News
CIS researcher discusses electoral processes for The Conversation
Dr Lee Naish from the Department of Computing and Information Systems has written a piece for The Conversation, discussing Proportional Representation in Australia, and the appointment of new members in vacant seats.
14 May 2013
Rankings jump for Computing and Information Systems and Chemical Engineering
The latest QS World University Rankings by subject have seen huge jumps for The University of Melbourne in the areas of Computing and Information Systems and Chemical Engineering.
10 May 2013
Geek Girls film screening and Women in ICT Panel
A Women in ICT event will be held at the University of Melbourne on 3 May, featuring a panel of leading ICT experts from IBM, NICTA, the Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative and Blamey Saunders, and a screening of the documentary She++, which celebrates women in technology.
23 April 2013
Computing research students target online child sex trafficking
A team of graduate Computing and Information Systems students has been working on a website to combat child sex trafficking.
16 April 2013
ICT student projects in industry: a winning combination
The Department of Computing and Information Systems is delighted to announce that it will be teaming with Evado eClinical and Billcap, as part of a the Victorian Government's Technology Student Accelerator Program.
9 April 2013
IBES research into elderly and technology featured in Voice
Research looking into how technology can be used to combat social isolation in elderly people has been featured in the University of Melbourne Voice and distributed via The Age.
9 April 2013
eResearch to benefit urban Australia
Professor Richard Sinnott has spoken to Annie Rahilly about the Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN) project and the challenges of collecting and managing very large data sets that will have far reaching impacts on urban Australia, for this month’s edition of Voice.
8 April 2013
First Master of Engineering graduates join the Alumni community
The Melbourne School of Engineering has welcomed the first cohort of Master of Engineering graduates to its Alumni community. There were 615 Engineering and IT graduates in total at December’s graduation event at Melbourne’s Royal Exhibition Building.
3 April 2013
Suelette Dreyfus discusses whistleblower protection in The Conversation
Dr Suelette Dreyfus from the Department of Computing and Information Systems has written for The Conversation about new Federal legislation to protect whistleblowers.
3 April 2013
IT researchers recording and preserving Amazonian language
Associate Professor Steven Bird from the Department of Computing and Information Systems has written for The Conversation about his work to record and preserve the critically endangered Amazonian language Tembé.
3 April 2013
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