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Dr. David Chen is a Senior Lecturer at Griffith University's School of Information and Communication Technology, where he also serves as Program Director for the Bachelor of Information Technology. He has held various leadership roles including Head of Discipline in IT & IS from 2018-2021 and has been with Griffith University since 1995, progressing from Research Assistant to his current position as Senior Lecturer since 2008.
Dr. Chen earned his Bachelor of Information Technology with first class honours from Griffith University in 1995, followed by a PhD in distributed collaborative systems from the same institution in 2001. His academic journey includes positions as Lecturer at Queensland Institute of Business Technology (1999) and Technology Research Officer at ActiveSky Pty. Ltd. (2001-2002).
His research spans multiple domains, with primary focus on distributed and real-time systems, synchronization and consistency maintenance in collaborative environments, and real-time collaborative editing systems. He has made significant contributions to computer-human interaction, particularly in groupware and CSCW (Computer-Supported Cooperative Work). More recently, his work has expanded into bioinformatics applications and educational technology, where he investigates how students interact with online learning environments and develops innovative teaching methods.
Dr. Chen's publication record shows a clear evolution from foundational work in collaborative systems to more applied research in educational technology and bioinformatics. His recent publications (2024-2025) demonstrate growing interest in AI applications for traffic flow forecasting, programming education, and graph neural networks, while maintaining his core expertise in distributed systems.
- SFHEA (Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy) - 2022
- CORE Teaching award - 2022
- Learning and Teaching Citation Highly Commended - 2017
Dr. Chen has supervised numerous doctoral students to completion, with research topics spanning online education engagement, safety-critical real-time systems, semantic web services, and collaborative editing systems. His grant history reflects strong industry connections, including a Google Cloud Platform Education Grant (2018-2020) and current consultancy research on vehicle routing prediction (2026-2027). He has successfully led multiple internal university grants focused on collaborative tools and real-time systems development.
As Program Director for the Bachelor of Information Technology since 2012 and previously as Head of Discipline in IT & IS, Dr. Chen has played a significant role in shaping curriculum and educational approaches within his department. His teaching philosophy emphasizes innovative practices, particularly his adaptation of flipped classroom techniques for software development courses, which has demonstrably improved student satisfaction and outcomes.
