About CIS
Formed in 2012 from the merger of Computer Science and Software Engineering, and Information Systems, CIS is one of Australia’s leading IT academic environments.
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Study With Us
We offer world-leading programs across the IT spectrum at all of undergraduate, graduate coursework, and graduate research levels, to both Australian and international students.
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Research
Our high international standing is a result of innovative research across a wide range of IT disciplines and their applications. We are home to ground-breaking projects that have a direct impact on society.
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Industry and Community
Our success is based on strong collaborations with industry, government, and alumni partners. Our students and associates are our best ambassadors.
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Vale Professor Steve Howard
The sudden death of Professor Steve Howard on April 19 has left the Department mourning the loss of a close colleague and friend. Steve commenced in the Department of Information Systems in 2000, and over the next decade his leadership transformed the department’s research agenda. Steve established the Interaction Design Laboratory, he served as Head of the Department of Information Systems from 2007–2010, and he was the inaugural Director of the Melbourne School of Information in 2012.
Steve will be sorely missed in the Department, and in the University more broadly. Our thoughts reach out to his family in Australia and the UK. Plans for an enduring acknowledgement of his legacy are currently under discussion.