feed://flinders.edu.au/science_engineering/csem/news/news.cfm Flinders News - Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics News http://flinders.edu.au/science_engineering/csem/news/news.cfm http://www.flinders.edu.au/flinders-top-level-page-files/Images/HomePageImages/banner_crest.gif A new book provides a new and in depth explanation of a problem with enormous impact in operations research, optimization and computer science. http://flinders.edu.au/science_engineering/csem/news/hcpbook.cfm http://flinders.edu.au/science_engineering/csem/news/hcpbook.cfm CSEM Mathematicians Publish New Book on the Hamiltonian Cycle Problem and Markov Chains Mon, 07 May 2012 09:00:00 GMT The Chair of the School's External Advisory Committee, Nick Begakis AM, was yesterday awarded an Honorary Doctorate for his work at Flinders as well as his involvement in business activities more widely. http://flinders.edu.au/science_engineering/csem/news/eac-chair-honoured.cfm http://flinders.edu.au/science_engineering/csem/news/eac-chair-honoured.cfm Advisory Committee Chair Honoured Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:00 GMT The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has warned ICT industry professionals that Australia's digital economy is threatened by an 'acute shortage' of skilled workers. http://www.itwire.com/it-people-news/people/53567-skilled-worker-shortage-threatens-digital-economy-acs http://www.itwire.com/it-people-news/people/53567-skilled-worker-shortage-threatens-digital-economy-acs Skilled worker shortage threatens digital economy: ACS Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:00:00 GMT An Adelaide ultrasound device is set to reduce invasive treatments for women after childbirth, thanks to a collaboration arranged by the Flinders University-based Medical Device Partnering Program (MDPP). http://blogs.flinders.edu.au/flinders-news/2012/03/06/trials-for-new-ultrasound-device/ http://blogs.flinders.edu.au/flinders-news/2012/03/06/trials-for-new-ultrasound-device/ Trials for new ultrasound device Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:00:00 GMT CSEM researchers are looking to see if, by playing video games, kids with cerebral palsy can improve their hand function. http://au.news.yahoo.com/sa/latest/a/-/newshome/12870867 http://au.news.yahoo.com/sa/latest/a/-/newshome/12870867 Video games may help children with cerebral palsy Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT Researchers from Flinders University are on a mission to document Australia and New Zealand's digital heritage - from amateur-made computer games of the 80s to a contemporary software program that forensically sanitises computers. http://blogs.flinders.edu.au/flinders-news/2012/02/09/preserving-our-digital-heritage/ http://blogs.flinders.edu.au/flinders-news/2012/02/09/preserving-our-digital-heritage/ Preserving our digital heritage Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT CSEM's most famous graduate mathematician, Prof Terry Tao, has been awarded the prestigious Crafoord prize. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/awards-add-up-for-terry-tao/story-e6frgcjx-1226248641644 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/awards-add-up-for-terry-tao/story-e6frgcjx-1226248641644 Flinders mathematics graduate Terry Tao wins prestigious Crafoord prize Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:00:00 GMT Demand has again increased for Flinders University's undergraduate degree courses and in response, a total of 5025 offers (up from 4777 offers in 2011) has been made in the offer rounds to date, with further places remaining available. http://blogs.flinders.edu.au/flinders-news/2012/01/18/flinders-course-offers-rise-again/ http://blogs.flinders.edu.au/flinders-news/2012/01/18/flinders-course-offers-rise-again/ Flinders course offers rise again Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:00:00 GMT The winners of this year's Most Outstanding Final Year Project for the School's ICT degrees have been invited to present to the South Australian Chapter of the Project Management Institute at their upcoming December meeting. http://flinders.edu.au/science_engineering/csem/news/PMI2011.cfm http://flinders.edu.au/science_engineering/csem/news/PMI2011.cfm Project Students to Present at PMI Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:00:00 GMT For the third time in three years, a Flinders team will represent the state in the National Engineers Without Borders Challenge. http://flinders.edu.au/science_engineering/csem/news/2011ewb.cfm http://flinders.edu.au/science_engineering/csem/news/2011ewb.cfm Flinders notches up another Engineers Without Borders win Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:00:00 GMT The University's Academic Senate has resolved to offer, from 2013, two new awards in mathematics and an exciting new award in electrical engineering. However for both, pathways exist to start studying for the awards in 2012. http://flinders.edu.au/science_engineering/csem/news/newawards.cfm http://flinders.edu.au/science_engineering/csem/news/newawards.cfm New Awards in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics from 2013 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:00:00 GMT Bypass your mobile phone carrier and make free short-distance calls "anywhere, anytime". That's the promise of new software being developed at Flinders University. http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/in-depth/here-comes-an-even-smarter-phone/story-fn34ojgi-1226193101515 http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/in-depth/here-comes-an-even-smarter-phone/story-fn34ojgi-1226193101515 Here comes an even smarter phone Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:00:00 GMT The Medical Device Partnering Program has this evening won the Business / Higher Education Round Table (BHERT) award for Best Research and Development Collaboration. http://flinders.edu.au/science_engineering/csem/news/mdppbhert.cfm http://flinders.edu.au/science_engineering/csem/news/mdppbhert.cfm MDPP wins BHERT award Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:00:00 GMT Luke Humphris, an honours student in software engineering has developed a new computer program that assesses the performance of surgical students based on three key elements; the proximity to a target, the ability to trace a steady line using the right amount of force and the ability to detect a hard mass in a seemingly even surface. http://blogs.flinders.edu.au/flinders-news/2011/11/07/surgical-skills-with-the-click-of-a-button/ http://blogs.flinders.edu.au/flinders-news/2011/11/07/surgical-skills-with-the-click-of-a-button/ Surgical skills with the click of a button Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:00:00 GMT A grant from the Women's and Children's Hospital Foundation will help to identify and quantify the prevalence of tactile sensory agnosia (the lack of touch sensitivity) in the hands of children with cerebral palsy (CP). http://flinders.edu.au/science_engineering/csem/news/wchfgrant2011.cfm http://flinders.edu.au/science_engineering/csem/news/wchfgrant2011.cfm WCH Foundation supports biomedical engineering research Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:00:00 GMT Professor Karen Reynolds has been elected as a 2011 Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE). http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/learned-academies-announce-new-fellows/story-e6frgcjx-1226186027543 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/learned-academies-announce-new-fellows/story-e6frgcjx-1226186027543 Karen Reynolds elected to ATSE Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:00:00 GMT Australian Research Council Grant successes in mathematics and in preserving important historic computer games extend the School's unbroken run of annual funding from the NHMRC and/or the ARC that stretches back at least a decade. http://flinders.edu.au/science_engineering/csem/news/arc2011.cfm http://flinders.edu.au/science_engineering/csem/news/arc2011.cfm School once more successful in ARC Grants Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:00:00 GMT Flinders University has achieved a high overall satisfaction appraisal from international students in the 2011 International Student Barometer. The results demonstrate Flinders University is performing strongly in areas of satisfaction examined in the study including learning, living, support, and arrival services. http://blogs.flinders.edu.au/flinders-news/2011/10/28/international-students-rate-flinders-highly/ http://blogs.flinders.edu.au/flinders-news/2011/10/28/international-students-rate-flinders-highly/ International students rate Flinders highly Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:00:00 GMT Last Friday, the TIA Electronics Graduate of the Year Award was awarded to Flinders Engineering graduate Kyle Dix from REDARC Electronics. http://flinders.edu.au/science_engineering/csem/news/kyleegya.cfm http://flinders.edu.au/science_engineering/csem/news/kyleegya.cfm Flinders Graduate wins TIA Electronics Graduate of the Year Award Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:00:00 GMT CSEM research have won $75,000 to undertake a study to model radiation dosages in children. http://flinders.edu.au/science_engineering/csem/news/ch7.cfm http://flinders.edu.au/science_engineering/csem/news/ch7.cfm Channel 7 Supports CSEM Research Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:00:00 GMT Flinders' new million dollar, world's best hexapod robot has been launched. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba6DCGwvLJk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba6DCGwvLJk Hexapod Launched Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:00:00 GMT A new, open source mobile phone technology developed by Dr Paul Gardner-Stephen and which promises to revolutionise telecommunications has earned him a USD400,000 Fellowship from the prestigious philanthropic Shuttleworth Foundation. http://blogs.flinders.edu.au/flinders-news/2011/08/31/support-brings-network-less-mobiles-closer-to-reality/ http://blogs.flinders.edu.au/flinders-news/2011/08/31/support-brings-network-less-mobiles-closer-to-reality/ Fellowship brings network-less mobiles closer to reality Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:00:00 GMT The Australian Computer Society have confirmed that all bachelor and master level computing awards in computing at Flinders will continue to be fully accredited at the professional level. http://flinders.edu.au/science_engineering/csem/news/fcca.cfm http://flinders.edu.au/science_engineering/csem/news/fcca.cfm Flinders Computing Courses Reaccredited Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:00:00 GMT PhD candidate in the School of Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics, David Hobbs has won the stage final of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition at Flinders. http://blogs.flinders.edu.au/flinders-news/2011/08/25/phd-students-feel-pressure-of-the-egg-timer/ http://blogs.flinders.edu.au/flinders-news/2011/08/25/phd-students-feel-pressure-of-the-egg-timer/ David Hobbs beats pressure of the egg timer Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:00:00 GMT In the past six months, salaries for information technology workers have ballooned by up to 25 per cent and recruiters predict the upward pressure will only continue. http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/shortage-sees-computer-desk-jobs-pay-as-much-as-mining-20110808-1ij3m.html http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/shortage-sees-computer-desk-jobs-pay-as-much-as-mining-20110808-1ij3m.html Shortage sees computer desk jobs pay as much as mining Tue, 09 Aug 2011 09:00:00 GMT The excellence of Flinders University's teaching has earned the nation's highest accolade with nine individuals and teams being awarded Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC). http://blogs.flinders.edu.au/flinders-news/2011/06/27/altc-citations-a-ringing-endorsement-of-teaching-at-flinders/ http://blogs.flinders.edu.au/flinders-news/2011/06/27/altc-citations-a-ringing-endorsement-of-teaching-at-flinders/ ALTC Citations a ringing endorsement of teaching at Flinders Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:00:00 GMT