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5.08/20/2025

Always approachable and supportive.

4.05/21/2025

Encourages students to ask questions.

5.03/31/2025

Encourages students to explore new ideas.

4.02/27/2025

Encourages open-minded and thoughtful discussions.

5.02/4/2025

Great Professor!

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About Carlos

Dr. Carlos Riveros is a Conjoint Senior Lecturer in the School of Medicine and Public Health (Computer Science and Software Engineering) within the Faculty of Health and Medicine at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He holds a PhD in Physics from Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Argentina (1990), a Bachelor of Physics from the same institution, and a Master of Medical Statistics from the University of Newcastle. Boasting over thirty years of experience in computer science, data analysis, and software engineering in academic, scientific, and industrial environments, Riveros began his academic career with postdoctoral research as a Visiting PostDoc Research Associate at the University of Houston's Allied Geophysical Labs (1992-1993). In Argentina, he served as Chief Geophysical Researcher at Sismos Geophysical Company (1991-1994), CEO and Principal Software Engineer at VFlops Informatica (1994-2001), Contract Performance Manager at General Electric (2001-2006), and I&C Senior Engineer/Chief of Engineering at Termoelectrica San Martin (2006-2008). He joined the University of Newcastle in 2008 as Computing Scientist and Senior Software Developer at the Priority Research Centre for Bioinformatics, Biomarker Discovery and Information-Based Medicine. Since 2016, he has been HMRI Senior Bioinformatician and Health Informatician at the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI), where he heads the Bioinformatics and AI Stream.