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 major objective of the Gippsland School of Computing and Information Technology is to generate, evaluate and transmit knowledge through teaching, research and professional activity within its fields of expertise, for the benefit of both the region served by the Gippsland campus, and the wider national and international community.
The Gippsland School of Computing and Information Technology seeks to:
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.
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.
Application to the delivery of courses by distance education.
Mr M Hassan, Mr D Thomson, Mr J Hewson, Ms K Styles.
Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks, performance analysis.
Mr M Hassan, Dr S Suthaharan.
Image processing, video coding and computer graphics.
Dr S Suthaharan, Dr S Rahman.
Distributed systems: design and synchronisation issues, system development over broadband ISDN (ATM), applications of distributed multimedia to education, multimedia communication.
Dr Guojun Lu, Dr S Rahman.
Applications to concurrent systems and to logic synthesis.
Associate Professor R Bignall, Dr H Selvaraj.
Management of quality, just-in-time, flexible manufacturing systems, technology management, forecasting and applications of neural networks.
Dr B Nath, Dr R Sarker.
Application of genetic algorithms and related heuristics to combinatorial optimisation and control problems and to scheduling.
Associate Professor R Bignall, Dr B Nath, Mr M Mohammadian.
Reliability modelling of power station plant life. Business systems reliability analysis.
Dr B Nath.
For further information contact Associate Professor R Bignall, telephone (03) 9902 6464 or Dr B Nath, (03) 9902 6468.
System development is the synthesis of computer-based information systems and software systems, and encompasses the processes involved in the system development lifecycle, including the determination of user requirements, systems analysis, systems design, software design and development, software testing and verification and software maintenance. Besides arriving at an understanding of these processes, students taking the system development major will acquire practical knowledge and skills appropriate to computing professionals working in systems development and related areas including: a sound understanding of computer hardware and software technology, a knowledge of computer architecture, systems software and database technology, and skills in software design and computer programming.
In their final year students have the opportunity to apply their theoretical knowledge in a practical setting, for example by undertaking a significant project. They also choose from a range of more advanced studies and develop to a greater depth relevant knowledge and skills in selected areas such as data communications and networks, systems programming, artificial intelligence, information systems management, computer graphics, object-oriented system development, multimedia systems or client-server and mobile databases.
On completion of the major in systems development, students will be able to:
The business systems major integrates the study of computer based management systems and professional computing. The primary aim of the major is to provide graduates who have been trained in the application of computers and information technology to the solution of problems that arise in management and decision making. This includes a sound understanding of hardware and software technology programming, systems analysis and design and database management. Computer-based models for decision marking, general operations management and the management of information systems are also studied. In the final year students apply their theoretical knowledge in a practical way by undertaking a significant project.
On completion of the Bachelor of Computing with a major in business systems students will have an understanding of:
Gippsland School of Computing and Information Technology world wide web address:
http://www-gscit.fcit.monash.edu.au/