Dr. H.Lee Seldon
PERSONAL PARTICULARS
Date of Birth: 16.1.47
Place of Birth: Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Nationality: Australia, USA
EDUCATION
1953-1960 - Primary school in Indianapolis and Bloomington, Indiana, USA.>
1960-1964 - High school in Indianapolis. Graduation with grade average A.
1964-1967 - Physics student at M.I.T. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Graduation with B.Sc. Bachelor's thesis: Intermolecular Interactions in Myoglobin and Lysozyme Crystals. This involved computations on an IBM 7094 and graphical display via a PDP 7, using MAD (Michigan Algorithm Decoder), as part of Project MAC (Multiple Access Computer).
1967-1969 - Graduate student in biology at M.I.T. and Columbia University in New York.
1970-1972 - Graduation with M.Sc. Master's thesis: Observations on Symmetry and Development in the Brain of the Rotifer Asplanchna brightwelli. This involved 3-D computer-aided reconstruction and display from serial electron microscopy sections. (Up to 40 sections/grid, stroboscopic image combiner apparatus for section alignment, Adage computer)
1974-1976 - Graduate student in the physiology and anatomy institutes of the Free University of Berlin. Graduation with Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D.). Dissertation: Vorzugsrichtungen der Nervenfortsätze in der Grosshirnrinde (Preferential Orientations of Neuronal Processes in the Neocortex). This involved light and electron microscopic sections, Golgi impregnation, data storage on punch cards and analytic geometric analysis on a CYBER 72 computer (Control Data Corp., FORTRAN IV).
1982-1986 - Medical student at the Free Univ. of Berlin and at the Univ. of Köln (Cologne). Graduation in June 1986.
Sept 1988 - Graduation as Dr. med., Univ. of Cologne. Thesis: Dreidimensionale Computermodelle anatomischer und pathologischer Strukturen in der Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde: Ein Prototyp (Three-dimensional computer models of anatomical and pathological structures in otorhinolaryngology: A prototype) (Language: BASIC, Machine: Atari ST)
WORK EXPERIENCE
2007-now - Senior Lecturer in the School of Computing and Design, Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak. Subjects: Programming in C, Programming in C++, Programming in Java. Initiated course review for Bachelor of Computing degree to improve student outcomes. Conference presentations (by invitation).
1999-2007 - Senior Lecturer in the School of Network Computing, Faculty of IT, Monash University. Subjects: Health Informatics, Java. Course coordinator for Graduate Certificate/Diploma in Network Computing. Software development in field of healthcare messaging. Publications.
1995–1999 - Program Analyst and "Telemedicine Consultant" with Australian Computing Communications Institute, Melbourne. Experience with 3D imaging (with ANALYZE from the Mayo Clinic), telemedical imaging (e.g., AMICAS), hospital networking (Metropolitan and Country Health Care Network linking Goulburn Valley Base Hospital with metropolitan hospitals 1996-1997). Programming (C and Java, IBM RS/6000 workstations, UNIX, PCs with Windows95), DICOM 3.0, distance learning (Advance OnlineTM), home health monitoring (with Medical Monitors P/L), videoconferencing (with Labtam H.323 multi-point server). Consultant to Malaysian gov't on Multimedia Super-Corridor. "Clinical Director" of TENTAS (Telemedical Networks and Systems Ltd).
1988–1998 - Senior Research Fellow, Dep't of Otolaryngology, Univ. of Melbourne ("Australian Bionic Ear Institute"). Emphasis on computerized image analysis, with programming in C on IBM AT compatible personal computers (DOS). Several publications. Part-time August 1995 - December 1998.
1986–1988 - Resident in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Cologne. Teaching: practicals for medical students.
1983-1984 - Research stipend at the Max-Planck-Institute for neurological research, Cologne (Prof. W. Heiss). Work on the project "Positron Emission Tomography" with emphasis on 68Ga dynamics in tumor tissue.
1977-1982 - Scientific assistant in the anatomy institute of the Free Univ. of Berlin. Design and programming of a morphometric data collection station (Language: FORTRAN IV, Machine: HP 21ME). Research project: Structure of the human sensory speech regions. Several publications. (Note that key publications from this period continue to be cited in international publications 20 years after their appearance.) Teaching responsibilities: gross anatomy, histology.
1973-1974 - Programmer for an insurance company (VdK) in West Berlin. Language: COBOL. Machines: IBM 360, Siemens 4004
1970-1971 - Tutor in biology, Columbia University
1969-1970 - Systems programmer for E.F. Hutton, stockbrokers on Wall Street. Language: Assembler (for CCAP communications package) and COBOL. Machine: IBM 360
