A prime focus for the Department of Information Engineering is its supervision of graduate students. Indeed, supervision has equal place along with international level research and postdoctoral supervision. Industrial and other outside interactions are also geared to support the graduate students.
Historically, our emphasis at the graduate level has been on PhD student
education, although recently there has been more supervision of students
at the Master's level.
Students have their own desktop computers to a powerful network with appropriate resources. Every effort is made to attract students with Supplementary Scholarships to those eligible, and travel support to present papers at international conferences (up to AUD$6,000 per student).
Students are closely supervised, even on a daily basis at times in the
early stages. Of course, it is hoped that students are more independent
of their supervisors towards the end of their program. Also, a key part
of our approach is to connect students into the international network of
workers in their field by having a strong visitor and seminar program.
RSISE doctoral students are required to undertake some technical broadening
coursework during their course and are encouraged to participate in several professional
development courses on offer.
Students usually submit their thesis at about the three year mark, this
being possible with the supervision support gained. Many have generated
their theses on a progressive basis, one paper (chapter) every six months
or so. These papers are presented to staff and students as seminars and
in poster format, many available on the student web-pages.
Some students have outplacements for a few months in industry or overseas
laboratories during their program. This allows for development of other
dimensions than the ANU can provide, and guides in career path selection.
Students come from backgrounds in Engineering, Mathematics and Computer
Science. They are supervised by a tenured staff member, often with the
support of postdoctoral students and colleagues as advisors. For further
information and application details, see
ANU Graduate Program in Engineering and Information Science (including Computer Science)
Graduate Education in the Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering (RSISE)
