Professor Paul Roe

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Faculty of Science,
School of Computer Science


Personal details

Positions

Head of School, Computer Science
Faculty of Science,
School of Computer Science

Keywords

Grid computing, Programming languages, Software engineering, Web services., eScience

Research field

Distributed Computing, Computer Software

Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008

Qualifications

  • PhD (University of Glasgow)
  • MEng(Hons) (University of York)

Teaching

Paul has designed and teaches an introductory computer systems subject called "Introduction to Computer Systems" (IFB102). This subject introduces students to computers; it addresses the questions:

  • What is a computer and how does a computer work?
  • What is a network and how does it work?
  • What is the web and how does it work?

The subject uses Raspberry Pi computers (www.raspberrypi.org) and is one of the largest classes in the world using Raspberry Pis (more than 900 students in semester 1 2021!). In the past Paul has developed and taught new subjects on: functional programming, high performance computing, distributed and mobile computing.

Experience

Publications

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