Biography
Dario Toncich was born in Melbourne Australia in 1960 and graduated, with honours in Electrical Engineering, from the University of Melbourne in 1983.  His industry based
research led to a Master of Engineering (by Research) from SIT and a PhD from SUT.  Since that time, he has held industrial, academic and research leadership positions, and
has been involved in numerous research and development programs.  In 1988, Dr. Toncich was appointed as the foundation research manager for the (then) recently
established Key Centre for Computer Integrated Manufacture (CIM).  In 1996,  when the university expanded the CIM Centre into an industrial research institute (IRIS), he went on
to become a research leader in automation and control; subsequently headed the Institute’s postgraduate research and coursework programs, and contributed towards its
strategic planning activities.  In 2006, IRIS became one of Australia's longest established industry-oriented research and development centres, having celebrated its 21st
anniversary.

Dr. Toncich has authored and coauthored a number of research papers in his field.  He has also contributed towards several federal reviews of national research policy and
expenditure.  His views on industry research and development have been cited in government reviews and editorialized in Business Review Weekly.  Dr. Toncich has
supervised 22 Doctoral and Master’s (by research) candidates to successful completion, and has  authored five books, including one on postgraduate research, which has
been adopted by numerous universities and research institutes as their training text for research students.  His field of research and Doctoral supervision has been in the areas
of automation and control, with emphasis on feedback signals and signature analysis for both industrial and biomedical devices.  Dr. Toncich's views and papers on higher
education and research practice have been cited by governments and universities
and appear regularly in Campus Review.

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