Head of School
A/Prof Irfan Altas 
MSc METU , PhD Sask AustMS
Head of School and
Sub-Dean IT Industry Programs
Office Location
Room: 312
Building: 01
Mailing Address
School of Computing and Mathematics
Locked Bag 588
Wagga Wagga NSW2678
Australia
Phone: +61 2 6933 2357
Fax: +61 2 6933 2080
Email:ialtas@csu.edu.au
Brief Biography
Irfan Altas is an Assoc. Prof. in the School of Computing and Mathematics, Charles Sturt University. He teaches data communication subjects in the School. He has Ph.D. from University of Saskatchewan, Canada and has taught a wide range of subjects at University of Saskatchewan, Canada, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, George Washington University, U.S.A, and University of Queensland, Australia.
Research Focus
Data Mining
Numerical Analysis (Numerical solution of Differential Equations, development of scientific parallel algorithms)
Using the Internet and new technologies in teaching
Administrative Responsibilities
Head of School of Computing and Mathematics
Sub-Dean of Information Technology (Industry Programs)
Selected Publications
S. Poon, I. Altas and G. Fellows, (2003), Integrated E-Marketing - A Strategy Drien Technical Analysis, in "Architectural Issues of Web-Enabled Electronic Business" Eds. N. Shi and V.K. Murthy pp. 321-332
Refereed Journal Articles
J. Messing and I. Altas, 2006, "Using IT industry practices to modernize university education", Industry and Higher Education, Volume 20, Number 1, February 2006, pp. 25-30(6)
I. Altas, and M. Anderson,(2005) Implementing Cover Coefficient Algorithm as a Top-N Recommendation System, Journal of Mathematical Sciences, Vol. 16 No. 1(2005) pp. 9-16.
J. Howarth, J. Messing, and I. Altas, 2004, "Delivering Online Examinations: A Case Study", TOJDE, No. 3, Vol.5, 2004. http://tojde.anadolu.edu.tr/
S. Roberts, M. Hegland and I. Altas, (2003) Approximation of a Thin Plate Spline Smoother Using Continuous Piecewise Polynomial Functions. SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, Vol. 41, No. 1 (2003) pp. 208-234.
I. Altas, J. Erhel and M. Gupta, 2002, "High Accuracy Solution of Three Dimensional Biharmonic Equations", Journal of Numerical Algorithms, Vol. 29, pp. 1-19.
Refereed Conference Proceedings
D. Buckley, I. Altas, and J. Howarth, “ A Real-Time Intrusion Detection System for the Windows Environment”, in the proceedings of IADIS WWW/Internet 2007, ISBN: 978-972-8924-44-7 Vol 2
P. White, I. Altas, J. Howarth, and J. Weckert, “ An Internal Enterprise Framework for Identity Based Management”, in the proceedings of APAC 2007.
J. Messing, I. Altas and J. Howarth, “ Partners in Learning in Australian Schools”, in the proceedings of ICL 2007.
P. Roy, I. Altas, and J. Howarth 2006, "An Implementation of a Remote Virtual Networking Laboratory for Educational Purposes", in the conference proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education & Training, ISBN: 1-4244-0406-1, pp. 162-167
T. Lang, J. Howarth and I. Altas, 2006, "Uni-Access: A secure location aware communication system providing user privacy ", in the conference proceedings of First International Conference on Communications and Networking in China, ISBN, 1-4244-0463-0
I. Altas and A. Yazici, 2006, "A Symbolic Treatment of Finite Difference Formulae for Solving Differential Equations" in the conference proceedings of Third International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics, ISBN: 0471072709
A. Yazici, I. Altas and T. Ergenc, 2005, "2d Polynomial Interpolation: A Symbolic Approach with Mathematica", in the Proceedings of International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2005, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3482, pp. 463-471.
J. Messing and I. Altas, 2005, "University + IT Industry Training = Success Beyond Expectations", in the conference proceedings of 4th International Conference, New Horizons in Industry, Business and Education, ISBN: 960-85316-9-1.
A. Yazici, I. Altas and T. Ergenc, 2004, "Symbolic Polynomial Interpolation Using Mathematica", in the Proc. of Computational Science-ICCS 2004, Eds. M. Bubak, GD van Albada et. al.. Part IV, pp.364-369.
J. Messing and I. Altas, "Online Examinations in an Academic Environment: A Case Study at Charles Sturt University" in the proceeding of 5th Int. Conf. on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training: ITHET, 2004. IEEE Catalog No. 04EX898C, ISBN: 0-7803-8597-7.
M. Anderson, I. Altas and G. Fellows, (2003) Web Personalisation with the Cover Coefficient Algorithm. in the Proc. of Computational Science-ICCS 2003, Eds. P.M.A. Sloot, A.V. Bogdanov, J.J. Dongarra, A.Y. Zomaya and Y.E. Gorbachev. Vol.3, pp.422-431.
Research Project Supervision
Data Mining
Security
Numerical Analysis
Current Research Students
Jason Howarth, PhD in Network/Computer Security
Gillian Harvie, DIT, in Usage of IT Services
Paul Nevin, DIT, in Network/Computer Security
Peter White, DIT in Identity Management