Research interests
The major focus of my research is primarily built on the issues associated with designing and implementing distributed systems – with specific interest in how to make such systems transparent, easy to use, high performing and secure for various applications. Originally focusing on operating system architecture and services to support such goals, my research interest have extended to include: architectural and virtualisation support for emerging IoT systems in the form of frameworks; virtual world security & malware detection; cloud computing support for high performance applications; and game design issues.
Teaching interests
Cloud Application Automation Techniques
Responsive Web Application Design and Development
Graphics Programming Systems
Awards
Deakin University Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching and Learning 2019
School of IT Award for Innovation and Creative Practice Excellence 2023
School of IT Award for Excellence in Fostering Culture and People 2018
USENIX (professional body) Test of Time Award in 2015
Publications
No publications found
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Self Discovery, Self Configuration and Self Healing of Enterprise Grids
Prof Andrzej Goscinski, Dr Jacqueline Silcock, Dr Michael Hobbs, Dr Robert Dew
ARC - Discovery Projects
- 2007: $85,979
- 2006: $84,272
Other Public Sector Funding
Wild Otways Initiative - Online Tools Development Project.
Dr Michael Hobbs, Dr Guy Wood-Bradley, A/Prof Mohamed Abdelrazek
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
- 2023: $9,842
- 2022: $40,000
Industry and Other Funding
SummerTech Live Program 2024
Dr Mohamed Reda Bouadjenek, Dr Sunil Aryal, Dr Michael Hobbs, Dr Anh Dinh, Dr Anuroop Gaddam, Dr Muna Al-Hawawreh, Dr Aaron Spence, Dr Imali Dias
Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- 2024: $77,500
- 2023: $27,500
Supervisions
Amra Taggart
Thesis entitled: On the Nature of Permadeath Experiences in Video Games
Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology), School of Information Technology
Gregory Bowtell
Thesis entitled: Australian Game Development Education: An Analysis of Industry Perceptions
Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology), School of Information Technology
Ammar Al Azab
Thesis entitled: Malware Detection and Prevention
Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology), School of Information Technology
Nicholas Patterson
Thesis entitled: A Framework for Detecting Virtual Property Theft in Virtual World Environments
Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology), School of Information Technology
Sophie McKenzie
Thesis entitled: Creative Geeks? Investigating Creativity Support Systems for Information Technology Students A framework to support IT tertiary students in career development
Master of Science (Information Technology), School of Information Technology
Dharani Priyahansika Perera
Thesis entitled: Voice Art: Exploring Assistive Technologies for Artists with Disabilities
Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology), School of Information Technology
Guy Wood-Bradley
Thesis entitled: Supporting Gen Y's Engagement, Enrichment and Entertainment in Interactive Technologies
Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology), School of Information Technology
Matthew Stuart Turner
Thesis entitled: REDDL: A Language for Rapid Development of Document Editor Applications
Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology), School of Information Technology
Gregory Ryan Pitts
Thesis entitled: Parametric Urbanism in Practice: Investigating new approaches based on analytically driven methods
Doctor of Philosophy (Architecture and Built Environment), School of Architecture and Built Environment
Masitah Ahmad
Thesis entitled: Service Level Agreements Framework for Digital Library Quality of Service Management
Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology), School of Information Technology
Izzatdin Abdul Aziz
Thesis entitled: Quality of Service-based Service Level Agreement Management Framework for Hydrocarbon Exploration and Discovery Operation
Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology), School of Information Technology
Philip Church
Thesis entitled: Service and Cloud Computing Supporting Genomic Analysis of the Mammalian Species
Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology), School of Information Technology
Gregory Ryan Pitts
Thesis entitled: Carriers and Components: Parametric Modelling of Architectural Surfaces
Master of Architecture, School of Architecture and Built Environment
Ashley Chonka
Thesis entitled: Protecting Web Services from various Distributed Denial of Service Attacks
Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology), School of Information Technology
Michael Gerd Messig
Thesis entitled: An Autonomic Management System for Service Oriented Enterprise Grid Computing
Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology), School of Information Technology
Eric Dines
Thesis entitled: Self-Aware Virtualised Automatic Self-managment of Non-dedicated Clusters
Doctor of Philosophy (Information Technology), School of Information Technology