Academic Roles


Dr Andre Oboler has been a Senior Lecturer in the Law School at La Trobe University, a Tutor, Demonstrator and Research Assistant at Monash University, a General Teaching Assistant at Lancaster University and a Post Doctoral Fellow at Bar-Ilan University. His research has been published in academic journals, conferences, think tanks, and the media.

Selected Publications

See all publications (includes reports and op-eds).

Professional Academic Activity

  • Co-General Chair, IEEE Conference on e-Learning, e-Management, and e-Services (IC3e 2014), December 10-12, Melbourne, Australia
  • Organization Co-Chair, The 7th International Conference on Computer Science & Education (ICCSE 2012), July 14-17, 2012, Melbourne, Australia
  • Reviewer, The 7th International Conference on Computer Science & Education (ICCSE 2012), July 14-17, 2012, Melbourne, Australia
  • Program Committee, JITP 2011: The Future of Computational Social Science, May 16 & 17, 2011, Seattle, USA
  • Reviewer for the Journal of Information Technology & Politics (JITP) 2010-present
  • Chair of the Improving Research Productivity Workshop, at ICSEA 2007
  • Co-editor of conference proceedings: Dascalus, S., Dini, P., Morasca S., Ohta T. and Oboler A., proceedings of the second International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (ICSEA 2007), Cap Esterel, France, 25-31 Aug. 2007, IEEE Press, 2007
  • Completed Stage One Certificate in Learning and Teaching (Lancaster University)

Teaching

La Trobe University

Subject Coordinator / Lecturer for:

  • LAW5SPD – Surveillance and Privacy in the Digital Age (2018, 2019)
  • LAW5SPD (online) – Surveillance and Privacy in the Digital Age (2018)
  • LAW5CTW – Cyberterrorism and International Warfare (2018, 2019)
  • LAW5CTW (online) – Cyberterrorism and International Warfare (2018)
  • LAW2CLP – Cyber Law and Policy (2019)
  • LAW3DIP – Introduction to Digital Identity and Privacy (2019)
  • CSE2HUM – Human Factors in Cybersecurity (Semester 2 – 2020)

Monash University

Demonstrator or Tutor for:

  • FIT3077 – Software engineering: Architecture (Semester 1 – 2015, Semester 1 – 2016, Semester 1 – 2017)
  • FIT2099 – Object-Oriented Design and Implementation (Semester 1 – 2017)
  • FIT2024 – Software engineering practice (Semester 1 – 2015, Semester 1 – 2016)
  • FIT2043 – Technical documentation for software engineers (Semester 2 – 2014, Semester 2 – 2015)
  • FIT3077 – Software engineering: Architecture (Semester 1 – 2009)
  • FIT1008 – Computer Science (Semester 1 – 2009)(Java)
  • FIT1002 – Computer programming (Semester 1 – 2009) (Java)

Lancaster University

  • CSc112 Programming in Java (term 2), General Teaching Assistant 2006-2007
  • CSc246 Scientific Methods, General Teaching Assistant 2006-2007
  • CSc111 Programming in Java, General Teaching Assistant 2006-2007
  • CSc243 Databases Systems, General Teaching Assistant 2006-2007
  • CSC152 Web Technologies – Scripting, Lecturer (with Nelly Bencomo) in 2003-2004 and created this new unit
  • CSC153 Web Technologies – Project, Lecturer 2003-2004 shopforjewellery.com project
  • CSC153 Web Technologies – Project, Lecturer 2004-2005 FlagShip accommodation fault logging system project
  • CSC161 – Software Engineering, Lab demonstrator 2003-2004
  • CSc242 / CSc321 Requirements Engineering, General Teaching Assistant 2004-2005
  • CSC120 Fundamentals of Computer Science, (Lab demonstrator 2004-2005)
  • CSc233 Languages, Grammars and Machines, General Teaching Assistant 2005-2006
  • CSc331 The Compilation Process, General Teaching Assistant 2005-2006

Monash University
Demonstrator or Tutor for:

  • CSE3308 – Software engineering: Analysis and design (Semester 1 – 2002 and 2003) (UML)
  • CSE2305 – Object oriented software engineering (Semester 2 – 2001) (C++)
  • CSE1402 – Technical documentation for software engineers (Semester 2 – 2001) (Latex)
  • CSE1401 – Introduction to software engineering (Semester 1 – 2003) (Java)
  • CSE1301 – Computer programming (Semester 1 – 2001) (C)

Academic Positions

  • 2020 – Sessional Lecturer, Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, La Trobe University
  • 2020 – Honorary Associate, Law School, La Trobe University
  • 2019 – Senior Lecturer, Law School, La Trobe University
  • 2017 – 2018 Lecturer, Law School, La Trobe University
  • 2017 Administrative Tutor (FIT3077 and FIT2099, Semester 1 2017)
  • 2014 – current Demonstrator, Clayton School of Information Technology, Monash University, Australia
  • 2009-2010 Demonstrator and Tutor, Clayton School of Information Technology, Monash University, Australia
  • 2007-2008 Post Doctoral Fellow, Political Science Department, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
  • 2006-2007 PhD Candidate (write up) & General Teaching Assistant (contract), Computing Department, Lancaster University, UK
  • 2003-2006 PhD Candidate & General Teaching Assistant, Computing Department, Lancaster University, UK
  • 2003 Research Assistant, School of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Monash University, Australia
  • 2002-2003 Summer Vacation Scholar, SARBayes Search and Rescue Project, CSSE, Monash University, Australia
  • 2002 Computer Science Honours (1st Class), School of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Monash University, Australia
  • 2002, 2003 Demonstrator and Tutor, CSSE, Monash University, Australia
  • 2001-2002 Summer Vacation Scholar, The CaMML project, CSSE, Monash University, Australia
  • 1999-2001 Bachelor of Computer Science, School of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Monash University, Australia