IT News

IT news in the world of Computer Science and Software Engineering

• CS Graduates in Demand available here

• More & More IT Jobs Now! There are more IT jobs now than there were six years ago at the height of the IT boom more info here

• Myths about women in IT from Australian Computer Society ACS available here

• IT salaries report from Australia Computer Society ACS available here

• After years in the wilderness, the Australian IT industry is again booming as major industries across the country invest heavily in their IT infrastructure. Full details are available here

• Computer Science Education - IBM developerWorks (05/03/06); Booch, Grady. Full details are available here

• Women in Engineering Group Celebrates Record Growth For the IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) group, if strength is measured in numbers, then last year was the group's strongest ever. More than 1500 people joined, the largest annual jump in its history. Last year also saw the formation of 43 WIE Affinity Groups and Student Affinity Groups, the most ever established in one year. Find out more about this growth here

• The best job in America! The CNN Money Magazine and Salary.Com have ranked the jobs of Software Engineer and Computer IT Analyst as 1st & 7th respectively in their list of top 10 jobs in the US ranked on salary & job prospects! Click HERE for full details

• THIS Slashdot article speaks of the dearth of talented people to fill the vacancies created by the fast pace of growth in jobs in the IT industry. It describes the viability of Computer Science as a major and a career (8th Apr 2006)

• Interesting interview with Gina Poole, IBM Vice President of Inovation and University Relations on Computer Science as it stands today, and into the future (IBM, 11th Apr 2006)

• The Higher Education Academy for ICS, in conjuction with London South Bank University, is running a Schools Outreach Workshop on 19th May 2006 in London. Please refer to the circular on the Schools Outreach Workshop for additional information, including a link to the draft programme

• Professor George Milne of Computer Science at UWA has received a grant from the Federal government to model and simulate the potential spread of bird flu in Australia. Full details are available on the Science Network

• UK Government provides funding for Computer Club for Girls to encourage more females into Computer Science, as reported in The Independent on January 12 2006.

• Google plots local map, an article published in The Australian on 14 December 2005.

• Grads to Win in Job Bounce is an article published in The Australian on 6 December 2005.

• UNSW develops kids' programming language published in The Age on 5 December 2005 is about University of NSW project to teach children basics of programming.

• Blue Skies Ahead For IT Jobs is an article published in CIO magazine on 1 December 2005, suggests how to recruite more students in to IT environment