Our people
Our team consists of a number of talented researchers who are involved in projects and supervision alike.
![Tony Clear Tony Clear](https://serc.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0008/275552/tony_clear.jpg)
Associate Professor
Expertise in Global software engineering, computer science education research, collaborative technologies, virtual teams.
![Roopak Sinha Roopak Sinha](https://serc.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0007/281167/roopak-sinha.jpg)
Associate Professor
Expertise in Formal Methods, Software Architecture, Design Automation, Industrial Standards, IoT, Cyber-physical systems.
![Jacqueline Whalley Jacqueline Whalley](https://serc.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0006/723552/jacqui-photo.jpg)
Associate Professor
Expertise in computer science education, software engineering education and in the related fields of geo informatics, environmental simulation, modelling, and visualisation
![Jim Buchan Jim Buchan](https://serc.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0003/294042/jim_buchan.jpg)
Leader – SPRING
Expert in people centric aspects of software engineering focusing on teams, practices, agile, devops and requirement engineering.
![Matthew Kuo Matthew Kuo](https://serc.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0007/275596/matthew-kuo.jpg)
Leader—Next Generation Systems
Expertise in cyber-physical system, Internet-of-things, robotics, industrial automation, embedded systems, PRET.
![Stephen MacDonell Stephen MacDonell](https://serc.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0011/275591/stephen-macdonnell.jpg)
Expertise in behavioural software engineering, focusing on teams, practices, analytics and evidence.
![Mahsa Mohaghegh Mahsa Mohaghegh](https://serc.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0016/315214/mahsa_mccauley.jpg)
Artificial Intelligence subject matter expert. Advocate for diversity in tech.
![Mali Senapathi Mali Senapathi](https://serc.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0008/294038/mali_senapathi.jpg)
Expertise in human and social aspects of software engineering, software engineering education.
![Edmund Lai Edmund Lai](https://serc.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0011/281189/Edmund-Lai.jpg)
Expertise in signal processing, machine learning, and embedded systems
![Ramesh Lal Ramesh Lal](https://serc.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0006/281166/photo-example.jpg)
Expertise in Software Engineering Research
![Kenneth Johnson Kenneth Johnson](https://serc.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0004/275602/kenneth-johnson.jpg)
Leader—Next Generation Systems
Expertise in formal methods, probabilistic verification, self-adaptive systems, model checking, algebraic specifications.
![Don Lee Don Lee](https://serc.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0005/448961/Don-Lee.jpg)
Expertise in airline distribution, travel innovation and enterprise systems adoption in the context of technology, organisation and institutional environment.
![Stephen Thorpe Stephen Thorpe](https://serc.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0006/529575/stephen-thorpe.jpg)
Expert in student-industry engagement, group facilitation, user-centered design and technology.
![Robert Wellington Robert Wellington](https://serc.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0006/281166/photo-example.jpg)
![William Wong William Wong](https://serc.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0006/668076/william-wong.jpg)
Expertise in human-computer interaction, cognitive engineering, and interaction design of user interfaces
Our students
Our students work alongside our research staff and develop projects and publications.