Doctor Ante Prodan

Doctor Ante Prodan

Senior Lecturer in Computational Epidemiology,
Computing & ICT

Biography

My goal is to make human society better by reducing inequalities. My work is in the areas of dynamic data-driven computer simulation and systems science. The product of my work is decision and research support software that applies agent and discrete event based models, LLMs,  and metaprogramming techniques to solve complex problems in the area of public health.

I am currently a Senior Lecturer in Computational Epidemiology at Western Sydney University School of Computer, Data and Mathematical Science. I am also a research associate at the Brain and Mind Centre, Sydney University.

Potential PhD students

If you are interested in doing a research degree under my supervision, please read some of my recent papers before you contact me. I can supervise only students with the background in computer science interested in systems science, modelling and computer simulation. If you believe that this is the area of interest, feel free to email me and clearly state the following in two separate paragraphs:

  • Describe your background in computer science or related areas (e.g. mathematics, statistics, software development).
  • Describe why you are interested in doing a research degree with me, reflecting on my published work.

More details available at ORCid.

This information has been contributed by Doctor Prodan.

Qualifications

  • PhD University of Technology, Sydney

Professional Memberships

  • ACM (2005)

Interests

  • Computational Epidemiology
  • Online Teaching and Learning
  • Simulation Modelling in Healthcare
  • AnyLogic (multimethod simulation modelling tool)
  • R (free software environment for statistical computing and graphics)

Organisational Unit (School / Division)

  • Computing & ICT

Contact

Email: A.Prodan@westernsydney.edu.au
Phone: (02) 9685 9391
Mobile: 0430029115
Location: ER.G.08
Parramatta

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Teaching

Previous Teaching Areas

  • 300255 Network Management, 2010
  • 300580 Programming Fundamentals, 2013
  • 300580 Programming Fundamentals, 2014
  • 300695 Network Technologies, 2010
  • 300695 Network Technologies, 2011
  • 300695 Network Technologies, 2012
  • 300695 Network Technologies, 2013
  • 300695 Network Technologies, 2014
  • 300695 Network Technologies, 2015
  • 300695 Network Technologies, 2016
  • 300695 Network Technologies, 2017
  • 300695 Network Technologies, 2018
  • 300695 Network Technologies, 2019
  • 301167 Simulation Fundamentals, 2017
  • 301167 Simulation Fundamentals, 2018
  • 301167 Simulation Fundamentals, 2019

Publications

Chapters in Books

  • Curry, J., Fitzgerald, A., Prodan, A., Dadich, A. and Sloan, T. (2014), 'Combining patient journey modelling and visual multi-agent computer simulation : a framework to improving knowledge translation in a healthcare environment', Investing in E-Health: People, Knowledge and Technology for a Healthy Future: Selected Papers from the 22nd Australian National Health Informatics Conference (HIC 2014), IOS Press 9781614994268.
  • Prodan, A. and Mirchandani, V. (2009), 'Channel assignment techniques for 802.11-based multiradio wireless mesh networks', Guide to Wireless Mesh Networks, Springer 9781848009080.
  • Mirchandani, V. and Prodan, A. (2009), 'Mobility management in wireless mesh networks', Guide to Wireless Mesh Networks, Springer 9781848009080.

Journal Articles

  • Skinner, A., Occhipinti, J., Prodan, A., Song, Y. and Hickie, I. (2023), 'Bi-stability and critical transitions in mental health care systems : a model-based analysis', International Journal of Mental Health Systems, vol 17, no 1 .
  • Occhipinti, J., Buchanan, J., Hynes, W., Eyre, H., Tran, K., Song, Y., Fels, A., Skinner, A., Rosenberg, S., Prodan, A., Ujdur, G., Natsky , A., Henderson , T., Hasudungan, R. and Hickie, I. (2023), 'Estimating the mental wealth of nations : valuing social production and investment', Nature Mental Health, vol 1, no 4 , pp 247 - 253.
  • Capon, W., Hickie, I., Fetanat, M., Variudel, M., LaMonica, H., Prodan, A., Piper, S., Davenport, T., Mughal, S., Shah, J., Scott, E. and Iorfino, F. (2023), 'A multidimensional approach for differentiating the clinical needs of young people presenting for primary mental health care', Comprehensive Psychiatry, vol 126 .
  • Man Yeung Tai, A., Meyer, M., Varidel, M., Prodan, A., Vogel, M., Iorfino, F. and Krausz, R. (2023), 'Exploring the potential and limitations of ChatGPT for academic peer-reviewed writing : addressing linguistic injustice and ethical concerns', Journal of Academic Language and Learning, vol 17 , pp 16 - 30.
  • Occhipinti, J., Hynes, W., Geli, P., Eyre, H., Song, Y., Prodan, A., Skinner, A., Ujdur, G., Buchanan, J., Green, R., Rosenberg, S., Fels, A. and Hickie, I. (2023), 'Building systemic resilience, productivity and well-being : a mental wealth perspective', BMJ Global Health, vol 8 .
  • Iorfino, F., Varidel, M., Marchant, R., Cripps, S., Crouse, J., Prodan, A., Oliveria, R., Carpenter, J., Hermens, D., Guastella, A., Scott, E., Shah, J., Merikangas, K., Scott, J. and Hickie, I. (2023), 'The temporal dependencies between social, emotional and physical health factors in young people receiving mental healthcare : a dynamic Bayesian network analysis', Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, vol 32 .
  • Iorfino, F., McHugh, C., Richards, M., Skinner, A., Prodan, A., Occhipinti, J., Song, Y., Chiu, S., Judkins, S., Scott, E. and Hickie, I. (2023), 'Patterns of emergency department presentations for a youth mental health cohort : data-linkage cohort study', BJPsych Open, vol 9, no 5 .
  • Occhipinti , J., Rose, D., Skinner, A., Rock, D., Song, Y., Prodan, A., Rosenberg, S., Freebairn, L., Vacher, C. and Hickie, I. (2022), 'Sound decision making in uncertain times : can systems modelling be useful for informing policy and planning for suicide prevention?', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol 19, no 3 .
  • Occhipinti, J., Buchanan, J., Skinner, A., Song, Y., Tran, K., Rosenberg, S., Fels, A., Doraiswamy, P., Meier, P., Prodan, A. and Hickie, I. (2022), 'Measuring, modeling, and forecasting the mental wealth of nations', Frontiers in Public Health, vol 10 .
  • Capon, W., Hickie, I., Varidel, M., Prodan, A., Crouse, J., Carpenter, J., Cross, S., Nichles, A., Zmicerevska, N., Guastella, A., Scott, E., Scott, J., Shah, J. and Iorfino, F. (2022), 'Clinical staging and the differential risks for clinical and functional outcomes in young people presenting for youth mental health care', BMC Medicine, vol 20, no 1 .
  • Law, P., Too, L., Hill, N., Robinson, J., Gould, M., Occhipinti, J., Spittal, M., Witt, K., Sinyor, M., Till, B., Osgood, N., Prodan, A., Zahan, R. and Pirkis, J. (2022), 'A pilot case-control study of the social media activity following cluster and non-cluster suicides in Australia', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol 19, no 1 .
  • Skinner, A., Walker, P., Atkinson, J., Whitehead, R., Roselli, T., West, M., Bright, M., Heffernan, M., McDonnell, G., Veerman, L., Prodan, A., Thomas, D. and Burton, S. (2021), 'Policy options for endgame planning in tobacco control : a simulation modelling study', Tobacco Control, vol 30, no 1 , pp 77 - 83.
  • Ahlip, R., Park, L., Prodan, A. and Weissenhofer, S. (2021), 'Forward start options under Heston affine jump-diffusions and stochastic interest rate', International Journal of Financial Engineering, vol 8, no 1 .
  • Iorfino, F., Atkinson, J., Skinner, A., Davenport, T., Rowe, S., Prodan, A., Sturgess, J. and Hickie, I. (2021), 'The impact of technology-enabled care coordination in a complex mental health system : a local system dynamics model', Journal of Medical Internet Research, vol 23, no 6 .
  • Iorfino, F., Piper, S., Prodan, A., LaMonica, H., Davenport, T., Lee, G., Capon, W., Scott, E., Occhipinti, J. and Hickie, I. (2021), 'Using digital technologies to facilitate care coordination between youth mental health services : a guide for implementation', Frontiers in Health Services, vol 1 .
  • Freebairn, L., Atkinson, J., Qin, Y., Nolan, C., Kent, A., Kelly, P., Penza, L., Prodan, A., Safarishahrbijari, A., Qian, W., Maple-Brown, L., Dyck, R., McLean, A., McDonnell, G. and Osgood, N. (2020), ''Turning the tide' on hyperglycemia in pregnancy : insights from multiscale dynamic simulation modeling', BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, vol 8, no 1 .
  • Atkinson, J., Song, Y., Merikangas, K., Skinner, A., Prodan, A., Iorfino, F., Freebairn, L., Rose, D., Ho, N., Crouse, J., Zipunnikov, V. and Hickie, I. (2020), 'The science of complex systems is needed to ameliorate the impacts of COVID-19 on mental health', Frontiers in Psychiatry, vol 11 .
  • Roberts, N., Li, V., Atkinson, J., Heffernan, M., McDonnell, G., Prodan, A., Freebairn, L., Lloyd, B., Nieuwenhuizen, S., Mitchell, J., Lung, T. and Wiggers, J. (2019), 'Can the target set for reducing childhood overweight and obesity be met? : a system dynamics modelling study in New South Wales, Australia', Systems Research and Behavioral Science, vol 36, no 1 , pp 36 - 52.
  • Atkinson, J., Page, A., Heffernan, M., McDonnell, G., Prodan, A., Campos, B., Meadows, G. and Hickie, I. (2019), 'The impact of strengthening mental health services to prevent suicidal behaviour', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, vol 53, no 7 , pp 642 - 650.
  • Meadows, G., Prodan, A., Patten, S., Shawyer, F., Francis, S., Enticott, J., Rosenberg, S., Atkinson, J., Fossey, E. and Kakuma, R. (2019), 'Resolving the paradox of increased mental health expenditure and stable prevalence', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, vol 53, no 9 , pp 844 - 850.
  • Atkinson, J., Page, A., Skinner, A., Heffernan, M., Prodan, A. and Hickie, I. (2019), 'The impact of reducing psychiatric beds on suicide rates', Frontiers in Psychiatry, vol 10 .
  • Atkinson, J., Knowles, D., Wiggers, J., Livingston, M., Room, R., Prodan, A., McDonnell, G., O?Donnell, E., Jones, S., Haber, P., Muscatello, D., Ezard, N., Phung, N., Freebairn, L., Indig, D., Rychetnik, L., Ananthapavan, J. and Wutzke, S. (2018), 'Harnessing advances in computer simulation to inform policy and planning to reduce alcohol-related harms', International Journal of Public Health, vol 63, no 4 , pp 537 - 546.
  • Page, A., Atkinson, J., Heffernan, M., McDonnell, G., Prodan, A., Osgood, N. and Hickie, I. (2018), 'Static metrics of impact for a dynamic problem : the need for smarter tools to guide suicide prevention planning and investment', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, vol 52, no 7 , pp 660 - 667.
  • Atkinson, J., Prodan, A., Livingston, M., Knowles, D., O?Donnell, E., Room, R., Indig, D., Page, A., McDonnell, G. and Wiggers, J. (2018), 'Impacts of licensed premises trading hour policies on alcohol-related harms', Addiction, vol 113, no 7 , pp 1244 - 1251.
  • Atkinson, J., Page, A., Prodan, A., McDonell, G. and Osgood, N. (2018), 'Systems modelling tools to support policy and planning', The Lancet, vol 391, no 10126 , pp 1158 - 1159.
  • Ahlip, R., Park, L. and Prodan, A. (2018), 'Semi-analytical option pricing under double Heston jump-diffusion hybrid model', Journal of Mathematical Sciences and Modelling, vol 1, no 3 , pp 138 - 152.
  • Ahlip, R., Park, L. and Prodan, A. (2017), 'Pricing currency options in the Heston/CIR double exponential jump-diffusion model', International Journal of Financial Engineering, vol 4, no 1 .
  • Ahlip, R. and Prodan, A. (2015), 'Pricing FX options in the Heston/CIR jump-diffusion model with log-normal and log-uniform jump amplitudes', International Journal of Stochastic Analysis, vol 2015 .
  • Debenham, J. and Prodan, A. (2013), 'The 'two-hop principle' : stability of MAS in communications networks', Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8062 , pp 281 - 292.
  • Prodan, A., Mirchandani, V. and Debenham, J. (2008), 'A topology control-based self-organisation in wireless mesh networks', International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems, vol 1, no 4/5/6 , pp 373 - 397.

Conference Papers

  • Prodan, A., Iorfino, F., Glavatskiy, K., Varidel, M., Ahlip, R. and Hickie, I. (2021), 'Functional components used in agent-based models of mental illness progression and intervention', MSSANZ/IMACS Biennial Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Sydney, N.S.W..
  • Iorfino, F., Prodan, A., Varidel, M., Glavatskiy, K., Ahlip, R. and Hickie, I. (2021), 'Modelling social and occupational outcomes for young people who attend early intervention mental health services', MSSANZ/IMACS Biennial Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Sydney, N.S.W..
  • Iorfino, F., Ho, N., Marchant, R., Prodan, A., Atkinson, J., Cripps, S. and Hickie, I. (2020), 'Interrogating the complexity and dynamics of youth mental health among a cohort with emerging mental disorders', American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. Annual Meeting, online.
  • Freebairn, L., Kreuger, K., Watson, C., Yang, Z., Prodan, A., Graham, K., Draper, G., McDonnell, G., Nixon, E. and Atkinson, J. (2019), '"Stopping before you start" : reducing and preventing initiation of tobacco use in the ACT', MSSANZ/IMACS Biennial Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Canberra, A.C.T..
  • Prodan, A., Liyanage, L. and Ginige, J. (2017), 'Exploring cannulation process in chemotherapy through a computer simulation', International Conference on Computational Modeling and Simulation, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • Heffernan, M., Atkinson, J., McDonnell, G., Roberts, N., Li, V., Freebairn, L., Davison, J. and Prodan, A. (2017), 'Reducing childhood overweight and obesity : can the target be reached by 2025?', System Dynamics Society. International Conference, Cambridge, Mass..
  • Ahlip, R., Park, L. and Prodan, A. (2016), 'Pricing currency options in the Heston/CIR double exponential jump-diffusion model', Portuguese Finance Network. Finance Conference, Covilh?, Portugal.
  • Prodan, A. and Curry, J. (2014), 'A case study on parsing chemotherapy related free-text data', Australian National Health Informatics Conference, Melbourne, Vic..
  • Prodan, A. and Debenham, J. (2013), 'A measurement protocol for channel assignment based topology control on multi-radio wireless mesh networks', IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, Split, Croatia.
  • Curry, J. and Prodan, A. (2013), 'Using visual tools to improve clinical engagement and group understanding of complex IT concepts', MEDINFO, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Hiatt, T. and Prodan, A. (2011), 'Investigating channel bonding and TXOP in 802.11n wireless networks', TENCON 2011, Bali, Indonesia.
  • Lin, K., Simoff, S., Prodan, A. and Debenham, J. (2010), 'Load prediction in communications network', 2010 International Conference on Information, Networking and Automation (ICINA), Kunming, China.
  • Debenham, J. and Prodan, A. (2008), 'Validation of two distributed, autonomous self-organisation algorithms for 802.11 mesh networks by simulation', Spring Simulation Multiconference, Ottawa, Canada.
  • Mirchandani, V., Prodan, A. and Debenham, J. (2007), 'Impact of topology control on the performance of a self-organization scheme for wireless mesh networks', International Conference on Wireless Internet, Austin, Tex..
  • Prodan, A., Mirchandani, V., Debenham, J. and Green, L. (2007), 'Performance evaluation of a self-organising scheme for multi-radio wireless mesh networks', International Conference on Wireless Broadband and Ultra Wideband Communications, Sydney, N.S.W..
  • Mirchandani, V., Prodan, A. and Debenham, J. (2007), 'A method and study of topology control based self-organization in mesh networks', International Conference on Access Networks, Ottawa, Ont..
  • Mirchandani, V. and Prodan, A. (2007), 'Evaluation of a self-organization scheme with topology control in mesh networks', TENCON, Taipei, Taiwan.

Other Publications

  • 2021, 'Best Care, First Time: Optimising Youth Mental Health Services Using Digital Technologies', Report

Ante’s research focuses on applying computer simulation and datamining techniques to healthcare modelling problems. He is participating in projects at the Australian Partnership Prevention Centre, the Sax Institute, across the Synthesis Capacity, including targeting modelling and simulation of mental health and suicide, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and alcohol harm reduction.

Ante was also involved in modelling of chemotherapy resource utilisation at Hunter New England Local Health District, where he conducted a research project on using predictive modelling to optimise patient journey for the New England North West Regional Cancer Centre in Tamworth.

Ante obtained his PhD in computer science through a linkage research project between Bell Labs and University of Technology Sydney.

This information has been contributed by Doctor Prodan.

Previous Projects

Title: Simulation and modelling in the area of youth mental health
Funder:
  • Computer Simulation & Advanced Research Technologies Ltd
Western Researchers: Ante Prodan
Years: 2021-09-01 - 2022-03-31
ID: P00027468
Title: Clinical decision support tool for youth mental health
Funder:
  • Computer Simulation & Advanced Research Technologies Ltd
Western Researchers: Ante Prodan
Years: 2022-03-01 - 2023-12-31
ID: P00027818
Title: Decision Aid for Clinical Obesity Services (DACOS): the DACOS pilot study
Funder:
  • National Association of Clinical Obesity Services Incorporated
  • University of Western Sydney
Western Researchers: Evan Atlantis, Ante Prodan and Paul Fahey
Years: 2019-11-04 - 2021-12-17
ID: P00026163
Title: Dynamic Modelling, Synthesis Capacity
Funder:
  • The Sax Institute (Philanthropic)
  • The Sax Institute
Western Researchers: Ante Prodan
Years: 2016-01-28 - 2018-12-31
ID: P00024146
Title: Chemotherapy Nursing Resources Utilisation Model
Funder:
  • Hunter New England Local Health District
Western Researchers: Ante Prodan and Anupama Ginige
Years: 2015-08-24 - 2016-05-27
ID: P00024382
Title: Using predictive modelling to optimize the patient journey for the New England North West Regional Cancer Centre Tamworth
Funder:
  • Hunter New England Local Health District
Western Researchers: Ante Prodan
Years: 2011-09-13 - 2016-12-31
ID: P00020477

Supervision

Current Supervision

Thesis Title: Examining the Patient Journey Model and its Influence on Clinical Architectural Design
Field of Research:
Thesis Title: Development of an Innovative Lean Implementation Framework for Emergency Departments to Improve Patient Flow
Field of Research:
Thesis Title: Using big data methods to examine relationships between wellbeing and social networks
Field of Research:
Thesis Title: A suicide prevention surveillance and simulation system for Western Sydney
Field of Research:
Thesis Title: Data Integration and Data Mining Framework to Discover Impact of Climate Change on Asthma
Field of Research:

Previous Supervision

Thesis Title: Spatio-temporal Data Analysis to Identify Environmental Risk Factors Associated with Diabetes Prevalence and Severity by Data Integration and Data Mining: Results to Be Explored Using Gene Expression Data
Field of Research:

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