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IT academic wins Prato fellowship

7 December 2005

Monash academic Dr Henry Linger from the Caulfield School of Information Technology has been awarded the inaugural Bill Kent Prato Research Fellowship.

Dr Henry Linger (left) with Professor Bill Kent and Professor Merran Evans.

The fellowship was established in honour of the Founding Director of the Monash Prato Centre, Professor Bill Kent, and is aimed at nurturing Monash research staff and deepening the university's engagement with Europe.

Professor Kent and Professor Merran Evans, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Planning), congratulated Dr Linger at last week's presentation.

Dr Linger will use the fellowship funding of up to $10,000 to hold a two-day workshop and two-week summer school on natural and artificial immune systems in Prato next August.

He said the sessions would explore the interaction between immunology and computer science and the synergy between the two disciplines.

"We will look at if and how we can apply what we know about the human immune system to computer networks," he said.

"This will allow us to see if we are able to conduct simulation experiments in both domains to benefit and advance research in immunology and computer science."

Dr Linger, who has strong links with the University of Milan, said he was honoured to receive the fellowship.

"It is a great opportunity to receive this level of funding to be used specifically for an international initiative," he said.