Swinburne's emphasis on fostering innovation means that our teaching and research is always at the forefront of the latest technology. The Department of Computing Technologies is a leading powerhouse of research and teaching activity spanning the breadth of the computer science, software engineering and computer education disciplines. Our fields of research include cloud computing, role-oriented adaptive design, energy-management software, data management, computing education, cybersecurity and intelligent-agent technology. 

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Our facility

  • Global telecommunication network, nodes connected around earth, internet, worldwide communication

    Cisco Networking Laboratory

    At Swinburne, our Networking Laboratory can be used to build large-scale broadband networks and provides industry-accredited Cisco training for students studying electrical and telecommunications engineering and networking.

Our people

Academic staff

Name
Position
Contact
Prabath Abeysekara Research Fellow pabeysekara@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Iman Avazpour
Post-Doctoral Research Associate

+61 3 9214 5623 

iavazpour@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Abhik Banerjee
Research Fellow, IoT Lab 

+61 3 9214 3582 

abanerjee@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Siva Chandrasekaran
Lecturer of Engineering Education/ Lead, Internet of Things Academy, FIEAust, CPEng 

+61 3 9214 5346 

schandrasekaran@swinbune.edu.au

Yu-Chin (Eugenie) Chang Business Analyst eugeniechang@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Tsong Chen
Professor of Software Engineering 

+61 3 9214 4369 

tychen@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Jinjun Chen
Deputy Director of Swinburne Data Science Research Institute 

+61 3 9214 4685 

jchen@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Chao Chen
Research Scientist 

+61 3 9214 3333

chaochen@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Caslon Chua Department Chair, Computer Science and Software Engineering 

+61 3 9214 5397 

cchua@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Abdur Rahim Mohammad Forkan
Senior Research Engineer - Software and Data Analytics 

+61 3 9214 5148 

fforkan@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Carlo Galuzzi
Lecturer 

+61 3 9214 4 

cgaluzzi@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Dimitrios Georgakopoulos
Director, Internet of Things Lab & Industry 4.0 Program Leader, Manufacturing Futures Research Institute 

+61 3 9214 4341 

dgeorgakopoulos@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Jun Han
Professor of Software Engineering

+61 3 9214 5732 

jhan@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Qiang He
Senior Lecturer 

+61 3 9214 5431 

qhe@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Md.Saiful Islam
Research Associate 
mdsaifulislam@swinburne.edu.au
Associate Professor Prem Prakash Jayaraman
Head, Digital Innovation Lab 

+61 3 9214 8587 

pjayaraman@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Yong-Bin Kang
Research Fellow 

+61 3 9214 5 

ykang@swinburne.edu.au

Tanjila Kanij
  tkanij@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Raji Kochandra
Lecturer (PAVE) and Adjunct Research Fellow 
rkochandra@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Wei Lai
Senior Lecturer 

+61 3 9214 4391 

wlai@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Man Lau
Senior Lecturer 

+61 3 9214 4367 

elau@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Huai Liu
Lecturer 
hliu@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Chengfei Liu
Professor 

+61 3 9214 5035 

cliu@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Markus Lumpe
Senior Lecturer 

+61 3 9214 5272 

mlumpe@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Chris McCarthy
Senior Lecturer 
cdmccarthy@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Matthew Mitchell
Lecturer, Information Technology 

+61 3 9214 4615

mmitchell@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Andreea Molnar
Senior Lecturer 

+61 3 9214 5 

amolnar@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Irene Moser
Senior Lecturer 

+61 3 9214 4745 

imoser@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Hong Pan
Research Fellow

+61 3 9214 4936 

hpan@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Charlotte Pierce
  cpierce@swinburne.edu.au
Associate Professor Kai Qin
Associate Professor 

+61 3 9214 3766 

kqin@swinburne.edu.au

Mr Isuru Rajapakse
R&D Software Engineer 
rrajapakse@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Dana Rezazadegan
Lecturer 
drezazadegan@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Nicole Ronald
Lecturer 
nronald@swinburne.edu.au
Yu Sun Research Fellow yusun@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Pei-Wei Tsai
Lecturer 

+61 3 9214 4979 

ptsai@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Muhammad Usman
Postdoc Research Assistant 

+61 3 9214 3598 

musman@swinburne.edu.au

Associate Professor Bao Quoc Vo
Associate Professor 

+61 3 9214 4756 

bvo@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Sheng Wen
Senior Lecturer 
swen@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Clinton Woodward
Lecturer 

+61 3 9214 5945 

cwoodward@swinburne.edu.au

Meng Xiangyue Software Engineer mxiangyue@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Yun Yang
Professor 

+61 3 9214 8752 

yyang@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Ali Yavari
Senior Research Engineer - Software and Data Analytics 

+61 3 9214 5359 

ayavari@swinburne.edu.au

Associate Professor Jun Zhang
  junzhang@swinburne.edu.au
Kai Zhang Research Associate kaizhang@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Rui Zhou
Deputy Course Director of Bachelor of Computer Science (Professional) 

+61 3 9214 8741 

rzhou@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Karola von Baggo
Lecturer 

+61 3 9214 8439 

kvonbaggo@swinburne.edu.au

Dr. Armita Zarnegar Lecturer azarnegar@swin.edu.au

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    Alum Tristan Sternson’s passion for IT has sparked an incredible business journey and established him as an Australian tech industry pioneer. Since assuming the role of ARQ Group CEO in December 2019, Tristan’s leadership has played a pivotal role in transforming the company from an underperforming entity into one of Australia’s most remarkable turnaround successes within just three years.

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    Donor scholarship sets student on cyber security path

    Swinburne University of Technology have announced the inaugural recipient of the Adrian Di Marco Women in Software Development Scholarship, offered by TechnologyOne. The scholarship recipient is Teisha Damman, who is studying a Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology.

    Wednesday 25 October 2023
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    School of Engineering PhD student Vishnu Pillai recently landed the prestigious opportunity to attend the 2023 UN Water Conference in New York, thanks to his pioneering work on water sustainability solutions. 

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    Swinburne engineer and computer sciences student Chuong Ho has been offered the role of a lifetime as a Google software engineer

    Monday 07 November 2022
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For general enquiries, call 1300 794 628 to speak with our friendly team. You can also email us at Dean-SchoolofSCET@swinburne.edu.au.

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