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Dr Nick Spadaccini   BSc(Hons) PhD W.Aust  Senior Lecturer

After obtaining his BSc(Hons) in physics at UWA, Nick spent 18 months at the University of Tokyo. He completed a PhD at UWA in 1988 on the modelling of chemical bond interactions. During this time he developed a strong interest in computational physics and scientific computing. Nick was a postdoctoral research associate in the Crystallography Centre until joining the School of Computer Science & Software Engineering in 1991. His research interests include information retrieval and data exchange and he is a co-developer of the Self-defining Text Archive and Retrieval (STAR) format. His other research interests include computer modelling, simulation and visualization.

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	Dr Nick Spadaccini School of Computer Science & Software Engineering The University of Western Australia M002, 35 Stirling Highway Crawley, Western Australia, 6009
	+61 8 6488 3452
	+61 8 6488 1089
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	Homepage: http://people.csse.uwa.edu.au/nick