Northfields Ave
Wollongong, NSW 2522
Phone: +612 4221 3403
Fax: +612 4221 3236
Email: farzad@uow.edu.au

Projects:

Project Leader, Smart Networks

Biography:

Farzad Safaei graduated from the University of Western Australia with the degree of Bachelor of Engineering and obtained his PhD in Telecommunications Engineering from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

Currently, he is the Professor of Telecommunications Engineering and Director of Centre for Emerging Networks and Applications at the University of Wollongong. Farzad is also the Program Manager of the Cooperative Research Centre for Smart Internet Technology.

Before joining the University of Wollongong, Farzad was the Manager of Internetworking Architecture and Services Section in Telstra Research Laboratories (TRL). 

His primary research interest is to design large-scale telecommunication networks that can adapt autonomously to dynamic characteristics of applications, cost, customer demand, or any other critical influence from outside. 

PreviousPositions:

Aug 2003 – Jul 2004 Director of Telecommunications and Information Technology Research Institute, University of Wollongong

Jan 1990 – May 2001 Telstra Research Laboratories

Qualifications:

BE (HONS), PhD

Research Interests Area Of Interest:

Distributed virtual environments, Multiplayer games, Immersive communications, Large-scale service and network optimisation