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Doctor of Philosophy (SITACS)
Overview
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) candidates undertake in-depth research in order to make an original contribution to the body of knowledge in a chosen field of study. This qualification can lead to, or enhance, an academic career and is also highly regarded by public and private sector employers.
Entry Requirements/Assumed Knowledge
A four-year Honours Bachelor degree in Information and Communication Technology or Computer Science (a minimum of Class II, Division 2 or higher), or a Master of Information and Communication Technology – Research or Master of Computer Science – Research degree with strong performance in the 48 credit point thesis, or equivalent.
Course Requirements
This program is 100% by thesis. Candidates enrol in a 48 credit point thesis subject and repeat the same enrolment for each year of study, usually over three years of full-time study. Students may be required to attend lectures in relevant topics from time to time throughout the program.
Current Research Areas
e-Business Applications
- Customer relationship management
- e-commerce
- e-learning
- e-manufacturing
- Information management
- Supply chain management
Computer and Communication Security
- Cryptography
- Network and communication security
- Distributed systems security
- Error control coding
- Combinatorial designs
Multimedia Content Protection and Management
- Multimedia signal processing
- Content protection (encryption, watermarking, authentication)
- Digital rights management
- Image and video processing
- Digital camera image processing (de-mosaicing, AWB, colour correction)
- Video surveillance
- Multimedia content based annotation, browsing and searching
- Biometric security
Intelligent Systems
- Robotics
- Neural networks
- Machine vision
- Ultrasonic sensing
- Spatial databases
- Safety, risk and hazard analysis
- Distributed systems
- Databases
- Workflow and process modelling
- Software engineering
- Decision systems
- Supply chain management
Health Informatics
- Aged care
- Ambulatory care
- Electronic health records
- Health record input systems
- Point-of-care solutions
- Privacy issues in EHRs
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