Professor Ian Williamson, AM, FTSE

Extended Resume: Professor Ian Williamson, AM, FTSE

PhD (NSW), DrHC (Olsztyn), FTSE, FISAust, FIEAust, FRICS, HonMFIG, HonFMSIAust, LS, CPEng

Professor of Surveying and Land Information

Contact

Department of Geomatics
The University of Melbourne
Victoria, AUSTRALIA 3010
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Key Appointments

• Foundation Professor of Surveying and Land Information (1986-present)
• Head, Department of Surveying and Land Information (1987-93)
• President, Academic Board (1993-94)
• Pro-Vice-Chancellor (1991-94)
• Member, The University of Melbourne Council (1991-94)
• Chairperson, Commission 7 (Cadastre and Land Management), International Federation of Surveyors (1994-98)
• Head, Department of Geomatics (1998-2007)
• Director, United Nations Liaison (1998-2002) International Federation of Surveyors
• Chair, Cultural Diversity Forum, The University of Melbourne (1998-2001)
• Chair, Working Group 3 (Spatially Enabled Government - formally "Cadastre"), UN Sponsored Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific (2001-present)

Career Development

• 1988 Advanced Management Program, Graduate School of Management, The University of Melbourne
• 1992 AVCC Universities' Senior Management Program
• 1993 Commonwealth Universities Congress, UK
• 1995 Institute for Educational Management, Harvard University

Recent Awards

1996

• Awarded the 1996 Horwood Critique Prize for "the outstanding paper" published in the proceedings of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, USA (with T.O.Chan).
• Australasian Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (AURISA) Emminent Individual Award.

1997

• Awarded the Medal of the Institution of Surveyors, Australia (awarded about very five years for outstanding academic and professional achievements to the profession)
• Acknowledgment from the President of the World Bank as part of the Thailand Land Titling Project Team that won the World Bank Group's 1997 Award for Excellence.

1998

• Honorary degree of Doctor Honoris Causa, Olsztyn University of Agriculture and Technology, Poland
• Elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering

2000

• Elected an Honorary Member of the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG)

2003

• Elected Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
• Awarded the Centenary Medal by the Prime Minister

2006

• Elected Fellow, The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Current Graduate Students

• Rohan Bennett (PhD) - Managing all property rights, restrictions and responsibilities
• Mohsen Kalantari (PhD) - ICT enabled land administration
• Hossein Mohammadi (PhD) - The Integration of Built And Natural Environmental Datasets in National Spatial Data Infrastructure Initiatives
• Sheelan Vaez (PhD) - Seamless SDI Model to Facilitate Spatially Enabling Land Sea Interface

Some Former Graduate Students

• Dr Colin Arrowsmith, RMIT University
• Professor George Benwell, University of Otago
• Ms Clare Brazenor, Melbourne
• Dr Tai On Chan, Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria
• Mr Phil Dooley, Melbourne
• Dr Wolfgang Effenberg, we-do-IT, Victoria
• Ms Katie Falzon, Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria
• Ms Keresi Fonmanu, Native Land Trust Board, Fiji
• Dr Bill Hazelton, Ohio State University
• Dr Walter Hesse, we-do-IT, Victoria
• Associate Professor Gary Hunter, The University of Melbourne
• Ms Mary Iatau, Papua New Guinea
• Mr Sam Majiad, Geomatic Technologies
• Mr Andrew Phillips, LOGICA
• Dr Mele Rakai, University of South Pacific, Fiji
• Mr Iestyn Polley, Geocomp Consulting Pty. Ltd.
• Ms Regina Sinon, Government of Seychelles
• Dr Andrew Turk, Murdoch University
• Ms Rebecca Wan, Malaysia
• Dr Abbas Rajabifard, The University of Melbourne
• Dr Lisa Ting, Land Victoria
• Dr Serryn Eagleson, City of Melbourne
• Dr Malcolm Park, Melbourne
• Dr Matthew Warnest, Melbourne
• Dr Kate Dalrymple, Melbourne
• Dr Daniel Paez, Melbourne
• Dr Daniel Steudler, Switzerland
• Ms Lisa Strain, Melbourne Ports Authority
• Dr Jessica Davies, Geomatics Technologies, Melbourne
• Mr Andrew Binns, University of Melbourne
• Dr Kevin McDougall, University of Southern Queensland

Formerly External Examiner

• University of the West Indies
• University of Zimbabwe
• Hong Kong Polytechnic University

International Consulting Experience

Consulted widely on cadastral, land and geographic information matters to state and Federal governments in Australia, various United Nations agencies, The World Bank, The Asian Development Bank and and many overseas countries (Eastern Europe, Asia, Pacific, PR China, North and South America, Africa)

Publications

Professor Williamson has published widely nationally and internationally on cadastral, land administration and land information system areas, having authored or co-authored about 400 articles, reports or conference proceedings. View some of Ian Williamson's key papers.