ICT Studies
- Duties and Contributions:
- Management of 20 lecturers and 800 students over multiple campuses
- Course development in system analysis and design/computer networking/information security/software development/machine learning
- Nominated ‘teacher of the year’ for 2010, 2011, 2012
- Greatly improved student satisfaction ratings.
University Senior Lecturer in Information Technology (2002-2009)
- Organization: University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia
- Job Title: Senior Lecturer
- Duties and Contributions:
- Management of 40 lecturers and tutors over 800 students
- Leadership in University re-accreditation with external industry bodies
- Leadership in new course developments in Data Mining and Network Security
- Research group leader in machine learning for image processing
- ‘Best teaching contribution award’ in 2004-2005
- Publication of over 40 articles in international journals and conferences
- Successful supervision of 5 Ph.D. and 20 Masters students
- Chief investigator of Australian Research Council (ARC) Discover Project with over 500,000 dollars in research grants
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