Doctor of Philosophy

Testamur Title of Degree:	Doctor of Philosophy
Abbreviation:	PhD
Home Faculty:	Informatics (School of Computer Science and Software Engineering)
Duration:	3 years full-time or part-time equivalent
Total Credit Points:	144
Delivery Mode:	Individual supervised research
Starting Session(s):	Autumn/Spring
Location:	Wollongong
UOW Course Code:	201
CRICOS Code:	001244E

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 Computer Science (a minimum of Class II, Division 2 or higher), 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

Security

Computer and Communication Security

Cryptography Theory and Combinatorial Design

Information Theory and Coding

Network Security

Multimedia Security

Software Engineering

Software Testing

Requirements Engineering

Business Process Management

Service-oriented Systems

Agent-oriented Software Engineering

Multimedia Information Processing

Image/Video Processing

Human Activity Detection and Recognition

Image/Video Annotation and Retrieval

Multimodal Biometrics and Crypto-biometrics

Multimedia Security and Forensics

Virtual Reality

Intelligent Systems

Robotics

Machine Learning

Machine Vision

Ultrasonic Sensing

Safety, Risk and Hazard Analysis

Distributed Systems

Agent and Multi-agent techniques

Data Mining and Modelling

Agent Programming

Constraint Programming

Knowledge Representation and Reasoning

Other Information

It is possible to downgrade enrolment from a PhD to a Master of Science - Research, with the permission of the Head of School. Further information is available at http://coursefinder.uow.edu.au/ or email: Informatics - informatics_studenq@uow.edu.au