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Associate Professor Jim Cross

Associate Professor Jim Cross

Associate Professor Jim Cross

Associate Dean International

Telephone: (61 8)  6304 3445  
Mobile: 0419 956 251  
Facsimile: (61 8)  6304 5577  
Email: j.cross@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO21.518  

 

Responsibilities

Jim is the Associate Dean (International) within ECU International and the Faculty of Computing, Health and Science.

Background / Employment History

Jim  has over 30 years of experience in higher education as an academic and senior leader. He has received a variety of awards including the University Medal and award for excellence in promotion of students in postgraduate research.

Jim has taught a wide range of mathematics, statistics and research preparation units at ECU and  the former colleges since 1978. He is currently the Associate Dean, International and has worked in a number of academic leadership positions within the Faculty as Head of Department of Mathematics and Associate Dean.

Jim is a Fellow of the Australian Mathematical Society and a member of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications and  the Natural Resource Modelling Association. 

Jim has initiated and contributed to international projects in South East Asia including  AusAid and World Bank Projects, international education research and international conferences /workshops.

Staff Qualifications

  • B Maths Hons, Newcastle
  • PhD, ANU

Research

Research Interests

  • International Education
  • Time Series Analysis and Modelling

Current Research Areas

  • Time Series Analysis of Infectious Disease      Incidence and interventions.
  •  International Engagement for      Sustainability

Recent Publications (with the last five years)

Books

  • Cross, J and Renner J. (2009) Chapter 5: Community Engagement for Sustainability: An Invitation and a Challenge to all Universities Environmental Education, Communication and Sustainability, Peter Lang 31, 61-72

Refereed Journal Articles

  • Aboagye-Sarfo,P, Cross J and Mueller U (2010)” Trend analysis and short-term forecast of incident HIV infection in Ghana”,,African Jounal of Aids Research 9, 165-173
  • Cross, J and Renner J. (2008)  Community Engagement for Sustainability: An Invitation and a Challenge to all Universities Environmental Education, Communication and Sustainability, Proceedings of EDU-COM 2008 International Conference 385-94
  • Thongprasert N, and Cross J (2008) Cross-Cultural Perspectives of Knowledge Sharing for Different Virtual Classroom Environments: A Case Study of Thai Students in Thai and Australian Universities. Proceedings of EDU-COM 2008 International Conference. 514-523
  • Cross,J.M (2006) ”Engaging Diversity at an Australian University: Chinese International Students’ Perceptions of their Social Experience while studying in Australia”,  Proceedings of the EDU-COM 2006 International Conference, Edith Cowan University. 154-163.
  • Ahmed, S, Cross J and Bouzerdoum, S. (2006) “A New Exploratory Neural Network Training Method” Proceedings of the Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering Conference, 16,  611-616
  • Wang, P and Cross J (2006) “Cultural and Equity Issues of Chinese Students Studying in Australia” International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, Vol 5, 143-151.
  • *Srisurichan, S, Caputi, N and Cross,J. (2005) “Impact of lunar cycle and swell on the daily catch rate of western rock lobster (Panulirus Cygnus) using time series modelling” New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research Vol 39,749-764.
  • Ahmed,S and Cross,J. (2005) “Decision Support Systems Analysis with Simulation”, Published in Proceedings of IACIS conference, Atlanta, Georgia (October 5-8)
  • Cross, J.M.(2004) “Sino-Australian Collaboration in Higher Education: New Directions”, Proceedings of the EDU-COM 2004 International Conference, Edith Cowan University, pp 88-96.
  • *Ahmed, S, Cross,J and Bouzerdoum, S. (2003) “Application of a New Artificial Neural Network Gradient Free Training Method for Electric Energy Demand” International Journal of Applied Human Resource Management, 4, 54-69.
  • Cross, J. and Wuthisen S. (2002) “International Higher Education Collaboration for Staff Research Development:  A Case Study in Thailand”, Proceedings of the EDU-COM 2002 International Confernece, Edith Cowan University pp124-132.
  • Cross, J., Garnett, P and Watson A “Toacs: Evolution of an On-line Education Environment 1995-2001” Proceedings of the EDU-COM 2002 International Conference, Edith Cowan University  PP 133-137.
  • Cross, J, Anderson,M.,Choi, Y.H, Comiskey,C and Lindsay, M. (2002), “Modelling the transmission dynamics of Ross River virus in South Western Australia.”, IMA Journal of Mathematics Applied in Medicine and Biology, 19, 61-74.
  • Cross, J., Bouzerdoum, A. and Ahmed, S., (2002), “Applications of a new Artificial Neural Network Graduate Free Training”, Challenging the future advocating the positive- 3rd International Conference, 16-21.
  • Ahmed, S., Cross J., and Bouzerdoum, A. (2001) "Strictly Self-Adaptive Training with XOR ANN".  Published in the proceedings of ANNIE 2001 Conference, St Louis, Missouri (Nov 4‑7), ASME Press (NY), Intelligent Engineering Systems Through Artificial Neural Networks, Vol 11, pp 81-87.
  • Srisurichan, S & Cross, JM. (2001). "Time Series Modelling of the Environmental Factors Affecting the Daily Catch Rate of Western Rock Lobster". 2001 World Conference on Natural Resource Modeling, Logan, Utah USA, June 27-30.
  • Ahmed, S., Cross J., and Bouzerdoum, A. (2001).  "Self-Adaptive Parameter Free Artificial Neural Network Training to Model Tourist Arrival in Australian Hotel Industries". Proceedings of the 2001 International NAISO Congress on Information Science Innovations, hosted by the American University of Dubai, pp 599-604.
  • Cross, J., Bouzerdoum, A. and Ahmed, S. (2000).  Performance Analysis of a New Multi-Directional Training Algorithm for Feed-Forward Neural Networks.  Neural Network World Journal, Vol 10, No 4, pp703-712.
  • Ahmed, S., Cross, J. and Bouzerdoum, A. (2000). A New Self-Adaptive Back Propogation Training Method. Proceedings of 2nd ICSC Symposium on Neural Computation (NC' 2000), Germany, May 23-2, pp95-101.
  • Ahmed, S., and Cross, J. (2000). Bound on Convergence of a Derivative Free, Parameter Free Artificial Neural Network Training Method. Proceedings of the 2nd ICSC Symposium on Neural Computation (NC' 2000), Germany, May 23-26, pp89-94.

Conference Papers

  • Shao, C, Mueller U and Cross, J (2009) Area-to-point Poisson kriging analysis for lung cancer in Perth areas Interfacing Modelling and Simulation with Mathematical and Computational Sciences 178-184
  • Aboagye-Sarfo,P, Cross J and Mueller U (2009) Application of Intervention Analysis to Incidence Cases of HIV Infection in Ghana. ISI 2009 Proceedings

 

Staff Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The Australian National University, 1982 .
  • Bachelor of Mathematics Honours Class 1, The University of Newcastle, 1974 .

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Book Chapters

  • Cross, J., Renner, J., (2009), Chapter 5: Community Engagement for Sustainability: An Invitation and a Challenge to all Universities. Environmental Education, Communication and Sustainability: Sustainability at Universities - Opportunities, Challenges and Trends, 31(23), 61-72, Frankfurt.

Journal Articles

  • Aboagye-Sarfo, P., Cross, J., Mueller, U., (2010), Trend analysis and short-term forecast of incident HIV infection in Ghana. African Journal of AIDS Research, 9(2), 165-173, South Africa, DOI: 10.2989/16085906.2010.517485.

Conference Publications

  • Appiah, S., Mueller, U., Cross, J., (2011), Spatio-temporal modelling of malaria incidence for evaluation of public health policy interventions in Ghana, West Africa. MODSIM2011, 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. SUSTAINING OUR FUTURE: understanding and living with uncertainty, 676-682.
  • Shao, C., Mueller, U., Cross, J., (2009), Area-to-point Poisson kriging analysis for lung cancer in Perth areas. Proceedings of the 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, 178-184, Christchurch, N.Z..
  • Aboagye-Sarfo, P., Cross, J., Mueller, U., (2009), Application of Intervention Analysis to Incidence Cases of HIV Infection in Ghana. 57th Session of the International Statistical Institute. ISI 2009 Proceedings, 5p..
  • Thongprasert, N., Cross, J., (2008), Cross-Cultural Perspectives of Knowledge Sharing for Different Virtual Classroom Environments: A Case Study of Thai Students in Thai and Australian Universities. EDU-COM 2008 International Conference: Sustainability in Higher Education: Directions for Change, 703, Perth Australia.
  • Renner, J., Cross, J., (2008), Community Engagement for Sustainability: An Invitation and a Challenge to All Universities. Proceedings of EDU-COM 2008 International Conference, 385-94, Perth, Western Australia.

Research Student Supervision

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy,  Time Series Analysis Of Hiv Incidence Cases In Ghana: Trends, Predictions And Impact Of Interventions.
  • Modelling Time Series Using Time Varying Coefficient Autoregressive Models; With Applications To Several Data Sets.
  • Digital Morphometry: A Taxonomy Of Morphological Filters And Feature Parameters With Application To Alzheimers's Disease Research.
  • Master of Science (Mathematics and Planning),  Methods For The Estimation Of Missing Values In Time Series..
  • A Comparison Of Advanced Time Series Models For Environmental Dependend Stock Recruitment Of The Western Rock Lobster.
  • The Mathematical Modelling Of The Ross River Virus Transmission.
  • Development Of Self-adaptive Back Propagation And Derivative Free Training Algorithms In Artificial Neural Networks.

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy,  The Solution Of Traffic Problems By Using Traffic Intensity Estimation And Fuzzy Logic.
  • Doctor of Philosophy,  Approaches To The Spatial Modeling Of Cancer Incidence And Mortality In Metropolitan Perth, Western Australia, 1990- 2005.
  • Doctor of Philosophy,  Population Biology Of Two Key Fish Species And The Dynamics And Management Of The Trap Fishery In Beung Borapet, Thailand..