I am now working at OmniTI in Columbia, Maryland, USA.
My name is Laura Thomson and I was formerly a Lecturer in the School of Computer Science and IT at RMIT.
My office is at the Melbourne City Campus in 14.9.11 and my phone number is +613 9925 9503. The best way to contact me is through email on laura@cs.rmit.edu.au.
I am working on a PhD in the area of Web Personalization. My research interests are
I will put up a list of publications soon, I swear. :)
In semester 2, 2005, I will be teaching Web Servers and Web Technology. Course homepage here.
In the past I have taught Programming Web Applications, Intro to Web Programming, Web Services, Software Engineering, and parts of Intelligent Web Systems and Web and Data Mining.
I am an advisor for the undergraduate Computer Science program (BP094) and
for all local postgraduate coursework students.
Students
can see me without an appointment at the following times:
Tuesday 11-12
Thursday 1-2
I am the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Local Selection Officer for the School. I am assisted by Clemens Mayr for the undergraduate parts
My second book, "MySQL Tutorial", is now available from MySQL Press. My first book, "PHP and MySQL Web Development" is available from Sams in 3/e. If you liked it, the sequel ("PHP and MySQL Developer's Projects") is in the works, due out probably Christmas 2005.
I finally have a blog.
When not working I enjoy arguing about Open Source and Free Software, riding (horses) (River) (Red), skiing, playing with my dog, collecting trivia, reading, and going to the movies.
