Research interests:

I do applied research aimed at helping people develop better and cheaper software faster.

After a career as a practicing engineer, I now design new methodologies for generating radical improvements in software development productivity, quality and satisfaction of stakeholder needs. I take an inter-disciplinary approach to my research and work closely with users in industry and scientific communities. Right now, I am working with ecologists in Australia and France to build a distributed ecological simulation framework.

Recently, I have begun investigating and questioning, at a fundamental level, how software engineering education and research relates to real-world software development practices.

Software-Intensive Systems Engineering Group

Teaching:

Teaching is also an important part of my work. By working closely with experts from industry, government and across the university, I supervise a broad range of PhD, masters and undergraduate students. I also deliver innovative and industrially relevent courses including 'Systems Engineering for Software Engineers' and 'Model Driven Software Development'. For three years I ran the Vice Chancellor's course 'Unravelling Complexity' which is an interdisciplinary course for students from all parts of the ANU.

In 2015, I am leading the ANU TechLauncher initiative which enables students from any discipline to develop the research and professional skills required to use technology to bring great ideas to life and have a positive impact on our society.

These teaching activities are aimed squarely at preparing our students to make valuable contributions in a complex world.

Comments by Model-Driven Software Development students:

"Shayne's style of lecturing and the breadth of his personal experiences in the industry and his extensive knowledge of the field really allowed him to present the material in a very engaging and exciting way that was a great stimulus to my learning."

"Again the discussion session that we had during the tutorials and the workshops were students were allowed and welcomed to ask and talk/think out loud was fantastic!"

"Both the content/ course-material and the style of the presentation distinguished this course from the other typical ANU computer science course. The singular thing that was most refreshingly unique about the course was the interactive aspect of the course were we would regularly engage with the instructor on the course material and the workshop/home-work problems with had work out. So great kudos to Shayne Flint for a very fascinating course and hope to see more courses like this offered by ANU computer science particularly at the graduate level!"

Comments by Unravelling Complexity students:

"What a great course! Learning about different disciplines and building the links between various fields is exactly what should be taught when the real world reflects this exact situation. It was really rewarding hearing from esteemed professors and what they had to say about dealing with complexity."

"I really loved the breadth of the content, being able to see how other disciplines think and function was fascinating."

"The course is highly engaging and unique among ANU courses in that it is truly inter-disciplinary."

Comments by Systems Engineering for Software Engineers students:

"The structure of the course into weekly topics, supported by a panelist who were expert in the topic was great. It allowed us to get a grasp of the topic easily and the follow up work in the tutorials cemented this knowledge."

"the range of topics were intense and immense yet it was so encouraging and engaging"

"Covered some very interesting topics and had some fascinating speakers. Always encouraged a good intellectual class discussion."

"The course was interesting and engaging. There was plenty of interaction with the lecturer and he kept us continually in the loop."

"Peer run tutorials are awesome."

Duties:

Program Convenor, Bachelor of Software Engineering (BSEng) (information for current students)

Research opportunities with Assoc Professor Shayne FLINT

• 3Worlds - various projects
• PrometheusWiki - various projects