Our people

Our leadership team

Professor Karen Blackmore

Acting Head of School

Professor Karen Blackmore is a leading researcher in human-computer interaction and simulation-based training. She has expertise in the modelling and simulation of complex social and environmental systems.

Her research interests cover the use of agent-based models for simulation of socio-spatial interactions, and the use of immersive environments and serious games for learning, contributing as a member of ISO WG 11 - Health, safety, security and usability of Augmented & Virtual Reality (AR/VR). With over 65 peer reviewed publications, Karen’s research outputs are positioned amongst the highest performing in her field, with publications in the top 10% of the world. She is an invited speaker and panellist at leading simulation industry and government events, and is a co-founder of the award winning HunterWiSE initiative, aimed at increasing female participation in STEM.

Karen previously held the roles of Deputy President of Academic Senate (Teaching & Learning), Deputy Head of School, Industry & Global Engagement (School of Information and Physical Sciences), as well as the Assistant Dean, Work Integrated Learning in the College of Engineering, Science and Environment.

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Vicki Gumbleton

School Executive Officer

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School academic roles

Dr Ian Renner

Senior Lecturer
School of Information and Physical Sciences

Teaching and Learning

Professor Pablo Moscato

Professor of Data Science
School of Information and Physical Sciences

Research

Associate Professor Yuqing Lin

Associate Professor
School of Information and Physical Sciences

Research Training

Associate Professor Marc Adam

Associate Professor
School of Information and Physical Sciences

Computing and Information Technology

Associate Professor Jeffrey Hogan

Associate Professor
School of Information and Physical Sciences

Mathematics

Dr Saiful Islam

Senior Lecturer
School of Information and Physical Sciences

Data Science and Statistics

Professor David Pontin

Professor
School of Information and Physical Sciences

Physics

Dr Rukshan Athauda

Senior Lecturer
School of Information and Physical Sciences

Bachelor of Software Engineering

Dr Nasimul Noman

Senior Lecturer
School of Information and Physical Sciences

Bachelor of Computer Science

Dr Khaled Saleh

Lecturer - Computing and Information Technology
School of Information and Physical Sciences

Bachelor of Information Technology

Dr Mahakim Newton

Lecturer - Data Science
School of Information and Physical Sciences

Bachelor of Data Science

Professor Mike Meylan

Professor
School of Information and Physical Sciences

Bachelor of Mathematics

Associate Professor Vicki Keast

Associate Professor
School of Information and Physical Sciences

Bachelor of Science (Physics Major)

Dr Kirill Glavatskiy

Lecturer
School of Information and Physical Sciences

Graduate Certificate in Data Analytics

Associate Professor Raymond Chiong

Associate Professor
School of Information and Physical Sciences

Graduate Certificate in Information Technology and Master of Information Technology

Dr Saiful Islam

Senior Lecturer
School of Information and Physical Sciences

Master of Data Science

Dr Kyle Harrison

Lecturer - Computing and Information Technology
School of Information and Physical Sciences

Graduate Certificate in Cyber Security and Master of Cyber Security

Dr Shaleeza Sohail

Lecturer
School of Information and Physical Sciences

MIT (Sydney and Singapore)

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