Alec Cameron swaps Aston for RMIT

Scientist and engineer Alec Cameron will take 바카라사이트 helm at Australia¡¯s second biggest tertiary institution, with RMIT University announcing that 바카라사이트 former Rhodes scholar will be its next vice-chancellor.

Professor Cameron, who has led Aston University in Birmingham since 2016, will take up his new role early next year.

It will be a homecoming for 바카라사이트 Australian-born academic, who obtained degrees in science and electrical engineering at 바카라사이트 University of Sydney before studying robotics at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, where his supervisor was machine learning pioneer and current New South Wales chief scientist Hugh Durrant-Whyte.

Professor Cameron has been deputy vice-chancellor at 바카라사이트 University of Western Australia and at UNSW Sydney, where he was also dean of 바카라사이트 Australian School of Business and served as president of 바카라사이트 Australian Business Deans Council.

Earlier in his career he held senior positions in information technology and telecommunications companies including Sun Microsystems, Alcatel and Telstra. He is returning to Australia amid a government policy focus on improving universities¡¯ links with business and boosting 바카라사이트 commercial returns of university research.

He said he was excited to join a university known for its focus on technology, design and enterprise and 바카라사이트 employability of its students.

Predecessor Martin Bean stepped down in June for health reasons, but plans to return part-time in 2022 to help develop RMIT¡¯s digital offerings and work with its industry partners.

Chief operating officer Dionne Higgins will be interim vice-chancellor until Professor Cameron¡¯s arrival.

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