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Research Opportunities for Students
Why do research in CSSE?
Dianne Pros
O’Leary, Computer Science, University of
Maryland A research project provides a unique opportunity to follow your interest in an area of computer science research. The focus is on your capacity for creative, independent research, critical thinking, time and project management and problem-solving, and you will also need to have, or to develop, excellent skills of organisation and communication of information. CSSE researchers are encouraged to travel and present their work at leading international conferences. Graduates with research experience are in high demand by employers for their generic or transferable skills, as well as their advanced knowledge of computer science and software engineering. Who can do research projects?
Research projects are available for CSSE students at any stage of their studies at UWA. Undergraduate: vacation research projects and the professional practicum are 8 to 12 week projects working with a member of academic staff, and sometimes an industry partner, on a specified research project. Talk to your lecturers about projects currently on offer. Honours and Masters by Coursework: A 24 point or 12 point research project is part of all Honours or Masters by Coursework degrees in CSSE. Postgraduates: PhD (or Masters research degree) is a 3.5 (or 2 year) full time research degree for students who have a 1st class or 2A Honours or equivalent. The degree of PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) is a supervised research degree, in which a student undertakes a research project, and presents the results in a thesis. A PhD thesis will demonstrate, in the context of a substantial and original contribution, mastery of the subject of concern as well as a furthering of understanding in that field of knowledge, through the discovery of knowledge, the formulation of theories, or the innovative re-interpretation of known data and established ideas. What projects are available ?CSSE offers projects in the many areas of
expertise of its academic staff. Research strengths in the School
include computer vision, wireless and sensor networks, adaptive
systems, logic and formal methods, software engineering and
bioinformatics. Some current project suggestions include: Adaptive Approaches to Object Tracking
in AIBO Robotic Dogs (Cara MacNish and Wei Liu)
SENSID on SunSPOTs: a Java implementation for the SunSPOT of a middleware framework for classifying sensor network observations (Rachel Cardell-Oliver and Mark Kranz) Saraswati: A lightweight system for bioinformatics information retrieval (Michael Wise) What will I be paid?In some cases, for practicum and honours, projects there are small scholarships available. Speak to the prospective project supervisor about this. PhD scholarships meet the cost of fees (for international
students) and a tax free living allowance. The basic scholarship
living allowance is around $20,000 per year, but top-ups are
available for certain projects and scholarships to a total of
around $30,000 pa. Remember it is tax free! PhD students often
undertake some tutoring and teaching duties in the School which
is paid at an hourly rate. What do I do next ?
Firstly, you should speak to your CSSE lecturers about projects on offer and your interests. Then make an application for research. For
PhD scholarships see the deadlines below and visit http://www.scholarships.uwa.edu.au/
For Australian and
New Zealand applicants, scholarship applications close: Wednesday
31st October 2007
See http://www.scholarships.uwa.edu.au/home/postgrad/engineering
or a member of CSSE staff about the various top up scholarships
available. A second round of applications for International Research Fee
Scholarships for China (IRFSC) will open on Monday 15 October
2007 and close on Tuesday 15 January 2008. The 2008 first round of applications for Scholarships for
International Research Fees (SIRF) will open on Tuesday 15
January 2008 and close on Friday 14 March 2008 See http://www.scholarships.uwa.edu.au/home/postgrad/international
for information about scholarships for international
applicants. Useful Web Links
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