Faculty of Science and Information Technology

Dr Martin Sutton

• Phd (The University of Newcastle)
• Diploma of Computer Science (Merit) (The University of Newcastle)
• Bachelor of Science (The University of New South Wales)
• Teacher's Certificate (Sydney Teachers' College)

In am a member of the Graph Theory group within this University and am working in graph labelling in general and the relatively new area of summable graphs, in particular. In a summable graph each vertex is assigned a label (an integer value) in such a way that it is possible to reconstruct the entire graph from the labels alone without explicitly storing the edges.

This area of research has the potential to generate important applications within the Computer Science and Information Systems areas. When a problem domain can be expressed as a graph and that graph can be stored as a set of vertex labels then there are major advantages to be gained in the manipulation of problems from the domain when using electronic computers.

I am currently investigating how summable graphs may be applied to relational databases, an area that has important consequences for business. Any results from this research will also have immediate consequences for the storage and manipulation of problems from other areas that may be represented as a graph structure from domains such as database management systems, computer networks, e-commerce and the World Wide Web.

• Member, Lifestyle Development Centre Working Party
• Member, Business Continuity Planning Group
• Member of the organising committee for AWOCA 2000
• Awarded Feb 2000 - Associate Fellow of The Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications
• Member, Graph Theory Group, University of Newcastle

All courses I teach use state of the art software and software tools. There are no important, relevant technologies more than 18 months old that are not currently incorporated into my courses.

• All courses involve interaction with state of the art software architectures such as Visual Studio .NET, ADO.NET, IIS and ISAPI
• All courses involve interaction with state of the art rapid application development tools such as Visual Basic .NET
• All courses involve interaction with state of the art operating systems such as Windows 2000 server
• All courses involve interaction with state of the art database management systems such as SQL server 2000
• All courses use state of the art methodologies and modelling tools such as Visio 2002
• All courses involve networks and network protocols
• Advanced courses involve web based access and interfaces

• Supervision of Honours students
• Supervision of PhD student in the area of Graph labelling and applications in the areas of Computer Science and Information Systems

• 2002: Senior Lecturer School of Design, Communication and IT, Uni of Newcastle
• 2001: Senior Lecturer, School of Management, Uni of Newcastle
• 1990-2000: Lecturer, School of Management, Uni of Newcastle
• 1989: Lecturer, Dept of IT & QM, Hunter Institute of Higher Education
• 1989: P/T Lecturer, Dept Computer Science, Uni of Newcastle
• 1988: P/T Tutor, Dept Computer Science, Uni of Newcastle
• 1988-1989: Head Teacher, Science, Kurri-Kurri High School
• 1988-1989: P/T Course development, Lecturer, NSW Dept of Technical And Further Education
• 1987: P/T Contract programmer, Uni of Newcastle
• 1986: P/T Course director, Lecturer, Hunter Evening College
• 1985-1986: P/T Course co-director, Lecturer, Computer Cellar College
• 1982-1985: P/T Course co-director, Lecturer, Hunter Workers' Educational Academy
• 1969-1987: Teacher, NSW Dept of Education (various schools)

Consulting Services:

Throughout the last 20 years I have consulted to the small business and the secondary schools sectors on their database needs. These projects have usually involved the development and implementation of small, stand alone database systems, that integrate with the existing hardware and software. In recent years I have also donated similar services to local service clubs.