Research
As a leading world University, our research activities are at the forefront of knowledge creation in the IT disciplines.
Strong support from the Australian Research Council and other national and international funding bodies means that our research activities enjoy unrivalled recognition. Staff from the department are leaders in a range of technical topic areas; are regular contributors to and leaders of peak international conferences and technical symposia; and have publication citation rates that place them amongst the most respected computing and information systems researchers in the world.
The Department and its staff have also hosted a wide range of premier international conferences.
Current projects include: data mining for health and network security; medical image processing and early tumor recognition; cloud and grid computing technologies for business and scientific applications; business strategies for IT uptake and adoption; remote support mechanisms for socially isolated groups; sensor networks for smart cities and sustainable transport; technologies for manipulation, preservation, retrieval, and understanding of spoken and written language; and advanced optimisation tools for the mining, supply chain management, logistics, and planning industries.
Research Centres
The Melbourne research environment is rich with related centers and research activities.
These institutes and organisations provide opportunities for interaction and collaborative work with our staff and students, and form the largest cluster of IT research in Australia.
National ICT Australia (NICTA)
Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society (IBES)
Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative (VLSCI)