From L to R Club Foundation Chair, Stuart Diggins, Professor Tele Tan, and President Rob Webster
Tele Tan obtained his PhD degree in Electronics Engineering at Surrey University (UK) in 1993, in the area of computer vision. Since then he has served as a Senior Member of Technical Staff at the, National Laboratories of the Defence Science Organisation in Singapore, and in 2000 he moved to research and academia. He is currently a Professor at the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Curtin University and Director of the Autism Academy for Software Quality Assurance (or AASQA). His research interests are in assistive technologies and rehabilitation engineering, which he uses to solve health and social challenges in our community.
Tele's main teaching and learning passion is the adoption of work integrated learning to support the teaching of Information Technology undergraduates. To this end, Tele established a working group a couple of years ago comprised of representatives from education, industry and autism organisations to create opportunities for people with Autism Spectrum Disorders gain employment in the IT job market. This initiative resulted in establishment of AASQA at Curtin University, and its mission is to establish training programs that ensure continued and sustainable employment for autistic students in IT and related work areas.
Our Club continues to support this worthy endeavour and Tele gave us an update of the Academy’s activities since his last visit. To view it Click here