Tony Wirth

Senior Lecturer
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering
The University of Melbourne

Find out how to contact me here.

Are you interested in theoretical aspects of computer science, in algorithms, or in combining probability, statistics and computer science?

Research Interests

• Approximation Algorithms
• Graph Algorithms
• Sequential and Adapative Sampling and Testing
• Bioinformatics

My tech talk at Google on The Query Complexity of Estimating Weighted Averages, 4 Feb 2010.

PDF version of Science summer experience slides, 13 Jan 2010.

PDF version of Masterclass slides, delivered to Year 10 students on 11 May 2006.

The algorithms reading group 2005/6.

Teaching in 2010

• 433-521 Algorithms and Complexity (aka COMP90038) (Sem 1, 2007-10)
• 433-298 Algorithms and Data Structures (aka COMP20003) (Sem 2, 2009-10)
• 600-152 Informatics 2: People Data and the Web (aka INFO10002) (Sem 2, 2008-10)

Past Teaching

• 433-152 Algorithmic Problem Solving (Advanced) (Sem 2, 2005-7)
• 433-254 Software Design (Sem 2, 2005-6)

Administration

I am on the the Informatics Steering Committee and am the Department's Excellence Coordinator.

I am an Engineering Ambassador, a program led by Jamie Evans.

I used to be on the Department Undergraduate Programs Committee, the School of Engineering Board and used to be the department seminar coordinator.

Links

About me

My education and employment histories are in my CV (updated 8 July 2010).

Some other facts:

• I saw my first opera The Magic Flute on 27 March 1986, the day of the Russell Street bombing.
• I spent one term at Cumnor Primary School in 1987.
• I have been a Hawks member since 1997.
• I miss the 24oz (680g) steaks at Arthur's Tavern.