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Summary of Career Achievements, Experience and Skills (1986-2021)
35 years of experience working as an engineer, researcher, supervisor, consultant, technical writer, trainer, educator, and program head in ICT (Information, Computing and Telecommunication)
Comprehensive knowledge of architecture, operation, standards, protocols and planning of computer and telecommunication (satellite, wireless, IoT, broadband and mobile) networks.
Secured A$1 million in research projects: initiated, negotiated, and managed collaborations with Australian Army, Water Research Australia, City of Sydney, Ecoseal, Arup, and Telkom (South Africa).
Produced more than 180 refereed publications in peer-reviewed journals, conferences and books including 2 US patents, 1 book, 7 book chapters, 62 refereed journal papers, 117 peer-reviewed conference papers, and more than 20 technical reports (see Publications list).
Expertise in modelling and simulation of wired and wireless telecommunication networks to assess the performance of network management algorithms for packet scheduling, handovers, interference mitigation and power control.
Expertise in application of Artificial Intelligence techniques for fault diagnosis, network planning and fall detection.
Supervised to completion of 19 Higher Degree Research (HDR) students (7 PhD, 12 Masters).
International research collaboration with Vietnam, Thailand, India, Iran, Malaysia, and China.
Well established interpersonal skills and experience in dealing with internal and external stakeholders.
Designed and built industry prototypes for pedestrian tracking, groundwater logger and performance testing of broadband networks.
Successful day to day running of a research centre: budgeting, development of policies and procedures, annual reporting, chairing meetings, hiring, mentoring new staff and management.
Outstanding teaching record at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Communication Networks, Wireless Networks, Mobile Networks with Student Feedback Surveys (SFS) scores of 80% or better.
Delivered commercial technical training and short courses in Mobile Networks and IoT in Australia (Optus), New Zealand (Vodaphone), Singapore (M1), Taiwan (Chunghwa), Malaysia and AusIndustry.
Produced courses at university (Communication Networks, Wireless Networks, 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, IoT, Satellite Communication, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, C programming) and industry.
Program Head: Managed teaching programs in ICT, Software, Computer Systems and Telecommunication Engineering including admissions, sanctions, program budgeting, course transfers, industry advisory teams, accreditation, quality control, workload and contracts negotiation, development and implementation of new academic offerings, schools outreach and open days.
Teaching development: obtained more than A$100,000.00 in Teaching and Learning Grants from UTS and Hewlett Packard.
Invited as a keynote speaker at international conferences in Indonesia and Vietnam.
Recipient of the Canadian Commonwealth Fellowship (1990) and British Council Scholarship (1987).