1999 Information Technology Handbooks - Gippsland School of Computing and Information Technology

Gippsland School of Computing and Information Technology

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Profile of the school

The Gippsland School of Computing and Information Technology has a mission to generate, evaluate and transmit knowledge through its teaching, research and professional activities.
It serves both the Gippsland region of the State of Victoria and, through the use of distance education and innovative teaching technologies, the wider national and international community.
Undergraduate courses in computing have been offered at the Gippsland campus since 1984 by an academic subgroup within the School of Applied Science. In 1992 a separate Division of Computing was created, operating as an academic department of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology and offering a range of undergraduate and graduate courses. It became a school in its own right at the start of 1995.
The Gippsland School of Computing and Information Technology seeks to:

equip its graduates with the knowledge, competence, aptitudes and skills required to operate effectively in their chosen profession;
foster in its students an intellectual curiosity as a preparation for lifelong learning;
promote a commitment in students and staff to serving their society, with an adherence to the highest ethical standards;
provide a high quality, challenging and supportive learning environment appropriate to the needs of on-campus, distance education and offshore students;
make available its intellectual resources to the region which it serves, and beyond, through applied research and consultancy which maintains the highest ethical standards;
contribute to the development of computing and information technology through research and professional service.

Teaching

The school carries out teaching and research with a primary focus on the use and application of information technology in commerce and industry. It offers two undergraduate courses, namely a degree (including an honours year) and a diploma, as well as a graduate certificate, two graduate diploma courses and a masters degree course. Two research degrees, the PhD and Master of Computing, are also offered.
The school makes extensive use of off-campus teaching modes. Apart from the research degrees all its courses are available by distance education, and it also offers a number of subjects through Open Learning Australia. In addition, the school delivers courses and subjects by distance education offshore in South-East Asia. A number of staff have particular interests in the use of information technology to support teaching and learning, with a focus on techniques appropriate to the distance learning modes.

Research

The school established a research centre to foster research in early 1996. Research interests of staff in the school include the areas of databases, data communications, image processing, multimedia information systems, multimedia communication, multiple-valued logic, artificial intelligence, operations management, operations research and optimisation techniques.

Gippsland School of Computing and Information Technology

Profile of the school

Teaching

Research

Computer-mediated communication and computer-aided learning

Academic staff

Data communications

Academic staff

Image processing

Academic staff

Multimedia information systems and communication

Academic staff

Multiple-valued logic

Academic staff

Operations management

Academic staff

Optimisation techniques

Academic staff

Reliability modelling

Academic staff

Further information