Course code: 0190 + Caulfield, Clayton, Gippsland, Berwick and Peninsula campuses + School coordinators: Dr Leonid Churilov (Business Systems), Dr Graham Farr, Dr David Squire (School of Computer Science and Software Engineering), Dr Graeme Johansen (School of Information Management and Systems), Dr Manzur Murshed (Gippsland School of Computing and Information Technology), Dr Kathy Blashki (School of Multimedia Systems) and Associate Professor Jun Han (School of Network Computing)
The Faculty of Information Technology offers a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) program by research in each of the academic units of the faculty, across five of the university's campuses. The degree is awarded for a thesis which, in the opinion of the examiners, makes a significant contribution to knowledge or understanding of any field of study with which the university is directly concerned. The award of the degree is generally accepted as showing that the candidate is capable of carrying out independent research.
Areas for research include graphics and image processing, artificial
intelligence, inductive inference, parallel and persistent computer
architectures, systems analysis and design methodologies, knowledge- based
systems, knowledge management, information systems management,
inter-organisational systems, data modelling, electronic commerce,
computer-assisted software engineering, programming paradigms and languages,
object-oriented systems, formal specification, software metrics, decision
support systems, executive information systems, network computing, computer and
network security, human-machine interfaces, distributed systems, information
storage and retrieval, robotics, digital communications, microelectronic
circuit design, digital systems design, and librarianship, archives and
records, network security, multimedia authoring, mobile and distributed
computing systems, image processing and computer vision, multimedia computing
and communication, electronic data interchange and internet commerce,
multimedia standards and protocols, multimedia interfaces, GUI design and
programming.
The degree is usually undertaken on a full-time basis over three years.
Part-time studies are available on conditions approved by the PhD and
Scholarships Committee.
In appropriate circumstances, enrolment for a masters degree by research may be
converted to enrolment for a PhD.
The minimum qualifications for admission to PhD candidature are: (a) a bachelors degree requiring at least four years of full-time study and normally including a research component in the fourth year, leading to an honours degree at first or upper second class level (HI or HIIA); or (b) a course leading to a masters preliminary qualification at a level rated by the relevant school and faculty as equivalent to a first or upper second class honours degree; or (c) a masters degree that comprises a significant research component, at least equivalent to (a) above.
The degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Monash signifies that the holder
has completed a course of postgraduate training in research under proper
academic supervision, and has submitted a thesis that the examiners have
declared to be a significant contribution to knowledge, and that demonstrates
the candidate's capacity to carry out independent research.
For further information about the PhD program and attendance requirements,
contact the Monash Research Graduate School in the Research Services Division
of Monash University, Clayton campus.
For further information about the research interests of each school within the
faculty, refer to the section titled `School information'. School coordinators
can provide advice and information about research topics and supervision.
Applications for PhD candidature can be made at any time of the year and
application forms are available from the faculty offices.
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