Prof. Schneider holds a PhD degree in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from the University of Bern, Switzerland, and has more then 20 years experience in the Higher Education Sector in Australia. He has held a variety of leadership positions and is currently the Associate Dean (Education) of the Faculty of IT at Monash University.

His main research interests lie in the general area of reliable software technologies with a special focus on component technologies and user-centred approaches. More specifically, his research interests are in object-oriented and concurrent/distributed/service-oriented software systems, service virtualization, software metrics, cloud and mobile computing, and quantum software. Furthermore, he is interested in methodologies and tools in the context of the evolution of object- and component-based software systems, agile software development processes, as well as the influence and applicability of software development methodologies in tertiary education.