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Past postgraduate students and their projects

Year of admission is given in brackets behind student names.

Student & Research TopicSupervisory Panel
Dr Sumudu Mendis (2008)
Fuzzy Signatures and Hierarchical Fuzzy Systems
PhD DCS
Prof Tom Gedeon (Principal Supervisor)
Prof Laszlo Koczy (Advisor)
Mr Paul Thomas (2008)
Personal Metasearch
PhD DCS
Prof Tom Gedeon (Principal Supervisor)
Dr David Hawking (Supervisor)
Dr Peter Christen (Advisor)
Ms Jeanette McLeod (2007)
Methods in asymptotic combinatorics
PhD DCS
Prof Brendan McKay (Chair of Panel)
Peter Hall (Supervisor)
Dr Ian Wanless (Supervisor)
Dr Shayne Flint (2006)
Aspect-Oriented Thinking
PhD DCS
Dr Clive Boughton (Principal Supervisor)
Dr Brian Molinari (Supervisor)
Dr Thanh Tin Tang (2006)
Subject-specific search for the WWW
PhD DCS
Dr Ramesh Sankaranarayana (Principal Supervisor)
Dr Nick Craswell (Supervisor)
Dr David Hawking (Supervisor)
Ms Zhuoyuan Tu (2006)
Query optimization in wirless sensor networks
MPhil DCS
Dr Weifa Liang (Principal Supervisor)
Dr Ramesh Sankaranarayana (Advisor)
Dr Teddy Mantoro (2006)
Distributed Support for Intelligent Environments
PhD DCS
Dr Chris Johnson (Principal Supervisor)
Dr Bob Kummerfeld (Advisor)
Dr Ken Taylor (Advisor)
Mr Arun Vishwanath (2006)
Wavelength routing algorithms for WDM optical Networks
MPhil DCS
Dr Weifa Liang (Supervisor)
Prof Brendan McKay (Advisor)
Dr Ramesh Sankaranarayana (Advisor)
Mr Trystan Upstill (2005)
Using hyperlink-evidence in web search
PhD DCS
Dr Chris Johnson (Principal Supervisor)
Dr Nick Craswell (Supervisor)
Dr David Hawking (Supervisor)
Dr John Zigman (2004)
A general framework for the description and construction of hierarchical garbage collection
PhD DCS
Dr Stephen Blackburn (Principal Supervisor)
Dr Chris Johnson (Advisor)
Dr Brian Molinari (Advisor)
Dr Ramesh Sankaranarayana (Advisor)
Dr Zhen He (2004)
Integrated Buffer Management for Object-Oriented Database Systems
PhD DCS
Dr Stephen Blackburn (Principal Supervisor)
Dr Jeffrey X Yu (Supervisor)
Dr Ramesh Sankaranarayana (Advisor)
Dr Peter Strazdins (Advisor)
Dr Rochelle O'Hagan (2003)
Vision-Based Gesture Recognition for Virtual Reality Interfaces
PhD DCS
Dr Alex Zelinsky (Chair of Panel)
Mr Samer Abdallah (Advisor)
Dr Mark Grundy (Advisor)
Prof John Moore (Advisor)
Mr Duncan Stevenson (Advisor)
Dr Sam Taylor (2003)
Streaming Geospatial Imagery into Virtual Environments
PhD DCS
Dr Chris Johnson (Principal Supervisor)
Dr Brian Molinari (Supervisor)
Dr Malcolm Newey (Supervisor)
David L. Stevens (Supervisor)
Dr Lex Weaver (2003)
Reinforcement learning: Some algorithmic improvements
PhD DCS
Dr Chris Johnson (Principal Supervisor)
Dr Terry Bossomaier (Supervisor)
Dr Tony Burkitt (Advisor)
Dr Mark Cameron (2001)
A Problem Model for Decision Support Systems
PhD DCS
Dr Jeffrey X Yu (Chair of Panel)
Dr Dave Abel (Principal Supervisor)
Mr Jeremy Smith (Advisor)
Ms Shiher Sanjmyatav (2001)
Algorithms for Generation of Cubic Graphs
MSc DCS
Prof Brendan McKay (Principal Supervisor)
Dr Nick Craswell (2001)
Methods for Distributed Information Retrieval
PhD DCS
Dr Paul Thistlewaite (Chair of Panel)
Dr David Hawking (Supervisor)
Dr Peter Bailey (Advisor)
Dr Chris Johnson (Advisor)
Dr Rongxin Li (2001)
Towards a perceptually meaningful texture space for scientific visualisation
PhD DCS
Prof Richard Brent (Chair of Panel)
Dr Philip Robertson (Principal Supervisor)
Dr Paul Mackerras (Supervisor)
Dr Hong-Cheu Liu (2000)
Query Translation and Optimisation for Complex Value Database
PhD DCS
Dr Jeffrey X Yu (Chair of Panel)
Dr Brian Molinari (Advisor)
Dr Vicki Peterson (Advisor)
Dr Hongxue Wang (2000)
Timetabling as a Constraint Satisfaction Problem
PhD DCS
Prof John Slaney (Principal Supervisor)
Robin Stanton (Supervisor)
Dr Trevor Vickers (Supervisor)
Dr Matthew Hutchins (2000)
Modelling visualisation using formal algebra
PhD DCS
Dr Philip Robertson (Principal Supervisor)
Dr Vicki Peterson (Supervisor)
Dr L Alem (Advisor)
Dr Malcolm Newey (Advisor)
Dr N Ozkan (Advisor)
Dr Andrew Tridgell (1999)
Practical Systems Algorithms
PhD DCS
Dr Bruce Millar (Principal Supervisor)
Dr IDG MacLeod (Supervisor)
Dr Michael Wagner (Supervisor)
Dr KA Do (Advisor)
Mr Oscar Bosman (1999)
Testing Object-Oriented Software
MSc DCS
Dr Brian Molinari (Principal Supervisor)
Prof EV Krishamurthy (Supervisor)
Mr Jeremy Smith (Supervisor)
Dr David Hawking (1999)
Text Retrieval over Distributed Collections (by Supplication)
PhD DCS
Dr Stephen Blackburn (1998)
Persistent Store Interface: A foundation for scalable persistent system design
PhD DCS
Robin Stanton (Principal Supervisor)
Dr Chris Johnson (Advisor)
Dr Jeffrey X Yu (Advisor)
Dr Stephen Peter Fenwick (1998)
Performance Monitoring of Parallel Systems
PhD DCS
Dr Chris Johnson (Principal Supervisor)
Dr Brian Molinari (Supervisor)
Dr Malcolm Newey (Advisor)
Mr Vikram Sharma (1998)
A Blackboard Architecture for a Rule-Based SQL Optimiser
MSc DCS
Prof Mike Papazoglou (Chair of Panel)
Dr Vicki Peterson (Supervisor)
Dr Jeffrey X Yu (Supervisor)
Dr Ian Wanless (1998)
Permanents, Matchings and Latin Rectangles
PhD DCS
Prof Brendan McKay (Chair of Panel)
Prof Daryl Daley (Supervisor)
Dr Nicholas Wormald (Advisor)
Dr Peter Bailey (1998)
Process Oriented Language Design for Distributed Address Spaces
PhD DCS
Dr Malcolm Newey (Principal Supervisor)
Robin Stanton (Supervisor)
Dr Chris Johnson (Advisor)
Prof Heinz Schmidt (Advisor)
Dr Steve Barrass (1998)
A Method for using Sounds to Support Computer-based Activities
PhD DCS
Dr Jeffrey X Yu (Chair of Panel)
Dr Philip Robertson (Principal Supervisor)
Bradley Broom (Supervisor)
Dr Paul Thistlewaite (Advisor)
Mr Sompat Roongtawanreongsri (1998)
Communication Libraries for Multi-Computers
MPhil DCS
Dr Chris Johnson (Supervisor)
Dr Weifa Liang (1998)
Designing Efficient Parallel Algorithms for Graph Problems
PhD DCS
Prof Brendan McKay (Principal Supervisor)
Prof Richard Brent (Supervisor)
Dr Simon Hawkins (1997)
Automatic Speech Recognition Using Neural Networks
PhD DCS
Dr Bruce Millar (Principal Supervisor)
Dr IDG MacLeod (Supervisor)
Prof Richard Brent (Advisor)
Dr AC Tsoi (Advisor)
Dr Gavin Michael (1997)
Software Techniques for Program Parallelization in Parallel Superconductors
PhD DCS
Peiyi Tang (Supervisor)
Prof Richard Brent (Advisor)
Dr Brian Molinari (Advisor)
Robin Stanton (Advisor)
Dr Roger Clarke (1997)
Data Surveillance: Theory, Practice & Policy (by Supplication)
PhD DCS
Dr Lujuan Chen (1996)
Decomposition and Mapping Strategies for Parallel Solution of Mathematical Physics Problems
PhD DCS
Prof EV Krishamurthy (Principal Supervisor)
Prof Richard Brent (Advisor)
Dr IDG MacLeod (Advisor)
Dr Pin Chen (1996)
Domain-Based Performance Evaluation Through an Extension of Gamma Paradigm
PhD DCS
Prof Richard Brent (Supervisor)
Prof EV Krishamurthy (Supervisor)
Y Xin (Supervisor)
Dr Kerry Taylor (1996)
Autonomous Learning by Incremental Induction and Revision
PhD DCS
Robin Stanton (Principal Supervisor)
Dr Claude Sammut (Supervisor)
Dr Graham Williams (Supervisor)
Mr Adam Czezowski (1996)
Singular Value Computations on the AP1000 Array Computer
MSc DCS
Dr Peter Strazdins (Supervisor)
Prof Richard Brent (Advisor)
Dr John Zigman (1996)
Perfectly Nested Loops: Communication and Memory Reuse for do-Across Loops
MSc DCS
Peiyi Tang (Principal Supervisor)
Dr Mostafa-Saniji Haghjoo (1995)
Transactional Actors in Cooperative Information Systems
PhD DCS
Dr Vicki Peterson (Principal Supervisor)
Prof Mike Papazoglou (Supervisor)
Prof Heinz Schmidt (Supervisor)
Dr Malcolm Newey (Advisor)
Dr James Popple (1995)
SHYSTER: A Pragmatic Legal Expert System
PhD DCS
Robin Stanton (Principal Supervisor)
Dr Roger Clarke (Supervisor)
Peter Drahos (Supervisor)
Dr Malcolm Newey (Advisor)
Dr Jian Yang (1995)
Interoperation Support in Multidatabase Systems
PhD DCS
Prof Brendan McKay (Principal Supervisor)
Prof Mike Papazoglou (Supervisor)
Mr Jeremy Smith (Supervisor)
Dr Graham Williams (Advisor)
Miss Danqing Zhang (1995)
Multi-Speaker Isolated Digit Recognition Using Artificial Neural Networks
MSc DCS
Dr Bruce Millar (Principal Supervisor)
Prof Richard Brent (Advisor)
Mr Albert Mugambi Kiruki (1995)
Object CASE: a Design Tool for Object-Oriented Development
MSc DCS
Dr Brian Molinari (Principal Supervisor)
Prof Heinz Schmidt (Supervisor)
Dr Rachel Roxas (1995)
Proving the Correctness of Program Transformations in Higher Order Logic
PhD DCS
Dr Malcolm Newey (Principal Supervisor)
Prof John Slaney (Advisor)
Dr Trevor Vickers (Advisor)
Mr Jason Lan (1995)
Design and Implementation of a Transaction Manager for a Relational Database
MSc DCS
Dr Pakorn Sae Chan (1994)
Improved Reconfiguration Strategies for Fault-Tolerant Mesh-Connected Arrays
PhD DCS
Prof Richard Brent (Supervisor)
Dr Chris Johnson (Supervisor)
Dr IDG MacLeod (Supervisor)
Dr H Schroder (Supervisor)
Dr Robert CJ Edomondson (1994)
Constructive Failure
PhD DCS
Robin Stanton (Principal Supervisor)
Dr Malcolm Newey (Advisor)
Dr Paul Thistlewaite (Advisor)
Dr Shuping Ran (1994)
Automatic Speech Recognition
PhD DCS
Dr Bruce Millar (Principal Supervisor)
Dr IDG MacLeod (Supervisor)
Prof Richard Brent (Advisor)
Dr AC Tsoi (Advisor)
Dr Dharmendra Prakash Sharma (1994)
Constraint-Directed Search in Knowledge-Based Planning Environments
PhD DCS
Robin Stanton (Principal Supervisor)
Dr Vicki Peterson (Supervisor)
Dr Qing Li (Advisor)
Dr K Smith (Advisor)
Dr Dan Zhou (1994)
A Knowledge-Oriented Data Model and its Language
PhD DCS
Dr Vicki Peterson (Principal Supervisor)
Robin Stanton (Advisor)
Dr Eliezer Albacea (1994)
Topics in the Complexity of Sequential and Parallel Algorithms
PhD DCS
Dr Michael Robson (Principal Supervisor)
Prof Richard Brent (Advisor)
Prof Brendan McKay (Advisor)
Dr Peter Alleine Fletcher (1994)
Regular Mapping of Multidimensional Data on a SIMD Parallel Processor
PhD DCS
Prof Richard Brent (Supervisor)
Prof EV Krishamurthy (Advisor)
Dr IDG MacLeod (Advisor)
Dr Philip Robertson (Advisor)
Dr H Schroder (Advisor)
Dr Hiroaki Oasa (1994)
Vowel Normalisation: An Interface Between Acoustic and Linguistic Descriptions of Speaker Characteristics in Australian English
PhD DCS
Dr Bruce Millar (Supervisor)
KHM Rensch (Supervisor)
Dr PJ Rose (Supervisor)
Dr Guy Vezina (1993)
Multi-Dimensional Image-Space Visualisation on Data-Parallel Computers
PhD DCS
Dr Philip Robertson (Principal Supervisor)
Robin Stanton (Supervisor)
Dr IDG MacLeod (Advisor)
Dr Seppo Keronen (1993)
Planning the Evaluation of Logic Based Programs
PhD DCS
Robin Stanton (Principal Supervisor)
Dr Malcolm Newey (Supervisor)
Prof Michael McRobbie (Advisor)
Miss Qin Yang (1993)
An Approach to User-Directed Search in Interactive Problem Solving
MSc DCS
Robin Stanton (Supervisor)
Dr Frantz Clermont (1992)
Formant-Contour Models of Dipthongs: A Study in Acoustics Phonetics and Computer Modelling of Speech
PhD DCS
Dr IDG MacLeod (Supervisor)
Dr Bruce Millar (Supervisor)
Dr DJ Broad (Advisor)
Dr Mary Josephine O'Kane (Advisor)
Dr PJ Rose (Advisor)
Dr Graham Williams (1992)
Inducing and Combining Decision Structures for Expert Systems
PhD DCS
Dr Malcolm Newey (Supervisor)
Robin Stanton (Supervisor)
Dr JR Davis (Advisor)
Dr Zhefei Jin (1992)
Computational Studies of Visual Motion Processing
PhD DCS
Prof GA Horridge (Supervisor)
Dr MV Srinivasan (Supervisor)
Dr S Marcelja (Advisor)
Dr AW Snyder (Advisor)
Dr Jimmy Wang (1992)
Algorithms and Optimization in Combinatorics and Graph Theory
PhD DCS
Dr Margaret Helen Kahn (1991)
Image Processing
PhD DCS
Dr IDG MacLeod (Supervisor)
Prof Richard Brent (Advisor)
Dr RL Brown (Advisor)
Dr John Lewis Ophel (1991)
AIMLESS : a Programming Environment for ML
PhD DCS
Dr Malcolm Newey (Supervisor)
Dr Chris Johnson (Advisor)
Dr Brian Molinari (Advisor)
Robin Stanton (Advisor)
Dr Wanlei Zhou (1991)
Network Services for Distributed Computing
PhD DCS
Dr Chris Johnson (Supervisor)
Dr Brian Molinari (Supervisor)
Robin Stanton (Supervisor)
Dr Zdzislaw Loboz (1991)
An Analysis of Program Execution: Issues for Computer Architecture
PhD DCS
Dr AJ Hurst (Supervisor)
Dr Brian Molinari (Supervisor)
Dr Chris Johnson (Advisor)
Dr Colin John Fidge (1990)
Dynamic Analysis of Event Orderings in Message-Passing Systems
PhD DCS
Dr Malcolm Newey (Supervisor)
Robin Stanton (Supervisor)
Dr AJ Hurst (Advisor)
Dr Brian Molinari (Advisor)
Dr Judith Margaret Parr (1990)
The Computer and the Writing Processes of Children
PhD DCS
Dr IDG MacLeod (Supervisor)
Dr JA Slee (Supervisor)
Dr Peter Strazdins (1990)
Control Structures for Mesh-Connected Networks
PhD DCS
Prof Richard Brent (Supervisor)
Dr H Schroder (Supervisor)
Robin Stanton (Advisor)
Dr Andrew Bollen (1990)
Conditional Logic Programming
PhD DCS
Prof Robert Meyer (Supervisor)
Robin Stanton (Supervisor)
Prof Michael McRobbie (Advisor)
Dr Malcolm Newey (Advisor)
Dr Paul Thistlewaite (Advisor)
Dr Bing Bing Zhou (1989)
Systolic Architectures for Parallel Implementation of Digital Filters
PhD DCS
Prof Richard Brent (Supervisor)
Dr IDG MacLeod (Advisor)
Dr H Schroder (Advisor)
Dr Paul Mackerras (1988)
Machine Interpretations of Boundaries in Textured Images
PhD DCS
Dr Terry Bossomaier (Supervisor)
Prof Richard Brent (Supervisor)
Dr IDG MacLeod (Supervisor)
Dr ML Cook (Advisor)
Dr AW Snyder (Advisor)
Dr Philip Robertson (1986)
Colour Image Display: a Computational Framework Based on a Uniform Colour Space
MPhil DCS
Prof Richard Brent (Supervisor)
Dr RA Jarvis (Supervisor)
Dr John O'Callaghan (Supervisor)
Dr Christopher John Lokan (1985)
Static Analysis of Programs for Context-Sensitive Computer Architecture
PhD DCS
Dr AJ Hurst (Supervisor)
Dr Margaret Ann Grocke (1984)
Computer-Based Instruction for Disabled Readers
PhD DCS
Dr MR Lally (Supervisor)
Dr IDG MacLeod (Supervisor)
Dr David Lynton Poole (1984)
The Theory of CES: a Complete Expert System
PhD DCS
Dr RA Jarvis (Supervisor)
Robin Stanton (Supervisor)
Mr Geoffrey Ian Huston (1984)
A Pascal Programming Environment
MSc DCS
Dr Brian Molinari (Supervisor)
Mr Jack Hlung Wen Penm (1983)
Petri Net Analysis via Integer Linear Equations
MSc DCS
Dr Brian Molinari (Supervisor)
Dr Stephen John Edwards (1983)
Interpreter Generating Systems
PhD DCS
Dr AJ Hurst (Supervisor)
Dr Chris Johnson (1983)
Data Structure Representation and Transformation
PhD DCS
Dr Brian Molinari (Supervisor)
Robin Stanton (Supervisor)
Mr Marcel Joachim Schoppers (1982)
Contributions to the Theory of a Heuristic Search for Feasibility
MSc DCS
Dr RA Jarvis (Supervisor)
Dr Mary Josephine O'Kane (1982)
Acoustic-Phonetic Processing for Continuous Speech Recognition
PhD DCS
Dr S Kaneff (Supervisor)
Dr IDG MacLeod (Supervisor)
Mr Gary Neil Justusson (1981)
The Design and Implementation of Modula for the Burroughs B1700 Computer
MSc DCS
Dr AJ Hurst (Supervisor)
Dr Andreas Griewank (1981)
Newton's Method at Singularities
PhD DCS
Dr Michael Robson (1981)
Worst Case Fragmentation of Dynamic Storage Allocation Algorithms (by Supplication)
PhD DCS
Dr Paul Pritchard (1980)
An Axiomatic Semantics for Expression Languages
PhD DCS
Prof Robert Meyer (Supervisor)
Dr Malcolm Newey (Supervisor)
Prof John Slaney (1980)
Computers and Relevant Logic: a Project in Computing Matrix Model Structures for Propositional Logics
PhD DCS
Dr Michael Wagner (1979)
The Application of a Learning Technique for the Identification of Speaker Characteristics in Continuous Speech
PhD DCS
Mr Kevin Cox (1978)
A Size and Modularity Measure for Programs
MSc DCS
Mr William Ginn (1978)
Virtual Memory for Minicomputers
MSc DCS
Dr James Abbott (1977)
Numerical Continuation Methods for Nonlinear Equations and Bifurcation Problems
PhD DCS
Dr Andreas Griewank (1977)
A Generalized Descent Method for Global Optimization
MSc DCS
Dr David Anderson (1975)
Linear Programming and the Calculation of Maximum Norm Approximations
PhD DCS
Dr Anthony Jakeman (1975)
The Numerical Inversion of Abel Type Integral Equations in Stereology
PhD DCS
Dr Bernard Omedei (1975)
Stability of the Rayleigh-Ritz-Galerkin Procedure for Elliptic Boundary Value Problems
PhD DCS
Lee Stirzaker (1975)
Digital Information Transmission
MSc DCS
Dr Greg Woodford (1975)
Finite Difference Methods with Applications to the Cavity Problem
PhD DCS
Dr Frank de Hoog (1973)
Product Integration Techniques for the Numerical Solution of Integral Equations
PhD DCS
Dr LS Jennings (1973)
Orthogonal Transformations and Improperly Posed Problems
PhD DCS
Dr Trevor Lawrence (1973)
Interactive Computer Graphics with Special Reference to Electrical Circuit Diagrams
PhD DCS
Dr Peter Maxwell (1972)
Machine Perception and Description of Line Drawings
PhD DCS
Mr Andrew Quaine (1972)
The Development of Interactive Facilities for the DDP-516 Digital Computer
MSc DCS
Dr Richard Weiss (1972)
Numerical Procedures for Volterra Integral Equations
PhD DCS
Dr DM Ryan (1971)
Transformation Methods in Nonlinear Programming
MPhil DCS
Dr GA Watson (1969)
Chebyshev Approximations with Applications to the Numerical Solution of Differential Equations
PhD DCS

Totals: 82 PhD, 23 MSc/Phil.