Master of Networking

An expert in computing and mathematics, she has worked in computer science since 1989 watching the field as it evolves. From the early days of parallel computing to the complex networks we use today, Savitri has been at the forefront of it all. She has been embedded in our IT department developing and running our courses for more than a decade.

She has completed her Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics and Communication) in 1989 and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Victoria University, Melbourne in 1996, writing her thesis on “Still Image Compression on Parallel Computer Architectures”. Savitri has more than 30 years of teaching and research experience in Engineering and Information Technology (IT) disciplines and has also worked in the industry as a manager for more than 10 years. She has demonstrated continuing scholarly and professional involvement in both learning & teaching and research, publishing a number of books and research papers nationally and internationally. She has obtained several industry grants and supervised many research students and research associates. She has chaired a number of conferences in multi-disciplinary areas and edited their proceedings.

Savitri has been involved in MIT Teaching and Learning committee as a member and designed and developed courses in Engineering, Networking and Data Analytics. Previously, she was on the academic board for more than 6 years and worked as an acting head, School of IT and Engineering.

Imran has 17 years’ experience in the industry and higher education in the Information Technology field. He has worked and coordinated on a number of industrial projects related to Networks and Security, Enterprise Resource Planning software systems, and collaborated on cutting edge research on security, privacy of IoT and wireless sensor networks. In his academic career, he has worked at positions such as senior lecturer, associate professor, and associate dean at various Australian higher education institutes.

His research interests include light-weighted secure systems, cyber security, software engineering, software-defined networks, virtualization/cloud computing, higher education teaching and learning scholarship.

Imran enjoys teaching at MIT because the courses are very much aligned with his vast industry and academic experience and a rich multicultural mix of students and staff. As part of his role, Imran has coordinated Bachelor of Networking, Bachelor of Network (Cyber Security) and Undergraduate Certificate Courses in Information Technology and Cyber Security. He has been teaching various units at MIT related to Networking, programming, IT, Cyber Security where he applied both the tradition teaching and learning pedagogies and flipped class learning approach. Imran continuously uses various pedagogies to improve and enhance students’ learning experience and engagement.

Imran completed degrees in Computer Systems Engineering and Master of Communication Systems and Networks in Pakistan before receiving a Doctoral degree from the University of Leeds UK in 2010. After 08 years of teaching, research and academic management at Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, he began teaching, coordinating, and leading courses at various Australian Institutes from 2016.