Research interests:

Green ICT, Internet and Web Policy, ICT for Emergencies, Metadata, e-commerce and professional ethics, Electronic Publishing, Electronic Records Management, Data Management, Defence IT Policy, National R&D Policy

Duties:

Teach postgraduate green ICT and undergraduate/postgraduate ethics.

Bio:

Tom Worthington is an independent consulting Certified Computer Professional and an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the Research School of Computer Science at the ANU. He is also a member of the ANU Climate Change Institute and Energy Change Institute.

Tom was elected a Fellow of the ACS in 1999 for his contribution to the development of public Internet policy in Australia. He is a past president, Fellow and Honorary Life Member of the ACS, a voting member of the Association for Computing Machinery and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Tom is the author of the award winning ebook and on-line course "ICT Sustainability: Assessment and Strategies for a Low Carbon Future", used by universities in Australia and North America.

Recent papers include:

• "Synchronizing Asynchronous Learning: Combining Synchronous and Asynchronous Techniques" for the 8th International Conference on Computer Science and Education (ICCSE), 2013.
• "A Green computing professional education course online: Designing and delivering a course in ICT sustainability using Internet and eBooks" for ICCSE 2012.