School of Information Technology
Deakin's School of Information Technology is home to flagship facilities across Melbourne and Geelong, with learning and research spaces that drive innovation, lead by our industry-leading staff. We produce highly-competent graduates across our disciplines, equipping them with real-world experience through global study and industry-based opportunities – in line with Deakin's ethical and quality standards.
Our research delivers impactful and beneficial results to industry and community, via world-class digital technologies and thought leadership. We adopt agile, co-innovation and multidisciplinary practices to foster and grow successful partnerships.
We're recognised as a pioneer in putting innovation to practice across all areas including teaching, learning and engagement, while strengthening our environments locally, online, and in collaboration with our global partners.
Key contacts
Professor Trina Myers, Head of School
Professor Richard Dazeley, Deputy Head of School
Miss Sheena Saunders, School Manager (IT)
Associate Professor Andrew Cain, Associate Head of School (Learning)
Associate Professor Thuong Hoang, Associate Head of School (Research)
Dr Michael Hobbs, Associate Head of School (Geelong)
Associate Professor Kevin Lee, Associate Head of School (Planning and Strategy)
Professor Robin Ram Mohan Doss, Director, Deakin Cyber Research and Innovation Centre
Associate Professor Xiao Liu, Associate Head of School (International)
Dr Dhananjay Thiruvady, Associate Head of School, Industry Research
Academic staff
Artificial intelligence and machine learning
Dr Mohamed Reda Bouadjenek, Senior Lecturer in Applied Artificial Intelligence
Professor Richard Dazeley, Deputy Head of School
Dr Ming Liu, Lecturer Machine Learning
Dr Bahareh Nakisa, Senior Lecturer in Applied Artificial Intelligence
Dr Bahadorreza Ofoghi, Senior Lecturer in Information Technology
Professor John Yearwood, Professor
Computer science
Associate Professor Guangyan Huang, Associate Professor in Computer Science
Dr Shamsul Huda, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science
Associate Professor Chandan Karmakar, Associate Professor in Computer Science
Professor Manzur Murshed, Professor in Computer Science
Dr Duc Thanh Nguyen, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science
Dr Sergey Polyakovskiy, Lecturer in Computer Science
Dr Atul Sajjanhar, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science
Associate Professor Sutharshan Rajasegarar, Associate Professor in Computer Science
Dr Maksym Slavnenko, Associate Lecturer in Computer Science
Dr Aaron Spence, Associate Lecturer in Computer Science
Professor John Yearwood, Professor
Dr Nayyar Zaidi, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science
Dr Ye Zhu, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science
Cyber security
Professor Jemal Abawajy, Professor in Cyber Security
Dr Muna Al-Hawawreh, Lecturer in Cyber Security
Dr Adnan Anwar, Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security
Associate Professor Zubair Baig, Associate Professor of Cyber Security
Dr Lennon Chang, Associate Professor, Cyber Risk and Policy
Dr Anh Dinh, Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security
Professor Robin Ram Mohan Doss, Director, Deakin Cyber Research and Innovation Centre
Dr Fariha Tasmin Jaigirdar, Lecturer in Cyber Security
Dr Frank Jiang, Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security
Dr Ansam Khraisat, Lecturer in Cyber Security
Dr Glory Lee, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science
Professor Chang-Tsun Li, Professor in Cyber Security
Dr Jack Li, Lecturer in Cyber Security
Professor Gang Li, Professor of Cyber Security
Professor Seng Loke, Professor in Computer Science
Associate Professor Lei Pan, Associate Professor in Cyber Security
Dr Nasrin Sohrabi, Lecturer in Cyber Security
Dr Keshav Sood, Lecturer in Cyber Security
Dr Naeem Syed, Lecturer in Cyber Security
Dr Je Sen Teh, Lecturer in Cyber Security
Dr Muneeb Ul Hassan, Associate Lecturer in Cyber Security
Dr Luxing Yang, Lecturer in Cyber Security
Data science
Dr Sunil Aryal, Senior Lecturer in Data Science
Associate Professor Jianxin Li, Associate Professor in Data Science
Dr Wei Luo, Senior Lecturer in Data Science
Dr Musa Mammadov, Senior Lecturer in Data Science
Dr Iynkaran Natgunanathan, Lecturer Data Science
Dr Son Tran, Senior Lecturer in Data Science
Professor John Yearwood, Professor
Information and emerging technology
Dr Deepti Aggarwal, Lecturer in Emerging Digital Health Technologies
Dr Shaun Bangay, Senior Lecturer In Emerging Technology
Dr Akan Cosgun, Senior Lecturer in Emerging Technology Robotics
Farah Farizi, Associate Lecturer in Augmented and Virtual Reality
Associate Professor Thuong Hoang, Associate Head of School, Research
Dr Michael Hobbs, Associate Head of School (Geelong)
Thommen George Karimpanal, Lecturer, Information Technology (Artificial Intelligence)
Dr Elicia Lanham, Senior Lecturer in Information Technology
Dr Sophie Mckenzie, Senior Lecturer in Information Technology
Dr Shantanu Pal, Lecturer Emerging Technology & Blockchain
Dr Jihong Park, Lecturer in Information Technology
Dr Ria Rushin Joseph, Lecturer Emerging Technology and Quantum Computing
Associate Professor William Raffe, Associate Professor of Emerging Technologies
Dr Art Suwanwiwat, Lecturer in Information Technology
Dr Guy Wood-Bradley, Senior Lecturer in Information Technology
Dr Leon Yang, Lecturer in Information Technology
Mathematics and optimisation
Dr Lashi Bandara, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics
Professor Gleb Beliakov, Professor of Mathematics
Associate Professor Wei-Yu Chiu, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Dr Atabak Elmi, Lecturer in IT Industry Projects
Associate Professor Simon James, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics
Professor Vicky Mak, Professor of Mathematics and Optimisation
Dr Reinier Diaz Millan, Lecturer in Mathematics
Dr Asef Nazari, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics
Dr David Tay, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics
Dr Dhananjay Thiruvady, Associate Head of School, Industry Research
Associate Professor Julien Ugon, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Associate Professor Guillermo Pineda Villavicencio, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics
Associate Professor Wei-Yu Chiu, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Network, cloud and enterprise computing
Dr Shang Gao, Senior Lecturer in Networking
Dr Jonathan Kua, Senior Lecturer in Internet of Things
Dr Ananda Maiti, Lecturer in Cloud Enterprise Networking
Associate Professor Chathu Ranaweera, Associate Professor in Computer Networks
Professor Yong Xiang, Professor of Network Engineering
Software engineering and Internet of Things
Professor Andrew Cain, Associate Head of School (Learning)
Dr Feifei Chen, Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering
Professor Jinho Choi, Professor of Software Engineering and Internet of Things (IoT)
Dr Imali Dias, Senior Lecturer in Internet of Things
Dr Niroshinie Fernando, Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering
Dr Anuroop Gaddam, Lecturer in IT Management
Dr Ahsan Habib, Lecturer in Software Engineering
Associate Professor Daniel Lai, Associate Professor in Software Engineering
Associate Professor Kevin Lee, Associate Head of School (Planning and Strategy)
Dr Hourieh Khalajzadeh, Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering
Associate Professor Xiao Liu, Associate Head of School, International
Dr Valeh Moghaddam, Lecturer in Internet of Things (IOT)
Dr Davoud Mougouei, Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering
Dr Azadeh Ghari Neiat, Senior Lecturer in Mobile Apps Computing
Dr Shiva Pokhrel, Senior Lecturer in Mobile Computing
Professor Roopak Sinha, Professor in Software Engineering
Professor Arkady Zaslavsky, Professor of Distributed Systems and Security
Affiliated academics
Adjunct professors
Narelle Devine, Adjunct Professor
Ben Doyle, Adjunct Professor
John Ellis, Adjunct Professor
Shane Laffin, Adjunct Associate Professor
Min Livanidis, Adjunct Professor
Dan Maslin, Adjunct Associate Professor
Mrs Mitra Minai, Adjunct Associate Professor
Ashok Mysore, Adjunct Professor
Richard Stocks, Adjunct Associate Professor
Adjunct Professor Jeff Tweedale, Adjunct Professor
Honorary staff
Dr Sasan Adibi, Honorary Fellow
Dr Jan Carlo Barca, Honorary Fellow
Dr Morshed Chowdhury, Honorary Fellow
Associate Professor Jacob Cybulski, Honorary Associate Professor
Dr Robert Dew, Honorary Fellow
Professor Benoit Dupont, Honorary Professor
Professor Peter Eklund, Honorary Professor
Dr Hasan Ferdous, Honorary Fellow
Dr Longxiang Gao, Honorary Fellow
Dr Jingyu Hou, Honorary Fellow
Kerry Kirk, Honorary Fellow
Abbas Kudrati, Honorary Associate Professor
Dr Ana Novak, Honorary Associate Professor
Damien Manuel, Honorary Associate Professor
Professor Bill Moran, Honorary Professor
Dr Imran Razzak, Honorary Fellow
Dr Rui Wang, Honorary Fellow
Jason Wells, Honorary Fellow
Associate Professor Tim Wilkin, Honorary Associate Professor
Dr Dimaz Wijaya, Honorary Fellow
Associate Professor David Yost, Honorary Associate Professor
Dr Zili Zhang, Honorary Fellow
Researchers
Professor Terrence Caelli, Research Professor in Data Science
Dr Belinda Huang, Research Fellow, Internet of Things
Dr Jay Jeong, Senior Research Fellow, Cyber Security
Trudy Lam, Associate Research Fellow, Complex Decision Making
Dr Bohai Li, Research Fellow, Satellite IoT
Dr Kelvin Li, Research Fellow, Augmented Cyber Defence
Dr Ashish Nanda, Research Fellow, Authentication Technology
Dinh Duc Nha (Tony) Nguyen, Associate Research Fellow
Dr Mohammad Nosouhi, Research Fellow, Authentication Technologies
Sanjay Selvaraj, Software Engineer
Saifur Rahman, Associate Research Fellow
Haftu Reda, Research Fellow, Authentication Technologies
Dr Syed Wajid Ali Shah, Research Fellow, Authentication Technologies
Dr Md Palash Uddin, Associate Research Fellow, Blockchain
Zoe Wang, Software Engineer
Dr Jeb Webb, Senior Research Fellow, Cyber Harm Prevention
Dr Jian-Zhang Wu, Research Fellow in Mathematics and Decision
August Xu, Associate Research Fellow, Blockchain
Dr Eric Xu, Associate Research Fellow
Professional staff
Industry professors
Peter Kinne, Industry Professor
Adjunct Professor Beau Tydd, Industry Professor
Industry capstone staff
Jess Jaswal, Senior Officer, Marketing and External Engagement
Jesse Mcmeikan, Manager, Industry Projects
Michelle Yu, Coordinator, Industry Projects
Technical staff
Scott Blackburn, Senior Technical Officer, Cloud Computing and AI
Nghia Dang, ICT Systems Manager
Himanshu Dhamankar, Senior Technical Officer
Jason Hart, Assistant Technical Officer
Justin Li, Senior Technical Officer
Gillud Poznanski, Senior Technical Officer, Emerging Technologies
Contact us
Get in touch if you have further questions regarding the School of Information Technology.
+61 3 9244 6699