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Associate Professor Alsadoon

PhD (Soft. Eng.) MSc (Comp. Sc.). Post Grad. Cert. (IT). BSc (Comp. Sc.)

Adjunct Associate Professor, Health Services Research Area Member, e-Health Research Group Member, Data Mining Research Area Member, School of Computing, Mathematics and Engineering, Charles Sturt University

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Biographical details
Associate Professor Alsadoon received her Ph.D. from the University of Technology, Baghdad. She is currently an Associate Professor at Education Centre of Australia (ECA)-Asia Pacific International College (APIC). In addition, Associate Professor Alsadoon is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Charles Sturt University (CSU), Australia, and she is an academic at Western Sydney University (WSU). She was a Dean of Scholarship and Research at Kent Institute Australia. She received twenty (20) awards for teaching and research excellence from different Australian Universities. She has been recognized nationally as one out of five finalists for the prestigious 2019 Australian Women’s Agenda Leadership Awards in the category of Emerging Female Leader in the Government and Public Sector. Abeer published more than 130 papers in A and B ranking journals, and has more than 100 conference papers published in different peer review IEEE conferences, and she has received four (4) best paper awards. She is the editor of three books in an Emerging Trends in Cybersecurity Applications, Cutting Edge Applications of Computational Intelligence Tools and Techniques, and Current and Future Trends in Health and Medical Informatics books published by Springer. She is also the editor of the Proceedings of the ICR’22 and ICR’23 International Conference on Innovations in Computing Research book published by Springer Book Series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, and Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, and ACR’23 International Conference on Advances in Computing Research book published by Springer Book Series: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems. Abeer is the chairing of the annual International Conference on Health Informatics and Medical System (HIMS), Las Vegas, USA, since 2022. She is also the Program Chair of the annual International Conference on Innovations in Computing Research (ICR), Europe, since 2022, the annual International Conference on Advances in Computing Research (ACR), Europe, since 2023, and the annual International Conference on Innovative Technologies in Intelligent Systems & Industrial Application (CITISIA), Sydney, Australia, since 2020. She also chaired special sessions at different conferences. Abeer is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). She has many years of academic experience.

Teaching Interests
Java Programming, Python Programming, System Analysis and Design, Software Engineering, Computer Architecture.

Research Interests
Associate Professor Alsadoon has a keen interest in software engineering, e-Health, image processing, algorithms, data mining technologies, real time network and real time security. Please refer to the publications listed below or access them here:

Awards and Honours
2020 – Winner of Excellence in Research Award from School of Computing and Mathematics at Charles Sturt University (CSU)
2019 – “Nationally” recognized as being a finalist – one of 5 – for the prestigious 2019 Australian Women’s Agenda Leadership Awards in the category of Emerging Female Leader in the Government and Public Sector. This was recognition from all over Australia, across a significant range of industries and was a major initiative by teams and organizations that made a change in this world.
2019 – Winner of Excellence in Research Publications Award from Sydney Study Center/SGA at Charles Sturt University (CSU)
2019 – Winner of Academic Excellence in Teaching Award from Sydney Study Center/SGA at Charles Sturt University (CSU)
2019 – Winner of Excellence in Research Award from School of Computing and Mathematics at Charles Sturt University (CSU)
2018 – Winner of Academic Excellence in Teaching Two Awards from Sydney Study Center/SGA at Charles Sturt University (CSU)
2018 – Winner of Certificate of Achievement for Outstanding Student Feedback on Subject Experience Surveys from Charles Sturt University (CSU)
2018 – Winner of Certificate of Recognition for Contribution to Excellence through Subject Experience Survey Results from Charles Sturt University (CSU)
2018 – Winner of Excellence in Research Award from School of Computing and Mathematics at Charles Sturt University (CSU)
2017 – Winner of Academic Excellence in Teaching Two Awards from Sydney Study Center/SGA at Charles Sturt University (CSU)
2017 – Winner of Excellence in Research Award from the School of Computing and Mathematics at Charles Sturt University (CSU)
2016 – Winner of Academic Excellence in Teaching Award from the School of Computing and Mathematics at Charles Sturt University (CSU)
2016 – Winner of Academic Excellence in Teaching Two Awards from Sydney Study Center /SGA at Charles Sturt University (CSU)
2015 – Winner of Academic Excellence in Teaching Award from Sydney Study Center/SGA at Charles Sturt University (CSU)
2015 – Winner of Academic Excellence in Teaching Award from the Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioral Sciences at Charles Sturt University (CSU)
2014 – Winner of Academic Excellence in Teaching Award from the School of Computing and Mathematics at Charles Sturt University (CSU)
2013 – Winner of Academic Excellence in Teaching Award from Martin College/SGA

IEEE Conference Best Paper Awards (Prizes)
Paper titles are available in Conference Publication Section
2020 – Winner of IEEE (ICSCC) Conference (2) Best Paper Awards. 5th IEEE International Conference on Innovative Technologies in Intelligent Systems & Industrial Application (CITISIA), Sydney, Australia, 2020.
2017 – Winner of IEEE (ICSCC) Conference Best Paper Award. The technical program committee in ICSCC Conference, run by Elsevier, selected five papers from the presented 300 across ten different tracks. Our paper was designated the best paper in its track. Please check below list of conference publications. India, 2017
2016 – Winner of IEEE (ICTLE) Conference Best Paper Award – IEEE International Conference on Teaching and Learning in Education (ICTLE). Please check below list of conference publications. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2016.

News and Social Media
• Charles Sturt University (CSU) News. “Leading Charles Sturt researcher advances ‘mixed reality surgery”:

• SBS Australian News: The use of robotics and mixed reality technology in delicate surgical procedures is an emerging and rapidly evolving field.

• Women NSW: “Inspirational Women NSW for 2019”:

Education
• Junu Dahal, Angela Maag, P.W.C. Prasad, Abeer Alsadoon, Lau, “The Effect of Culture on International Students’ Academic Buoyancy after Failure: An Examination of Self-efficacy, Attitude, Perceived Control and Actual Behavior”, Education and Information Technologies Journal – Springer, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-017-9672-4. (Level B).

• A. Alsadoon, P.W.C. Prasad, A. Beg, and A. Chan, “Using Software Simulators to Enhance the Learning of Digital Logic Design For the Information Technology Students” Computer European Journal of Engineering Education EJEE, 2016. (Level B).

• P.W.C. Prasad, A. Alsadoon, A. Beg, and A. Chan, “Using Simulators for Teaching Computer Organization and Architecture” , European Journal of Engineering Education EJEE, DOI: 10.1002/cae.21699, 2016. (Level B).

Book chapters
• Tarik Ahmad, Maryam Thair, Sivan Salar, Hadi Abdullah, Abeer Alsadoon, Program-Based Robotics Using Prolog: A Tutorial, Lectures Notes in Computer Science LNCS, 2021. (Will be published).

• Tarik A. Rashid, Chra I. Shekho Toghramchi, Heja Sindi, Abeer Alsadoon, A. S. Shamsaldin, Shahla U. Umar, A. S. Shamsaldin, Mokhtar Mohammadi “An Improved BAT Algorithm for Optimizing Job Scheduling Problem in Hotels and Restaurants, Elsevier, 2021 – a Book Title: book titled Monograph in Springer series: Studies in Computational Intelligence. (SCI, volume 973, PP 155-171), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-72711-6_9. Indexed by SCOPUS, DBLP, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago.

• Prajwal Koirala, Abeer Alsadoon, Mokhtar Mohammadi, Tarik A. Rashid, P.W.C. Prasad, Thair Al-Dala’in , Nectar Costadopoulos, Angelika Maag, “Data Visualization for Knowledge Discovery and Sense-Making in Coronary Heart Diseases ”, (HIMS’21), 2021. SPRINGER NATURE – Scopus, Research Book Series (ISSN: 2569-7072): Transactions on Computational Science & Computational Intelligence

• Ananda Prasad Jaisy, Abeer Alsadoon, Omar Hisham Alsadoon, Tarik A. Rashid, P.W.C. Prasad, Rasha S. Ali, Oday D. Jerew, Dara Sherwani, Mokhtar Mohammadi, Shima Rashidi, “A Novel Deep Belief Network and Enhanced Root Mean Square Error For Stock Exchange Price Prediction”, (IKE’21), 2021. SPRINGER NATURE – Scopus, Research Book Series (ISSN: 2569-7072): Transactions on Computational Science & Computational Intelligence

• Ashok Bhatta, Abeer Alsadoon, P.W.C. Prasad, Indra Seher, Tarik A. Rashid, Ahmed Dawoud, Mokhtar Mohammadi, Sarkhel H.Taher Karim, Azheen Ghafour Mohammed, Omar Hisham Alsadoon, Oday D. Jerew, “Deep Learning for Uniformity and Texture Feature Extraction in Oral Cancer: Enhanced Scalar Probability of Number of Images”, (ICAI’21) , 2021. SPRINGER NATURE – Scopus, Research Book Series (ISSN: 2569-7072): Transactions on Computational Science & Computational Intelligence

• Ali Haider, Abeer Alsadoon, Omar Hisham Alsadoon, Wafaa M. Salih, Tarik A. Rashid, Mokhtar Mohammadi, P.W.C. Prasad, Ghossoon Alsadoon, Shima Rashidi, Mohammed Kamal Majeed, “Deep Learning for White Blood Cells Classification: Enhanced Rectified Linear Unit (ReLU)”, (IPC’21), 2021. SPRINGER NATURE – Scopus, Research Book Series (ISSN: 2569-7072): Transactions on Computational Science & Computational Intelligence

• Anish Adhikari, Noha Hazzazi, Abeer Alsadoon, Ahmed Dawoud, P.W.C. Prasad, and Tarik Rashid, “A Secure Communication between Patient and Psychiatrist in Telepsycholog: Hyper Chaotic Advanced Encryption Standard (HCAES)”, (SAM’21), 2021. SPRINGER NATURE – Scopus, Research Book Series (ISSN: 2569-7072): Transactions on Computational Science & Computational Intelligence

Conferences

Software Design and Development
• Mekhriniso Abdukodirova, Salma Abdullah, Abeer Alsadoon, P.W.C. Prasad, ” Deep learning for ovarian follicle (OF) classification and counting: displaced rectifier linear unit (DReLU) and network stabilization through batch normalization (BN)”, 5th IEEE International Conference on Innovative Technologies in Intelligent Systems & Industrial Application (CITISIA’20), Sydney, Australia, DOI: 10.1109/CITISIA50690.2020.9371844, 2020.

• Muhammad Arslan Javed, Abeer Alsadoon, P.W.C. Prasad, Tarik A. Rashid, Angelika Maag, Yahini Murugesan, “Enhancing Local Binary Patterns for higher accuracy in Fatty Liver classification using Deep Learning”, 5th IEEE International Conference on Innovative Technologies in Intelligent Systems & Industrial Application (CITISIA’20), Sydney, Australia, 2020. Recently Accepted

• Milan Acharya, Abeer Alsadoon, Shahd Al-Janabi, P.W.C. Prasad, Ahmed Dawoud, Ghossoon Alsadoon, Manoranjan Paul, ” MRI-based Diagnosis of Brain Tumours Using a Deep Neural Network Framework”, 5th IEEE International Conference on Innovative Technologies in Intelligent Systems & Industrial Application (CITISIA’20), Sydney, Australia, DOI: 10.1109/CITISIA50690.2020.9371831, 2020.

• Sam Manohar, Abeer Alsadoon, P.W.C. Prasad, Razwan Mohmed Salah, Angelika Maag, Yahini Murugesan, “A Novel Augmented Reality Approach in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: Super-Imposition Based on Modified Rigid and Non-Rigid Iterative Closest Point”, 5th IEEE International Conference on Innovative Technologies in Intelligent Systems & Industrial Application (CITISIA’20), Sydney, Australia, DOI: 10.1109/CITISIA50690.2020.9371785, 2020. Best Paper Award Winner.

• Dharun Teja Vujjini, Razwan Mohmed Salah , Abeer Alsadoon, P.W.C. Prasad, ” Survey on Real-time tracking and Treatment of Infectious diseases using Mixed Reality in Visualisation Technique with Autoimmune therapy”, 5th IEEE International Conference on Innovative Technologies in Intelligent Systems & Industrial Application (CITISIA’20), Sydney, Australia, DOI: 10.1109/CITISIA50690.2020.9371853 , 2020.

• Suroj Thapa, Abeer Alsadoon, P.W.C. Prasad, Thair Al-Dala’in, Tarik A. Rashid” Software Defect Prediction Using Atomic Rule Mining and Random Forest”, 5th IEEE International Conference on Innovative Technologies in Intelligent Systems & Industrial Application (CITISIA’20), Sydney, Australia, DOI: 10.1109/CITISIA50690.2020.9371797, 2020.

• Ahmed Ahsan Khan, Abeer Alsadoon, Shatha Habeeb Jafer, P.W.C. Prasad , Oday D. Jerew, Paul Manoranjan, “A Novel Hybrid Fall Detection Technique Using Body Part Tracking and Acceleration “, 5th IEEE International Conference on Innovative Technologies in Intelligent Systems & Industrial Application (CITISIA’20), Sydney, Australia, DOI: 10.1109/CITISIA50690.2020.9371850 , 2020.

• Binh Anh Minh Ngo, Abeer Alsadoon, P.W.C. Prasad, Indra Seher, Tarik A. Rashid, Paul Manoranjan, ” A hybrid method of Smart Scanning and Terrestrial Laser Scanner (SSaTLS): Improving the Accuracy of the Measurement Method”, 5th IEEE International Conference on Innovative Technologies in Intelligent Systems & Industrial Application (CITISIA’20), Sydney, Australia, DOI: 10.1109/CITISIA50690.2020.9371849. 2020.

• Surendra Malla, Abeer Alsadoon; Simi Kamini Bajaj, “A DFC taxonomy of Speech emotion recognition based on convolutional neural network from speech signal, 5th IEEE International Conference on Innovative Technologies in Intelligent Systems & Industrial Application (CITISIA’20), Sydney, Australia, DOI: 10.1109/CITISIA50690.2020.9371841. 2020.

• Sisir Joshi, Abeer Alsadoon, SMN Arosha Senanayake, P.W.C. Prasad, and Yong Shiaw Yin, ” Pattern Mining Predictor System for Road Accidents”, 12th International Conference on Computational Collective Intelligence (ICCCI’20), Vietnam, 2020

• Sudip Baitha, Abeer Alsadoon, SMN Arosha Senanayake , P.W.C. Prasad, “Biomedical Text Recognition using Convolutional Neural Networks: Content Based Deep Learning”, 12th International Conference on Computational Collective Intelligence (ICCCI’20), Vietnam, 2020

• Praveen Kokkerapati, Abeer Alsadoon, Smn Arosha Senanayake, P.W.C. Withana and Sandali Premarathne, ” Intelligent System for Early Detection and Classification of Breast Cancer: Data Driven Learning”, 12th International Conference on Computational Collective Intelligence (ICCCI’20), Vietnam, 2020

• Muhammad Arslan Javed, Abeer Alsadoon, P.W.C. Prasad, Angelika Maag, Amr Elchouemi, Trung Hung VO, ” Enhancing Local Binary Patterns for higher accuracy in Fatty Liver classification using Deep Learning”, 12th International Conference on Computational Collective Intelligence (ICCCI’20), Vietnam, 2020

• Ashok Dhakal, Abeer Alsadoon, P.W.C. Prasad, Angelika Maag , Win Maung, Pham Duong Thu Hang, Amr Elchouemi, “Wearable Devices for Monitoring Dementia Sufferers: A Review and Framework for Discussion “,11th International Conference on Knowledge and Systems Engineering (KSE), 2019

• Givantha Prasanga , Abeer Alsadoon, P.W.C Prasad, Win Maung , Lau Siong Hoe, Amr Elchouemi, A Taxonomy of Using Wearable Devices for Elderly Assisted living in Healthcare Industry, IETECH 2019, Malaysia

• Shelsa Ng, Abeer Alsadoon, Anand Deva, P.W.C. Prasad, Paul Manoranjan, A. Elchouemi, Deformation Accuracy for Augmented Reality (AR) in Facelift Surgeries, International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2018.

• P.W.C. Prasad, Abeer Alsadoon, Salih Ali, A. Elchouemi, “Computer Aided Early Detection and Classification of Malignant Melanoma”, International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks CICN , Denmark, 2018

• Zhalong Hu, Abeer Alsadoon, Paul Manoranjan , P.W.C. Prasad, Salih Ali, A. Elchouemi, “Early Stage Oral Cavity Cancer Detection: Anisotropic Pre-Processing and Fuzzy C-Means Segmentation” , IEEE Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC), Pages: 714 – 719, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2018.

• Salyean Giri, Abeer Alsadoon, P.W.C. Prasad, Salih Ali, A. Elchouemi, “Prediction of Dementia by increasing subspace size in Rank Forest” , IEEE Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC), Pages: 255 – 260, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2018.

• Amrit Regmi, Abeer Alsadoon, P.W.C. Prasad, Salih Ali, A. Elchouemi, “Impact of Privacy Invasion in Social Network Sites”, IEEE Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC), Pages: 457 – 462, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2018.

• S. Paudel, P.W.C.Prasad, Abeer Alsadoon, MD Rafiqul Islam, A. Elchouemi, “Feature Selection Approach for Twitter Sentiment Analysis and Text classification Based on Chi-square and Naïve Bayes”, International Conference on Application and Techniques in Cyber Security and Intelligence ATCI 2018, pp. 281-298. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-98776_30

• Umair Iqbal, P.W.C. Prasad, Abeer Alsadoon, Salih Ali, A. Elchouemi, ” A Combined Approach of Long Term Spectral Flatness and Formant Based Voice Activity Detection”, International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks CICN , Denmark, 2018

• Nabin Kharel , Abeer Alsadoon , P.W.C. Prasad , A. Elchouemi, “Early Diagnosis of Breast Cancer Using Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization (CLAHE) and Morphology Methods, ” International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS 2017), Pages: 120 – 124, DOI: 10.1109/IACS.2017.7921957 , Jordan, 2017

• Dong Chen , Abeer Alsadoon , P.W.C. Prasad , A. Elchouemi , “Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer Using Mini Mental State Examination Method: MMSE, ” International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS 2017), Pages: 125 – 129, DOI: 10.1109/IACS.2017.7921958 , Jordan, 2017

• Deep Prakash Kaucha, P.W.C. Prasad, Abeer Alsadoon, A. Elchouemi, Sasikumaran Sreedharan, “ Early Detection of Lung Cancer using SVM Classifier in Biomedical Image Processing”, International Conference on Power, Control, Signals and Instrumentation Engineering (ICPCSI), pp. 107-114, India, 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2017.12.016

• B. Devkota, Abeer Alsadoon, P.W.C. Prasad, Ashutosh Kumar Singh and A. Elchouemi, Sasikumaran Sreedharan, “Image Segmentation for Early Stage Brain Tumor Detection using Mathematical Morphological Reconstruction”, International Conference on Power, Control, Signals and Instrumentation Engineering (ICPCSI), pp. 115-123, India, 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2017.12.017

• Fauzia Fazana, Abeer Alsadoon, Chandana Withana, Nectar Costadopoulos, A. Elchouemi, Integration of Assistive and Wearable Technology to Improve Communication, Social Interaction and Health Monitoring for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) , ” IEEE Technologies for Smart Cities (TENSYMP), Page 1-5, India, 2017.
• Kritagya Bhattarai , P.W.C. Prasad , Abeer Alsadoon, Linh Pham, A. Elchouemi, ” Experiments on the MFCC application in Speaker Recognition using Matlab,” International Conference on Information Science and Technology (ICIST), Pages: 32 – 37, DOI: 10.1109/ICIST.2017.7926796 , Vietnam, 2017

• Farhad Yasir, P.W.C. Prasad, Abeer Alsadoon, A. Elchouemi, “Bangla Sign Language Recognition using Convolutional Neural Network,” IEEE Technologies for Smart Cities (TENSYMP), India, 2017.
• M. K. Chae , Abeer Alsadoon , P.W.C. Prasad , A. Elchouemi, ” Spam Filtering Email Classification (SFECM) using Gain and Graph Mining Algorithm,” 2nd International Conference on Anti-Cyber Crimes (ICACC) , Pages: 217 – 222, DOI: 10.1109/Anti-Cybercrime.2017.7905294, KSA, 2017.

• Z. Ge, P.W.C. Prasad, N. Costadopoulos, Abeer Alsadoon, A. K. Singh, ” Study into the Accuracy of Wearable Heart Rate Monitors “, Accepted as a Full Paper to Appear In Proc. of the International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication & Automation (ICACCA), Pages: 1 – 6, DOI: 10.1109/ISSNIP.2015.7106937 , India , 2016.

• Bhuvan, Abeer Alsadoon, P.W.C. Prasad, A. Beg, ” Incorporating Skin Colour for Improved Face Detection and Tracking System “, Accepted as a Full Paper to Appear In Proc. of IEEE The Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and Interpretation (SSIAI), PP. 173-176, DOI: 10.1109/SSIAI.2016.7459203, USA, 2016.

• L. G. Vu, Abeer Alsadoon, P.W.C. Prasad, A. Monem, A. Elchouemi, ” Face Recognition Template in Photo Indexing: A Proposal of Hybrid Principal Component Analysis and Triangular Approach (PCAaTA)”, Accepted as a Full Paper to Appear In Proc. of IEEE The Southwest Symposium on Image Analysis and Interpretation (SSIAI), PP. 177-180, DOI: 10.1109/SSIAI.2016.7459204, USA, 2016.

• M. R. R. Lazwanthi , Abeer Alsadoon , P.W.C. Prasad , S. Sager , Amr Elchouemi, ” CULTURAL IMPACT ON AGILE PROJECTS: UNIVERSAL AGILE CULTURE MODEL (UACM)”, Accepted as a Full Paper to Appear In Proc. of The International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS), pp. 292-297, DOI: 10.1109/IACS.2016.7476067, Jordan, 2016

• R. Maharajan , Abeer Alsadoon , P.W.C. Prasad , A. M. S. Rahma , A. Elchouemi , SMN Arosha Senanayake, ” A Proposed Robust Video Watermarking Algorithm: Enhanced Extraction from Geometric Attacks,” Accepted as a Full Paper to Appear In Proc. of International Conference on Multimedia and Image Processing (ICMIP), Pages: 45 – 50, DOI: 10.1109/ICMIP.2016.12, Brunei, 2016

• S. Janahiram, A. Alsadoon, P.W.C. Prasad, A. M. S. Rahma, A. Elchouemi, SMN Arosha Senanayake , “Detecting Occluded Faces in Unconstrained Crowd Digital Pictures”, Accepted as a Full Paper to Appear In Proc. of the first International Conference on Multimedia and Image Processing (ICMIP 2016), Pages: 5 – 9, DOI: 10.1109/ICMIP.2016.11, Brunei, 2016.

• Minh Tri Nguyen, A, Alsadoon, P.W.C. Prasad, “An extended OpenFlow model: an incorporation of initial messages in a virtual environment “, Accepted as a Full Paper to Appear In Proc. of The International Conference On Electronics, Information And Communication (ICEIC), Pages: 1 – 6, DOI: 10.1109/ELINFOCOM.2016.7562997, Vietnam, 2016

• H. Sharma, Abeer Alsadoon, P.W.C. Prasad, A. Elchouemi, ” EMOTION AROUSAL IN MULTIMEDIA BASED e-LEARNING: INCORPORATION OF EMOTIONAL AND COGNITIVE MODEL “, Accepted as a Full Paper to Appear In Proc. of 2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching and Learning in Education (ICTLE ), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2016

• P. Gyawal, Abeer Alsadoon, P.W.C. Prasad, L. S. Hoe, A. Elchouemi, ” A Novel Robust Camera Mouse for Disabled People (RCMDP)”, Accepted as a Full Paper to Appear In Proc. of The International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS), Pages: 217 – 220, DOI: 10.1109/IACS.2016.7476114, Jordan, 2016

• H. M. Tri, Abeer Alsadoon, P.W.C. Prasad, A. Elchouemi, “Progress of Agile Movements in Australia: Propose a Universal Dynamic System Development Method (UDSDM) and a Framework “, Accepted as a Full Paper to Appear In Proc. of The International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS), pp.282-285, DOI: 10.1109/IACS.2016.7476065, Jordan, 2016

• Pawan Bhandari, Chandana Withana, Abeer Alsadoon, Amr. Elchouemi, “Enhanced Apriori Algorithm Model in Course Suggestion System”, Accepted as a Full Paper to Appear In Proc. of IEEE International Conference and Workshop on Computing and Communication (IEMCOM), Pages: 1 – 5, DOI: 10.1109/IEMCON.2015.7344519, Vancouver- Canada, 2015.

• Farhad Yasir, P.W.C. Prasad, Abeer Alsadoon, Amr Elchouemi, “SIFT based approach on Bangla Sign Language Recognition,” Accepted as a Full Paper to Appear In Proc. of IEEE 8th International Workshop on Computational Intelligence and Applications (IWCIA), Hiroshima-Japan, pp. 89-94, DOI: 10.1109/IWCIA.2015.7449458, 2015.

• A. Alasdoon, P.W.C. Prasad, A. Beg, ” Impacts of shared attributes and methods in calculation on object-oriented inheritance metrics “, Scientific & Academic Publishing, Pages: 1 – 7, DOI: 10.1109/ET2ECN.2014.7044984, USA, 2014.

• N. B. Singh, A. Alsadoon, P.W.C. Prasad, A. Singh and A. K Shrestha, ” Impact of Shared Attributes and Methods in Calculation of Object-Oriented Inheritance Metrics”, The 2nd IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technology Trends in Electronics, Communication and Networking (ET2ECN-2014), pp. 292 – 298, 2014.

Education
• Liangyun Xiong, Abeer Alsadoon, Angela Maag, Chandana Withana, Lau Siong, A. Elchouemi. ” Rise of Social Media Marketing : A Perspective on Higher Education”, International Conference on Csomputer Science & Education (ICCSE) , Pages: 1 – 6, Sri Lanka, 2018. DOI: 10.1109/ICCSE.2018.8468683

• Angelika Maag, Nittarin Tummapet, P.W.C. Prasad, Abeer Alsadoon, A. Elchouemi, ” Asynchronous e-peer support: Investigating reason for international students’ reluctance to take advantage of e-peer support”, International Conference on Computer Science & Education (ICCSE) , Pages: 1 – 6, Sri Lanka, 2018. DOI: 10.1109/ICCSE.2018.8468786

• D Dang, Abeer Alsadoon, P.W.C. Prasad, A. Elchouemi and Ashutosh Kumar Singh, “An Emotion Recognition Model Based on Facial Recognition in Virtual Learning Environment”, International Conference on Power, Control, Signals and Instrumentation Engineering (ICPCSI), pp. 2-10, India, 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2017.12.003. Best Paper Award Winner.
• Wang Cheng, P.W.C. Prasad, Abeer Alsadoon, Angela Maag, A. Elchouemi, ” The Effect of Considering Individual Learning Processes when Creating Online Learning Environments: A Comparison of Offline and Online Content Materials,” ” IEEE Technologies for Smart Cities (TENSYMP), Page 1-5, 2017.
• Junu Dahal, Angela Maag, P.W.C. Prasad, Abeer Alsadoon, A. Elchouemi, “The Effect of Culture on International Students’ Academic Buoyancy after Failure: An Examination of Self-efficacy, Attitude, Perceived Control and Actual Behaviour”, ” IEEE Technologies for Smart Cities (TENSYMP), India 2017.
• Babita D. Jakkampudi, Angela Maag, P.W.C. Prasad, Abeer Alsadoon, A. Elchouemi, ” Students’ Motivational Profile before Commencement of Study: The Impact of Marketing, Parental Pressure and Prior Educational Experiences,” IEEE Technologies for Smart Cities (TENSYMP), India, 2017.
• Sakina Fatima, Angela Maag, P.W.C. Prasad, Abeer Alsadoon, A. Elchouemi ” An Evaluation of The Impact of High Expectations on Reality, in The Form of Challenges and Failure, on Motivational Levels of International Students,” “IEEE Conference in Learning and Technology (L&T), Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2017.
• A. Pogrebnyi, P.W.C. Prasad, Abeer Alsadoon, A. K. Singh, “A Game-Based Learning Model for English Classes in a Secondary School,” Accepted as a Full Paper to Appear In Proc. of the International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication & Automation (ICACCA), Pages: 1 – 6, DOI: 10.1109/ICACCAF.2016.7748950 , India , 2016.

• M. Ibrahim, P.W.C. Prasad, Abeer Alsadoon, L. Pham, “Synchronous Virtual Classroom for Student with ADHD Disorder”, Accepted as a Full Paper to Appear In Proc. of The International Joint Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering (JCSSE), Pages: 1 – 6, DOI: 10.1109/JCSSE.2016.7748860 , Thailand, 2016.

• L. Makkar, Abeer Alsadoon, P.W.C. Prasad , A. Elchouemi, ” Impact of e-Learning on Students: A Proposal and Evaluation of Enhanced E-Learning Model to Increase The Academic Performance of University Studies,” Accepted as a Full Paper to Appear In Proc. of International Conference on Digital Information Processing and Communications (ICDIPC), Pages: 87 – 92, DOI: 10.1109/ICDIPC.2016.7470797, Lebanon, 2016.
• Z. Ge, P.W.C. Prasad, Abeer Alsadoon, L. Hourany, A. Elchouemi, ” A Return on Investment Comparison Analysis in Higher Education Between a Developed and Developing Country “, Accepted as a Full Paper to Appear In Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Teaching and Learning in Education (ICTLE ), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2016
• C.M. Bermudez, P.W.C. Prasad, Abeer Alsadoon, L. Hourany, A. Elchouemi, ” Students Perception on the Use of Social Media to Learn English Within Secondary Education in Developing Countries “, Accepted as a Full Paper to Appear In Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Teaching and Learning in Education (ICTLE ), PP. 968-973, DOI: 10.1109/EDUCON.2016.7474668, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2016

• E. Bae, P.W.C. Prasad, Abeer Alsadoon, A. Elchouemi, ” Impacts of Learner’s Characteristics in Blended Learning Courses on Learner’s Learning Style “, Accepted as a Full Paper to Appear In Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Teaching and Learning in Education (ICTLE ), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2016. Best Paper Award Winner.
• A. Narula, Abeer Alsadoon, P.W.C. Prasad, A. Elchouemi, ” Impact of e-Learning in Advanced Career: Future Digitally Skilled Teachers of Compatible e-Learning “, “, Accepted as a Full Paper to Appear In Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Teaching and Learning in Education (ICTLE ), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2016
• H. Huiting, P.W.C. Prasad, Abeer Alsadoon, Kamini Bajaj, ” Influences of Learning Styles on Learner satisfaction in E-Learning Environment”, Accepted as a Full Paper to Appear In Proc. of IEEE International Conference and Workshop on Computing and Communication (IEMCOM), Pages: 1 – 5, DOI: 10.1109/IEMCON.2015.7344511, Vancouver- Canada, 2015.
• E. Bae , P.W.C. Prasad , Abeer Alsadoon , Kamini Bajaj , “Framework to improve delivery methods in higher education through online learning”, Accepted as a Full Paper to Appear In Proc. of IEEE 7th International Conference On Engineering Education (ICEED 2015), pp. 130- 134, DOI: 10.1109/ICEED.2015.7451506, Japan-Kanazawa, 2015.
• A. Alasdoon, P.W.C. Prasad , A. Beg, A. Chan, “Incorporating Simulation Tools in a Course on Digital Logic Design “Accepted as a Full Paper to Appear In Proc. of 4th IEEE International Conference on Control System, Computing and Engineering (ICCSCE), Pages: 18 – 22, DOI: 10.1109/ICCSCE.2014.7072682, Malaysia, 2014.

Dr Dickson

PhD(Education) , MEd, BEd

Dr Dickson commenced his professional career as a physical education teacher, then further education led him to an academic role at the University of New England in Armidale (1991-2004) where he completed his PhD in the development and assessment of occupational competencies and used elite soccer referees as a case study. Dr Dickson assumed the role of Dean at the Australian College of Physical Education in 2004 where he facilitated an expansion of their program offerings, diversifying delivery methods and improved the quality of the institution through numerous academic initiatives.

In 2012 Dr Dickson was appointed as Dean at The Australian College of Applied Psychology (ACAP) and was responsible for leading multiple business units that comprised of Navitas Professional Institutes such as ACAP, the Navitas College of Public Safety and Health Skills Australia. During his tenure at Navitas, Dr Dickson led a series of successful course accreditation and registration processes culminating in NPI being awarded self-accrediting authority in March 2017.

During his academic career, he has led research projects for many national sporting organisations and departments of education; served on numerous national and state-based committees, and most recently served on a Federal Government’s QILT committee charged with overseeing the introduction of quality indicators in high education.

Beyond his work, Scott is an avid sportsman. Whilst having been active in soccer and cricket for many years, he now is a keen cyclist. He regularly commutes to work by bike and regularly participates in annual Gran Fondos such as L’Étape du Tour in the Snowy Mountains and the Bupa Challenge in Adelaide.

Dr Kaleem

PhD, MSc, B.Com, CPA, ACMA, CGMA

Dr Kaleem has more than twenty years of teaching experience in the Higher Education sector. He is currently serving APIC in the capacity of Head of Discipline (Project Management). Previously, he has served on various leadership positions such as Dean of Business School, Head of Department and member of various senior level committees.

Dr Kaleem hold his PhD in Finance from the University of Malaya, Malaysia and MSc in International Securities, Investment and Banking from the University of Reading, UK. He holds full memberships of CPA (Australia), CIMA (UK) and CGMA (International). Dr Kaleem normally teaches Accounting, Finance and Project Management courses and has authored more than thirty research papers and two books of high impact during his career.

Dr Al-Jerew

PhD (IT), MSc (Comp. Eng.), BSc (Comp. Eng.)

Dr Al-Jerew is the BBIS course coordinator and lecturer. He has over 12 years of teaching experience in the field of Information Technology, Software Science and Networking. He Joined APIC as a full-time lecturer in February 2017. He is also an active researcher in the area of networking and telecommunication, ad hoc networks, sensor networks and network security.

Dr Al-Jerew completed his bachelor’s degree in control and computer engineering from the University of Technology-Iraq in 1997, he completed his Master of Computer Engineering from the University of Technology in 2000. In 2012, he completed his PhD in the area of wireless sensor networks from the school of engineering and computer science at the Australian National University (ANU). Prior joining APIC, Oday worked as a lecturer and assistant head of the Computing Department at the Middle East College (MEC)-Oman. He also worked as sessional lecturer at La Trobe university, Victoria University, University of Western Sydney, Melbourne Institute of Technology, and University of Canberra teaching ICT subjects. Dr Al-Jerew was also full-time lecturer at the department of Information Technology at the University of Technology in Iraq. He was also involved in many industrial projects and gains extensive industrial experience during his worked at several industrial companies. He worked as software and systems developer at the AusRobot company to develop embedded programs for mobile robots. In addition, he designed and developed microcomputer-based systems during he worked at the General Electrical Company in Iraq. He also holds technical certifications in computer networking from Cisco Networking Academy and Microsoft.

Dr Al-Jerew has taught many postgraduate and undergraduate subjects in different universities and colleges in Australia and overseas and successfully supervised several research students. He has published journal articles and conference papers and has been member in numerous conferences.

Dr Rahman

PhD, MEMDV, MEng, Beng

Dr Rahman has been a teacher and lecturer since 2001 and before joining APIC in 2018 has taught at Western Sydney University, Education Centre of Australia and the North South University in Bangladesh.

Dr Rahman completed his undergraduate studies and Master of Civil Engineering at Bangladesh University of Engineering before pursuing a Master of Environmental Management at the Australian National University. Ashiq gained his PhD in Project and Environmental Management from the University of Sydney.

Professor Rouse

BSc Hons( Biomed Science), Grad Dip Health Science, Dip Proj Mgmnt, PhD (Epidemiology)

Professor Rouse has a career working in and contributing to knowledge in both Higher Education and Industry. His passion for Education, Global Health and empowering all people – together with expertise in leadership and management, information management and cultural diversity has led him to make significant contributions to many people in Australia and the Asia-Pacific Region. Professor Rouse brings a wide range of leadership, management and people skills developed over 30 years of experience in senior management roles in large information, analysis and research organisations, tertiary institutions and government departments. Professor Rouse also offers a diverse range of knowledge and management experience in numerous NGO, community and sporting organisations in Australia and overseas.

Professor Rouse has significant knowledge and skills in Higher Education. He has held senior academic positions including acting Vice Chancellor of the Fiji National University, the Dean of the College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Fiji National University, Executive Dean of the Division of Health, Engineering and Sciences at Victoria University, and Associate Dean of Research and Enterprise Development and Head of the School of Public Health at Curtin University. He currently holds the position of Associate Dean, Scholarship and Research in the Education Centre of Australia and adjunct Professorial roles with Monash and Federation Universities in Melbourne Australia. His current teaching roles are in Leadership and Management, Health Information Management, Field Epidemiology, Data for Decision Making, Research Methods and Project Management.

Associate Professor Moses

BEngg., MIT, MBA, PhD (AI and Comp Engg.,), Grad Cert Tertiary Education

Associate Professor Moses, is the General Manager of Higher Education Quality.

Associate Professor Moses, has 30 years of university and private higher education leadership experience in Australia and overseas. During her academic career, has been involved in the setup of a new private higher education provider, and set up partnerships with universities. Her PhD is in the area of Artificial Intelligence from the University of South Australia and the Australian Defence Automation Department. She is a TEQSA expert in the area of IT, governance and quality assurance. She has significant skills in Private Higher Education and has held several senior academic leadership roles.

Associate Professor Moses has expertise in course development, course accreditation, renewal of registration, CRICOS renewal, risk management, policy management, and governance.

Professor Day

DHSM, MHM, BNurs, DipAppSc (Nursing Mgt), RN, EM, FCHSE, FGLF

Professor Day graduated as a Registered Nurse and Midwife. He obtained a post registration Bachelor of Nursing degree in 1991. Following a clinical career that included midwifery, operating theatre, acute surgical and aged care, he moved into acute hospital management and worked in both Queensland and New South Wales. He obtained his Master of Health Management degree from the University of New England in 1999.

From 2005 – 2008, Professor Day was responsible for leading the development of innovative health leadership programs for both middle managers and executives for Queensland Health. Professor Day has had diverse operational roles both in Australia and internationally. He has worked as a Chief Executive Officer, Director of Clinical Services, Director of Nursing, Major Projects Manager, Director of Workforce Development in the South Australian Department of Health, Director of Leadership and Development in the South Australian Department for Education and Child Development, Director of Clinical Education, Training and Research, and Chief Quality and Safety Officer.

From an academic perspective, he has been Discipline Lead for Health Services Management at Griffith University, Deputy Head of School – Academic and International in the Griffith University School of Nursing and Midwifery, Professor of Health Services Management in the Griffith University School of Medicine and Visiting Professor in the College of Health Management and Economics at Gulf Medical University.
Internationally, Professor Day has taught in Singapore, Hong Kong and in the UAE. He has conducted health consultancies in Australia, China, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia and Dubai.

Professor Day obtained his Doctor of Health Services Management Degree from the University of New England in 2005. His research focused on the morale of Registered Nurses in Queensland. He has a track record of over 60 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters. He is currently updating the 2nd edition of his co-authored text “Leading and Managing Health Services- An Australasian Perspective. Professor Day has co-authored the text “Healthcare in the Arabian Gulf and Greater Middle East – A Guide for Healthcare Professionals” which is due out in late 2023.

Away from work, Professor Day loves traveling with his wife, working on his 54-year old wooden boat and playing guitar.

Associate Professor Cavaleri

BA Hons (Languages and Linguistics); MA (TESOL); PhD (Applied Linguistics)

Associate Professor Cavaleri has a background in languages, linguistics, academic literacy and TESOL and she has worked in both teaching and specialist learning support roles. Prior to joining ECA, Associate Professor Cavaleri worked as a lecturer in teaching methodology and curriculum design at Western Sydney University and as the Manager of English Language Proficiency and Learning Support at Navitas. She has taught a range of students including undergraduate, postgraduate, domestic, international and online students and is passionate about helping students develop their academic skills and reach their educational goals.

Associate Professor Cavaleri’s teaching experience ignited her interest in feedback and academic writing development, which led to her PhD research examining technology-mediated feedback. Her research investigated the effect of different modes of feedback given to first-year undergraduate students and the variables that affect students’ uptake of teachers’ feedback, such as level of English language proficiency. She completed her PhD at western Sydney University and was awarded the Australian Postgraduate Award. Associate Professor Cavaleri has presented her research at national and international conferences and has been invited to facilitate faculty development sessions at a number of Australian universities. Michelle’s current research areas of interest include feedback literacy, academic writing development and supporting first-year students.

Associate Professor Cavaleri holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics, a Masters in TESOL and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Languages and Linguistics from Western Sydney University.

Professor Bennett

PhD, ALTF, PFHEA

Professor Bennett is Assistant Provost and Director of the Transformation CoLab with Bond University. She is an experienced senior leader, an educational reformist, and a passionate educator. Dawn’s expertise is the enhancement of student success and graduate employability through data-driven approaches to student retention and engagement, teaching, curricular reform and work-integrated learning.

Professor Bennett is also a staunch advocate for student equity and addressing the impacts of disadvantage. She has a long history of respectful partnerships with first nations communities and is co-author of a national Framework for Respectful Work and Learning with Australia’s First Peoples. Dawn is an internationally known researcher with a world-class publication record. Her EmployABILITY Thinking initiative engages over 60 institutions globally and the dataset is now the biggest collection of student-derived confidence data in the world.

Professor Bennett is also a passionate educator. She has won a national citation and Australian national teaching award and she is a Senior National Australian Learning and Teaching Fellow. Professor Bennett is a Principal Fellow with the Higher Education Academy and Vice President of the Australian Learning and Teaching Fellows.

Professor Bennett is heavily involved with governance and compliance with Bond University and is a member of the executive committees. She is an eternal member of two academic boards and one course quality committee. Dawn’s fields of education are Education, the Arts, and Business.

Emeritus Professor Reid

BA DipEd, BEd, PhD, GradCertULT

Emeritus Professor Reid is Emeritus Professor of Education at Charles Sturt University. Prior to her retirement in 2018, she served as the Presiding Officer of the CSU Academic Senate, Associate Dean Teacher Education, and Head of the School of Teacher Education. She completed her professional qualifications at the University of Queensland and her PhD at Deakin University. After teaching with the Education Department of WA she worked casually at the University of Western Australia, Murdoch, Deakin, and Monash Universities while completing her doctorate, and then at the Universities of Ballarat and New England as a full time academic prior to joining Charles Sturt in 2002.

Emeritus Professor Reid remains active as a researcher and publisher, and over her career has won a range of ARC and other National Competitive Grants focussed on literacy and English teaching, teacher education, Indigenous and overseas-born teachers, as well as rural teacher education. She has been co-editor of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education and has recently been appointed to the editorial board of this journal. She is a past president of the NSW Council of Deans of Education, the Australian Teacher Education Association, and the Australian Association for Research in Education.

Emeritus Professor Reid has a keen interest in university governance and has led external review processes at the Course, School, Faculty, and Academic Board level across a range of Australian institutions.

Adjunct Professor Robertson

RN, BN, MEd(Adult), GradCert(HigherEd), FCN, FHEA

Adjunct Professor Robertson is an experienced academic with over 25 years experience in higher education. Adjunct Professor Robertson was the Dean of the School of Nursing, Sydney at the University of Notre Dame(UNDA) and prior to this the Associate Dean, Learning and Teaching. During her time in the School of Nursing she led both undergraduate and post graduate curriculum development, led the expansion of post graduate programs and engaged with industry partners to develop industry based graduate certificate programs. She has previously worked at a non self-accrediting higher education provider where she was responsible for program development and both internal and external accreditation.

Adjunct Professor Robertson has extensive experience in learning and teaching, curriculum development and stakeholder engagement. At UNDA she served on Academic Council, was the Chair of the Educational Technology Advisory group and the Chair of the University Learning and Teaching committee.

Adjunct Professor Robertson is passionate about nursing and education and has a keen interest in learning and teaching, curriculum development, standards and accreditation.

Mr Cameron

MCom(Hons)

Mr Cameron was the Chief Operating Officer at the Australian Catholic University (ACU) and was responsible for the coordination of strategy and service delivery across a range of specialist administrative functions, covering Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, Legal Services, Planning, Properties and Secretariat. He was also the Secretary to the University Senate and the Company Secretary for ACU. He is a Master of Commerce (Honours) from the University of New South Wales.

Dr Jenkins

BA, BA(Hons), AssocDip(Hort), PhD, GAICD

Dr Jenkins has extensive academic governance and leadership experience and is currently Chair of Academic Board and member of the Governing Council at JMC Academy. His previous appointments include: Professor, Chair of the Academic Board and Member of the University Council at Southern Cross University (SCU); Director of SCU Online; Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic at SCU; Chair of the Academic Board and member of the Governing Council at TOP Education Institute.

Dr Jenkins has also held previous appointments at Central Queensland University, the University of Canberra and The University of Newcastle as Associate Professor. He is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a member of the Register of TEQSA Experts and an Adjunct Professor at SCU.

Dr Jenkins has published a large collection of books, book chapters, refereed journal articles and reports, which are listed here: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2569-4531 Dr Jenkins is the Director of John M. Jenkins Pty Ltd, providing consultancy services to higher education institutions in the areas of corporate governance, academic governance, course accreditations and curriculum development, academic policies and procedures, research strategy, and student matters, including student appeals, complaints and grievances.

Emeritus Professor Cummins

BEd, MA, GradDipEd, MEDL, GAICD

Emeritus Professor Cummins has extensive experience in educational leadership and governance and has served on several incorporated and advisory Boards including the ACT Board of Studies, The Australian Catholic University Senate Limited, Marymead Child and Family Services Limited, Marist Youth Care Limited, St Edmunds’ College Canberra Limited, the Council of St Ignatius College Riverview Limited and Sydney College of Divinity Limited.

From 2009 to 2018 she served as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student Learning and Teaching) at the Australian Catholic University and before that as Dean of Students at the Australian Catholic University in 2008 and 2009.

Emeritus Professor Cummins worked for many years in the Catholic secondary education system as a teacher and secondary college principal in New South Wales and the ACT. She is currently a Director of Catholic Schools NSW Limited, the Chair and Director of Catholic Employment Relations Limited, The Chair of the Stewardship Commission of the Sisters of St Joseph.

Emeritus Professor Duncan

BSc, MSc, PhD, PSM, FTSE, FRSN

Emeritus Professor Duncan is a Microbial Ecologist by training, who was educated at Otago University in New Zealand, La Trobe University, and Monash University. She has completed a Senior Executive Management course at Harvard University as well as the Director’s course and the Advanced Diploma from the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She worked sixteen years at CSIRO, initially as a research scientist and later in science management. As the Chief of CSIRO Molecular Science for six years, she supervised the spin-off of six start-up companies.

From 2005–2007 she was Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Bio21 Institute at the University of Melbourne. From 2007–2010 she was the Executive Director, Science Collaboration at the Biosciences Research Centre, a joint venture between La Trobe University and the Victorian Department of Primary Industries.

Emeritus Professor Duncan has acted as an adviser to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on biological weapons control and in this capacity represented Australia at international arms control meetings. She was awarded a Public Service Medal in 1996 and an Honorary DSc from Murdoch University in 2005 for her work in arms control. She has also served as a biological weapons inspector with the United Nations in Iraq.

In 2019 she was awarded an Honorary DSc from La Trobe University for achievements in academia and contributions to science.

Emeritus Professor Duncan joined the University of New England in late 2010, initially as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research). She later became the Deputy Vice-Chancellor and in late 2014 was appointed the Vice-Chancellor, serving in this role until mid-2019.

She currently serves as a non-executive director on boards and chairs the NSW Physical Sciences Fund.

Ms Taylor

As a lifelong learner, Ms Taylor has cultivated her experience in libraries with several degrees over several decades. She has held positions at a variety of institutions, from the Art Gallery of NSW to TAFE, National Parks & Wildlife, and the Federal Court of Australia. This broad experience ensures her knowledge is forever expanding, allowing her to give ECA-HE Staff and students the best possible Library experience for every possible scenario. Every day is a challenge, and Ms Taylor always tries anything once to meet that challenge and grow from it.

Dr Alam

Dr Alam is a lecturer and the Course Coordinator for the BBIS and BIT programs at Asia Pacific International College (APIC) in Melbourne, Australia. He possesses an extensive academic background, having earned a Ph.D. in Information and Communication Technology from Osaka City University, Japan, in 2004. Additionally, he holds a BSc (Honours) and an MSc (Research) from Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, where he achieved first class first positions in both degrees in 1989 and 1991, respectively.
Dr Alam brings over 30 years of teaching experience across several countries, including Bangladesh, Japan, Malaysia, and Australia. His areas of expertise encompass Information Technology and Project Management. He has supervised numerous Ph.D. and Masters students and has published more than forty journal papers and conference proceedings. Throughout his career, he has been honoured with multiple teaching excellence awards.

Dr Ip-Soo-Ching

Dr Ip-Soo-Ching lectured in Marketing, Management, Information Systems and Tourism at Monash University, Swinburne University of Technology, La Trobe University, Melbourne Institute of Technology, Cambridge International College, Kent Institute and Asia Pacific International College, from 2006 to 2022. Dr. Ip-Soo-Ching taught extensively at partner universities for Swinburne University of Technology and La Trobe University in China and Vietnam from 2008 to 2011. As Head of Discipline at Cambridge International College, he developed curricula in Marketing and Management and implemented innovative teaching practices.

He was Associate Dean at Kent Institute and Academies Australasia (2018-2021) where he was responsible for teaching and learning strategies, the implementation of student experience programs, student retention, and articulations with many Higher Education Private Providers in Melbourne and Sydney.

Dr Ip-Soo-Ching’s PhD in Knowledge Management titled The Salience of External Knowledge, Leadership and Action in the Knowledge Management Life Cycle of Nature-Based Tourism Operators was awarded at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia in October 2014.

Dr Ip-Soo-Ching’s research interests are Knowledge Management, Environmental Sustainability, Marketing, and pedagogy. His industry contact with leading sustainability firms includes Soneva Foundation, Sailaway Port Douglas, Club Med, and Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.

Publications
Ip-Soo-Ching, J-M., Massingham, P., & Pomering, A. (2022). Managing diverse knowledge systems of tourism operators in vulnerable marine ecosystems: Addressing sustainability challenges through nature-based solutions. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 27:4, 333-356, DOI: 10.1080/10941665.2022.2061364, (ABDC Ranking: A)

Ahmed, T., & Ip-Soo-Ching, J-M. (2021) Unpacking Connected Identity, Diaspora and Music Consumption: An Interpretive Approach. American Marketing Association Winter Conference (2021). University of Illinois Chicago, USA.

Jacob-John, J., & Ip-Soo-Ching, J-M. (2019). The Role of Augmented Reality Games in promoting to Millennials. In Stacey, A (Ed) Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on research Methodology for Business and Management Studies. Paper presented at Wits Business School, Johannesburg, South Africa, 20th-21st June 2019, pp. 155-159.

Ip-Soo-Ching, J-M., Zyngier, S., & Nayeem, T. (2018). Ecotourism and Environmental Sustainability Knowledge: An Open Knowledge Sharing Approach among Stakeholders. Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 1-2 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/aee.2018.45 (ABDC Ranking: B).

Nayeem, T., & Ip-Soo-Ching, J-M. (2016). A re-examination of the factor structure of the CSI within low- and high- involvement contexts. In Fortin, D., Ozanne, L, L (Eds) Marketing in a Post Disciplinary Era. Paper presented at Australia New Zealand Marketing Academy, ANZMAC 2016, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 5th -7th December 2016, pp. 136-144.

Ip-Soo-Ching, J-M., & Nayeem, T. (2016). The Salience of Environmental Sustainability Knowledge Sharing among Nature-Based Tourism Operators. In Fortin, D., Ozanne, L, L (Eds) Marketing in a Post Disciplinary Era. Paper presented at Australia New Zealand Marketing Academy, ANZMAC 2016, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 5th -7th December 2016, pp. 22-28.
Ip-Soo-Ching, J-M., & Veerapa, N. (2015). Permaculture: An insight into kitchen gardens operated by an environmental and eco-tourism operator in the Maldives and Thailand, “Acta Horticulturae.” “Acta Hort”. (ISHS) 1088:633-636.

Ip-Soo-Ching, J-M., & Zyngier, S. (2014). The Rise of “Environmental Sustainability Knowledge” in Business Strategy and Entrepreneurship: An IT enabled Knowledge-Based View of Tourism Operators. In “International Business Strategy and Entrepreneurship and Information Technology Perspective”. Ordonez de Pablos. P. (Ed). IGI Global, PA, USA.

Ip-Soo-Ching, J-M. (2013) Public Lecture Series: A Knowledge Management Approach to Environmental Sustainability in Tourism. Australian Government, Australian Trade Commission, Austrade, “Australia Future Unlimited Seminars”, Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, Vietnam, December 2012 to January 2013.

Dr Sharma

Dr Sharma is an experienced academic with over 6 years of experience in the accounting and finance disciplines as a lecturer and tutor at various universities including APIC, Federation University Australia, University of Sunshine Coast and Victoria University. She is passionate about teaching students with a specific focus on their soft skills which is Dr Sharma’s core research area.

Research Interests
Dr Sharma researches soft skills development of accounting graduates from different cultural backgrounds as well as the effects of both culture and self-efficacy in the development of soft skills both in a positive and negative way.

Professional Associations and Fellowships
Lifetime member Golden Key International Society Honour Award Asia Pacific
AFAANZ member
Graduate Accountant Internship at Fountain Gate Financial Group

Awards and Scholarships
UPBA Scholarship in Accounting at Victoria University Melbourne.
Golden Key International Award

Publications
Conferences
Sharma, G. (2019). Using group assessments to improve team skills in Indian accounting students. Accounting Educator’s International conference at RMIT.

Sharma, G. (2019). Team skills development in Indian accounting students. CUFE International conference

Sharma, G. (2017). The influence of culture on the soft skills development of accounting students. Postgraduate Research Conference, Victoria University.

Associate Professor Bezen

Associate Professor Bezen is an Associate Professor in Computational Mathematics and has taught mathematics, statistics and various IT subjects at the University of Melbourne, Monash University, La Trobe University and RMIT before joining APIC in 2016.
He completed a Bachelor of Pure and Applied Mathematics and later gained a PhD in Mathematics. Associate Professor Bezen has been heavily involved in consulting in the areas of software development, mathematics, statistics and machine learning.

Teaching Interests
Information Technology, Software Development, Information Systems, Dynamical Systems, Computational methods in Optimisation, Physics and Economics.

Research Interests
Optimisation, Scheduling, Rostering.

Professional Associations and Fellowships
Honorary Associate at the University of Melbourne
Reviewer, American Mathematical Reviews Journal

Dr Ding

Dr Ding has been a teacher and lecturer in Marketing and Supply Chain Management since 2010.

She completed her undergraduate studies at Shanxi University and her Master of Business (Logistics Management) at RMIT before completing a PhD.

Prior to her academic career, she worked for Thales Group and was responsible for logistics coordination and marketing and human resource management and worked in project management for Baosteel Group.

She published more than ten international journals, conference proceedings and book chapters. Her research interests include international marketing, marketing channels, network marketing, supply chain competencies, E business, HR management, project and entrepreneurship etc.

Professor Ryan

For over 25 years Professor Ryan has been actively involved with a number of tertiary education providers, specialising in the areas of regulatory approvals, quality assurance, and corporate and academic governance.

In 2015 Professor Ryan established HELI as a new education enterprise aimed at fulfilling a niche role in the independent higher education sector through the delivery of global best-practice advisory services and professional development to independent higher education providers.

As well as being a director of HELI, Professor Ryan is also Chair of the Board of Directors of two of Australia’s largest private higher education providers: Australian College of Applied Professions and SAE Institute, as well as Director and Treasurer of the International Centre of Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality Education (THE-ICE), an international accreditation body.

Dr Costadopoulos

Dr Costadopoulos specialises in a number of discipline areas including web/multimedia technologies, information systems, computer security, and cyber ethics. In addition to teaching Dr Costadopoulos is a consultant in the area of web/e-commerce technology and has been involved in operating several e-business websites. This ‘hands-on’ expertise is incorporated in his overall teaching strategy to enrich student learning.

His qualifications include a Bachelor of Arts in communications majoring in multimedia, a Master of Technology degree majoring in Information Systems Engineering, a Master of Computing Research, currently, Nectar is completing his Ph.D. in Data Science.

Teaching Interests
Web/multimedia technologies, e-commerce, management of information systems, introductory cyber security, and cyber ethics, data science, AI.

Research Interests
Affective computing, data science, machine learning, knowledge discovery.here.

Publications
Journal articles
• A knowledge discovery and visualisation method for unearthing emotional states from physiological data. Costadopoulos, N., Islam, M. Z. & Tien, D., Mar 2021, In: International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics. 12, p. 843-858 16
• Building a ‘moral operating system’ for IT students: Pedagogies and problems. Bellamy, C. & Costadopoulos, N., 09 Dec 2019
• Ethical implications of user perceptions of wearable devices. Segura Anaya, L. H., Alsadoon, A., Costadopoulos, N. & Prasad, P. W. C., Feb 2018, In: Science and Engineering Ethics. 24, 1, p. 1-28 28

Conferences
• Data mining and knowledge discovery from physiological sensors. Costadopoulos, N., Islam, Z. & Tien, D., 05 Jun 2019, PETRA ’19: Proceedings of the 12th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments. United States: ACM, p. 468-474 7
• Discovering emotional logic rules from physiological data of individuals. Costadopoulos, N., Islam, Z. & Tien, D., 2019, In Proc. of the 18th International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics (ICMLC), 2019. Kobe, Japan, p. 468-474 7
• Using Z-score to extract human readable logic rules from physiological data. Costadopoulos, N., Islam, Z. & Tien, D., Oct 2019, Proceedings of 2019 11th International Conference on Knowledge and Systems Engineering, KSE 2019. Mothe, J., Son, L. H. & Quoc Vinh, N. T. (eds.). United States: IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, p. 1-6 6 p. 8919473

Dr Royhan

Dr Royhan has been working as the Lecturer of Law at APIC since June 2016. Previously, he has worked as a sessional academic at Macquarie Law School and Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, Macquarie University; Victoria University; MIT; Academies Australasia Polytechnique, Federation University.

Dr Royhan has worked as the program coordinator of the capacity development program at Macquarie International and as a researcher at the Centre for Environmental Law, Macquarie University. He also worked as the consultant of the curriculum development project at Access Macquarie Ltd from April 2018 -March 2020.

Prior to that, he worked in Bangladesh Government Service from 1993 to 2009 in the different ministries of the government of Bangladesh as Assistant Commissioner & Magistrate in the Local Courts / Assistant Commissioner (Land) / Chief Executives and Magistrates in the district and sub-district level / Assistant Secretary /Senior Assistant Secretary/Deputy Secretary/ Joint Secretary.

Teaching Interests
Business Law; Corporations Law; Sustainability and Business Ethics; Sustainability Science and Law; Professional development and Business Communication; Innovation and New Technologies; Leadership and Governance; Research Project; Taxation and Management.

Research Interests
Business and Trade Law, Sustainability, Business Ethics, Management, Public Policy, Environmental Law, and Legal Policy Analysis.

Research Supervision
Supervised Research students at APIC in 2019 and 2020 under SBM1300 (Master’s)

Reviewer Marine Policy Journal (https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/marine-policy) Member of Peer Review portal (https://app.peerreviewportal.com/account/profile) Journal of Integrated Sciences (https://jis.iou.edu.gm/index.php/islamic)

Professional Associations and Awards

Member, Member of Asian Society of International Law (ASIANSIL)
Member, Bangladesh Civil Service (Administration) Association
Member, Asian Society of International Law, Singapore (2013-15)
Associate member, Centre for Environmental Law, Macquarie University
Awarded Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship Awarded Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarships for PhD from February 2010- October 2013.
Awarded Higher degree research award 2012 for raising profile of Arts at MQU Internationally.

Research Grant

Macquarie University HDR Research grant 2012 (Faculty of Arts), 5000.00AUD
Royhan, Pradip, AusAID Grants of AUD2, 77,000.00 on “Capacity Building Program of 25 Bangladesh Government Officials for Sustainable Development in Bangladesh” under Australia Leadership Award Fellowship Round 12, 2013, Macquarie University (As an investigator of Macquarie University Team).
Royhan, Pradip, Bangladesh government and Japan Debt Cancellation Funded (AUD185,000.00) professional development training program on ‘Sustainable Development in Bangladesh’ for 100 Bangladesh government officials held in March 6-14 April, 2017, Macquarie University (As an investigator of Macquarie University Team ).
Royhan, Pradip, Bangladesh government funded (AUD72,000.00) overseas training program on ‘Sustainable Development in Bangladesh’ for 44 selected Bangladesh government officials held on 15-26 May,2017, Macquarie University (As an investigator of Macquarie University Team).
Royhan, Pradip, Curriculum development research grants for Macquarie University funded by Bangladesh Government (600,000.00 AUD) for Curriculum development project of Bangladesh Civil Service Administration Academy, Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Contract
signed on March 15, 2018, for two years project from April 1, 2018, to 31 March 2020) (As an investigator of Macquarie University Team)
Royhan, Pradip, Bangladesh government and Japan Debt Cancellation Funded (AUD200,000.00) professional development training program on ‘Sustainable Development in Bangladesh’ for 100 Bangladesh government officials held in March- April 2018, Macquarie University (As an investigator of Macquarie University Team).
Royhan, Pradip, Bangladesh government funded (AUD 93,000.00) overseas training program on ‘Sustainable Development in Bangladesh’ for 31 selected Bangladesh government officials held on 18 June – 3 July 2018, Macquarie University (As an investigator of Macquarie University Team).
Royhan, Pradip, Bangladesh government funded (AUD75,000.00) overseas training program on ‘E-governance for Better Public Service Delivery in Bangladesh’ for 14 selected Bangladesh government officials held on 30 July- 20 August 2018, Macquarie University (As an investigator of Macquarie University Team).
Royhan, Pradip, Bangladesh government funded (AUD31,500.00) overseas training program on ‘Sustainable Development in Bangladesh’ for 14 selected Bangladesh government officials from the Internal Resources Division held on February 18-27, 2019, Notre Dame University (As the chief investigator)
Royhan, Pradip, Bangladesh government and Japan Debt Cancellation Funded (AUD200,000.00) professional development training program on ‘Sustainable Development in Bangladesh’ for 100 Bangladesh government officials held on 4 March- 12 April 2019, Macquarie University (As an investigator of Macquarie University Team)
Royhan, Pradip, Bangladesh government funded (AUD 2,500.00) overseas training /workshop on ‘Business Process and Freelancing in Australia’ for 6 selected Bangladesh government officials from the ICT Division held on July 8, 2019, Notre Dame University (As the chief investigator ).
Royhan, Pradip, Bangladesh government funded (AUD 3,500.00) overseas training workshop on ‘Leadership & Management on Health Related SDG’s in Bangladesh’ for 9 selected Bangladesh government officials from the Ministry of Health and Family welfare held on July 19, 2019, Notre Dame University and Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick (As the chief investigator ).
Royhan, Pradip, Bangladesh government funded (AUD 4,500.00) overseas training workshop on ‘Comparative Analysis on River Protection in Australia and Bangladesh’ for 7 selected Bangladesh government officials from the National River Conservation Commission under the Ministry of Shipping held on September 22-24, 2019, Notre Dame University and NSW Water
(As the chief investigator).

Publications

Journal articles

Khan Eizaj Ahmed; Chowdhury Md Maruf; Royhan Pradip; Gowan Sunaina; Rahman Mohammed Mizanur and Mehregan Mahdavi Ahmed Mostafa, ‘A decision model for sustainable informal entrepreneurship in cities’ published in the International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, June 1, 2022, DOI 10.1108/IJCCSM-02-2022-0026
Khan Eizaj Ahmed; Royhan Pradip; Rahman M Ashiqur; Rahman Mohammed Mizanur and Ahmed Mostafa, ‘The Impact of Enviropreneurial Orientation on Small Firms’ Business Performance: The Mediation of Green Marketing Mix and Eco-Labeling Strategies ‘published in Sustainability 2020, 12(1), 221; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12010221
Royhan, Pradip, “Market Access Challenges and Opportunities for Bangladesh Textile and Apparel Products’ LAWASIA Journal (2015) 57-73
Royhan, Pradip and Naser, Mostafa, “Bangladesh in the WTO: A Quest for Greater Market Access” Chittagong University Journal of Law Vol 18, 2014
Royhan, Pradip, “Environmental Requirements in the WTO: Developmental Challenges of the Least Developed Countries with a particular Reference to Bangladesh” – (2013) 9 (1) Macquarie Journal of International and Comparative Environmental Law 78-92.
Royhan, Pradip, “Market Access Challenges and Opportunities for Bangladesh Pharmaceutical Products under Trade Related Aspect of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)” Oxford Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice (2013) 8 (12): 939-945.
Royhan, Pradip, “Market Access Challenges and Opportunities of Bangladesh Leather and Leather Products’ (2019) Accepted for publication in the Australian Journal of Business, Social Science, and Information Technology (Forthcoming)
Royhan, Pradip, “Environment Related Health Concerns: Market Access Challenges for
Bangladesh Fish and Fish Products” Submitted for publication in Law Asia journal in the upcoming edition (2019) (Under review)
Roy, P. C., R. Mandal, and Z. Ahmad, 2000 ”Effect of Liming on mineralization of Sulfur incubated with Urea and Gypsum in Three Contrasting Soils”-Phytol. Res.13 (1); 51-56, 2000.
Roy, P. C., R. Mandal, and Z. Ahmad, 2000 ”Effect of Nitrogen and Sulphur on the macronutrient content of HYV Rice (BR-3)”-Phytol. Res.13 (1); 27-33, 2000.
Roy, P.C., R. Mandal, and Z. Ahmad, 2000 ”Effect of Liming on the mineralization of Nitrogen by added Urea and gypsum in three contrasting Soils”- Dhaka University J. Sci.9(2);109-114,2000.
Roy, P.C., R. Mandal, and Z. Ahmad, 1997 ”Effect of Nitrogen and Sulphur on the growth and yield of HYV (BR-3)” Phytol.Res.12 (1-2); 13-16, 1999.
Roy, P.C, R. Mandal, and Z. Ahmad, 1997 ”Impact of various moisture levels on the mineralization of Sulphur in Soil as influenced by addition of Urea and gypsum”- Bangladesh J. Sci.Res.14 (2); 246-251, 1996.
Roy, P.C, R. Mandal, and Z. Ahmad, 1997 ”Impact of various moisture levels on the mineralization of Nitrogen in Soil as affected by addition of Urea and gypsum”- Bangladesh J. Sci.Res.14 (2); 217-222, 1996

Conferences

Attended and present paper in the Australia – Bangladesh Trade conference 13-15 November 2019 held in Sydney.
Attended Mini-Symposium on “Regulatory and Institutional Framework for Sustainable Use of Coastal and Marine Resources: A Comparative Analysis Between Bangladesh and Australia” – organized jointly by Department of Environmental Science, Macquarie University and Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh 7 May 2019
Attended Stakeholder Consultation Workshop as a resource person on “Regulatory and Institutional Framework for Sustainable Use of Coastal and Marine Resources: A Comparative Analysis Between Bangladesh and Australia” – organised by Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh 29 April 2019.
Attended as participant in the Sydney International Business Research Conference (SIBRC) organised by Australian Academy for Business Leadership (AABL) held on 23-25 March 2019 at Novotel Sydney.
Participated in the data collection and visits/ discussion/ research in different coastal areas in Australia with BPATC team as expert – particularly Sydney, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Great Barrier Reef, Twelve Apostles and Tasmania on “Regulatory and Institutional Framework for Sustainable Use of Coastal and Marine Resources : A Comparative Analysis Between Bangladesh and Australia” – organised jointly by Centre for Environmental Law , Macquarie University and Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh 20 February- 5 March , 2019.
Attended as participant in the Sydney International Business Research Conference (SIBRC) organised by Australian Academy for Business Leadership (AABL) held on 25-26 March 2018 at Novotel Sydney.
Presented paper on “Better Public Service delivery through E- Governance – Bangladesh perspectives” – International Conference on ‘Public Service Delivery in Bangladesh’ organised by Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh 5-6 November 2017
Attended Environmental Health 2013 Conference as a speaker held in Boston, USA on 3-6 March,2013
Attended WTO Public Forum held in WTO Headquarter, Geneva, Switzerland on 24-26 September,2012
Attended ANZSIL Conference held in UNSW, Sydney on 25-26 October,2012
Attended in the 3rd New Zealand Centre of International Economic Law (NZCIEL) International Conference as a speaker held in the Victoria University, Wellington, NZ from 7-8 July,2011
Attended in the 19th Australia New Zealand Society for International Law (ANZSIL) International Conference as a speaker held in the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, AU from 23-25 June,2011
Participated in “ Assessment Tools I – Design & Develop” a professional development workshop for trainers and assessors held on 20th April, 2011 in Sydney
Organized International Conferences on “WTO Issues” while working as a Deputy Director of the WTO Cell, Ministry of Commerce.
Attended JICA Training on Dispute Settlement Understanding held in the JICA Centre, Tokyo, Japan from January 31 to February 10 ,2006
Attended the WTO UNESCAP Intensive Course on “Trade Negotiating Skills for Asia and Pacific Countries, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in May 2004
Attended The 3rd Introduction Course on WTO for LDCs, Geneva, Switzerland in May 2003
Attended The 3rd International Human Resource Development Program, Society for Development Studies, New Delhi, India in September to October ,2000
Participated in “Levels “a professional development workshop for trainers and assessors held on 18th May 2011 in Sydney.

Dr Bairagi

Dr Bairagi is an expert in Accounting, Finance, Statistics and Research methods and has been a teacher and lecturer since 1998. Before joining APIC in 2018he has taught at Federation University Australia, Holmsglen Institute Melbourne, Deakin University and Khulna University Bangladesh.
He completed his undergraduate studies, Master of Commerce and MBA at University of Dhaka Bangladesh before completing his PhD in Finance.

Teaching Interests
Foundations of Accounting, Financial Accounting; Advanced Financial Accounting; Management Accounting; Finance; Introduction to Economics; Statistics; Research methods; Research Project.

Research Interests
Corporate Disclosures in Accounting; Corporate Finance, Financial economics, Energy Economics, IPO Underpricing.

Research Supervision
Supervised postgraduate research students at APIC and research students for MBA and BBA programs at Khulna University in Bangladesh.

Professional Associations and Fellowships
Member, Institute of Public Accountants (IPA), Australia
Australian Society of CPAs
Pacific Rim Real Estate Society, Australia

Research Grants
APIC Small Research Grants (SRG) 2019; APIC Small Research Grants (SRG) 2020.

Publications
Journal articles
Bairagi, R. (2020). Impacts of COVID-19 on Australian Higher Education Export-A Discussion. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, Vol 11, No. 18.

Ghosh, P., Bairagi, R., Mondal, A. (2020). Adoption of Principles-Based IFRS and Intercompany Comparability of Operating Performance. The Asian Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 5 No. 2.

Bairagi, R. (2017). Impact of Foreign Direct Investment Volatility on Economic Development in the Indian Subcontinent. The World Economy, Vol. 40, No. 12.

Mamunur, R., Bairagi, R., Bose T.K. (2015). Going Private Transactions and Private Equity Takeovers: What have we Learned? Business Review, Khulna University, Bangladesh. Vol. 10, No 10.
Bairagi, R., Dimovski, W. (2012). The Direct Costs of Raising Equity Capital for U.S. REIT IPOs. Journal of Property Investment & Finance, Vol. 30, No. 6.
Bairagi, R., Dimovski, W. (2012). The Level of Representative Underwriting and the Underwriting Costs of REIT SEOs. Journal of Property Investment & Finance, Vol. 30, No. 1.
Bairagi, R. (2012). The Sharpe and Sortino Ratios: Still Prevalent Benchmarks for Evaluating Portfolio Performance. Bank Parikrama, A Journal of Banking & Finance, Vol. xxxvii, No. 2-4.
Bairagi, R., Dimovski, W. (2011). The Under-pricing of U.S. REIT IPOs: 1996 to 2010. Journal of Property Research, Vol. 28, No 3.

Conferences
Bairagi, R. (2021). Dynamic Impacts of Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) on Stock Markets: An Intercontinental Evidence. Conference Proceedings, 11th Australian FMCG Conference, 2021.

Dr Al-Dala'in

Dr Al-Dala’in is an expert in Data Mining, Database, software development and has been teaching at Western Sydney University, Charles Sturt University, University of Technology Sydney and the University of New England before joing APIC in 2021.
He completed his PhD in Information Technologies at The University of Newcastle in 2011.

Teaching Interests
System Analysis and Design (MIT & BIT), Object Modelling (MIT), Prof Programming Practice/ Software Testing (MIT & BIT), Data Mining and Visualisation (MIT), Data Analytics for Business (BIT), Programming Principles/Python (MIT & BIT), Database Management Systems (MIT & BIT), Research Preparation in Post Graduate Studies (MIT), Web Technology (MIT & BIT), Teaching Fundamentals of Software Development (Java) (MIT & BIT), Software Engineering (MIT & BIT).

Publications
Please click on the following Google Scholar Link for a full list.

Emeritus Professor Downes

Emeritus Professor Downes has worked with universities, educational systems, and schools, for nearly 40 years. She is a highly experienced senior educational leader, having had long term leadership roles at two universities.

In 2018 she retired from the role of Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic at Charles Sturt University, having also served as an Executive Dean in earlier years. In her senior executive roles in higher education, she has demonstrated ability at the organisational and sector levels in strategic planning, governance, change management, financial management, quality assurance and stakeholder engagement, particularly with governments, professions, and Indigenous organisations and communities.

Emeritus Professor Downes professional and research interests focus on improved educational outcomes in universities and schools in the effective use of digital technologies, in gender and technology, and in teacher education policy and practice.

Her work included numerous research and professional projects, over 70 publications, international and national professional presentations and workshops and over $1 million in grants and consultancies. She has been a keynote or distinguished speaker at international conferences in New Zealand, USA, England, Switzerland, Hungary, PNG, Thailand, Hong Kong, Wales, China, Finland and Norway.

She currently serves as a non-executive director on a number of boards, as a member of academic boards and advisory committees, and as an external consultant and reviewer of educational programs and organisational units.

Professor Kramar

Professor Kramar is an experienced senior academic with an international reputation in the field of human resource management. She was Professor of Human Resource Management at the Australian Catholic University from 2011-2016 and is currently adjunct Professor at the University of Notre Dame, visiting Professor at the University of Ghent, and a member of the Academic Board and Governing Council of Sydney Metropolitan Institute of Technology.

Professor Kramar also serves on the Advisory Research Panel of the Australian Institute of Human Resource Management. Professor Kramar has had extensive experience in course development at the University of Sydney, the University of New South Wales, and the Macquarie Graduate School of Management.

Professor Kramar has also held visiting Professorial roles at the IGR University of Rennes, France and the Cranfield Business School, UK. In addition, she has extensive research experience, publications and teaching experience, Professor Kramar has been actively engaged in the professional community as a journal editor, editorial board member and member of the Advisory Panel on Research for the Australian Human Resources Institute.

Professor Kramar has also provided consulting services to the Department of Human Services, the Reserve Bank, CCH Pty Ltd, Kent Institute, the Department of Small Business, the Department of Industrial Relations, OSR Consulting, the Department of Environment and Heritage, and the NSW Department of Industrial Relations.

Dr Tran

Dr Tran has been a lecturer and educator in higher education since 2005. With her background in Applied Science, she taught Science subjects to undergraduate students until discovering her interest and passion in working with international students, especially those from countries where English is learnt as a foreign language (EFL) or second language (ESL). As a former international student in Melbourne herself, she shares a sincere sympathy and deep understanding with international students, who are away from their homes and beloved, and working hard every day to overcome challenges on their own. Since then, Kate has been teaching and coaching international students to become job-ready through developing their academic and professional skills.

Dr Tran joined APIC in February 2016 and since then has taken various roles within the academic enhancement capacities. Her main focus at APIC has been facilitating student development of language, academic, research and professional skills. This involves creating academic enhancement resources, delivering academic and research skill workshops and webinars, and providing one-on-one and group consultations to students. She also focuses on facilitating students’ academic integrity in their study and research. She also works closely with teaching staff to embed academic and professional skills in course delivery and facilitates staff professional development.

Dr Tran enjoys her work at a private College like APIC where she has more chances to get to know students and their stories, thus can provide more practical coaching and relevant support. Her favourite proverb is “Teachers are like ferrymen, diligently helping students cross the ocean to reach their future”. Her hope is that her students once graduated are ready for their journeys ahead and always remain passionate with their chosen profession.

Dr Pandya

Dr Pandya is an academic professional in the field of Business Management and Finance for around 18 years. He joined APIC as sessional lecturer and academic administrator in May 2015. He was offered to be full time ongoing lecturer in December 2015 and promoted as Director – Undergraduate studies in July 2016. Dr Pandya’s disciplinary expertise is in Mergers and Acquisition, Advanced Accounting and behavioural Finance.. Apart from teaching and research expertise in Finance, business management and accounting, Dr Pandya has wide experience in academic administration, teaching and learning, and quality assurance that enhance standard of education. He has also successfully developed and managed diploma courses at VET level in India. He had huge contribution in expansion of institution and converting it in to private university. Dr Pandya is an active researcher and involved in research and publication for APIC.

Dr Pandya holds a Bachelor degree in Accounting, Master degree in business management with dual specialization in Marketing and Finance. He poses membership of CPA, Australia.

Dr Khalifa

Over 20 years, Dr Khalifa led multidisciplinary healthcare and information technology teams to develop and implement evidence-based solutions to direct healthcare strategy and operations of healthcare services. Using health analytics and business intelligence, Dr Khalifa led diverse projects, enhancing patient safety, healthcare effectiveness, efficiency, and timeliness. Over the last 10 years, Dr Khalifa published +50 journal papers and book chapters and was granted an innovation patent from IP Australia in 2018.

Before joining CHS, Dr Khalifa served as the Digital Health Officer of the Australian Digital Health Agency and as Researcher and Consultant of Healthcare Strategy and Analytics at Macquarie University, Sydney. Dr Khalifa was the Director of Healthcare Strategy and Performance Improvement at King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Saudi Arabia. He also worked as Director and Instructor of the Healthcare Management Program at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. Earlier to that, Dr Khalifa served diverse positions, focused mainly on healthcare strategic management and performance improvement, health informatics project management, healthcare business intelligence, and healthcare big data analytics.

Dr Khalifa is a medical doctor, got his MBBS – Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery from Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt in 2001, Post Graduate Diploma of Healthcare and Hospital Management from the American University in Cairo, Egypt in 2004, a MSc – Master of Science in Health Informatics from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom in 2012, and a PhD in Health Innovation from Macquarie University, Sydney in 2020. Dr Khalifa is an FAIDH – Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Digital Health, an MRCSEd – Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, United Kingdom and he is also a CPHIMS – Certified Professional in Healthcare Information Management Systems, an Accredited CPHIMS Trainer and an Advisor on the Technical Committee of the CPHIMS exam, HIMSS – Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, United States. Dr Khalifa is also a member in the HIMSS and the AHIMA – American Health Information Management Association, United States.

Associate Professor Bilgin

Associate Professor Bilgin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Macquarie University. She is the President of the International Association for Statistical Education (IASE) and an elected Member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI). Ayse’s research explores applications of statistics in health sciences and learning and teaching in statistics.

Associate Professor Bilgin was a recipient of several learning and teaching awards for her outstanding contributions to student learning such as an Australian Learning and Teaching Council Citation for ‘Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning’, a Macquarie University VC Citation, ATEM Award Community Engagement (Highly Commended); Higher Education Award for Employability; joint-recipient of Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT). Her pedagogical research interests are focused on statistics education, such as learning approaches in statistics, work integrated learning in statistics, impact of learning spaces to students’ learning. She was awarded “Excellence in research: Five Future-shaping Priorities (Healthy People)” by Macquarie University and she was a member of research team which were the finalist of the Eureka Prize in 2017.

Dr Hutchison

Dr Hutchison is an international bestselling author, global business consultant and behavioural and project management specialist. He is listed on the Who’s Who of Business in Australia, and holds a world championship (grade 2) in music as a former WA Police Pipe Band member.

Dr Hutchison is the global CEO of management consultancy firm Peopleistic, a Commercial Advisor of law firm Balfour Meagher, and works in digital forensics (multimedia) as a police-licensed investigator with Forensics Australia and UltraTech Investigation Services. He also resides as the Chairman of the International Institute of Legal Project Management.

He is an adjunct Associate Professor at both Edith Cowan University (Business and Law) and Curtin University (Science and Engineering). He has qualifications in forensics, company directorship, business, contract management, legal project management, project management, training, information technology, professional coaching and engineering, including an DProf from Middlesex University (London), MBA from Deakin University, and a Master of Commerce from Curtin University. He is now progressing a Bachelor of Laws.

Professor Day

Professor Day has extensive leadership and management experience in several large universities in Australia and New Zealand, including as Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic and International) at Massey University in NZ and Executive Dean at Macquarie and the University of Southern Queensland.

Her key strengths include managing across breadth, building strong teams with a shared focus across multiple areas and interests, and liaising effectively with internal and external individuals and groups. She was the inaugural chair of the South Australian Premier’s Council for Women. She steered the establishment of Massey University’s Centre for Professional and Continuing Education, prepared Massey University’s Internationalisation Strategy and developed a ‘Learning Futures Strategy’ to steer strategic approaches to teaching and learning delivery modes and media-rich delivery.

Ms Shifrina

Ms Shifrina is the General Manager, Higher Education Operations.

Ms Shifrina is an experienced education leader, having worked in private Higher Education in Australia for the last 15 years. Her main areas of expertise lie in student recruitment (both domestic and international), admissions, compliance, student experience and service, and overall student journey from enquiry until graduation. Ms Shifrina is passionate about providing outstanding service and support for international students, with a particular interest in student wellbeing.

At ECA, Ms Shifrina is involved in all operational areas supporting and promoting student experience, and student engagement.

Associate Professor Alsadoon

Associate Professor Alsadoon has been a teacher and lecturer since 2002 and before joining APIC in 2020 has taught at the University of Technology Baghdad, the Syrian International Private University for Science and Technology, Charles Sturt University and others. Associate Professor Alsadoon completed their undergraduate studies as well as her Master of Science in Computer Science at the University of Technology Baghdad, followed by completing a PhD of Science in Software Engineering. Teaching Interests include Java Programming, Python Programming, System Analysis and Design, Software Engineering, Computer Architecture.

Research Interests include software engineering, e-Health, image processing, algorithms, data mining technologies, real time network and real time security.

Ms Pinto

A commercially astute and outcomes focussed senior leader with over 14 years experience within the education industry and a postgraduate qualification in Master of Business Administration (MBA), Ms Pinto is an energetic, adaptable, and highly motivated professional who is passionate and committed to delivering value, building and maintaining successful internal and external relationships and enhancing the student experience.

As a subject matter expert within Education her commitment towards student success and team success sits at the centre of every strategy she creates and decision she makes. Ms Pinto has held several senior leadership roles in higher education for over a decade working alongside Universities and Private Higher Education Institutes across Australia and New Zealand with the purpose of ensuring students have a positive study experience. She has worked with prospective students, current students, graduates and alumni as well as students within the work integrated learning setting encompassing the entire student life cycle.

Ms Pinto is passionate about optimising organisational processes, measurement systems and strong trusted stakeholder relationships to deliver operational and commercial objectives. She enjoys transforming roadmaps into workable solutions and benchmarks performance against key operational targets/goals. Leadership is at the core of her professional experience. As a recognised people leader and mentor she has strengthened global cross-functional teams by creating an environment of psychological safety and fostering a culture of collaborative problem solving. Ms Pinto leads her team with professional integrity and fosters a supportive and empowering environment that encourages high performance, room for her team to grow and develop and to take steps that bring them closer to their career goals and aspirations. Most importantly she strives to bring fun and pride into the work she undertakes with her team and colleagues.

Dr Katis

Dr Katis is an experienced academic with over 15 years of experience in the Management discipline as a lecturer at various universities across Australia. She completed her undergraduate studies at Deakin University and her Master of Business Administration at LaTrobe University and gained her DBA at Victoria University.

She is reviewer for the Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Her research interests include, management, small business, ethnicity, human resource management and entrepreneurship.

Teaching interests include Fundamentals of Management, Leadership and Governance, Entrepreneurship, Human Resource Management, Marketing, Sustainability and Ethics, Strategic Planning and Research Projects.

Research Interests include Management, small business, ethnicity and entrepreneurship.

Dr Katis is a member of ANZAM and RAC member of the Multicultural Commission.

Ms Perry

Ms Perry is the Learning and Teaching Support Manager here at ECA. She has worked in various education roles supporting students in Australia, the UK, Turkey and South Korea. She specialises in developing resources and approaches to support international students and adults new to higher education. Fiona draws on students’ strengths to help them achieve their academic goals. She facilitates one-on-one sessions, presents webinars, develops resources and collaborates with academic staff to support students to develop study skills and academic and digital literacies. She covers topics such as time management, academic reading and writing, critical and reflective thinking, exam preparation, understanding and applying feedback and learning how to best approach assessments.

She has experience working with several disciplines including Business, IT, Education, Psychology, Nursing, Counselling, Social Work, Criminology and Coaching.

Ms Perry has a Diploma of Business, Bachelor of Education / Psychology and a Master of TESOL.

Ms Goebel

Ms Goebel is a former teacher and has worked in the Higher Education industry for almost 20 years. She has held a variety of different roles including Faculty Management, Student Engagement, Course Coordination and Academic Operations at Navitas, Kaplan and APIC. Ms Goebel has a Master of Education with Merit (Educational Leadership) from the University of Sydney and is currently completing a Doctor of Education at UNSW where she is looking at supporting gifted students with ADHD in the classroom. She is passionate about students’ wellbeing and engagement and helping them achieve their goals.

Ms Lovece

Ms Lovece has worked in the education sector for over 35 years both locally and internationally. She has experience in teaching, teacher training, coursebook writing and curriculum development, including large-scale education solutions. She has led teams as a manager and Academic Director and has over 15 years experience in the development of digital learning environments and the digital transformation of education providers.

Dr Roomina

Dr Roomina has more than 20 years of commercial experience to design and analyse engineering applications using advanced mathematical techniques such as Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).

He has been involved in numerous consultancy projects and analyzing broad range of engineering applications for CSIRO, building services, automotive, defense industries, consulting companies and research/educational organisation. Dr Roomina has been teaching a wide range of subjects at the tertiary level for more than 15 years. He currently holds Senior Lecturer position at ECA Higher Education Institute.

Area of Expertise: Modelling and simulation of Environment, Sustainability, energy efficiency.

Dr Khanal

Dr Khanal is a Senior Lecturer at ECA Higher Education Institute. Prior to this, he served as the Director of Undergraduate Studies at Asia Pacific International College (APIC). He also served as the Chair of Research Coordinating Group at APIC and member of APIC Teaching & Learning Committee. He currently serves as a member for ECA Higher Education Institute Scholarship & Research Committee. He is also a coordinator for Project Management, Built Environment and Engineering (PBE ) Research Group at ECA Higher Education Institute.

Dr Khanal has more than 20 years of experience in higher education teaching, research and management. He has worked at various institutions across the globe in a variety of educational settings and brings with him a diverse international experience of teaching and research. Dr Khanal obtained his PhD from the University of Sydney and master’s degree from Southern Illinois University, USA. Dr Khanal is an active researcher with publication in A and A* journals. His current research interests are in the areas of curriculum & pedagogy, classroom experience, use of technology in teaching & learning and built environment & design.

Area of Expertise: Project Management, Education, Built Environment & Design, Engineering, Sustainability, Modelling and Simulations of Thermofluid system.

Dr Faaliyat

Dr Faaliyat is a highly qualified professional with extensive expertise in multiple fields.

Dr Faaliyat has a PhD and MBA and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Dr Faaliyat has a wealth of knowledge and experience in Management, Human Resources, Marketing, Law as well as Employment Relations courses and has over 10 years of experience in higher education, both as a dedicated researcher and as an academic

Dr Faaliyat is actively engaged in research, with a particular focus on diversity and inclusion policies and practices pertaining to both migrant and non-migrant workers. Furthermore, she has a keen interest in exploring student learning and engagement, as well as online teaching methodologies.

Throughout her professional journey, Dr Faaliyat has gained invaluable experience working in both the public and private sectors, including roles within mining and investment consulting firms. Outside of her professional commitments, she has also dedicated time as a volunteer, collaborating with diverse businesses.

Dr Sisombat

Dr Sisombat has a Bachelor of Business Marketing, a Master in International Business/Trade, a Doctor of Business Administration and a Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Education from Victoria University. Dr Sisombat has significant experience teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels at private and public universities and at the TAFE level. Dr Sisombat’s teaching areas are information systems, economics, marketing, business administration, international business, management, and project management.

Dr Bhanwala

Combined with passion and drive, Dr Bhanwala possesses considerable teaching and legal practice experience of more than 15 years, with solid experience in key stakeholder management, leading and managing teams. Over the last 15 years she has worked on various cases dealing with commercial, criminal and corporate law, which has enabled her to develop the attributes to drive, implement and manage an organization’s objectives, whilst managing risk to ensure the desired outcome. A qualified lawyer and proactive leader, who sees beyond the facts and thrives on building strong relationships. Also, has teaching experience in commercial law, business law, family law, civil law and criminal law. Dr Bhanwala’s area of research interest is Constitution Law, Business law, Corporate law, Family Law and Administration law. I have several publications in the peer reviewed Journals.

Dr Singh

Dr Singh is a certified Microsoft ICT and Cyber Security Lecturer and works at APIC in Melbourne. He has had many roles in Higher Education course development and teaching over more than 12 years. He has exceptional technical and industry experience in some of the leading organizations of Australia including Telstra, KPMG and Wilson. He brings significant knowledge of both industry and academic skills key the industry, which he shares in educating his students.

Dr Singh is an experienced with proven results in achieving organisational goals and objectives. He has extensive experience in Higher Education course development, compliance and course accreditation, governance oversight. He has worked with many organisations including local governments, banks, and various industrial companies. His specialisation fields are Image Processing, Business Integration, Computer Vision, Software Engineering and Computer Networks. He has been actively engaged with research work, and my research work has led to many research publications including peer – reviewed indexed journals and conference publications.

Dr Gowan

Dr Gowan is a highly accomplished higher education academic with over 21 years of experience in education and management. Dr Gowan received a PhD in Management from Western Sydney University and has an MBA with specialisation in Human Resource Management, and a Master of Information Systems from the University of Ballarat. She received a Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Education from Federation University and a Graduate Certificate in Research from Western Sydney University. Dr Gowan has highly developed expertise in team leadership, curriculum development and design; with extensive experience in lecturing, guiding, and supporting domestic and international students. Her research interests include student development and belonging, environmental concerns, principles of responsible business and education, diversity and inclusiveness, and emotional labour. In early 2023, Emerald Publications released Dr Gowan’s book, “The Ethnically Diverse Workplace,” which is expected to make a significant contribution to the field of higher education.

Dr R. Tabes

Dr R. Tabes has a PhD in marketing, a master’s degree in industrial management, and a bachelor’s degree in business administration. She also has a Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Education by Victoria University, Melbourne. Dr R. Tabes PhD in Marketing titled Green Supply Chain Antecedents, Practices, and Firm Performance in the Australian Food Industry was awarded at Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia in October 2019.

Dr R. Tabes started her academic career at Curtin University and moved to Sydney in 2018, where she worked as a lecturer at Federation University (MIT Sydney) and Victoria University (ECA) Sydney, as well as Crown Institute. She is now a key academic at APIC in Melbourne. Throughout her teaching career, she has taught a variety of courses from Bachelor to Master level including communication and technology, information and communication management, project management, project stakeholder management, and marketing management.

Dr R. Tabes supervised 38 master’s students in their theses, and has extensive experience in all aspects of higher education. Dr R. Tabes provides continuous assistance to students throughout their academic journey.

Ms Gao

Ms Gao has Bachelors degree in International Business, a Master’s degree in commerce (accounting major) from the University of Sydney, a Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Education and a distinguished achievement in the CPA Australia program. She has academic experience for more than 18 years with corporate experience for working as an accountant for about 4 years. Her expertise is in financial accounting, management accounting and financial statement analysis and accounting for decision making.

Dr Seah

Dr Seah is an experienced and active educator with a strong background in the VET and higher education sectors. Dr Seah has a Bachelor of Business Administration (Management)y, a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical & Computer Engineering) and a PhD.

His skills include training, course leading, academic coordination, and management. Dr Seah is a data analyst and have a proven track record of working in higher education for research in commercial projects and research training and has experience in using various data analysis software such as Atlas.ti and SPSS. He has research interest in education using ICT. Dr Seah also has a wealth of experience in project management, accounting and investment administration and management.

Outside of his professional work, he works part-time as a groundsman in a community centre to stay active and enjoy the outdoors.

Meet Our Academic Team

Meet Our Academic Team

Key Academic Contacts

Associate Professor Michelle Cavaleri (Dean, Academic)

Professor Gary Day (Deputy Dean, Programs)

Professor Ian Rouse (Dean, Scholarship and Research)

Associate Professor Beulah Moses (General Manager, Higher Education Quality)

Dr Oday Al-Jerew(Course Coordinator, MIT)

Dr Rosa Faaliyat (Course Cordinator, MBA)

Dr Ahmad Kaleem(Course Coordinator, MPMB)

Dr Jenny Katis (Course Coordinator, BBus)

Dr Jahangir Alam (Course Coordinator, BIT/BBIS)

Ms Sue Taylor (Library Manager)

Ms Fiona Perry (Learning and Teaching Support Manager)

Ms Julia Goebel (Academic Operations and Compliance Manager)

Ms Ella Lovece (Digital Learning Manager)

Key Academic Contacts

Associate Professor Michelle Cavaleri (Dean, Academic)

Professor Gary Day (Deputy Dean, Programs)

Professor Ian Rouse (Dean, Scholarship and Research)

Associate Professor Beulah Moses (General Manager, Higher Education Quality)

Dr Oday Al-Jerew(Course Coordinator, MIT)

Dr Rosa Faaliyat (Course Cordinator, MBA)

Dr Ahmad Kaleem(Course Coordinator, MPMB)

Dr Jenny Katis (Course Coordinator, BBus)

Dr Jahangir Alam (Course Coordinator, BIT/BBIS)

Ms Sue Taylor (Library Manager)

Ms Fiona Perry (Learning and Teaching Support Manager)

Ms Julia Goebel (Academic Operations and Compliance Manager)

Ms Ella Lovece (Digital Learning Manager)

Associate Professor Beulah Moses (General Manager, Higher Education Quality)

Professor Ian Rouse (Dean, Scholarship and Research)

Professor Gary Day (Deputy Dean, Programs)

Our Teaching Staff

Dr Jean Marie Ip-Soo-Ching

Dr Garima Sharma

Associate Professor Abeer Alsadoon

Associate Professor Alex Bezen

Dr Ming Juan Ding

Dr M (Mohammad) Ashiqur Rahman

Dr Nectar Costadopoulos

Dr Pradip Royhan

Dr Sunaina Gowan

Dr Sommala Sisombat

Dr Ranajit Kumar Bairagi

Dr Rakesh Khanal

Dr Michael Roomina

Dr Kavita Bhanwala

Ms Heidi Gao

Dr Chetanpal Singh

Dr Ben Seah

Dr Azadeh R. Tabes

Dr Thair Al-Dala'in

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Associate Professor 
Michelle Cavaleri
(Dean, Academic)

Professor Gary Day
(Deputy Dean, Programs)

Professor Ian Rouse
(Dean, Scholarship and Research)

Associate Professor
Beulah Moses
(General Manager, Higher Education Quality)

Dr Oday Al-Jerew
(Course Coordinator, MIT)

Dr Rosa Faaliyat
(Course Cordinator, MBA)

Dr Ahmad Kaleem
(Course Coordinator, MPMB)

Dr Jenny Katis
(Course Coordinator, BBus)

Dr Jahangir Alam
(Course Coordinator, BIT/BBIS)

Ms Sue Taylor
(Library Manager)

Ms Fiona Perry
(Learning and Teaching Support Manager)

Ms Julia Goebel
(Academic Operations and Compliance Manager)

Ms Ella Lovece
(Digital Learning Manager)

Associate Professor 
Michelle Cavaleri
(Dean, Academic)

Professor Gary Day
(Deputy Dean, Programs)

Professor Ian Rouse
(Dean, Scholarship and Research)

Associate Professor
Beulah Moses
(General Manager, Higher Education Quality)

Dr Oday Al-Jerew
(Course Coordinator, MIT)

Dr Rosa Faaliyat
(Course Cordinator, MBA)

Dr Ahmad Kaleem
(Course Coordinator, MPMB)

Dr Jenny Katis
(Course Coordinator, BBus)

Dr Jahangir Alam
(Course Coordinator, BIT/BBIS)

Ms Sue Taylor
(Library Manager)

Ms Fiona Perry
(Learning and Teaching Support Manager)

Ms Julia Goebel
(Academic Operations and Compliance Manager)

Ms Ella Lovece
(Digital Learning Manager)

Associate Professor
Beulah Moses
(General Manager, Higher Education Quality)

Professor Ian Rouse
(Dean, Scholarship and Research)

Professor Gary Day
(Deputy Dean, Programs)