Background
Thom, James A. Son of Harol and Margaret Thom.
Thom, James A. Son of Harol and Margaret Thom.
Bachelor of Science with honors, University Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1980. Master of Science, University Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1986. Doctor of Philosophy, University Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1993.
Tutor, researcher University Melbourne, 1981—1987. Lecturer to senior lecturer Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Melbourne, 1987—2004, associate professor, since 2005. Visiting scientist eXtensible Markup Language Search, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Melbourne, 2002, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique, France, 2007.
Active member School Council, Brunswick North Primary School, Melbourne, 1993—2004, president, 1997—2000. Member of Association Computing Machinery.
Married Leanne Salau, 1986 (divorced 1999). Children: Katrina, Nicholas.