Paul Brebner
Senior Researcher
Canberra Research Laboratory
Contact Details
Paul Brebner, Senior Researcher, National ICT Australia Limited (NICTA)
Postal address: Locked Bag 8001, Canberra ACT 2601 AUSTRALIA
Office location: Building A, 7 London Circuit, Canberra ACT 2601, AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61 2 6267 6277; Fax: +61 2 6267 6220; Email: Paul.Brebner@nicta.com.au
Overview
Paul has more than 25 years experience in computer science and software development, with experience in diverse areas such as Enterprise architectures and technologies, middleware, Object Orientation and Java, Web and Service Orientation, distributed systems development, knowledge based systems, and software process improvement.
Paul is currently with the NICTA e-Government project. He previously worked for CSIRO (1996-2006): in the ICT Centre (2005-2006), the Software Architectures and Component Technologies project (1999-2003), and the Software Engineering Initiative (1996-1998).
In 2004 Paul was a visiting research fellow at University College London (UCL), managing an EPSRC OGSA (Grid) evaluation project.
Key Skills
- Distributed, Enterprise, Internet, Web and Grid and Service Oriented Architectures
- Middleware and Application Servers
- Software Performance and Scalability
- Quantitative and Qualitative evaluation of software
- Software Development Processes, Methods and Tools
Research Areas
- Grid and Web Service Architectures
- Architectural analysis methods
- Non-functional architectural qualities (E.g. Performance, Dependability, Agility, Usability)
- Architectural design methods, styles, tactics, and design patterns
- Measurement and modeling of non-functional characteristics of Enterprise Systems
- Enterprise Integration technologies including XML, JCA, ebXML, Web Services, and Service Oriented Architectures
- J2EE, application servers, and JVMs
- Automated testing and evaluation of middleware systems
- Object-oriented methods and tools
- Software Process Improvement
Paul’s architectural and middleware knowledge enable him to elicit non-functional requirements for enterprise systems, develop and analyse proposed architectural solutions and technologies, evaluate and select technologies and products, and manage and take a lead technical role in the development, testing, deployment and evolution of complex enterprise applications. Supporting skills includes the negotiation, planning and evaluation of contracts and tenders; and the ability to engage with managers, developers, users, stakeholders, vendors, government agencies, standards bodies, and the wider academic and research communities.
Professional Activities
- Member of the International Association of Software Architects (IASA).
- Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- PC member for Middleware For Web Services Workshop (MWS 2008) at 12th IEEE International EDOC Conference on Enterprise Computing (EDOC 2008)
- PC Member for Middleware for Service Oriented Computing Workshop (MW4SOC) at ACM/IFIP/USENIX 9th International Middleware Conference (Middleware 2008)
- PC Member for SOFtware SEMinar: 35th Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science (SOFSEM 2009), Theory and Practice of Software Services track.
- Organiser for Quality-of-Service Concerns in Service Oriented Architectures Workshop (QOSCSOA08) at 6th International Conference on Service Oriented Computing (ICSOC 2008).
- PC Member for IEEE International Workshop on Software Engineering for Adaptive Software Systems (SEASS’08) at IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2008)
- PC Member for International Workshop on RFID Technology – Concepts, Applications, Challenges(IWRT'08) at 10th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 08)
Previous Activities
- Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, IEEE Distributed Systems, IBM Systems Journal, JACQUARD (Software Engineering Netherlands) 4th round Dutch Software Engineering Grants program.
- PC for 1st International Workshop in RFID technology, 2007.
- PC for 2nd International Workshop on Engineering Service-Oriented Applications, 2006.
- PC for Workshop on Model Driven Development for Middleware, 2006.
- PC for 3rd International Working Conference on Component Deployment 2005 (CD 2005), co-located with Middleware 2005
- PC and Organising Committee for OOPSLA Component and Middleware Performance Workshop (2003, 2004)
- Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) Java and Enterprise Services committees (2002/2003).
- PC for TES'02 - 3rd VLDB Workshop on Technologies for E-Services (2002)
Professional Qualifications
1985 MSc (1st Class Hons) in Computer Science/Artificial Intelligence, Waikato University, NZ
Employment
1985 Lecturer, Computer Science, University of Waikato
1986-1987 Research Associate, Sydney Knowledge Based Systems Group
1986-1990 Postgraduate researcher in Machine Learning, UNSW
1991-1994 Senior Software Engineer, Softway Pty Ltd (Now Aurema)
1995 Consultant, Australian Broadcasting Corporation Technical Research and Development
1996-1999 Senior Software Process Research Engineer, CSIRO
1999-2003 Senior Software Research Engineer, CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences
2004 Visiting Research Fellow, UCL, London
2005-2006 Senior Software Research Engineer, CSIRO ICT Centre
2007-present Senior Researcher, NICTA, Canberra
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