University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Topics
Network Protocols and Standards Computer Communications
Biography
Robin started his academic career at the University of Cape Town in the area of Communications Engineering. He had previously spent 10 years in industry, mostly with Philips where he worked in Communications Engineering and Plessey, where he worked on the design of precision electronic distance measuring equipment.
His recent work has been in network protocols and the management of complex next generation networks. He is very active in Software Defined Networks, and is a founder member of ANZSDN. He has a strong interest in complex and complicated systems, and the application of biological/ecological metaphors to the creation of autonomic network management. He has created new paradigms in Autonomic Network Management ontology and a Distributed Active Information Model for Autonomic Communications.
His other special interest is in remote sensing and the fusion of remote sensing modalities to produce new benefits to computation and its application. He also has a special interest in Complex Systems, and Agen Based Modeling.
