Doctorates (and Masters of Philosophy) in the School of Information Technology

The School of IT offers research opportunities in a range of Computer Science and Information Systems related areas. A friendly, cooperative working environment which encourages and supports both specialised and cross-disciplinary projects. Qualified staff combine their own research programs with supervision of and collaboration with research students working on advanced IT technologies, theories and social-cultural impact studies.

Computer Science research covers a range of theoretical and applied work. Particular strengths include image recognition, image processing, parallel computing, intelligent agents, complex adaptive systems and bioinformatics. Projects involving distributed systems, software engineering, communication networks and computer security are also under way.

Information Systems research enhances and complements the technological work by casting it into a social, cultural and organisational context. For example, the School studies indigenous and end-user construction of systems of information. The role of specific technologies within systemic human activities is addressed in several lines of research, especially in IS development computing education and decision support. Human-computer interaction, multimedia and culture-specific IS are other major themes of research.

The range of research interests of potential supervisors can be gauged from the school research groups.

Regulations

See handbook postgraduate research information.

How to Apply

See application procedures.

It might also be a good idea to identify and contact a potential supervisor within the staff of the School of IT. See the academic staff list or the various research groups within the school.

For general enquiries about procedures see here. Contact A/Prof. Lance Fung, Coordinator of Postgraduate Research Studies, School of IT for enquiries about School Postgraduate research matters.

Scholarships

See Research Degrees and Scholarships page for more information about University scholarships. Application forms are also available online for University scholarships.