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Dr David Cook

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 5104
Mobile: 0448 701 705
Facsimile: +61 8 6304 2599
Email: d.cook@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2264-8719

David is a Lecturer within the School of Science, a member of the Australian Centre for Cyber Security Excellence (ACCSE), and a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society.

Current Teaching

David had taught across a range of computer and security science areas including Information Warfare, Terrorism, Counter Terrorism, Systems Resilience, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Aviation Security, Communicating in an IT Environment, Radicalisation and Political Extremism.  David supervises a wide range of student projects and research topics. Through his engagement with the ACS he has negotiated with industry and government to secure student placements and workplace opportunities for final year undergraduate and post-graduate students.

  • IT Professionalism and Practice
  • Principles of Project Management
  • Project Preparation
  • Applied IT Project
  • Project Methods and Professionalism
  • Special Topic

Background

David has extensive business and academic experience within South-east Asia, especially in Indonesia and Australia. He previously held the position of Manager in the SECAU Security Research Centre and holds a number of directorships and board appointments. David has won numerous academic, professional, and industry awards.

Professional Associations

  • Australian Computer Society ACS - Certified Professional
  • Australian Information Security Association AISA
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE

Awards and Recognition

University and National Teaching Awards

  • 2009 - Dean’s Award for Excellence
  • 2013 - Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Community Engagement

Other

  • 2007 - The Berndt Memorial Prize in Anthropology
  • 2008 - The State Anthropology Prize – Anthropological Society of WA
  • 2010 - The WA Police Award for the Best Counter Terrorism paper, 1st Australian Counter Terrorism Conference
  • 2010 - The Australian Computer Society “Education Across the Nation” Australia-Wide Touring Keynote Lecturer
  • 2012 - 2016 Chairman of the Australian Computer Society WA
  • 2012 - WAITTA Winner of the Service and Training Award for Services to the Elderly – The Seniors Identity Training Program.
  • 2015 - Fellow of the Australian Computer Society

Research Areas and Interests

David’s principal research interests surround the broad field of security through Governance. He specialises in Gerontechnology,  the advancement of Human Computer Interaction, and the proliferation of Cyber Crime. His research activities include Counter Terrorism, Money-Laundering, Senior Citizen Security, Social Media, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, Financial Elder Abuse, Social Network Analysis, Online Radicalisation, Political Extremism and Technology Ethics.

  • New Modes of Governance
  • Counter Terrorism
  • Financial Elder Abuse
  • Gerontechnology
  • Human Computer Interaction, HCI
  • Virtual Reality Acceptance
  • Digital Legacies
  • Haptics
  • Technology Ethics
  • Money Laundering
  • Information Security
  • CPTED

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