Associate Professor Nickolas Falkner

Associate Professor/Reader

School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

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

Associate Professor Falkner is the Director of the Australian Smart Cities Consortium at the University of Adelaide and a member of the Computer Science Education Research Group.

He is an award-winning teacher and conducts research into a number of areas: computer network design and development, network security, privacy preservation, blockchain technologies, the Internet of Things and educational research, with a focus on increasing student participation, retention, and enthusiasm. He works extensively in education beyond the traditional borders of the University and is heavily involved in the University’s AdX initiative, as well as the Computer Science Educational Research centre’s series of Digital Technologies MOOCs to support teachers across Australia.

Career
Publications
Supervision
Contact

Appointments

Date Position Institution name

2017 - ongoing Associate Professor The University of Adelaide, Adelaide
Education

Date Institution name Country Title

University of Adelaide, Adelaide Australia PhD

Date	Position	Institution name
2017 - ongoing	Associate Professor	The University of Adelaide, Adelaide

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
	University of Adelaide, Adelaide	Australia	PhD

Journals

Year	Citation
2025	McCarthy, S., Palmer, E., & Falkner, N. (2025). Personalising with AI in higher education: exploring educator characteristics and their role in shaping blended learning. Higher Education Research and Development, 17 pages. DOI
2023	Sridhara, A., Falkner, N., & Atapattu, T. (2023). Leveraging Inference: A Regression-Based Learner Performance Prediction System for Knowledge Tracing. IEEE Access, 11, 123458-123475. DOI Scopus1
2021	Matthews, R., Falkner, N., & Sorell, M. (2021). Determining image sensor temperature using dark current. Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 54(5), 1-14. DOI
2020	Matthews, R., Falkner, N., & Sorell, M. (2020). Reverse engineering the Raspberry Pi Camera V2: A study of pixel non-uniformity using a scanning electron microscope. FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL-DIGITAL INVESTIGATION, 32, 9 pages. DOI Scopus8 WoS5
2020	Song, X., Xu, J., Zhou, R., Liu, C., Zheng, K., Zhao, P., & Falkner, N. (2020). Collective spatial keyword search on activity trajectories. GeoInformatica, 24(1), 61-84. DOI Scopus23 WoS17
2019	Ranathunga, D., Roughan, M., Tune, P., Kernick, P., & Falkner, N. (2019). ForestFirewalls: Getting Firewall Configuration Right in Critical Networks (Technical Report).
2019	Matthews, R., Sorell, M., & Falkner, N. (2019). Isolating lens effects from source camera identification using sensor pattern noise. Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 51(Suppl. 1), S132-S135. DOI Scopus3
2019	Le, B., Shen, H., Nguyen, H., & Falkner, N. (2019). Improved network community detection using meta-heuristic based label propagation. Applied Intelligence, 49(4), 1451-1466. DOI Scopus19 WoS11
2019	Matthews, R., Sorell, M., & Falkner, N. (2019). An analysis of optical contributions to a photo-sensor's ballistic fingerprints. Digital Investigation, 28, 139-145. DOI Scopus6 WoS4
2018	Matthews, R., Sorell, M., & Falkner, N. (2018). Rethinking Image Sensor Noise for Forensic Advantage.
2018	Ruan, W., Sheng, Q., Yao, L., Li, X., Falkner, N., & Yang, L. (2018). Device-free human localization and tracking with UHF passive RFID tags: a data-driven approach. Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 104, 78-96. DOI Scopus49
2018	Qin, Y., Sheng, Q., Wang, H., & Falkner, N. (2018). Organizing XML Data in a Wireless Broadcast System by Exploiting Structural Similarity. Wireless Personal Communications, 98(1), 1299-1329. 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 Scopus58 WoS36
2017	Qin, Y., Sheng, Q., Falkner, N., Yao, L., & Parkinson, S. (2017). Efficient computation of distance labeling for decremental updates in large dynamic graphs. World Wide Web, 20(5), 915-937. DOI Scopus25 WoS14
2016	Qin, Y., Sheng, Q., Falkner, N., Dustdar, S., Wang, H., & Vasilakos, A. (2016). When things matter: a survey on data-centric internet of things. Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 64, 137-153. DOI Scopus284 WoS180
2016	Ranathunga, D. P., Roughan, M., Nguyen, H., Kernick, P., & Falkner, N. (2016). Case studies of SCADA firewall configurations and the implications for best practices. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 13(4), 871-884. DOI Scopus28 WoS15
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 Scopus38 WoS24
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(1), 24691-1-24691-19. DOI Scopus84 WoS35
2012	Knight, S., Falkner, N., Nguyen, H., Tune, P., & Roughan, M. (2012). I can see for miles: re-visualizing the internet. IEEE Network, 26(6), 26-32. DOI Scopus17 WoS9
2012	Falkner, K., & Falkner, N. (2012). Supporting and structuring "contributing student pedagogy" in computer science curricula. Computer Science Education, 22(4), 413-443. DOI Scopus30 WoS19
2012	Falkner, N., Sooriamurthi, R., & Michalewicz, Z. (2012). Teaching puzzle-based learning: development of basic concepts. Teaching Mathematics and Computer Sicence, 10(1), 183-204. DOI
2012	Falkner, N., Sooriamurthi, R., & Michalewicz, Z. (2012). Teaching puzzle-based learning: development of transferable skills. Teaching Mathematics and Computer Sicence, 10(2), 245-268. DOI
2011	Knight, S., Nguyen, H., Falkner, N., Bowden, R., & Roughan, M. (2011). The internet topology zoo. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 29(9), 1765-1775. DOI Scopus1359 WoS834
2010	Falkner, N., Sooriamurthi, R., & Michalewicz, Z. (2010). Puzzle-based learning for engineering and computer science. Computer, 43(4), 20-28. DOI Scopus35 WoS22
2009	Falkner, N. (2009). Is comprehension or application the more important skill for first-year computer science students?. Ergo, 1(2), 15-26.

Books

Year Citation

2014 Meyer, E. F., Falkner, N., Sooriamurthi, R., & Michalewicz, Z. (2014). Guide to Teaching Puzzle-based Learning (1 ed.). United Kingdom: Springer.

Year	Citation
2014	Meyer, E. F., Falkner, N., Sooriamurthi, R., & Michalewicz, Z. (2014). Guide to Teaching Puzzle-based Learning (1 ed.). United Kingdom: Springer.

Book Chapters

Year	Citation
2023	Alnaghes, M., Falkner, N., & Shen, H. (2023). An Effective Method for Secure Data Delivery in IoT. In M. J. Dominguez-Morales, A. J. V. Vaca, & L. Amarante (Eds.), Internet of Things - New Trends, Challenges and Hurdles [Working Title]. Intechopen. 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
2011	Falkner, N. (2011). Security Technologies and Policies in Organisations. In M. Quigley (Ed.), ICT Ethics and Security in the 21st Century: New Developments and Applications (1 ed., pp. 196-213). United States: IGI Global. DOI Scopus4
-	Alnaghes, M., Falkner, N., & Shen, H. (n.d.). An Effective Method for Secure Data Delivery in IoT. In Internet of Things - New Trends, Challenges and Hurdles. IntechOpen. DOI

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2025	Arishi, H., Falkner, N., Treude, C., & Attapattu, T. (2025). Understanding the Computer Science Student Experience Through the Lens of System Ecology. In Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE (pp. 1-9). Washington, DC, USA: IEEE. DOI
2024	Arishi, H., Falkner, N., Treude, C., & Attapattu, T. (2024). Systematic Literature Review on Machine Learning Research in Education. In Proceedings Frontiers in Education Conference Fie (pp. 9 pages). DC, Washington: IEEE. DOI
2024	Alnaghes, M., Falkner, N., & Shen, H. (2024). A Privacy-Preserving Blockchain Scheme for the Reliable Exchange of IoT Data. In Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering Vol. 1112 LNEE (pp. 260-271). Jeju: Springer Verlag. DOI Scopus1
2024	Nguyen, N. L., Falkner, N., & Nguyen, H. (2024). Demo: Synthesizing Realistic Enterprise Active Directory Attack Graphs with ADSynth. In Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM 2024 Conference: Posters and Demos (pp. 107-109). AUSTRALIA, Sydney: ACM. DOI
2024	Nguyen, N. L., Falkner, N., & Nguyen, H. (2024). ADSynth: Synthesizing Realistic Active Directory Attack Graphs. In Proceedings - 2024 54th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks, DSN 2024 (pp. 66-74). Brisbane, Australia: IEEE. DOI Scopus3
2023	Alnaghes, M., Falkner, N., & Shen, H. (2023). A Systematic Review for Privacy-Preserving Challenges of Blockchain-Based IoT Networks. In Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems Vol. 813 LNNS (pp. 440-457). Online: Springer Nature Switzerland. DOI Scopus2
2020	Auvinen, T., Falkner, N., Hellas, A., Ihantola, P., Karavirta, V., & Seppala, O. (2020). Relation of Individual Time Management Practices and Time Management of Teams. In Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) Vol. 2020-October (pp. 1-9). online: IEEE. DOI Scopus7 WoS1
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 Scopus3
2019	Matthews, R. H., Falkner, N., & Sorell, M. (2019). Exploiting dark current for forensic image identification. In https://www.taltech.ee/institutes/centre-for-digital-forensics-cyber-security/events-19/interdisciplinary-cyber-research-icr-workshop/icr2019-3/. Tallinn.
2019	Szabo, C., Falkner, N., Petersen, A., Bort, H., Connolly, C., Cunningham, K., . . . Sheard, J. (2019). A periodic table of computing education learning theories. In Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE (pp. 269-270). online: ACM. DOI Scopus30 WoS13
2019	Falkner, K. E., 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 Scopus6 WoS1
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 Scopus2 WoS2
2018	Szabo, C., Falkner, N., Knutas, A., & Dorodchi, M. (2018). Understanding the effects of lecturer intervention on computer science student behaviour. In ITiCSE-WGR 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 ITiCSE Conference on Working Group Reports Vol. 2018-January (pp. 105-124). Bologna, ITALY: ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. DOI Scopus18 WoS6
2018	Matthews, R. H., Sorell, M., & Falkner, N. (2018). Thermal Effects of Dark Current on Blind Source Camera Identification. In Proceedings of the 4th Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Workshop (ICR 2018) (pp. 37-41). Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia: Tallinn University of Technology, Department of Software Science.
2017	Qin, Y., Sheng, Q., Parkinson, S., & Falkner, N. (2017). Edge influence computation in dynamic graphs. In S. Candan, L. Chen, T. Pedersen, L. Chang, & W. Hua (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Vol. 10178 LNCS (pp. 649-660). Suzhou, PEOPLES R CHINA: SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG. DOI
2017	Ruan, W., Xu, P., Sheng, Q., Falkner, N., Li, X., & Zhang, W. (2017). Recovering missing values from corrupted spatio-temporal sensory data via robust low-rank tensor completion. In S. Candan, L. Chen, T. Pedersen, L. Chang, & W. Hua (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Vol. 10177 LNCS (pp. 607-622). Suzhou, PEOPLES R CHINA: SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG. DOI Scopus14 WoS11
2017	Le, B., Nguyen, H., Shen, H., & Falkner, N. (2017). GLFR: a generalized LFR benchmark for testing community detection algorithms. In ICCCN 2017: 2017 26th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN) (pp. 8038442-1-8038442-9). Vancouver: IEEE. DOI Scopus4 WoS1
2017	Falkner, N., Szabo, C., & Knutas, A. (2017). Classifying the nature of lecturer intervention on computer science student behaviour. In ACM International Conference Proceeding Series (pp. 128-132). Koli, FINLAND: ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. DOI Scopus1
2017	Szabo, C., Falkner, N., Dorodchi, M., Knutas, A., & Maiorana, F. (2017). Understanding the Effects of Lecturer Intervention on Computer Science Student Behaviour. In ITICSE'17: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2017 ACM CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION (pp. 391). New York, NY, United States: ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. DOI
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 Scopus17 WoS7
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	Matthews, R., Sorell, M., & Falkner, N. (2017). Isolating Lens Aberrations within Fixed Pattern Noise. In Proceedings of the 3rd Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Workshop (ICR 2017) (pp. 21-24). Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia: Tallinn University of Technology, Department of Software Science.
2017	Szabo, C., & Falkner, N. (2017). Silence, Words, or Grades: The Effects of Lecturer Feedback in Multi-Revision Assignments. In Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE Vol. Part F128680 (pp. 293-298). online: ACM. DOI Scopus8 WoS3
2017	La Vista, D., Falkner, N., & Szabo, C. (2017). Understanding the effects of intervention on computer science student behaviour in on-line forums. In Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE Vol. Part F128680 (pp. 200-205). online: ACM. DOI Scopus6 WoS5
2016	Ruan, W., Sheng, Q., Xu, P., Tran, N., Falkner, N., Li, X., & Zhang, W. (2016). Forecasting seasonal time series using weighted gradient RBF network based autoregressive model. In Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management Vol. 24-28-October-2016 (pp. 2021-2024). Indianapolis, IN: ACM. DOI Scopus4 WoS2
2016	Ruan, W., Xu, P., Sheng, Q., Tran, N., Falkner, N., Li, X., & Zhang, W. (2016). When sensor meets tensor: filling missing sensor values through a tensor approach. In Proceedings of the 25th ACM International on Conference on Information and Knowledge Management Vol. 24-28-October-2016 (pp. 2025-2028). Indianapolis, IN: ACM. DOI Scopus5 WoS5
2016	Ranathunga, D., Roughan, M., Kernick, P., & Falkner, N. (2016). The mathematical foundations for mapping policies to network devices. In C. Callegari, M. VanSinderen, P. Sarigiannidis, P. Samarati, E. Cabello, P. Lorenz, & M. Obaidat (Eds.), Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on e-Business and Telecommunications Vol. 4 (pp. 197-206). Lisbon, Portugal: SCITEPRESS. DOI Scopus10 WoS5
2016	Ranathunga, D., Roughan, M., Kernick, P., Falkner, N., Nguyen, H., McClintock, M., & Mihailescu, M. (2016). Verifiable policy-defined networking for security management. In Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on e-Business and Telecommunications Vol. 4 (pp. 344-351). Lisbon, Portugal: SCITEPRESS. DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2016	Ranathunga, D., Roughan, M., Kernick, P., & Falkner, N. (2016). Towards standardising firewall reporting. In A. Becue, N. CuppensBoulahia, F. Cuppens, S. Katsikas, & C. Lambrinoudakis (Eds.), Security of Industrial Control Systems and Cyber Physical Systems Vol. 9588 (pp. 127-143). Vienna, Austria: Springer. DOI Scopus1
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 Scopus7
2016	Ranathunga, D., Roughan, M., Kernick, P., & Falkner, N. (2016). Malachite: firewall policy comparison. In Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications Vol. 2016-August (pp. 310-317). Messina, Italy: IEEE. DOI Scopus10 WoS6
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	Qin, Y., Sheng, Q., Falkner, N., Shemshadi, A., & Curry, E. (2015). Batch matching of conjunctive triple patterns over linked data streams in the internet of things. In A. Gupta, & S. Rathbun (Eds.), Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management Vol. 29-June-2015 (pp. 41-1-41-6). La Jolla, California: ACM. DOI Scopus1
2015	Ranathunga, D., Roughan, M., Kernick, P., Falkner, N., & Nguyen, H. (2015). Identifying the missing aspects of the ANSI/ISA best practices for security policy. In Proceedings of the 1st ACM Workshop on Cyber-Physical System Security (pp. 37-48). Singapore, Republic of Singapore: ACM. DOI Scopus6
2015	Yao, L., Sheng, Q., Ruan, W., Gu, T., Li, X., Falkner, N., & Yang, Z. (2015). RF-care: device-free posture recognition for elderly people using a passive RFID tag array. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services (pp. 120-129). Coimbra, Portugal: ICST. DOI Scopus36
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 Scopus8 WoS8
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 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 Scopus37 WoS21
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 Scopus27 WoS15
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.. Scopus1
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 Scopus27 WoS12
2015	Ruan, W., Yao, L., Sheng, Q. Z., Falkner, N. J. G., Li, X., & Gu, T. (2015). TagFall: Towards Unobstructive Fine-Grained Fall Detection based on UHF Passive RFID Tags. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems Computing Networking and Services Mobiquitous 2015 Vol. 2015-January (pp. e4). European Alliance for Innovation n.o.. DOI Scopus34
2014	Sooriamurthi, R., Falkner, N., Meyer, E., & Michalewicz, Z. (2014). Puzzle-Based Learning: Introducing Creative Thinking and Problem Solving for Computer Science and Engineering. In J. Dougherty, K. Nagel, A. Decker, & K. Eiselt (Eds.), PROCEEDINGS OF THE 45TH ACM TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION (SIGCSE'14) (pp. 749). Atlanta, GA: ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY.
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.. Scopus51
2014	Ruan, W., Yao, L., Sheng, Q., Falkner, N., & Li, X. (2014). TagTrack: device-free localization and tracking using passive RFID tags. In MobiQuitous 2014 - 11th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services (pp. 80-89). London, Great Britain: ICST. DOI Scopus49
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	Yao, L., Sheng, Q., Falkner, N., & Ngu, A. (2014). ThingsNavi: finding most-related things via multi-dimensional modeling of human-thing interactions. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services (pp. 20-29). online: ICST. DOI Scopus15
2014	Qin, Y., Sheng, Q., Falkner, N., Zhang, W., & Wang, H. (2014). Indexing linked data in a wireless broadcast system with 3D Hilbert space-filling curves. In X. Wang (Ed.), Proceedings of the 23rd ACM International Conference on Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (pp. 1775-1778). Shanghai, China: ACM. DOI
2014	Qin, Y., Sheng, Q., Falkner, N., Shemshadi, A., & Curry, E. (2014). Towards efficient dissemination of linked data in the internet of things. In X. Wang (Ed.), Proceedings of the 23rd ACM International Conference on Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (pp. 1779-1782). Shanghai, China: ACM. DOI Scopus5
2014	Yao, L., Ruan, W., Sheng, Q., Li, X., & Falkner, N. (2014). Exploring tag-free RFID-based passive localization and tracking via learning-based probabilistic approaches. In X. Wang (Ed.), Proceedings of the 23rd ACM International Conference on Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (pp. 1799-1802). Shanghai, China: ACM. DOI Scopus12
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 Scopus18
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 Scopus71
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 Scopus33 WoS24
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 Scopus9
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
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 Scopus12
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 Scopus18
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	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	Knight, S., Nguyen, H., Maennel, O., Phillips, I., Falkner, N., Bush, R., & Roughan, M. (2013). An automated system for emulated network experimentation. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Emerging Networking EXperiments and Technologies, CoNEXT 2013 (pp. 235-246). USA: Association for Computing Machinery. DOI Scopus8 WoS3
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 Scopus5 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 Scopus7 WoS1
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	Ranasinghe, D., Falkner, N., Pan, C., & Wu, H. (2013). Wireless sensing platform for remote monitoring and control of wine fermentation. In Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE Eighth International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing, IEEE ISSNIP 2013 Vol. 1 (pp. 503-508). CD: IEEE. DOI Scopus8 WoS6
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 Scopus1
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 Scopus32
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	Falkner, N., & Willis, C. (2012). E-enhancement of existing courses: Is it worth it?. In Proceedings of the 2012 Australasian Association for Engineering Education Annual Conference, AAEE 2012 (pp. 1-8). online: Australasian Association for Engineering Education.
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 Scopus8
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 Scopus41
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 Scopus24 WoS5
2011	Parsonage, E., Nguyen, H., Bowden, R., Knight, S., Falkner, N., & Roughan, M. (2011). Generalized graph products for network design and analysis. In Proceedings of the 19th EEE International Conference on Network Protocols (pp. 79-88). USA: IEEE. DOI Scopus22 WoS4
2011	Bowden, R., Nguyen, H., Falkner, N., Knight, S., & Roughan, M. (2011). Planarity of data networks. In Proceedings of the 2011 23rd International Teletraffic Congress (pp. 254-261). USA: ITC Press. Scopus9
2010	Michalewicz, Z., Falkner, N., & Sooriamurthi, R. (2010). Puzzle-based learning: An introduction to critical thinking and problem solving. In Proceedings of 2010 Decision Sciences Institute annual meeting (pp. 3101-3106). www: DSJIE.
2010	Nguyen, H., Roughan, M., Knight, S., Falkner, N., Maennel, O., & Bush, R. (2010). How to build complex, large-scale emulated networks. In Proceedings of TridentCom 2010 Vol. 46 (pp. 1-14). www: ICST. DOI Scopus5
2009	Falkner, N., & Sheng, Q. (2009). Significance-based failure and interference detection in data streams. In Proceedings of DEXA 2009 Vol. 5690 LNCS (pp. 645-659). Germany: Springer-Verlag. DOI
2009	Falkner, N., Sooriamurthi, R., & Michalewicz, Z. (2009). Puzzle-based learning: The first experiences. In Proceedings of the 2009 AaeE Conference (pp. 1-6). Australia: AAEE.
2008	Falkner, N. (2008). Ontologically-based context checking in arbitrary programming languages. In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (pp. 1-5). CD: IEEE. DOI
2006	Falkner, N., Coddington, P., & Wendelborn, A. (2006). Using ontologies to support customisation and maintain interoperability in distributed information systems with application to the Domain Name System. In Hai Zhuge (Ed.), Proceedings of SKG2006 (pp. www1-www6). www: IEEE. DOI Scopus1
2006	Falkner, N., Coddington, P., & Wendelborn, A. (2006). Bridging the gap between the semantic web and existing network services. In E. Gahleitner, J. Kepler, & W. Woss (Eds.), Proceedings of DEXA 2006 (pp. 329-333). USA: IEEE. DOI
2006	Falkner, N., Coddington, P., & Wendelborn, A. (2006). Optimising performance in network-based information systems: Virtual organisations and customised views. In P. Takizawa, & P. Barolli (Eds.), Proceedings of DEXA 2006 (pp. 71-76). USA: IEEE. DOI
2006	Falkner, N., Coddington, P., & Wendelborn, A. (2006). Capturing and using the operational semantics of large distributed systems: Sharing common application requirements in virtual organisations. In S. Stumpf, & N. Koenderink (Eds.), Proceedings of DEXA 2006 (pp. 151-155). USA: IEEE. DOI
2005	Falkner, N., Coddington, P., & Wendelborn, A. (2005). Developing an ontology for the domain name system. In A. Min Tjoa, & R. Wagner (Eds.), Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications Vol. 2006 (pp. 562-566). USA: IEEE. DOI Scopus6
1998	Falkner, N. J. G., & Oudshoorn, M. J. (1998). Congress: A dynamic distributed task allocation environment. In C. McDonald (Ed.), PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21ST AUSTRALASIAN COMPUTER SCIENCE CONFERENCE, ACSC'98 Vol. 20 (pp. 475-488). PERTH, AUSTRALIA: SPRINGER-VERLAG SINGAPORE PTE LTD.

Conference Items

Year	Citation
2024	Falkner, N., & Vivian, R. (2024). The "Koli DC": Towards Improving the Effectiveness of Doctoral Consortia. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the 24th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research. FINLAND: ACM. DOI
2024	Falkner, N., & Vivian, R. (2024). Thinking Beyond the Familiar with the Research Alternatives Exercise. Poster session presented at the meeting of ACM International Conference Proceeding Series. FINLAND: ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. DOI
2020	Falkner, N., & Seppala, O. (2020). Koli Calling 2020 - Foreword. Poster session presented at the meeting of ACM International Conference Proceeding Series.
2019	Ihantola, P., & Falkner, N. (2019). Koli Calling 2019 - Foreword. Poster session presented at the meeting of ACM International Conference Proceeding Series.
2018	Matthews, R. H., Sorell, M., & Falkner, N. (2018). Isolating Lens Effects from Source Camera Identification using Photo-Response Non-Uniformity Noise. Poster session presented at the meeting of 24th International Symposium of the Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society. Perth, Australia.

Curated or Produced Public Exhibition or Events

Year	Citation
2022	Hajdu, T., Falkner, N., & Tisato, A. (2022). Innovation in the City: Innovation in South Australia (No. Of Pieces: 120 minutes) [presentation]. Adelaide.
2021	Howard, G., Hardjono, T., & Falkner, N. (2021). Art of the Possible: Creative Revolutionaries, Open Music Initiative Panel (No. Of Pieces: 1 hour) [panel discussion]. https://arts.adelaide.edu.au/music/sia-furler-institute/engagement/creative-revolutionaries: https://arts.adelaide.edu.au/music/sia-furler-institute/engagement/creative-revolutionaries.
2018	Hajdu, T., & Falkner, N. (2018). Creative Revolutionaries: A Whole New Internet (No. Of Pieces: 90 min) [Director]. online.

Theses

Year	Citation
2019	Matthews, R. H. (2019). Towards a Unified Theory of Sensor Pattern Noise: An analysis of dark current, lens effects, and temperature bias in CMOS image sensors. (PhD Thesis, The University of Adelaide).

Software

Year Citation

2021 Hajdu, T., Milburn, A., Paul, C., Hardjono, T., Falkner, N., & Panay, P. (2021). Open Music Initiative [Computer Software]. worldwide: Open Source.

Year	Citation
2021	Hajdu, T., Milburn, A., Paul, C., Hardjono, T., Falkner, N., & Panay, P. (2021). Open Music Initiative [Computer Software]. worldwide: Open Source.

Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2024	Co-Supervisor	Precision Education: Using artificial intelligence to enhance real world learning	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Mr Shaun Mc Carthy
2020	Principal Supervisor	A Framework for Enhancing the Student Experience Through Automated Analysis	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Hamzah Arishi

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2023 - 2025	Co-Supervisor	High-Order Graph Models and their Applications in Active Directory Security	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Mr Nhu Long Nguyen
2022 - 2025	Principal Supervisor	Developing Language Resources and Advancing AI Techniques for Automatic Detection of Cyberbullying Causes	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Isuru Mahagani Arachchige
2022 - 2024	Principal Supervisor	Leveraging NLP for supporting automated security incident response	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mrs Zarrin Tasnim Sworna
2022 - 2024	Principal Supervisor	Towards Supporting Developers for Securing Containerized Software	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Mubin Ul Haque
2021 - 2025	Principal Supervisor	Improving MOOCs Through the Development of Automated Tools for Learner Modelling	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Abhilash Sridhara
2020 - 2024	Principal Supervisor	Effective Methods for Secure Data Delivery in IoT	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Mnar Saeed Alnaghes
2017 - 2019	Co-Supervisor	Towards a Unified Theory of Sensor Pattern Noise: An analysis of Dark Current, Lens effects and Temperature Bias in CMOS Image Sensors	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Richard Henry Edwin Matthews
2014 - 2017	Co-Supervisor	Device-free Human Localization and Activity Recognition for Supporting the Independent Living of the Elderly	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Wenjie Ruan
2014 - 2017	Co-Supervisor	Auto Configuration of Critical Network Infrastructure	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Dinesha Ranathunga
2014 - 2018	Co-Supervisor	Community Detection in Complex Networks	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Ba Dung Le
2013 - 2015	Co-Supervisor	Privacy Preserving Neighbourhood-based Collaborative Filtering Recommendation Algorithms	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Mr Zhigang Lu
2013 - 2015	Co-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
2012 - 2018	Co-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	Co-Supervisor	Managing Data Dynamics, Streams and Sharing in the Internet of Things	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Yongrui Qin

Position: Associate Professor/Reader
Phone: 83136185
Email: nickolas.falkner@adelaide.edu.au
Fax: 83134366
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Ingkarni Wardli, floor 4
Org Unit: Computer Science

Associate Professor Nickolas Falkner

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