Research in the School of Information Technology

 The School of IT at Murdoch, embracing Computer Science and Information Systems programmes is an excellent environment in which to pursue research in a variety of specialised and cross-disciplinary areas. Highly qualified staff, dedicated research laboratories and an ethos of interdisciplinarity provides a unique mix ranging from advanced technologies to cultural issues.

Computer Science research in the School of IT covers a range of topics from theoretical to application oriented work. Particular strengths include image recognition and processing, parallel computing, complex adaptive systems and bioinformatics. Distributed systems, software engineering and communication networks are also important areas of research effort.

Information Systems research both enhances and complements the more technological emphasis of Computer Science. Covering social, cultural and organisational aspects of IT, with an emphasis on indigenous and end-user construction of systems of information, IS research is more broadly conceived. The role of specific technologies within systemic human activity is addressed in several lines of research, especially in IS development, end user computing, computing education and decision support. HCI, multimedia and culture specific developments are other major themes of research.

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