Clive Boughton
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Clive Boughton is an Australian computer science
professor
residing in Canberra, Australia. He is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the Australian National University
. He is the managing director of Software Improvements Pty Ltd.
in Melbourne
in 1976.
After completing his BSc he became a professional officer at the department of physics at Monash University
in Melbourne where did research into the specific heat of superconducting alloys. He published a researcdh paper on the Fe(3-x)Mn(x)Si category of superconducting compounds/alloys as a result of his work at Monash.
Boughton began his PhD at Australian National University
in 1981 and began studying gaseous dynamics. He obtained his PhD in molecular physics in 1988.
eventually becoming a full-time member of the department in 2000.
Boughton was a contributor to the establishment of the BS Eng degree program within Department of Computer Science/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology.
He was involved in eVACS (Electronic voting and counting), a computer system that provides for electronic voting and electronic counting for ACT Legislative Assembly elections. It provides for counting according to the Hare-Clark electoral system rules set out in the Electoral Act 1992. He was involved in requirements identification and design.
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
professor
Professor
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residing in Canberra, Australia. He is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the Australian National University
Australian National University
The Australian National University is a teaching and research university located in the Australian capital, Canberra.As of 2009, the ANU employs 3,945 administrative staff who teach approximately 10,000 undergraduates, and 7,500 postgraduate students...
. He is the managing director of Software Improvements Pty Ltd.
Professional career
Before completing his BSc Boughton undertook both research (at ARRB Group Ltd.) and industrial practice (at USL as Lab Manager) concerning the physical properties of soils. He published a paper on the soil compacting properties of rollers for road-making. Boughton obtained his BSc (applied physics) from RMIT UniversityRMIT University
RMIT University is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. It has two branches, referred to as RMIT University in Australia and RMIT International University in Vietnam....
in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
in 1976.
After completing his BSc he became a professional officer at the department of physics at Monash University
Monash University
Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
in Melbourne where did research into the specific heat of superconducting alloys. He published a researcdh paper on the Fe(3-x)Mn(x)Si category of superconducting compounds/alloys as a result of his work at Monash.
Boughton began his PhD at Australian National University
Australian National University
The Australian National University is a teaching and research university located in the Australian capital, Canberra.As of 2009, the ANU employs 3,945 administrative staff who teach approximately 10,000 undergraduates, and 7,500 postgraduate students...
in 1981 and began studying gaseous dynamics. He obtained his PhD in molecular physics in 1988.
Further afield
Boughton left the university environment to take a senior software engineering position at C3 in 1984. He worked at several other companies, including his own, before accepting a Visiting Fellow position in the Department of Computer Science at Australian National University in 1995,eventually becoming a full-time member of the department in 2000.
Boughton was a contributor to the establishment of the BS Eng degree program within Department of Computer Science/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology.
He was involved in eVACS (Electronic voting and counting), a computer system that provides for electronic voting and electronic counting for ACT Legislative Assembly elections. It provides for counting according to the Hare-Clark electoral system rules set out in the Electoral Act 1992. He was involved in requirements identification and design.
External links
- "eVACS" http://www.elections.act.gov.au/EVACS.html
- http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2004/view/e_sess/5512 Presentation of Election Software, 30 July 2001, Oreillynet.com. Retrieved 10 July 2007.
- http://crpit.com/confpapers/CRPITV30Flint.pdf Paper on Executable/Translatable UML in computing education
- http://crpit.com/confpapers/CRPITV15Boughton.pdf Paper "Beginning to Define a Body of Knowledge for Safety Practitioners"