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Structures, systems. and people. John N. Crossley Faculty of Information Technology Monash University Australia John.Crossley@monash.edu. Monash University. Clayton campus from 1960s. Faculties in the 1960s. Arts Economics and Politics Education Engineering Law Medicine Science.
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Structures, systems and people John N. Crossley Faculty of Information Technology Monash University Australia John.Crossley@monash.edu
Monash University Clayton campus from 1960s Faculties in the 1960s Arts Economics and Politics Education Engineering Law Medicine Science
My Timeline • 1960 DPhil (Oxford, Mathematics) • 1968 First visit to Monash • 1969 Appointed Professor of Pure Mathematics • 1982 Review of Computer Science • 1982 Head of Mathematics Department, Faculty of Science, and shortly afterwards • Head of Computer Science Department, Faculty of Science • 1991 Faculty of Information Technology formed • 2007 Emeritus Professor
Monash Faculties 1960s Arts Economics and Politics Education Engineering Law Medicine Science From 1991 Arts Business and Economics Education Engineering Law Medicine Science Art & Design Information technology Pharmacy
Monash University now Faculties Campuses Arts Economics and Politics Education Engineering Law Medicine Science Clayton Caulfield Peninsula Berwick Gippsland Parkville Sunway, Malaysia Monash South Africa Art & Design Information technology Pharmacy
Sophia research interests Algebra (especially group representations) Analysis Geometry Statistics Biomedical Mathematics Manufacturing Systems Engineering Information Systems Library Science Neuroscience Pharmacology Computer Networks Databases Educational Technology Perception Robotics
References • Sarah Rood, From Ferranti to Faculty: Information Technology at Monash University, 1960 to 1990, Clayton: Monash University Custom Publishing, 2008. • Christopher Stewart Wallace, A suggestion for a fast multiplier. IEEE Transactions on Electronic Computers, 14 – 17, February 1964, reprinted in E.E. Swartzlander, Computer Arithmetic, Vol. 1, IEEE Computer Society Press Tutorial, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, 1990. • Marjorie Garber, Academic Instincts, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001.