Dr John Zic
Executive Manager, Scientific Computing Services, Information Management & Technology
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Biography
Current appointments:
- Executive Manager, Scientific Computing Services, Information Management and Technology, CSIRO
- Standards Australia Chair of Committee IT-038 "Cloud Computing and Distributed Platforms"
- Member, Standards Australia JTC1 Steering Advisory Committee
- Visiting research fellow position, Macquarie University.
Previous activity:
- Principal research scientist at CSIRO
- NSW Government Information Security Working Group (March - July 2012)
- Expert evaluator for the EU Framework 7 Call 8 Object 10.4 "Trustworthy ICT", February 2012.
- Contributing member of the 11th Joint EU and Australian Science and Technology Cooperation Committee, 2010.
- Contributing member, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Working Group on Cloud Computing from 2009-2010
- Research Director for the Networking Technologies Laboratory 2005-2007 and the Centre for Networking Technologies for the Information Economy project (CeNTIE 2).
Invited presentations and keynotes:
- MIT Kerberos and Internet Trust Conference "Social Machines Building Logistics Networks: Understanding the Supply Chains of Identity, Trust and Data", MIT Media Lab (2014)
- Astroinformatics Conference Sydney (2013)
- EU FP7 Program "Building International Co-operation" in Brussels (2011);
- INCO-TRUST workshop in New York (2010);
- Kerberos Consortium Conferences at MIT (2010 and 2011);
- Vanguard/TTI CyberINsecurity Conference in 2010
Professional Areas
Fields of Research
Current Roles
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Project Lead (Computing)
Processing public pulsar data in the cloud -
Project Lead (Australia)
EU Framework 7 Project - AU2EU ("Authentication and Authorisation for Entrusted Unions") -
Project Leader
CSIRO Virtual Collaborative Laboratory Platform and Services
Academic Qualifications
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1992
PhD, University of Sydney
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1978
BE
University of Sydney
Professional Experiences
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2009-2016
Principal Research Scientist; Research Team and Group Leader
CSIRO -
2007-2009
Principal Research Scientist; Laboratory Director
Networking Technologies Laboratory, CSIRO ICT Centre -
2004-2007
Senior Research Scientist
CSIRO ICT Centre -
2003-2004
Project Lead
Smart Internet Technology Collaborative Research Centre -
1999-2003
Principal Research Engineer
Motorola Australia Research Centre -
1992-1998
Lecturer and Senior Lecturer
UNSW -
1984-1991
Tutor
Basser Department of Computer Science, University of Sydney -
1980-1984
Professional Officer
Basser Department of Computer Science, University of Sydney -
1979-1980
Engineer
Hearing Aid Development Section, National Acoustics Laboratories, Commonwealth Department of Health -
1978-1979
Professional Officer
Mt Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatory, ANU