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Patrick Sunter

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PhD Candidate, The University of Melbourne

Patrick's professional background is in software engineering and developing frameworks for simulation and modelling of complex systems. Whilst employed for the Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing (VPAC) for almost a decade, he worked closely with multi-disciplinary research teams to develop such software in fields such as Geophysics, Bioinformatics, and Materials Science.

In 2008 Patrick undertook a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning at the University of South Australia, where he focused on Strategic Planning, Environmental Assessment, GIS systems, and undertook a research project investigating the impact and policy challenges surrounding Danish urban designer Jan Gehl's proposals for Australian cities.

His PhD Research is an interdisciplinary study bringing together these areas in the field of assessing the information systems used in transport policy decision-making, particularly the potential of broadening access to such capabilities through Open Source software. This is driven by a concern that in a world facing major global challenges such as climate change and limited oil supplies, the technical aspects of transport policy decision-making need to become more responsive and adaptable to new paradigms and approaches.

Experience

  • 2010–present
    Adjunct Research Associate, Monash University
  • 2010–2011
    Senior Computational Scientist, Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing
  • 2007–2008
    Computational Software Project Manager, Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing
  • 2007–2008
    AuScope Simulation and Modelling Victorian Node Project Manager, Monash University
  • 2002–2006
    Project Coordinator and Software Engineer, Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing

Education

  • 2010 
    University of South Australia, Master of Urban and Regional Planning
  • 2002 
    University of Melbourne, Bachelor of Engineering (Software, Honours)

Publications

  • 2013
    Issues in Developing a G/Local Knowledge Network for Transport Reform Utilising Appropedia, Proceedings of the 2013 Prato Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) Conference
  • 2011
    Enhancing community participation in metropolitan strategic transport planning (...), Road and Transport Research
  • 2008
    gLucifer: next generation visualization framework for high-performance computational geodynamics, Visual Geosciences
  • 2007
    Scientific Software Frameworks and Grid Computing: Improving Programming Productivity, IFIP International Federation for Information Processing
  • 2006
    Open Source on the Scientific Bleeding Edge, Proceedings of the Open Source Developers Conference

Research Areas

  • Transport Planning (120506)
  • Land Use And Environmental Planning (120504)
  • Interorganisational Information Systems And Web Services (080612)
  • Geospatial Information Systems (090903)
  • Social And Community Informatics (080709)