Professor Katrina Falkner

Executive Dean

EC&MS Faculty Services

Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Professor Falkner is Executive Dean for the Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, and leads the Computer Science Education Research Group (CSER), and the Modelling & Analysis Program within the Distributed and Intelligent Technologies Group (DIT) within the School of Computer Science.

Professor Falkner has extensive experience in industry consultation, including work with DST Group, NICTA, Google US, Google Australia & New Zealand, the Commonwealth Department of Education and Training, and Telstra Foundation, crossing both the areas of Computer Science Education (within CSER) and Distributed Systems and Modelling (within DIT). As part of her work within CSER, Professor Falkner has led the development of the CSER MOOCs - open online courses for Australian teachers to help prepare them for the Digital Technologies Curriculum, and leads the national CSER Digital Technologies Education Program, designed to support Australian teachers in teaching Computer Science, with an emphasis on supporting young women, low-SES and Indigenous populations.

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Computer Science Education Research Group

My education research interests range from understanding how we can better teach fundamental computer science and computational thinking skills, to how we can apply computer science to better improve learning and learning environments. I am the leader of the Computer Science Education Research Group (CSER) based in the School of Computer Science. The CSER group aims to promote research and scholarship both within the field of Computer Science Education and more broadly in the Higher Education sector. The goal of CSER is to understand how we can improve the teaching and learning of computing, and how contemporary issues in higher education, such as the use of new technologies can impact upon the teaching and learning environment.

We lead the CSER Digital Technologies Education Program, where we support Australian teachers in developing skill and confidence in the new Digital Technologies learning area, as well as undertaking research into how we scaffold and understand the development of Computational Thinking skills in K-6.

We also explore how we can use Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning and Information Retrieval techniques to better support learning, and to better understand how learning occurs within learning environments, such as within Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). We explore the development of learning models within MOOC contexts that support good practice pedagogy, and community-based learning environments.

Current Research Staff

Dr Rebecca Vivian, Research Fellow
Dr Thushari Atapattu, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Hamid Tarmazdi, Research Assistant

We are currently seeking PhD student applications for students passionate about Computer Science Education Research. If you are interested, please review these example project descriptions for further details:

Distributed and Intelligent Technologies Group

My discipline research is in the areas of Software Architecture and Distributed Systems, leading the Modelling and Analysis program within DIT. Within this project we are exploring techniques for developing accurate performance models for distributed software systems so that we can better understand the Space, Weight and Power (SWaP) constraints of systems operating within constrained environments, including defence environments such as combat management systems, but also other constrained environments such as seen within drone platforms. This work has benefit well outside of the defence space, as can be seen by our recent collaboration with the Ecology and Environmental Science area within the University to explore how we can better create drone environments to support conservation efforts across a range of physical environmental conditions.

In strong collaboration with colleagues based at Australia' Defence Science and Technology Group, DIT has led the development of the MEDEA modelling environment, which supports performance modelling of software systems in early stages of design and development, including the integration of existing software components, and supporting a range of representative hardware platforms, including FPGA, GPU, VM and Cloud-based environments.

Current Research Staff

Jackson Michael, Senior Software Developer
Cathlyn Aston, Software Developer
Mitchell Conrad, Software Developer
Jim Lin, Software Developer

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Appointments

Date	Position	Institution name
2020	Executive Dean, Faculty of ECMS	University of Adelaide
2019	Interim Executive Dean, Faculty of ECMS	University of Adelaide
2018	Deputy Dean (Students)	University of Adelaide
2017	Professor	University of Adelaide
2014 - 2017	Head of School	University of Adelaide
2013 - 2016	Associate Professor	University of Adelaide
2009 - 2012	Senior Lecturer	University of Adelaide
2009 - 2011	Associate Dean (Learning and Teaching)	University of Adelaide
2003 - 2008	Lecturer	University of Adelaide
2000 - 2003	Postdoctoral Research Fellow	University of Adelaide

Awards and Achievements

Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country	Amount
2017	Award	John Hughes Distinguished Service Award	CORE	Australia	—
2016	Award	National Leader of the Year	Australian Council for Computers in Education (ACCE) and Australian Computer Society (ACS)	Australia	—
2015	Award	2015 Gold Award Winner for ACS ICT Higher Education Educator of the Year	Australian Computer Society	Australia	—
2015	Award	2015 EdtechSA/ISTE Making it Happen Award	—	—	—
2015	Award	EdTEchSA Leader of the Year Award	—	—	—
2012	Award	Endeavour Executive Award	—	—	—
2008	Achievement	Australian Learning and Teaching Council Citation	—	—	—
2008	Teaching Award	Stephen Cole the Elder Award for Excellence in Teaching	—	—	—
2007	Teaching Award	ECMS Faculty Prize for Excellence in Teaching	—	—	—
2007	Teaching Award	Executive Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching	—	—	—

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Journals

Year	Citation
2020	Alvarez Cid-Fuentes, J., Szabo, C., & Falkner, K. (2020). Adaptive performance anomaly detection in distributed systems using online SVMs. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, 17(5), 9281-941. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2020	Numan, M. W., Phillips, B. J., Puddy, G. S., & Falkner, K. (2020). Towards Automatic High-Level Code Deployment on Reconfigurable Platforms: A Survey of High-Level Synthesis Tools and Toolchains. IEEE ACCESS, 8, 174692-174722. DOI
2020	Atapattu, T., Falkner, K., Thilakaratne, M., Sivaneasharajah, L., & Jayashanka, R. (2020). What Do Linguistic Expressions Tell Us about Learners&#x0027; Confusion&#x003F; A Domain-independent Analysis in MOOCs. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 1. DOI
2019	Atapattu, T., Thilakaratne, M., Vivian, R., & Falkner, K. (2019). Detecting cognitive engagement using word embeddings within an online teacher professional development community. Computers and Education, 140, 14 pages. DOI Scopus5 WoS3
2019	Thilakaratne, M., Falkner, K., & Atapattu Mudiyanselage, T. (2019). A systematic review on literature-based discovery workflow. PEERJ COMPUTER SCIENCE, 5, 40 pages. DOI WoS3
2019	Thilakaratne, M., Falkner, K., & Atapattu Mudiyanselage, T. (2019). A systematic review on literature-based discovery: General overview, methodology, & statistical analysis. ACM Computing Surveys, 52(6), 34 pages. DOI Scopus3
2018	Uzunov, A., Fernandez, E., & Falkner, K. (2018). Assessing and improving the quality of security methodologies for distributed systems. Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, 30(11), e1980-1-e1980-56. DOI Scopus5 WoS4
2018	Garcia, R., Falkner, K., & Vivian, R. (2018). Systematic literature review: Self-Regulated Learning strategies using e-learning tools for Computer Science. Computers and Education, 123, 150-163. DOI Scopus14 WoS11
2018	Michell, D., Szabo, C., Falkner, K., & Szorenyi, A. (2018). Towards a Socio-Ecological Framework to address gender inequity in computer science. Computers and Education, 126, 324-333. DOI Scopus5 WoS3
2018	Álvarez Cid-Fuentes, J., Szabo, C., & Falkner, K. (2018). An adaptive framework for the detection of novel botnets. Computers and Security, 79, 148-161. DOI Scopus7 WoS6
2018	Falkner, K., Vivian, R., & Williams, S. -A. (2018). An ecosystem approach to teacher professional development within computer science. Computer Science Education, 28(4), 303-344. DOI Scopus3
2018	Falkner, K., Szabo, C., Chiprianov, V., Puddy, G., Rieckmann, M., Fraser, D., & Aston, C. (2018). Model-driven performance prediction of systems of systems. Software and Systems Modeling, 17(2), 415-441. DOI Scopus6 WoS3
2017	Atapattu, T., Falkner, K., & Falkner, N. (2017). A comprehensive text analysis of lecture slides to generate concept maps. Computers and Education, 115, 96-113. DOI Scopus21 WoS14
2017	Michell, D., Szorenyi, A., Falkner, K., & Szabo, C. (2017). Broadening participation not border protection: how universities can support women in computer science. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 39(4), 406-422. DOI Scopus9 WoS8
2017	Jayatilaka, A., Ranasinghe, D. C., Falkner, K., Visvanathan, R., & Wilson, A. (2017). Care workers' voices in designing assistive technologies for preventing malnutrition in older people with dementia: innovative practice. Dementia, 19(2), 1-7. DOI
2016	Falkner, K., & Vivian, R. (2016). A review of Computer Science resources for learning and teaching with K-12 computing curricula: an Australian case study. Computer Science Education, 25(4), 390-429. DOI Scopus16
2016	Vivian, R., Falkner, K., Falkner, N., & Tarmazdi, H. (2016). A method to analyse computer science students’ teamwork in online collaborative learning environments. ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 16(2), 7-1-7-28. DOI Scopus13 WoS10
2015	Uzunov, A., Falkner, K., & Fernandez, E. (2015). A comprehensive pattern-oriented approach to engineering security methodologies. Information and Software Technology, 57(1), 217-247. DOI Scopus9 WoS9
2015	Falkner, K. E. (2015). Computational thinking as the ‘new literacy’: professional development opportunities. Curriculum & Leadership Journal, 13(9).
2015	Uzunov, A., Fernandez, E., & Falkner, K. (2015). Security solution frames and security patterns for authorization in distributed, collaborative systems. Computers and Security, 55, 193-234. DOI Scopus10 WoS8
2015	Uzunov, A., Fernandez, E., & Falkner, K. (2015). ASE: a comprehensive pattern-driven security methodology for distributed systems. Computer Standards and Interfaces, 41, 112-137. DOI Scopus17 WoS14
2014	Vivian, R., Falkner, K., & Falkner, N. (2014). Addressing the challenges of a new digital technologies curriculum: MOOCs as a scalable solution for teacher professional development. Research in Learning Technology, 22, 24691-1-24691-19. DOI Scopus48
2012	Uzunov, A., Fernandez, E., & Falkner, K. (2012). Securing distributed systems using patterns: A survey. Computers & Security, 31(5), 681-703. DOI Scopus29 WoS24
2012	Falkner, K., & Falkner, N. (2012). Supporting and structuring "contributing student pedagogy" in computer science curricula. Computer Science Education, 22(4), 413-443. DOI Scopus18
2012	Uzunov, A., Fernandez, E., & Falkner, K. (2012). Engineering security into distributed systems: a survey of methodologies. Journal of Universal Computer Science, 18(20), 2920-3006. DOI Scopus37 WoS26
2011	Falkner, K. (2011). Integrating Communications Skills with Discipline Content. Ergo, 2(1), 5-14.
2009	Nguyen, P., Falkner, K., Detmold, H., & Munro, D. (2009). A domain specific language for execution profiling & regulation. Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series, 91, 123-132. Scopus2
2009	Falkner, K., & Palmer, E. (2009). Developing authentic problem solving skills in introductory computing classes. SIGCSE Bulletin, 41(1), 4-8. DOI Scopus1
2008	Detmold, H., Van Den Hengel, A., Dick, A., Falkner, K., Munro, D., & Morrison, R. (2008). Middleware for distributed video surveillance. IEEE Distributed Systems Online, 9(2), 1-11. DOI Scopus28
2005	Norcross, S., Morrison, R., Munro, D., Detmold, H., & Falkner, K. (2005). Implementing a family of distributed garbage collectors. Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology, 37(1), 107-126. Scopus1 WoS1
2005	Detmold, H., Falkner, K., Munro, D., Olds, T., Morrison, R., & Norcross, S. (2005). Server enforced program safety for web application engineering. Journal of Web Engineering, 4(4), 339-371.
1999	Hawick, K., James, H., Silis, A., Grove, D., Patten, C., Mathew, J., . . . Vaughan, F. (1999). DISCWorld : an environment for service-based metacomputing. Future Generation Computer Systems, 15(5), 623-635. DOI Scopus22 WoS15

Book Chapters

Year	Citation
2020	Vivian, R., Grover, S., & Falkner, K. (2020). Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes, and Beliefs: Learning Goals for Introductory Programming. In S. Grover (Ed.), Computer Science in K-12 An A-To-Z Handbook on Teaching Programming. United States: Edfinity.
2019	Fincher, S., Kolikant, Y., & Falkner, K. E. (2019). Teacher Learning and Professional Development. In S. Fincher, & A. Robins (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Computing Education Research (pp. 727-748). Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. DOI
2019	Falkner, K., & Sheard, J. (2019). Pedagogic Approaches. In S. Fincher, & A. Robins (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Computing Education Research (pp. 445-480). Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. DOI
2019	Lewis, C., Shah, N., & Falkner, K. (2019). Equity and Diversity. In S. Fincher, & A. Robins (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Computing Education Research (pp. 481-510). Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. DOI
2019	Vahrenhold, J., Cutts, Q., & Falkner, K. (2019). Schools (K-12). In S. Fincher, & A. Robins (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Computing Education Research (pp. 547-583). Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. DOI
2014	Chiprianov, V., Falkner, K., Szabo, C., & Puddy, G. (2014). Architectural Support for Model-Driven Performance Prediction of Distributed Real-Time Embedded Systems of Systems. In Software Architecture (pp. 357-364). Springer International Publishing. DOI
2014	Falkner, K., Chiprianov, V., Falkner, N., Szabo, C., & Puddy, G. (2014). A model-driven engineering method for DRE defence systems performance analysis and prediction. In A. Bagnato, L. Indrusiak, I. Quadri, & M. Rossi (Eds.), Handbook of research on embedded systems design (1 ed., pp. 301-326). United States: IGI Global. DOI Scopus3
2012	Falkner, K. (2012). Embedding communication skills in the study of the discipline. In A. Patil, H. Eijkman, & E. Bhattacharyya (Eds.), New media communication skills for engineers and IT professionals: trans-national and trans-cultural demands (pp. 94-114). IGI Global. DOI

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2020	Thilakaratne, K., Falkner, K., & Atapattu Mudiyanselage, T. (2020). Information extraction in digital libraries: First steps towards portability of lbdworkflow. In Proceedings of the 2020 ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL) (pp. 345-348). online: ACM. DOI
2020	Atapattu Mudiyanselage, T., Falkner, K., & Thilakaratne, K. (2020). Garbage in, garbage out? an empirical look at information richness of lbd input types. In Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL) (pp. 369-372). online: ACM. DOI
2020	Thilakaratne, M., Falkner, K., & Atapattu Mudiyanselage, T. (2020). Connecting the Dots: Hypotheses Generation by Leveraging Semantic Shifts. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Vol. 12085 LNAI (pp. 328-340). Switzerland: Springer. DOI Scopus1
2020	Falkner, N., Vivian, R., Falkner, K., Ajanovski, V. V., Liebe, C., Morrison, A., & Parker, M. (2020). Meaningful Assessment at Scale: Helping Instructors to Assess Online Learning. In Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE (pp. 512-513). online: ACM. DOI
2020	Vivian, R., Quille, K., Mcgill, M. M., Falkner, K., Sentance, S., Barksdale, S., . . . Maiorana, F. (2020). An International Pilot Study of K-12 Teachers' Computer Science Self-Esteem. In Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE (pp. 117-123). online: ACM. DOI
2020	McClintock, M., Falkner, K., Szabo, C., & Yarom, Y. (2020). Enterprise security architecture: Mythology or methodology?. In ICEIS 2020 - Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems Vol. 2 (pp. 679-689). online: ICEIS.
2019	Falkner, K., Sentance, S., Vivian, R., Barksdale, S., Busuttil, L., Cole, E., . . . Quille, K. (2019). An international comparison of K-12 computer science education intended and enacted curricula. In ACM International Conference Proceeding Series (pp. 1-10). online: ACM. DOI Scopus6 WoS1
2019	Falkner, K., Sentance, S., Vivian, R., Barksdale, S., Busuttil, L., Cole, E., . . . Quille, K. (2019). An international study piloting the measuring teacher enacted computing curriculum (METRECC) instrument. In Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE (pp. 111-142). Aberdeen, SCOTLAND: ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. DOI Scopus8
2019	Garcia, R., Falkner, K., & Vivian, R. (2019). Understanding Problems through Assignment Presentation: A Replication Study. In IEEE Frontiers in Education Vol. 2019-January (pp. 1-8). online: IEEE. DOI
2019	Vivian, R., & Falkner, K. (2019). Identifying teachers’ technological pedagogical content knowledge for computer science in the primary years. In ICER 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (pp. 147-155). online: ACM. DOI Scopus1
2019	Garcia, R., Falkner, K., & Vivian, R. (2019). Instructional framework for CS1 question activities. In Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE (pp. 189-195). online: ACM. DOI
2019	Falkner, K., Sentance, S., Vivian, R., Barksdale, S., Busuttil, L., Cole, E., . . . Quille, K. (2019). An international benchmark study of K-12 computer science education in schools. In Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE (pp. 257-258). online: ACM. DOI Scopus4 WoS1
2019	Falkner, K., Vivian, R., & Falkner, N. (2019). Supporting Computational Thinking Development in K-6. In Proceedings of Latice 2018 Vol. 1 (pp. 126-133). Auckland, New Zealand: IEEE. DOI
2019	Le, K., Tarmazdi, H., Vivian, R., Falkner, K., Szabo, C., & Falkner, N. (2019). Directing Teacher Focus in Computer Science Online Learning Environments. In Proceedings of Latice 2017 (pp. 119-125). Hong Kong: IEEE. DOI
2018	Vivian, R., & Falkner, K. (2018). A survey of Australian teachers' self-efficacy and assessment approaches for the K-12 digital technologies curriculum. In Proceedings of the 13th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education (pp. 1-10). online: ACM. DOI Scopus5 WoS2
2018	Garcia, R., Falkner, K., & Vivian, R. (2018). Parsons Problems Usage within a MOOC Pedagogy. In SIGCSE'18: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 49TH ACM TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION (pp. 1111-1112). Baltimore, MD: ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. DOI
2018	Garcia, R., Falkner, K., & Vivian, R. (2018). Scaffolding the design process using parsons problems. In ACM International Conference Proceeding Series (pp. 1-2). online: ACM. DOI Scopus1
2018	Thilakaratne, M., Falkner, K., & Atapattu, T. (2018). Automatic detection of cross-disciplinary knowledge associations. In ACL 2018 - 56th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, Proceedings of the Student Research Workshop (pp. 45-51). online: Association for Computational Linguistics. DOI Scopus3
2017	Falkner, K. (2017). What Can We Learn about Teaching from MOOCs?. In 17TH KOLI CALLING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTING EDUCATION RESEARCH (KOLI CALLING 2017) (pp. 1). Koli, FINLAND: ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. WoS1
2017	Birdsey, L., Szabo, C., & Falkner, K. (2017). Identifying Self-Organization and Adaptability in Complex Adaptive Systems. In Proceedings - 11th IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems, SASO 2017 (pp. 131-140). Univ Arizona, Tucson, AZ: IEEE. DOI Scopus5 WoS3
2017	Birdsey, L., Szabo, C., & Falkner, K. (2017). Large-scale complex adaptive systems using multi-agent modeling and simulation. In Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS Vol. 3 (pp. 1478-1480). online: IFAAMS. Scopus5 WoS2
2017	Sheard, J., Simon., Butler, M., Falkner, K., Morgan, M., & Weerasinghe, A. (2017). Strategies for maintaining academic integrity in first-year computing courses. In Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE Vol. Part F128680 (pp. 244-249). online: ACM. DOI Scopus12
2017	Haidry, S., Falkner, K., & Szabo, C. (2017). Identifying Domain-Specific Cognitive Strategies for Software Engineering. In Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE Vol. Part F128680 (pp. 206-211). online: ACM. DOI Scopus1
2017	Atapattu, T., & Falkner, K. (2017). Discourse analysis to improve the effective engagement of MOOC videos. In ACM International Conference Proceeding Series (pp. 580-581). online: ACM. DOI Scopus2
2017	Falkner, N., Szabo, C., & Falkner, K. (2017). Formal forum triage: Towards the strategic selection of responses to student discussion forums. In L@S 2017 - Proceedings of the 4th (2017) ACM Conference on Learning at Scale (pp. 173-176). online: ACM. DOI
2017	Birdsey, L., Szabo, C., & Falkner, K. (2017). Casl: A declarative domain specific language for modeling complex adaptive systems. In Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference Vol. 0 (pp. 1241-1252). Arlington, VA: IEEE. DOI Scopus9 WoS5
2017	Falkner, K., Vivian, R., Falkner, N., & William, S. (2017). Reflecting on three offerings of a community-centric MOOC for K-6 computer science teachers. In SIGCSE '17 Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (pp. 195-200). New York, NY, USA: ACM. DOI Scopus6 WoS3
2016	Falkner, K., Falkner, N., Szabo, C., & Vivian, R. (2016). Applying validated pedagogy to MOOCs: an introductory programming course with media computation. In Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Vol. 11-13-July-2016 (pp. 326-331). Arequipa, Peru: ACM New York. DOI Scopus4
2016	Allan, T., Brumley, B., Falkner, K., Van De Pol, J., & Yarom, Y. (2016). Amplifying side channels through performance degradation. In Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference on Computer Security Applications Vol. 5-9-December-2016 (pp. 422-435). Los Angeles, California: ACM New York. DOI Scopus35
2016	Atapattu Mudiyanselage, T., & Falkner, K. (2016). A framework for topic generation and labeling from MOOC discussions. In Proceedings of the Third (2016) ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale (pp. 201-204). NY, USA: ACM New York. DOI Scopus8 WoS5
2016	Atapattu Mudiyanselage, T., Falkner, K., & Tarmazdi, H. (2016). Topic-wise classification of MOOC discussions: a visual analytics approach. In T. Barnes, M. Chi, & M. Feng (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (pp. 276-281). Raleigh, NC, USA: IEDMS. Scopus13
2016	Falkner, K., Szabo, C., & Chiprianov, V. (2016). Model-driven performance predication of systems of systems. In Proceedings of Models 2016 (pp. 44). Saint-Malo, France: ACM Digital Library. DOI WoS2
2015	Fehlmann, S., & Falkner, K. (2015). A case study in agility and evolving the long-lived software system. In Proceedings of the 24th Australasian Software Engineering Conference, vol. II Vol. 28-September-2015 (pp. 33-37). Adelaide, SA, Australia: Association for Computing Machinery. DOI
2015	Guerin, C., Jayatilaka, A., Calder, P., McCulloch, A., & Ranasinghe, D. (2015). Why don't more ICT students do PhDs?. In D. D'Souza, & K. Falkner (Eds.), Proceeding of the 17th Australasian Computing Education Conference Vol. 160 (pp. 73-80). Sydney, Australia: Australian Computer Society Inc..
2015	Falkner, K., Szabo, C., Michell, D., Szorenyi, A., & Thyer, S. (2015). Gender gap in academia: perceptions of female computer science academics. In Proceedings of the 2015 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Vol. 2015-June (pp. 111-116). Vilnius, Lithuania: ACM. DOI Scopus18
2015	Atapattu Mudiyanselage, T., Falkner, K., & Falkner, N. (2015). An evaluation methodology for concept maps mined from lecture notes: an educational perspective. In S. Zvacek, M. Restivo, J. Uhomoibhi, & M. Helfert (Eds.), Communications in Computer and Information Science Vol. 510 (pp. 68-83). Barcelona, Spain: Springer International Publishing. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2015	Tarmazdi, H., Vivian, R., Szabo, C., Falkner, K., & Falkner, N. (2015). Using learning analytics to visualise computer science teamwork. In V. Dagiene, C. Schulte, & T. Jevsikova (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2015 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Vol. 2015-June (pp. 165-170). Vilnius, Lithuania: ACM. DOI Scopus15
2015	Vivian, R., Tarmazdi, H., Falkner, K., Falkner, N., & Szabo, C. (2015). The development of a dashboard tool for visualising online teamwork discussions. In Proceedings of the 37th International Conference on Software Engineering Vol. 2 (pp. 380-388). Florence, Italy: IEEE. DOI Scopus12 WoS8
2015	Falkner, K., Vivian, R., & Falkner, N. (2015). Teaching computational thinking in K-6: the CSER digital technologies MOOC. In Proceedings of the 17th Australasian Computing Education Conference Vol. 160 (pp. 63-72). Sydney, Australia: Australian Computer Society Inc..
2015	Falkner, K., Szabo, C., Vivian, R., & Falkner, N. (2015). Evolution of software development strategies. In Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE/ACM 37th IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering Vol. 2 (pp. 243-252). online: IEEE. DOI Scopus9 WoS4
2015	Atapattu, T., Falkner, K., & Falkner, N. (2015). Educational question answering motivated by question-specific concept maps. In C. Conati, N. Heffernan, A. Mitrovic, & M. Verdejo (Eds.), Artificial Intelligence in Education, 17th International Conference, AIED 2015 Vol. 9112 (pp. 13-22). Madrid, Spain: Springer. DOI Scopus5 WoS3
2015	Bower, M., & Falkner, K. (2015). Computational thinking, the notional machine, pre-service teachers, and research opportunities. In Proceedings of the 17th Australasian Computing Education Conference Vol. 160 (pp. 37-46). Sydney, Australia: Australian Computer Society Inc.. Scopus8
2015	Butler, M., Sheard, J., Morgan, M., Weerasinghe, A., Falkner, K., & Simon. (2015). Understanding the teaching context of first year ICT Education in Australia. In Proceedings of the 17th Australasian Computing Education Conference Vol. 160 (pp. 101-109). Sydney, Australia: Australian Computer Society Inc.. Scopus1
2015	Morgan, M., Sheard, J., Butler, M., Falkner, K., Simon., & Weerasinghe, A. (2015). Teaching in first-year ICT education in Australia: research and practice. In Proceedings of the 17th Australasian Computing Education Conference Vol. 160 (pp. 81-90). Sydney, Australia: Australian Computer Society Inc.. Scopus2
2015	Sheard, J., Morgan, M., Butler, M., Falkner, K., Simon., & Weerasinghe, A. (2015). Assessment in first-year ICT education in Australia: research and practice. In Proceedings of the 17th Australasian Computing Education Conference Vol. 160 (pp. 91-99). Sydney, Australia: Australian Computer Society Inc.. Scopus1
2015	Butler, M., Morgan, M., Sheard, J., Simon., Falkner, K., & Weerasinghe, A. (2015). Initiatives to increase student Engagement in first-year ICT. In Proceedings of the 2015 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Vol. 2015-June (pp. 308-313). Vilnius, Lithuania: ACM New York. DOI Scopus7
2015	Atapattu, T., Falkner, K., & Falkner, N. (2015). Task-adapted concept map scaffolding to support quizzes in an online environment. In Proceedings of the 2015 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Vol. 2015-June (pp. 272-277). Vilnius, Lithuania: Association for Computing Machinery. DOI Scopus1
2015	Álvarez Cid-Fuentes, J., Szabo, C., & Falkner, K. (2015). Online behavior identification in distributed systems. In Proceedings of the 34th Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems Vol. 2016-January (pp. 202-211). Montreal, Canada: IEEE. DOI Scopus3 WoS4
2014	Falkner, K., Vivian, R., & Falkner, N. (2014). The Australian Digital Technologies Curriculum: challenge and opportunity. In Proceedings of the 16th Australasian Computing Education Conference Vol. 148 (pp. 3-12). Auckland, New Zealand: Australian Computer Society Inc.. Scopus29
2014	Atapattu Mudiyanselage, T., Falkner, K., & Falkner, N. (2014). Acquisition of triples of knowledge from lecture notes: a natural language processing approach. In Stamper, J., Pardos, Z., & M. Mavrikis (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (pp. 193-196). London, United Kingdom: International Educational Data Mining Society (IEDMS).
2014	Falkner, N., & Falkner, K. (2014). “Whither, badges?” or “wither, badges!”: a metastudy of badges in Computer Science education to clarify effects, significance and influence. In Proceedings of 14th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research Vol. 2014-November (pp. 127-135). Koli, Finland: ACM New York. DOI Scopus14
2014	Vivian, R., Falkner, K., & Szabo, C. (2014). Can everybody learn to code?: computer science community perceptions about learning the fundamentals of programming. In Proceedings of the 14th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research Vol. 2014-November (pp. 41-50). online: ACM. DOI Scopus3
2014	Szabo, C., Falkner, K., & Falkner, N. (2014). Experiences in course design using neo-piagetian theory. In Proceedings of the 14th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research Vol. 2014-November (pp. 81-90). online: ACM. DOI Scopus2
2014	Falkner, K., Vivian, R., & Falkner, N. (2014). Identifying computer science self-regulated learning strategies. In ITICSE 2014 - Proceedings of the 2014 Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Conference (pp. 291-296). Uppsala, Sweden: Association for Computing Machinery. DOI Scopus27
2014	Falkner, N., Vivian, R., Piper, D., & Falkner, K. (2014). Increasing the effectiveness of automated assessment by increasing marking granularity and feedback units. In Proceedings of the 45th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (pp. 9-14). Atlanta, Georgia: ACM New York. DOI Scopus20 WoS12
2014	Rieckmann, M., Fraser, D., Chiprianov, V., Szabo, C., & Falkner, K. (2014). Demonstration of model-driven performance prediction of distributed real-time embedded systems of systems. In Proceedings of the 2014 European Conference on Software Architecture Workshops (pp. 34-1-34-4). Vienna, Austria: Association for Computing Machinery. DOI Scopus1
2014	Chiprianov, V., Falkner, K., Gallon, L., & Munier, M. (2014). Towards modelling and analysing non-functional properties of systems of systems. In S. CooK, V. Ireland, A. Gorod, T. Ferris, & Q. Do (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on System of Systems Engineering: The Socio-Technical Perspective (pp. 289-294). Adelaide, Australia: IEEE. DOI Scopus8 WoS6
2014	Yarom, Y., & Falkner, K. (2014). Flush+reload: a high resolution, low noise, l3 cache side-channel attack. In Proceedings of the 23rd USENIX Security Symposium (pp. 719-732). San Diego, United States: USENIX Association. Scopus476 WoS103
2014	Szabo, C., & Falkner, K. (2014). Neo-Piagetian theory as a guide to curriculum analysis. In Proceedings of the 45th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (pp. 115-120). Atlanta, GA: ACM. DOI Scopus7 WoS4
2014	Atapattu Mudiyanselage, T., Falkner, K., & Falkner, N. (2014). Evaluation of concept importance in concept maps mined from lecture notes: computer vs human. In S. Zvacek, M. Restivo, J. Uhomoibhi, & M. Helfert (Eds.), Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education Vol. 2 (pp. 75-84). Barcelona, Spain: SciTePress. DOI Scopus7
2014	Chiprianov, V., Falkner, K., Szabo, C., & Puddy, G. (2014). Architectural support for model-driven performance prediction of distributed real-time embedded systems of systems. In P. Avgeriou, & U. Zdun (Eds.), Software architecture: 8th European Conference, ECSA 2014 Vienna, Austria, August 25-29, 2014: proceedings Vol. 8627 LNCS (pp. 357-364). Vienna, Austria: Springer International Publishing. DOI Scopus7 WoS2
2014	Uzunov, A., Falkner, K., & Fernandez, E. (2014). A comprehensive pattern-driven security methodology for distributed systems. In Proceedings, 2014 23rd Australasian Software Engineering Conference, ASWEC 2014 (pp. 142-151). Sydney, N.S.W.: IEEE Computer Society. DOI Scopus2
2013	Vivian, R., Falkner, K., & Falkner, N. (2013). Computer science students' causal attributions for successful and unsuccessful outcomes in programming assignments. In Proceedings of the 13th Koli Calling International conference on computing education research (pp. 125-134). Finland: ACM. DOI Scopus6
2013	Vivian, R., Falkner, K., & Falkner, N. (2013). Analysing computer science students' teamwork role adoption in an online self-organised teamwork activity. In Proceedings of the 13th Koli Calling International conference on computing education research (pp. 105-114). Finland: ACM. DOI Scopus11
2013	Haig, T., Falkner, K., & Falkner, N. (2013). Visualisation of learning management system usage for detecting student behaviour patterns. In A. Carbone, & J. Whalley (Eds.), Proceedings of the 15th Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE) Vol. 136 (pp. 107-115). Australia: Australian Computer Society. Scopus11
2013	Britton, M., Falkner, K., & Puddy, G. (2013). Combat management systems: Predicting performance early in the design lifecycle. In Proceedings of the 2013 Military Communications and Information Systems Conference, MilCIS 2013 (pp. 1-6). United States: IEEE. DOI Scopus2
2013	Falkner, K., Chiprianov, V., Falkner, N., Szabo, C., & Puddy, G. (2013). Modeling scenarios for the performance prediction of distributed real-time embedded systems. In 2013 Military Communications and Information Systems Conference (MilCIS) (pp. 1-6). United States: IEEE. DOI Scopus5
2013	Vivian, R., Falkner, K., & Falkner, N. (2013). Building consensus: Students' cognitive and metacognitive behaviours during wiki construction. In Proceedings of the IEEE 2013 Learning and Teaching in Computing and Engineering, LaTiCE (pp. 154-161). USA: IEEE. DOI Scopus4 WoS5
2013	Falkner, N., Vivian, R., & Falkner, K. (2013). Computer science education: The first threshold concept. In 2013 Learning and Teaching in Computing and Engineering (pp. 39-46). USA: IEEE. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2013	Falkner, K., Vivian, R., & Falkner, N. (2013). Neo-piagetian forms of reasoning in software development process construction. In Proceedings of the 2013 Learning and Teaching in Computing and Engineering (pp. 31-38). USA: IEEE. DOI Scopus4
2013	Uzunov, A., Falkner, K., & Fernandez, E. (2013). Decomposing distributed software architectures for the determination and incorporation of security and other non-functional requirements. In Proceedings of the 2013 22nd Australian Conference on Software Engineering (pp. 30-39). USA: IEEE. DOI Scopus9 WoS9
2013	Falkner, K., Chiprianov, V., Falkner, N., Szabo, C., Hill, J., Puddy, G., . . . Wallis, A. (2013). Model-driven performance prediction of distributed real-time embedded defence systems. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, ICECCS (pp. 155-158). USA: IEEE. DOI Scopus9 WoS3
2013	Falkner, K., & Falkner, N. (2013). Designing and supporting collaborative learning activities. In Proceedings of the 44th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2013 (pp. 537-538). online: ACM Digital Library. DOI
2013	Falkner, K., Falkner, N., & Vivian, R. (2013). Collaborative learning and anxiety a phenomenographic study of collaborative learning activities. In SIGCSE 2013 - Proceedings of the 44th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (pp. 227-232). USA: ACM. DOI Scopus18
2012	Falkner, N., & Falkner, K. (2012). Teaching tools as teaching tools: contextualised authentic learning examples. In Proceedings of the 2012 Australasian Association for Engineering Education Annual Conference, AAEE 2012 (pp. 1-9). Melbourne: ESER Group.
2012	Atapattu Mudiyanselage, T., Falkner, K., & Falkner, N. (2012). Automated extraction of semantic concepts from semi-structured data: supporting computer-based education through the analysis of lecture notes. In Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA 2012 Vol. 7446 LNCS (pp. 161-175). Germany: Springer-Verlag. DOI Scopus6
2012	Yarom, Y., Falkner, K., & Munro, D. (2012). S-RVM: a secure design for a high-performance java virtual machine. In Proceedings of the 2012 ACM Workshop on Virtual Machines and Intermediate Languages, VMIL'12 (pp. 13-22). USA: ACM. DOI
2012	Falkner, N., & Falkner, K. (2012). A fast measure for identifying at-risk students in computer science. In Proceedings of the 9th Annual International Conference on International Computing Education Research, ICER 2012 (pp. 55-62). Australia: ACM. DOI Scopus27
2012	Falkner, K., & Falkner, N. (2012). Integrating communication skills into the computer science curriculum. In Proceedings of the 43rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE'12 (pp. 379-384). USA: ACM. DOI Scopus15
2010	Le Lievre, K., & Falkner, K. (2010). A change of direction: helping postgraduate students become effective sessional teachers. In The Education Research Group of Adelaid (pp. The Changing Face of Education, 24-25 September, 2010). Adelaide, Australia: The University of Adelaide.
2010	Falkner, K., & Le Lievre, K. (2010). From student to teacher: Building professional development resources for sessional teaching staff. In Proceedings of 21st Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (pp. 649-655). Australia: AaeE.
2009	Falkner, K., & Palmer, E. (2009). Developing authentic problem solving skills in introductory computing classes. In Proceedings of SIGSCE'09 (pp. 4-8). USA: ACM. DOI Scopus19
2009	Falkner, K. (2009). Engaging large first year classes. In Proceedings of the 20th AAEE Conference (pp. 274-279). Australia: AAEE.
2009	Nguyen, P., Falkner, K., Detmold, H., & Munro, D. (2009). A domain specific language for execution profiling & regulation. In Proceedings of ACSC 2009 Vol. 91 (pp. 111-120). Australia: ACS.
2009	Falkner, K., & Munro, D. (2009). Easing the transition: A collaborative learning approach. In Proceedings of ACE 2009 Vol. 95 (pp. 65-74). Australia: ACS. Scopus8
2008	Detmold, H., Van Den Hengel, A., Dick, A., Cichowski, A., Hill, R., Kocadag, E., . . . Munro, D. (2008). Estimating camera overlap in large and growing networks. In Proceedings of the ICDSC 2008 (pp. 1-9). USA: IEEE. DOI Scopus10
2008	Falkner, K., McEntee, J., Palmer, E., & Botten, J. (2008). Establishing an education community of practice. In Proceedings of HERDSA 2008 (pp. 1-9). NZ: HERDSA.
2007	Detmold, H., Van Den Hengel, A., Dick, A., Cichowski, A., Hill, R., Kocadag, E., . . . Munro, D. (2007). Topology estimation for thousand-camera surveillance networks. In B. Rinner, & W. Wolf (Eds.), Proceedings of ICDSC-07 (pp. 195-202). CDROM: IEEE. DOI Scopus27
2007	Falkner, K., Balasubramaniam, D., Detmold, H., & Munro, D. (2007). Informed evolution. In Flavio Oquendo (Ed.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 4758 LNCS Vol. 4758 LNCS (pp. 288-291). Spain: Springer. DOI Scopus1
2006	Detmold, H., Falkner, K., Munro, D., Olds, T., & Zakarevicius, A. (2006). Evolving system services to meet application requirements. In J. Gray, R. Klefstad, & Y. Coady (Eds.), Proceedings of HICSS-39 2006 Vol. 9 (pp. www1-www9). www: IEEE. DOI
2006	Detmold, H., Dick, A., Falkner, K., Munro, D., Van Den Hengel, A., & Morrison, R. (2006). Middleware for video surveillance networks. In V. Cahill, & S. Michiels (Eds.), Proceedings of MIdSens'06 Vol. 218 (pp. CDROM31-CDROM36). CDROM: ACM Press. DOI Scopus17
2006	Detmold, H., Dick, A., Falkner, K., Munro, D., Van Den Hengel, A., & Morrison, R. (2006). Scalable surveillance software architecture. In M. Piccardi, T. Hintz, I. Pavlidis, C. Regazzoni, & X. He (Eds.), Proceedings of AVSS 2006 (pp. CDROM1-CDROM6). CDROM: IEEE. DOI Scopus10
2004	Fox, J., Detmold, H., & Falkner, K. (2004). Hyper-programming web applications. In G. Abraham, & B. Rubinstein (Eds.), Proceedings of the Second Australian Undergraduate Students' Computing Conference (pp. www 59-www 66). http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~benr/publications/auscc04/: AUSCC.
2004	Brodie-Tyrrell, W., Detmold, H., Falkner, K., & Munro, D. (2004). Garbage collection for storage-oriented clusters. In V. Estivill Castro (Ed.), Computer Science 2004: Proceedings of the 27th Australasian Computer Science Conference (pp. 99-108). NSW, Australia: Australian Computer Society Inc.
2004	Hill, D., & Falkner, K. (2004). Designing a flexible naming system with the compliant systems architecture. In H. Detmold, K. Falkner, & D. Munro (Eds.), Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Object Systems and Software Architectures 2004 (pp. www 1-www 6). http://www.cs.adelaide.edu.au/~wossa2004: The University of Adelaide.
2004	Falkner, K., Detmold, H., Hill, D., Munro, D., Morrison, R., & Norcross, S. (2004). Unifying static and dynamic approaches to evolution through the Compliant Systems Architecture. In R. Sprague Jr (Ed.), Proceedings of the 37th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences Vol. 37 (pp. CD-ROM 1-CD-ROM 9). CD-ROM: IEEE. DOI Scopus1
2004	Olds, T., Detmold, H., Falkner, K., & Munro, D. (2004). Engineering safe and efficient shareability within Web systems. In J. Yu, X. Lin, H. Lu, & Y. Zhang (Eds.), Proceedings of the 6th Asia-Pacific Web Conference Vol. 3007 (pp. 697-710). Germany: Springer. DOI Scopus1
2003	Detmold, H., Falkner, K., Munro, D., Olds, T., Morrison, R., & Norcross, S. (2003). An integrated approach to static safety of web applications. In G. Hencsey, & B. White (Eds.), Proceedings of the 12th International World Wide Web Conference 2003 (pp. www 1-www 4). http://www2003.org: International WWW Conference Committee.
2003	Hill, D., Detmold, H., Falkner, K., & Munro, D. (2003). Using the compliant systems architecture to deliver flexible policies within two-phase commit. In A. James, B. Lings, & M. Younas (Eds.), 20th British National Conference on Databases, BNCOD 20 Coventry, UK, July 15-17, 2003 Proceedings Vol. 2712 (pp. 245-252). Berlin, Germany: Springer. DOI
2002	Falkner, K., Detmold, H., Munro, D., & Olds, T. (2002). Towards compliant distributed shared memory. In H. Bal, K. Lohr, & A. Reinefeld (Eds.), Proceedings of CCGrid2002 (pp. 305-310). California, USA: IEEE Computer Society. DOI Scopus2
2001	Vaughan, F., Brodie-Tyrrell, W., Falkner, K., & Munro, D. (2001). Bounded parallel garbage collection: Implementation and adaptation. In H. ElGindy, & C. Fidge (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th Australasian Conference on Parallel and Real-Time Systems (pp. 40-49). HONG KONG: SPRINGER-VERLAG HONG KONG LTD.
2001	Munro, D., Falkner, K., Lowry, M., & Vaughan, F. (2001). Mosaic: A non-intrusive complete garbage collector for DSM systems. In R. Buyya, G. Mohay, & P. Roe (Eds.), Proceedings of the First IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid (pp. 539-546). LOS ALAMITOS, CALIFORNIA, USA: IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY. DOI Scopus4 WoS3
2000	Falkner, K. (2000). A model of location transparency. In C. Barter, & D. Munro (Eds.), Proceedings of The Seventh IDEA International Workshop (pp. 24-28). Adelaide, Australia: The University of Adelaide.
1998	Coddington, P. D., Hawick, K. A., Kerry, K. E., Mathew, J. A., Silis, A. J., Webb, D. L., . . . Tang, K. (1998). Implementation of a geospatial imagery digital library using Java and CORBA. In J. Chen, M. S. Li, C. Mingins, & B. Meyer (Eds.), TOOLS 27: TECHNOLOGY OF OBJECT-ORIENTED LANGUAGES, PROCEEDINGS (pp. 280-289). BEIJING, PEOPLES R CHINA: IEEE COMPUTER SOC. DOI WoS5
1998	Kerry, K. E., & Hawick, K. A. (1998). Kriging interpolation on high-performance computers. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Vol. 1401 (pp. 429-438). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. DOI Scopus36

Conference Items

Year	Citation
2017	Vivian, R., Falkner, K., & Szabo, C. (2017). Broadening participation in computer science: key strategies from international findings. Poster session presented at the meeting of SIGCSE '17 Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. New York, NY, USA: ACM. DOI

Report for External Bodies

Year	Citation
2018	Ng, D., Vivian, R., & Falkner, K. (2018). Advising Students on Careers of the Future: A Report on the Careers Development Landscape in Australia. The University of Adelaide.
2017	Vivian, R., Lozanovski, C., & Falkner, K. (2017). Literature review: Supporting teachers to assess F–10 Digital Technologies.
2017	Vivian, R., & Falkner, K. (2017). Building Australian Teacher Capacity in Teaching Digital Technologies.
2015	Falkner, K., & Vivian, R. (2015). Coding Across the Curriculum: Resource Review (A157082). Australian Government : Department of Education and Training.

Current Grants and Industry Research Contracts

Mathematics Massive Open Online Courses and Mathematics Hub. Education Services Australia and University of Adelaide (R. Vivian and K. Falkner) ($9,500,000) (2020-2024)

For the Expanded Rollout and Support of the University of Adelaide Digital Technology MOOCS – Closing the Digital Divide for Disadvantaged Students (Extension), Department of Education and Training. K. Falkner, R. Vivian (2020)

CyberSecurity Education Resources. K. Falkner, AustCyber (with industry partners Google Australian/New Zealand and CSIRO) ($313,387) (2020-2021)

Artificial Intelligence Resources. K. Falkner, R. Vivian, T. Atapattu and E. Palmer, Department of Education and Training ($585,000) (2019-2022)

SEM Environment Employment Integration. K. Falkner and B. Phillips, DST Group Research Contract ($1,218,573) (2019-2021)

ICT Forecast and Analysis, and Exploration of Automatic Code Deployment to Computing Hardware Types. K. Falkner and B. Phillips, DST Group Research Contract ($902,852) (2017-2020)

For the Expanded Rollout and Support of the University of Adelaide Digital Technology MOOCS – Closing the Digital Divide for Disadvantaged Students, Department of Education and Training. K. Falkner, R. Vivian, N. Falkner and C. Szabo ($6,900,000) (2016-2020)

Completed Grants and Industry Research Contracts

Artificial Intelligence Education Models. K. Falkner, R. Vivian and T. Atapattu, Google Research Contract ($83,749) (2019)

Review of the first Australia FRC program, K. Falkner and R. Vivian, Google Research Contract ($50,941) (2018-2019)

SEM Environment: Deployment Platform and Instrumentation Research. K. Falkner and C. Szabo, DST Group Research Contract ($1,033,014) (2017-2019)

Assessment and OS-Level Mitigation of Timing Channels. Y.Yarom and K. Falkner, Data61 CRP Research Agreement ($682,684) (2016-2019)

Airborne spatial tracking for saving endangered species. D. Ranasinghe, L. P. Koh, K. Falkner, B. Ostendorf, G. Puddy, ARC Linkage Project ($181,194) (2016-2018)

Assessment for the F-10 Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies, Education Services Australia (ESA) Research Contract. R. Vivian & K. Falkner. ($141,616) (2016-2018).

Understanding Australia’s Teaching Culture with Respect to Gender Diversity, C. Szabo, K. Falkner, A. Szorenyi and D. Michell, Google Australia, $26,764 (2017)

Understanding the relationship between social community formation and progression within MOOC environments, K. Falkner, R. Vivian and T. Atapattu, Research Contract, Google Australia, $37,687 (2017)

KVM Literature Review. K. Falkner, DST Group Research Contract ($60,000) (2017)

Delivery of a Fully Operational SEM Environment. K. Falkner and C. Szabo, DST Group Research Contract ($150,000) (2016-2017)

Submarine Combat System Large Scale Computing Infrastructure Performance and Interoperability Insight. K. Falkner and C. Szabo, DST Group Research Contract ($150,000) (2016-2017)

Computing Infrastructure Performance and Interoperability Research (Generic Vehicle Architecture Integration). K. Falkner and C. Szabo, DST Group Research Contract ($110,000) (2016)

Expanding Teacher Professional Development – Beyond the CSER MOOC, Google Research Contract. K. Falkner, R. Vivian. ($95,101) (2016)

Assessment and OS-Level Mitigation of Timing Channels. Y.Yarom and K. Falkner, NICTA CRP Research Agreement ($132,378) (2015-2016)

Automated Analysis of MOOC Discussion Content to Support Personalised Learning, K. Falkner, Google MOOC Focused Research Awards. ($50,000 US) (2015-2016)

Pathways to Computer Science: Enabling Equity and Diversity. K. Falkner, C. Szabo, A.Szorenyi and D. Michell, Google Research Contract ($55,000) (2015-2016)

Computing Infrastructure Performance and Interoperability Research – Integration. K. Falkner and C. Szabo, DSTO Research Contract ($465,000) (2015-2016)

Computing Infrastructure Performance and Interoperability Research – Security. K. Falkner and Y. Yarom, DSTO Research Contract ($170,000) (2015-2016)

Coding Across the Curriculum – Curriculum Mapping and Analysis. K. Falkner and R. Vivian. ($77,889) (2015)

Building Digital Technologies Capacity. K. Falkner and R. Vivian, Google Research Contract ($48,312) (2014-2015)

Assessment and OS-Level Mitigation of Timing Channels. K. Falkner and Y. Yarom, NICTA CRP ($232,167) (2014-2015)

Addressing the Challenge of the Digital Technologies Curriculum (Years 7&8). K. Falkner, R. Vivian, N. Falkner and C. Szabo, Digital Careers Sponsorship Agreement ($119,588) (2014-2015).

Model Driven Systems Engineering: Advanced Modelling of Communication Protocols. K. Falkner and Y. Yarom, DSTO Research Contract ($110,000) (2014)

Improving Gender Equity in Computer Science and ICT, A. Szorenyi and K. Falkner, HUMSS Faculty Research Centre Competitive Funding Scheme ($4,985) (2014)

Experiences of first year students in ICT courses: best practices in teaching introductory programming in ICT courses, J. Sheard, M. Morgan, M. Butler, K. Falkner, A. Weerasinghe, Simon, ACDICT ALTA Commissioned Good Practice Report ($14,937) (2014)

Model Driven Systems Engineering: Advanced Modelling of Communication Protocols. K. Falkner and C. Szabo, DSTO Research Contract ($130,000) (2014)

Addressing the Challenges of the Digital Technologies Curriculum: MOOCs for Teacher Development, K. Falkner, N. Falkner and R. Vivian, Google Research Contract ($65,000 + in-kind) (2013-2014)

An evidenced-based approach to the design and redevelopment of inclusive, technology-enhanced learning environments, D. Wood, L. Glenny, C. Snowden, S. Scutter, T. Du, D. Tedmanson, B. Underwood, T. Johnson, N. Lindsay, K. Falkner, R. Vivian, M. Hughes-Warrington, H. Partridge and J. Willems, OLT Innovation and Development Grant, $211,000 (2013-2014)

Model Driven Systems Engineering. K. Falkner and C. Szabo, DSTO Research Contract ($420,000) (2013-2015)

Digital Inclusion and Indigenous Australians. Lester-Irabinna Rigney, Katrina Falkner, Peter Radoll and Mike Wilmore. Telstra Foundation Research Contract, $75,000 (2013).

Review of Model Driven Software Engineering Practice: System Execution Modelling Environment. K. Falkner, N. Falkner and C. Szabo. DSTO Research Contract ($75,000) (2012-2013)

Review of Model Driven Software Engineering Practice: System Virtualisation. K. Falkner. DSTO Research Contract ($130,000) (2012-2013)

Review of Model Driven Software Engineering Practice: Extending the Reference Combat management and System Execution Modelling Capability. K. Falkner, N. Falkner and C. Szabo, DSTO Research Contract ($490,000) (2012-2013)

Review of Model Driven Software Engineering Practice: System Execution Modelling. K. Falkner, DSTO Research Contract ($120,000) (2012)

Review of Model Driven Software Engineering Practice: Reference Combat Management System Development. K. Falkner, DSTO Research Contract ($225,000) (2011-2012)

Review of Model Driven Software Engineering Practice: UAV Models. K. Falkner, DSTO Research Contract ($46,500) (2011)

Early Intervention Strategies for At Risk Students in ECMS, Katrina Falkner, Lachlan Coleman, University Implementation Grant for Learning and Teaching Enhancements ($12,000) (2010).

Sustained Sessional Teacher Support, K. Falkner, T. Rainsford, C. Kestell, J. Denier, University Learning and Teaching Performance Fund Grant ($50,000) (2009-2010)

A Problem Solving Curriculum in Computing, B. Alexander, K. Falkner, H. el-Gindy, F. Brown, Z. Michalewicz, Google Research Grant ($46,500) (2007-2008)

Review of Model Driven Software Engineering Practice. K. Falkner, DSTO Research Contract ($70,000) (2010)
Designing software architectures for application development above a microkernel in a trusted embedded system, K. Falkner, ECMS Faculty Small Grant ($10,000) (2006-2007)

Evaluating effectiveness, defining standards and sharing effective methods of assessment across disciplines, E. Palmer, K. Falkner, J. McEntee, B. Alexander, S. Al-Sarawi, M. Coulson, J. Botten, L. Rogers, University of Adelaide Learning and Teaching Grant ($32,000) (2007)

Establishing links between High School Mathematics and Different University Pathways, K. Falkner (Industry Partner), Premier's Industry Awards for Teachers of Science and Mathematics (in-kind contribution) (2007)

Mistkastn - a distributed Java Virtual Machine, D.S. Munro, K. Falkner and Y. Yarom, Apple University Development Fund Grant (Equipment Grant, $7,500) (2005-2007)

The evaluation and validation of a new approach to software evolution, K. Falkner, ECMS Faculty Small Grant ($6,500) (2005)

A new approach to integrating Static and Dynamic Software Evolution Techniques, K. Falkner, ECMS Faculty Small Grant ($8,000) (2004)

Computer Science Programming and Learning Centre, K. Falkner and D.S. Munro, University of Adelaide Learning and Teaching Grant ($12,000) (2003)

I have a strong interest in Computer Science Education Research, mainly in the areas of collaborative and active pedagogy, and the use of technology to support online learning, including MOOCs, online collaboration environments and technology-assisted education. You can read more about my work in this area at the Computer Science Education Research Group (CSER) site.

CSER leads the development of the CSER Digital Technologies MOOCs, free online courses, designed to support Australian teachers with implementing the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies. These courses are free and open to all Australian teachers, and will help connect you with a community of interested educators.

You can read more about Learning and Teaching within the School of Computer Science on my wordpress blog: katrinafalkner.wordpress.com

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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2020	Principal Supervisor	Prediction of mastery learning and detection of misconceptions picked up by users in MOOC contexts.	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Mr Abhilash Sridhara
2018	Principal Supervisor	Predict Student Behavior and Provide Supplementary Feedback to Increase the Student Engagement through Learning Analytics	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Lavendini Sivaneasharajah
2017	Principal Supervisor	Natural Language Processing Techniques for large scale learning	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Menasha Thilakaratne
2016	Principal Supervisor	Computer Aided Formative Assessment in Collaborative Software Development Assignments	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Mr Hamid Tarmazdi
2015	Principal Supervisor	Enterprise Security Architecture - An Organisational Framework	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Ms Michelle Rey Graham

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2017 - 2020	Principal Supervisor	Codification Pedagogy for Introductory Procedural Programming Courses	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Rita Alicia Garcia
2015 - 2017	Principal Supervisor	Towards Technologies for Promoting Nutritional Health in Older People with Dementia Living in their Own Home	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Asangi Jayatilaka
2014 - 2017	Co-Supervisor	Adaptive Anomalous Behavior Identification in Large-Scale Distributed Systems	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Javier Alvarez
2014 - 2019	Principal Supervisor	Detecting Students At-Risk Using Learning Analytics	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Ayman Saleh S Albassam
2012 - 2018	Principal Supervisor	Semantic Component Selection Based on Non-Functional Requirements	Master of Science in Mathematical and Computer Sciences	Master	Part Time	Mr Amir Kanan Kashefi
2011 - 2015	Principal Supervisor	A computational model for task-adapted knowledge organisation: improving learning through concept maps extracted from lecture slides	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Thushari Atapattu
2010 - 2014	Principal Supervisor	Engineering Security Methodologies for Distributed Systems	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Anton Uzunov
2003 - 2014	Co-Supervisor	Software-Based Reference Protection for Component Isolation	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Dr Yuval Yarom
2003 - 2008	Co-Supervisor	Surf: An Abstract Model of Distributed Garbage Collection	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr William Brodie-Tyrrell

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Board Memberships

Date	Role	Board name	Institution name	Country
2015 - ongoing	Board Member	ACS ICT Educators Board	Australian Computer Society	Australia
2006 - 2011	Co-Founder	Higher Education Research Group of Adelaide	University of Adelaide	Australia

Memberships

Date Role Membership Country
2018 - 2020 President Australian Council of Deans of ICT Australia
2015 - ongoing Member ACDICT Executive Committee —

Date	Role	Membership	Country
2018 - 2020	President	Australian Council of Deans of ICT	Australia
2015 - ongoing	Member	ACDICT Executive Committee	—

Editorial Boards

Date	Role	Editorial Board Name	Institution	Country
2015 - ongoing	Associate Editor	ACM Transactions on Computing Education	—	—
2014 - ongoing	Associate Editor	IEEE Transactions on Education	—	—

Offices Held

Date Office Name Institution Country
2014 - ongoing Chair, ACM SIGCSE - Australasia ACM Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education - Australasia —

Date	Office Name	Institution	Country
2014 - ongoing	Chair, ACM SIGCSE - Australasia	ACM Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education - Australasia	—

Position: Executive Dean
Phone: 83134700
Email: katrina.falkner@adelaide.edu.au
Fax: 8313 4366
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Ingkarni Wardli, floor 1
Room: 1 35
Org Unit: Faculty of Engineering Computer & Math Sciences

Professor Katrina Falkner

Computer Science Education Research Group

Distributed and Intelligent Technologies Group

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