Misplaced Pages

This article may require cleanup to meet Misplaced Pages's quality standards. The specific problem is: to meet MOS for university articles. Please help improve this article if you can. (August 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

The UNSW School of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) is part of the UNSW Faculty of Engineering and was founded in 1991 out of the former Department of Computer Science within the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. It is the highest ranked and largest School of its kind in Australia. The academic staff have research focus in areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Biomedical Image Computing, Data Knowledge, Embedded Systems, Networked Systems and Security, Programming Languages and Compilers, Service Oriented Computing, Theoretical Computer Science and Trustworthy Systems.

UNSW was a founding member of National ICT Australia (NICTA), which merged with CSIRO in 2015 to form Data61. CSE maintains strong ties with Data61.

The school has a number of notable alumni and former staff, including Associate Professor John Lions the author of the commentary on the UNIX operating system, a two-volume book entitled, a Source Code and Commentary on Unix Level 6) (A Commentary on the UNIX Operating System) who passed away in 1998.

Excellence in Research for Australia

Australian Research Council's Excellence in Research for Australia initiative results for World-Class Research in Information Technology

• 2020/21: Ranked first in Australia in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings
• 2018/19: Shared first with ANU for Computer Software
• 2018/19: Maintained a rating of 5 for broad research fields of Engineering and Information and Computing Sciences
• 2013: Only Australian University to achieve a rank of 5 (the highest ranking) in Computer Software
• 2011: Broadest range (5 areas, the next highest was only in 2 areas) in Australia

Rankings

School Achievements

Student projects

Students of the School are involved in a number of high-profile projects, including:

• rUNSWift, the University's team in the international RoboCup Standard Platform League competition, is the most successful team in the world, with wins in 2000, 2001, 2003, 2014 and 2015, as well as coming second in 1999, 2002, 2005 and 2010.

RoboCup Standard Platform League
Year	Result	Final
		Winners	Score	Runners-up
2015 (Nao)	1st	rUNSWift (UNSW)  Australia	3-1	HTWK  Germany
2014 (Nao)	1st	rUNSWift (UNSW)  Australia	5-1	HTWK  Germany
2010 (Nao)	2nd	B-Human  Germany	6-1	rUNSWift (UNSW)  Australia
2006 (AIBO)	2nd	NUBots  Australia	7-3	rUNSWift (UNSW)  Australia
2003 (AIBO)	1st	rUNSWift (UNSW)  Australia	4-3	UPennalizers  United States
2002 (AIBO)	2nd	CM United  United States	3-3	rUNSWift (UNSW)  Australia
2001 (AIBO)	1st	UNSW United (UNSW)  Australia	9-2	CM United  United States
2000 (AIBO)	1st	UNSW United (UNSW)  Australia	10-0	LRP  France
1999 (AIBO)	2nd	LRP  France	4-1	UNSW United (UNSW)  Australia

• Sunswift Solar Cars
  • 2018: Guinness World Record with car "VIolet" - Lowest Energy Consumption Driving Trans-Australia (Perth to Sydney) - Electric Car.
  • 2014: FIA Land Speed Record with car "Sunswift eVe" - Sunswift eVe breaks the record for the fastest electric car over 500 kilometres (310 mi), with an average speed of 107 kilometres per hour (66 mph). The previous record of 73 kilometres per hour (45 mph) was set in 1988.
  • 2011: Guinness World Record with car "Sunswift IVy" - Fastest Solar Powered Vehicle: 88.8 kilometres per hour (55.2 mph).
  • 2009: Winner of the Silicon Challenge Class at the Global Green Challenge with the car "Sunswift IVy".
• BLUEsat Satellite
  • 2018: 8th in the European Rover Challenge (ERC)

Student competitions

Computing facilities

The School has computer laboratories for coursework teaching and student projects, including a number of specialist laboratories. The network supports well in excess of 1000 computers for teaching, research and administration.

• 300+ Intel-based computers running Linux in 13 generic teaching laboratories; Microsoft Windows is available 'virtualized' in all Linux labs
• 20 AppleOS computers reserved in a specialized teaching laboratory
• 40 Linux computers in laboratories reserved for thesis students
• 1200+ computing sessions available in a 'virtualized' lab environment
• 150+ heterogeneous computers dedicated to post-grad research students
• 10+ discrete GPU servers for deep-learning research
• 40+ discrete CPU servers available in Linux clusters for research
• Virtual Reality lab
• laptop locker
• 1 multi-host vSphere production cluster with dedicated 60TB SAN
  • 100 virtualized servers for academic staff teaching and research requirements
• 1 multi-host vSphere research cluster with dedicated 20TB SAN
  • 30 virtualized servers for dedicated and ad-hoc research requirements
• 30+ heterogeneous computers for administration and systems support
• extensive backup infrastructure, utilizing incremental and full backup to tape

The School is committed to a regular cycle of upgrades and invests heavily to maintain a state-of-the-art IT environment.

UNSW Sydney has a very high capacity, free, wireless Internet service for all students and staff.

References

1. ^ Hampton, B., Allen, B., Loeffel, R. The History of the UNSW Faculty of Engineering 1949-2009. UNSW Press 2009.
2. "Online Archives Search | Records & Archives - UNSW Sydney". www.recordkeeping.unsw.edu.au.
3. "News | UNSW Engineering". www.unsw.edu.au.
4. "Computer Science and Engineering | UNSW Engineering". www.unsw.edu.au.
5. "News | SMH Website". www.smh.com.au.
6. "Home". Leiden Rankings.
7. "Home". Leiden Rankings.
8. "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2013 - Computer Science & Information Systems". Top Universities.
9. "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023: Computer Science and Information Systems". Top Universities.
10. "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022: Computer Science and Information Systems". Top Universities.
11. "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021: Computer Science and Information Systems". Top Universities.
12. "Home". Shanghai Rankings.
13. "Home". Shanghai Rankings.
14. "Home". Times Higher Education (THE).
15. "Home". NTU Rankings.
16. "Home". NTU Rankings.
17. "IEEE Fellows Directory - Member Profile" (PDF). IEEE. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
18. "IEEE Fellows Directory - Member Profile" (PDF). IEEE. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
19. z3298306 (18 January 2021). "UNSW academic joins prestigious computer science fellowship". UNSW Newsroom. Retrieved 19 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
20. "About FACS FACTS" (PDF). www.bcs.org. 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
21. z3298306 (7 July 2020). "UNSW tops nation with 5 ARC Laureate Fellows". UNSW Newsroom. Retrieved 13 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
22. "Pearson Bets on Adaptive Learning (Again) With $25M Acquisition of Smart Sparrow - EdSurge News". EdSurge. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
23. "NSW Women of the Year Awards". Women NSW. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
24. "Governance | seL4". sel4.systems. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
25. "IEEE Fellows Directory - Member Profile". IEEE. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
26. z3521002 (17 September 2019). "UNSW summit to address nation's shortfall in cybersecurity skills". UNSW Newsroom. Retrieved 13 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
27. "RoboCup 2019 Sydney". 2019.robocup.org.
28. "The Hall of Fame Award – ACM SIGOPS". Retrieved 19 January 2021.
29. "Team – HENSOLDT Cyber". Retrieved 19 January 2021.
30. "All Fellows". ATSE. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
31. "IEEE Fellows Directory - Member Profile". IEEE. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
32. "IEEE Fellows Directory - Member Profile". IEEE. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
33. "NSA Announces Winner of Annual Cybersecurity Research Paper Competition". National Security Agency Central Security Service. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
34. "Past Winners | ACS Digital Disruptors Awards | Reimagination". reimagination.acs.org.au. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
35. ^ "ACM Names Fellows for Innovations in Computing". www.acm.org. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
36. Ben-Naim, Dror (2010), "Adaptive Tutorials and the Adaptive eLearning Platform", Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 6095, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, p. 440, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-13437-1_98, ISBN 978-3-642-13436-4, retrieved 13 July 2020
37. ^ "Study With Us | UNSW Engineering". www.unsw.edu.au.
38. "Remembering Ken Robinson". Computer Science and Engineering. 18 September 2020. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
39. "1949 - 1959". October 2013.
40. ^ "Sunswift". www.sunswift.com. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
41. "Aussie car breaks a world speed record". 7 January 2011.
42. "The ICPC International Collegiate Programming Contest". icpc.global. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021.
43. "ICPC".
44. "The ICPC International Collegiate Programming Contest". icpc.global. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021.
45. ^ "ICPC". icpc.global.
46. ^ "Cyber Challenge Australia". cyberchallenge.com.au.
47. "Old Quals | Legitimate Business Syndicate". 2015.legitbs.net.
48. "Old Quals | Legitimate Business Syndicate". 2014.legitbs.net.
49. ^ "Cyber Defence University Challenge - 2013". Archived from the original on 13 January 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
50. "DEF CON® Hacking Conference". www.defcon.org.
51. "SECUINSIDE 2011". war.secuinside.com. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012.
52. "Imagine Cup 2013 - Australian Local Finals". icsocialmediateam.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013.
53. "Finding Australia's Top Coding Talent | Startup Australia, Tech Startups, Small Business, Founder Profiles and Opinion". www.shoestring.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013.
54. "Blog | Appathon". appathon.com.au. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014.
55. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
56. "Facilities". Archived from the original on 13 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.

External links

• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• UNSW Computer Science and Engineering website
• UNSW Faculty of Engineering website

v t e University of New South Wales
Faculties and schools	Art & Design Arts and Social Sciences Built Environment Business School Engineering Law Lowy Cancer Research Centre Medicine Science Australian Defence Force Academy
Campuses	Main Kensington Campus Kensington UNSW Venues ADFA - Australian Defence Force Academy (Canberra) UNSW Art & Design (Paddington) AGSM - Australian Graduate School of Management (Sydney CBD) Cliffbrook Campus (Paddington) David Phillips Field (Daceyville) UNSW Asia (defunct) (Singapore)
Residential colleges	UNSW Residential Communities Basser College Colombo House Creston College Fig Tree Hall Goldstein College International House New College Philip Baxter College Shalom College UNSW Hall Warrane College
Student organisations	AFL Arc Cricket Revues Regiment Rowing Club Solar racing team Tharunka Touch football Men's Water polo
People	Chancellor David Gonski Vice-Chancellor Attila Brungs List of alumni List of faculty

• Schools of the University of New South Wales