Richard Buckland
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Richard Buckland is an Australian computer scientist at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney. In 2012 he taught UNSW Computing 1, the first massive open online course (MOOC) produced in Australia,[1] and is a co-founder of the Australian online-learning company OpenLearning.[2]
Buckland's research is in computer security, electronic voting, and educational technology. In 2007 he received an Australian Carrick Award for Teaching Excellence,[3] and in 2008 he was named Australasian Engineering Educator of the Year by Engineers Australia.[4]
Career
Buckland trained as an actuary before changing fields to computer science.[3] He completed undergraduate study at UNSW, where he was awarded the University Medal in Computer Science,[5] and joined the UNSW School of Computer Science and Engineering as a lecturer in the mid-1990s. He was promoted to senior lecturer and later to professor, with his current title being Professor of CyberCrime, Cyberwar and Cyberterror.[6]
He has held several teaching-related administrative positions at UNSW, including Director of First Year Experience and Director of Cybersecurity Education at the School of Computer Science and Engineering.[6] He is also Director of SECedu, a cybersecurity education partnership between UNSW and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.[6]
Online teaching and OpenLearning
Buckland's recorded computer-science lectures, posted to YouTube and the OpenLearning platform, have collectively received several million views.[5] In 2012, his course UNSW Computing 1: The Art of Programming was launched on OpenLearning and became the first MOOC produced by an Australian university.[1] He has also written and delivered MOOCs in computer security, data structures, and MOOC design itself.[1]
Buckland is a co-founder of OpenLearning, an Australian online-education company established in 2012 that offers a social-learning MOOC platform used by universities and enterprises.[2]
Research
Buckland's published research has examined educational design, computer security, and verifiable election systems. With Roland Wen and Vanessa Teague he has published on the design and analysis of cryptographic protocols for elections conducted in untrusted environments,[7] and with Wen he has commented in scholarly and news venues on the verifiability of computerised vote-counting in Australian federal elections.[8][9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "UNSW Computing 1 (OpenLearning)". MOOC List. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tay, Liz (23 May 2012). "UNSW launches Australia's first MOOC". iTnews. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "A passion for teaching". UNSW Newsroom. University of New South Wales. 10 October 2007. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
- ↑ "Australasian Engineering Educator of the Year". Engineers Australia. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Richard Buckland". The Conversation. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Professor Richard Buckland". UNSW Research. University of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
- ↑ Buckland, Richard; Teague, Vanessa; Wen, Roland (2012). "Towards Best Practice for E-election Systems: Lessons from Trial and Error in Australian Elections". E-Voting and Identity – VOTE-ID 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 7187. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-32747-6. Search this book on
- ↑ Buckland, Richard; Wen, Roland (2012). "The Future of E-voting in Australia". IEEE Security & Privacy. 10 (5): 25–32. doi:10.1109/MSP.2012.59.
- ↑ Wen, Roland; Buckland, Richard (2016). "The 2016 Senate count: it's a complicated business". The Conversation. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
<ref> tag with name "iaward" defined in <references> is not used in prior text.External links
- UNSW Research profile
- Richard Buckland at DBLP Bibliography Server
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