School of Information Sciences & Engineering ISE: Developments, Issues, Challenges & Plans.

School of Information Sciences & Engineering

ISE: Developments, Issues, Challenges & Plans


The School• Comprises 3 Disciplines: Information Systems, Maths & Statistics,

and Software Engineering • Academic Staff

Professors: 1 Associate Professors: 3Senior Lecturers: 9 Lecturers: 14Total 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


ISE Space: ‘Bits’ to ApplicationsISE Space: ‘Bits’ to Applications

Organisational System Issues

Application Technologies

Software development

System

Infrastructure

Computer Hardware, Architecture &

Connectivity

Theory

Principles

Innovation

Application

Deployment

ConfigurationTheoretical Applied

DEVELOPMENT

Computer & Network Engineering

Software Engineering

Information Systems

Maths&Stats


From Australian WorkPlace Web site, http://www.workplace.gov.au

Industry Trends


Relative Demand and Supply

Size of ICT workforce and University completions relative to 2003

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Organisational System Issues

Application Technologies

Software development

System

Infrastructure

Computer Hardware, Architecture &

Connectivity

Theory

Principles

Innovation

Application

Deployment

ConfigurationTheoretical Applied

DEVELOPMENT

Changing skills needs

Increasing demand

Information professional-business analysts- data analysts/miners-statisticians-programmers-software engineers-computer scientists-engineers


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


Enrolment Trends in ISE

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• 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

Our Courses – ACS accredited, multiple entry points, professional focus


Design for different needs (similar for masters)

BSE

BIT MCBBI BIT


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SoftwareEngineering

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Information Systems


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.


UC Courses that Teach IS:IS major in B. Business Informatics, BIT, BSE, BBA, MBI

IS Graduates: Systems analyst / designer, evaluator / consultant GovernmentBusiness Analyst, ConsultanciesICT project manager Business Engagement: Global IS Discipline – AAIS, ACPHIS, Editor-in-Chief AJIS, conference chairs etcProfessional bodies – ACS, CPA, PMI, ISACAConsultancies/Projects – Greening Aust, Geosciences Aust, CPA, ATO, AGIMO, CustomsStudent internships, project work, research projects


IS Research:virtuality, ontology, ethicsIT governance, securityapplications: e-learning, e-governance, e-business, e-researchdata quality & visualisationknowledge management

Future Developments:Enterprise ArchitectureSocial InformaticsProject management – Prince 2 The Virtual OrganisationSystems Audit


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


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


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


Quality Assurance, Engagement and Leadership

Strong Learning and Teaching focus evidenced by activities, which reflect strategies included in our Learning & Teaching Plans

1. OrganisationalUniversity Level

School Level

2. Student Support

3. Feedback

4. Scholarship


Research

• 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


Partners: Courses, Research, Internship/Cadetship

NICTA

Computer Associates

,Compucat

AGIMO, DEWR, InTact

ACS

KAZ

CIT, AIE

ATO

Centrelink

Canberra/Calvary

Hospital, AIS

ActewAGL, Transact

SunMicrosystems

Microsoft

ISE


Theme Areas for courses & research

• 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


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


Plans

• Learning & Teaching (operational)

• ICT Infrastructure

• Business plan

• Strategic plan – for teaching & research


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.’


Questions?

Thank You

School of Information Sciences & Engineering ISE: Developments, Issues, Challenges & Plans.

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