Professor (Education Focussed) in the School of Computer Science at the University of Sydney.
Professor Emeritus in the Department of Software and Information Systems, College of Computing and Informatics, UNC Charlotte.
DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH COMMUNITY INITIATIVES at CRA. The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is recognized as a leading force in the US that brings together the computing community’s top minds to articulate visions for the future of the field. The Director manages and guides the visioning activities, including workshops, roundtable discussions, whitepapers, and quadrennial papers.
CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF SOFTWARE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
College of Computing and Informatics, University of North Carolina Charlotte: 2012-2020. The Software and Information Systems Department is a pioneer in Information Technology research and education emphasizing on designing and deploying integrated, secure, reliable, and human-centered IT solutions. While I was Department Chair, faculty participation in writing proposals for external funding was 100%.
SENIOR RESEARCH SCIENTIST, COLLEGE OF INFORMATION STUDIES
University of Maryland, 2010-2012: Senior Research Scientist at the University of Maryland doing research in the Human Computer Interaction Lab. This is a multidisciplinary group of faculty from Computer Science, Information Studies, Engineering, and Humanities disciplines.
PROGRAM DIRECTOR, COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
National Science Foundation, 2006-2010: I mentored faculty in universities throughout the US to prepare for a program I established called CreativeIT by organising workshops, funding exploratory research and developing a solicitation for funding in 2008-2010. I was part of the Human Centered Computing cluster focussing on research in HCI techniques, social computing, computer-supported collaborative work, virtual worlds, and multi-agent systems. I was co-chair of the Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation Program in 2009, participated in the development of the Social Computational Systems solicitation, participated in the Science of Design program and its evolution into the Rethinking Software program area, assisted in the development of the Virtual Organizations as Socio-technical Systems solicitation, served as a technical coordinator for the Spatial Information Science of Learning Center, and participated in the development of an action plan for Broadening Participation in CISE. As a member of the Senior Executive Service in 2009 I was the Deputy Director of the Division of Information and Intelligent Systems and served on the SWAT Team for improving the hiring processes in the Federal Government to make the government an employer of choice.
PROFESSOR OF DESIGN COMPUTING, jointly in ARCHITECTURE and COMPUTER SCIENCE
University of Sydney, 1990-2006, currently Honorary Professor: promoted to a personal chair as Professor of Design Computing in 1997. Highlights are: Developed a new interdisciplinary undergraduate degree Bachelor of Design Computing and served as Program Coordinator for 5 years; Program coordinator for Graduate Program in Design Computing for 10 years; Chair of Department of Architectural and Design Science for 2 years while the School was restructuring, Joint appointment with School of Information Technologies for 3 years; Research provider for Collaborative Research Centre for Construction Innovation and for National ICT Australia, Co-Director of the Key Centre of Design Computing for 15 years.
VISITING PROFESSOR IN DESIGN AND COMPUTATION
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002: teaching and research in the Design and Computation Group in the School of Architecture on designing virtual worlds; collaborating with Active Worlds Inc. to develop agent models using their platform.
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR IN SOCIAL POLICY
Columbia University, 2002: teaching in School of International and Public Affairs on computer-mediated communication in virtual worlds.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
Carnegie Mellon University, 1984-1989: teaching and research in computer-aided engineering in Civil Engineering.