School of Information Sciences & Engineering
ISE: Developments, Issues, Challenges & Plans
School of Information Sciences & Engineering
The School
• Comprises 3 Disciplines: Information Systems, Maths & Statistics,
and Software Engineering
• Academic Staff
Professors:
1
Associate Professors: 3
Senior Lecturers: 9
Lecturers: 14
Total staff: 27
Staff with PhDs: 20, Enrolled in PhD: 5
• Adjunct Staff – 21
• Evolved into well-integrated disciplines & harmonious group
• Established itself as a leading provider of ICT higher education for
the capital region needs
• Our courses are highly regarded for ‘responsiveness’ and quality
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Organisational System
Issues
Application
Technologies
Information
Systems
Software development
System
Infrastructure
Software
Engineering
Computer &
Network
Engineering
Computer Hardware,
Architecture &
Connectivity
Maths&Stats
DEVELOPMENT
Theory
Application
Principles
Innovation
Deployment
Theoretical
Applied
ISE Space: ‘Bits’ to Applications
Configuration
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Industry Trends
From Australian WorkPlace Web site, http://www.workplace.gov.au
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1.20
Relative Demand and Supply
1.00
0.80
0.60
University Completions
ICT Workforce
0.40
0.20
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95
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96
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97
19
98
19
99
20
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20
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20
02
20
03
20
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20
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20
06
0.00
Size of ICT workforce and University completions relative to 2003
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Changing skills needs
Organisational System
Issues
Application Technologies
Increasing
demand
Software development
System
Infrastructure
Computer Hardware,
Architecture &
Connectivity
DEVELOPMENT
Theory
Application
Principles
Innovation
Deployment
Theoretical
Applied
Configuration
Information professional-business analysts- data analysts/miners-statisticiansprogrammers-software engineers-computer scientists-engineers
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Our Response
• Local: Industry engagement & partnership, ACS
• International: partnerships with universities – projects,
academic visitors (China, India, Vietnam, Indonesia)
• Marketing – schools, colleges & VET
• Course re-focus to demand areas and articulation pathways
for multiple entry points
• New work integrated courses/internships/cadetships
• Delivery models for new demography & work patterns –
intensive/flexible
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Enrolment Trends in ISE
700
600
500
400
domestic student
EFTSL
300
international student
EFTSL
200
100
0
2004
2005
2006
2007
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Our Courses
– ACS accredited, multiple entry points, professional focus
• Bachelor of Business
Informatics
• Bachelor of Information
Technology
• Bachelor of Software
Engineering
• Bachelor of IT
Mainframe Computing
• (Double degrees)
• Service teaching
• Graduate Certificate in
IT or BI
• Graduate Diploma in IT
or BI
• Graduate Diploma in
Statistics
• Master of BI
• Master of IT
• Master of Technology
• Research Masters
• Prof Doctorate IT
• Doctor of Philosophy
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Design for different needs (similar for masters)
BSE
BBI
BIT
BIT MC
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Information Systems
Software
Engineering
Information
Systems
Maths &
Stats
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Information Systems
analyses human activity,
determines the kinds of data, information and knowledge
needed to enable people to act effectively and responsibly,
designs technology-based systems to support them and
evaluates the impact of those systems.
Based on theories of
information, human activity and organisations
IS studies
analysis techniques and methodologies,
human-computer interaction,
data and knowledge representation and design,
systems construction and validation,
project management and
the impacts of systems on people, organisations and society.
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UC Courses that Teach IS:
IS major in B. Business Informatics, BIT, BSE, BBA, MBI
IS Graduates:
Systems analyst / designer, evaluator / consultant
Business Analyst,
ICT project manager
Government
Consultancies
Business
Engagement:
Global IS Discipline – AAIS, ACPHIS, Editor-in-Chief AJIS, conference chairs etc
Professional bodies – ACS, CPA, PMI, ISACA
Consultancies/Projects – Greening Aust, Geosciences Aust, CPA, ATO, AGIMO,
Customs
Student internships, project work, research projects
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IS Research:
virtuality, ontology, ethics
IT governance, security
applications: e-learning, e-governance, e-business, e-research
data quality & visualisation
knowledge management
Future Developments:
Enterprise Architecture
Social Informatics
Project management – Prince 2
The Virtual Organisation
Systems Audit
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Mathematics & Statistics
• Teaching: Analysis of data sets and problem solving using
statistical/mathematical tools
• We employ the “mathematical method” – reductionist
approach
• Trains people to become secondary mathematics teachers,
primary teachers, mathematical/statistical researchers,
financial analysts, IT professionals,…
• There are 5.1 staff – 2 C, 3.1 B
• Staff are active in School and University wide service
• All staff active in the professions: community service,
research & publication
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Mathematics & Statistics
Future:
– Enhance our service teaching to the University
at large
– Do this by exploring possibility of team teaching
with other Schools/Disciplines
– Enhance our research output and collaboration
within the ACT and beyond
– Improve performance in procurement of external
funds for research
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Software Engineering
• Software engineering deals with software…
– …requirements, design, construction, testing, maint.
• Software engineering draws on the fields of…
– …comp eng, comp sci, mathematics & statistics
• Discipline of Software Engineering teaches…
– …programming, operating system, database,
– …networks, digital comms, security, GUI, web, etc.
• Discipline of SE has research strengths in…
– …speech & image processing, biometrics - NCBS
– …computer security
– ...agent technology & distributed system
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Quality Assurance, Engagement and Leadership
Strong Learning and Teaching focus evidenced by
activities, which reflect strategies included in our
Learning & Teaching Plans
1. Organisational
University Level
School Level
2. Student Support
3. Feedback
4. Scholarship
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Research
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Significant improvement in research profile
Research Training (32 HDR students, 8 completions per year)
National and international research linkages (UK, USA, New Zealand, Japan)
– Australian Leadership Award Fellowship for Multiagents in IT Security
Project Research Collaboration
Collaboration with business and government sectors (IBM, Sun Microsystems,
Microsoft, InTact, AGIMO, ActewAGL, Transact, Australian Customs, Australian
Institute of Sport)
National Centre for Biometric Studies (NCBS)
Research Funding
– ARC funded Thinking Head Project
– Carrick Institute Grant on Digital Learning Communities
– CPA Australia funded Project on Telework Practice
– Interdisciplinary grants (3) – with education, health and finance
– 6 UC internal grants
– Total of 13 grants in last 2 years
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Partners: Courses, Research, Internship/Cadetship
Microsoft
Sun
Microsystems
NICTA
Computer
Associates,
Compucat
ActewAGL,
Transact
AGIMO,
DEWR,
InTact
Canberra/Cal
vary Hospital,
AIS
ISE
ACS
Centrelink
KAZ
ATO
CIT, AIE
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Theme Areas for courses & research
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Information Systems
Software Engineering
Mathematics and Statistics
Network Computing
Security, Biometrics, Forensics
Enterprise Architecture, E-Government
Knowledge management
Systems & Infrastructure
Informatics (education, business, health, law)
Intelligent Agents
Gaming & Creative Multimedia
Speech and Language Processing
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Future
• Strengthen work based learning & student engagement
• Course development:
– Bach in Games Dev (AIE, CIT, Creative Comm, ISE)
– Pgrad Cert/Diploma in Security
– Pgrad Cert/Diploma in Biometrics
– Pgrad Cert/Diploma in IT Project Management
– Grad Cert/Grad Dip in IT Education
– Grad Cert/Grad Dip in Maths Education
• Flexible modes of delivery – combining online, intensive,
face2face and other digital means
• Continue strengthening research, teaching-research nexus
• Continue strengthening industry partnerships & collaboration
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Plans
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Learning & Teaching (operational)
ICT Infrastructure
Business plan
Strategic plan – for teaching & research
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Student feedback……..
• ‘All the UC subjects have been rewarding.
• I have been continually impressed by how relevant the
subject matter is to what is really going on in the IT
industry.
• I frequently found that as soon as learned something at
UC I had an immediate application for it at work.
• This goes against the common expectation that
universities teach mainly outdated & irrelevant skills.
• I am so glad I chose to study at UC.’
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