Charles Watson
Lecturer, School of Science and Technology
Qualifications
BSc (University of Auckland), BSc (Hons) (Massey University), PhD (University of Sydney)
Contact
| Email: | cwatson7@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Booth Block (C27) 155 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2288 (or +61 2 6773 2288 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3312 |
| Homepage: | http://turing.une.edu.au/~cwatson7 |
Additional:
UNE Council Member
Convener of the Information Research Group
Faculty A&S Representative on e-Research Working Group
Computer Science Representative on School S&T Research Committee
Dr. Charles Watson lectures in Computer Science, including units in networks, security, e-commerce and forensic computing. He was previously a Senior Research Scientist at DSTO and CSIRO and holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Sydney.
He brings to UNE Council a belief in open governance enabling informed decisions in the best interests of UNE, staff, students and the wider community.
Charles is committed to building trust, cooperation, confidence, job satisfaction and security.
He believes in creating opportunities to improve UNE's competitive position and modern infrastructure for the recruitment and retention of quality staff and students.
Research interests
- Computational Genomics
- Algorithmic Complexity
- Cryptography
- Information Security
- Signal Processing
- Communication Technologies
- Object Oriented Programming
- Online teaching paradigms
Teaching
COMP100 Business Information Technology (2000-2009)
COMP321 Wireless Networks (2006-2008)
COMP322 System and Network Administration (2006-2009)
COMP411 Information Technology for E-Commerce (2000-2005)
COMP516 Principles of Object-Orientated Programming Languages (2007)
COMP290 Internet Security (2008-2009)
FSC102 Forensic Computing (2008-2009)
Selected publications
Refereed Journal Article
A. Ruvinsky and C. Watson, Intron Phase Patterns in Genes: Preservation and Evolutionary Changes, The Open Evolution Journal, Vol. 1, pp. 1-14, 2007.
http://www.bentham.org/open/toevolj/openaccess2.htm
Refereed Conference Papers
Conditional Entropy for DNA Analysis, International Symposium on Information Theory and its Applications, Auckland, New Zealand, December 2008.
Differential Convolution for Medical Diagnosis, Proceedings 5th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications, June 2008.
Wireless location aware applications for mobile commerce, Proceedings of the Fifth Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Conference, Vol. 5, pp. 274-290, QUT, December 2004.
Seminars and Presentations
An algorithm to exploit market inefficiency, Friday, 14th November 2008.
http://turing.une.edu.au/~cwatson7/I/AutomatedTrading.pdf
Clever Networks, Friday, 29th June 2007.
http://turing.une.edu.au/~cwatson7/I/CleverNetworks.ppt
Virtual Infrastructure, Friday, 25th May 2007.
http://turing.une.edu.au/~cwatson7/I/VirtualInfrastructure.ppt
Gene mutation and evolution of the kinectin coding gene, KTN1, AGBU Seminar on Tuesday, 15th May 2007.
http://turing.une.edu.au/~cwatson7/I/KinectinPhylogeny.htm
Statistical forecasting for predicting markets, weather, speech and other phenomena, Friday, 30th March 2007.
http://turing.une.edu.au/~cwatson7/I/TimeSeriesPrediction.ppt
An efficient algorithm for analysing large data sets, by example, Friday, 23rd February 2007.
http://turing.une.edu.au/~cwatson7/I/ConditionalEntropy.html