CECS - Hubs and Spokes News

HCI Summer School a great success
by Heather McEwen

2012-01-20 09:00:00

In a first for the College, the Research School of Computer Science (RSCS) presented a summer school on Human Computer Interaction (HCI) from 5 - 9 December 2011.

Forty students from ANU, UC, UniSA, QUT and Deakin University gathered for theoretical and practical workshops led by Dr Henry Gardner the Director of RSCS, and Professor Bruce Thomas, Deputy Director of the Advanced Computing Research Centre, University of South Australia. Professor Thomas is also Director of the Wearable Computer Lab.

The Summer School is the brainchild of both academics and is a collaboration between ANU and UniSA, as a summer course to help students to gain credits towards their degrees. It was supported by Microsoft Research and the Australian Government funded Engineering Hubs and Spokes project.

Reconciliation action plan adopted

2011-01-17 09:00:00

The ANU vision for reconciliation is to be a place of learning that respects Indigenous culture and diversity; a place where Indigenous and non-Indigenous people come together to engage with their chosen discipline, contextualised by an understanding of our shared history.

The ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science supports this vision to increase the number of Indigenous Australians in our discipline, share knowledge with our staff and students, and contribute to reconciliation within our communities.

The Executive Committee recently endorsed the CECS Reconciliation Action Plan to guide staff and students over the next five years.

Master of Engineering Practice

2010-12-22 09:00:00

"There are few topics that could be higher on the national, or international, agendas than sustainability and security," said Professor Baker, Dean of the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science.

This is what makes the new Masters of Engineering Practice (MEP) so attractive and enabling for engineers in terms of their career development and of Australia's regional and international interests.

Higher Education Down Under

2010-10-25 09:00:00

Does the increasing use of educational technology mean less time oncampus? How are these research-intensive varsities responding to thechanging learning needs of students? CECS academic staff comment on e-learning in this article by Kelly Ng, published on page 38 of the latest issue of FutureGov Magazine.

This article is reproduced with kind permission of FutureGov Asia Pacific magazine.

New Collaborative Masters Program Launched - by Heather McEwen

2010-10-07 09:00:00

There are few topics that could be higher on the national, or international, agendas than sustainability and security, said Professor Baker, Dean of the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science.

This is what makes the new Masters of Engineering Practice (MEP) so attractive and enabling for engineers in terms of their career development and of Australias regional and international interests.