The Faculty of Information Technology operates with three departments – Computer Systems, Information Systems and Software Engineering. Together these disciplines form the basis of 'enabling technologies' for applications in most other disciplines. Student administration functions are all centralised at Faculty level. Teaching is carried out at City campus, Broadway.

A range of professional degrees are offered, from undergraduate through to Doctoral studies. The Faculty maintains a strong commitment to cooperative education, of both the work experience 'sandwich' form and the cooperative scholarship form. The Faculty continues to be active in research and has strong links with industry in all aspects of its work.

All Faculty staff are located at Building 10, City campus, Broadway.

Academic advisers

Undergraduate Programs in Information Technology

John Colville
Chris S Johnson
Helen Lu
Suresh Paryani

Postgraduate Programs in Computing and Information Technology

Peter Bebbington
Kyeong-Soon Kang
Rene Leveaux
Peter Nicholls
Associate Professor Simeon Simoff

Advice to students from other faculties

Chris W Johnson

Academic Liaison Officers

Academic Liaison Officer

Michael Er

Jumbunna Liaison

Dr Toni Robertson

International Students/Programs

Dr Daniel Chandran
Richard Raban

Library

Dr Robert Kay

CISCO Network Academy

Ury Szewcow

Postgraduate Projects

Professor Jenny Edwards

Undergraduate Projects

John Colville
Dr Kevin Suffern (Computer Graphics Projects only)

Refer to Faculty contact details for Program Leaders and staff contact details.

Centres within the Faculty

Centre for Object Technology Applications and Research (COTAR)

Established in 1994, the Centre for Object Technology Applications and Research (COTAR) provides a focal point for the software industry using, or considering using, the new software development techniques of object technology. COTAR aims to promote and conduct research in object-oriented software engineering, object-oriented information systems and object-oriented computing. It provides not only a focus for such research and collaborative work with industry, but also high quality professional development education. Further information can be obtained from Professor Brian Henderson-Sellers on telephone +61 2 9514 1687.

Cooperative Research Centre for Enterprise Distributed Systems Technology (DSTC)

The mission of the CRC for Enterprise Distributed Systems Technology (DSTC) is to build the distributed information systems of the future through leading-edge research, and to work with industry and government to apply and commercialise the results. The UTS participation in DSTC draws on expertise from the Department of Computing Sciences. The primary focus of the UTS research is on Quality of Service (QoS) and the delivery of multimedia information in real-time within various distributed systems frameworks, such as the World Wide Web, Java and CORBA. For further information, contact Professor John Hughes on telephone +61 2 9514 1344.

Cooperative Research Centre for Capital Markets

The CRC for Capital Markets aims to be the technology provider of choice to global securities business markets. It supports research programs in corporate governance, data mining, inter-operability, language technology, market design and visualisation. For further information, contact Professor Chengqi Zhang on telephone +61 2 9514 7941.

Short courses

The Faculty offers a variety of short courses throughout the year in the areas of computing and information technology.

Courses regularly on offer include: Programming with C; Unix (Solaris and Linux); Java; Advanced Java (J2EE); Mobile Commerce Enabling Applications and Technologies; Developing Windows and Web Applications using Visual Studio .NET; a range of Cisco Network Academy sponsored curriculum courses; and Practical Issues in IT Contracts for ICT Professionals.

Computing and IT courses can also be customised for corporate clients.

Information on all short courses is available from the Faculty Student Centre on:

Computing facilities

The Faculty provides network connected laboratories used in both teaching and research. The network and UNIX servers provide the application software required and network services (www, ftp, email, news) used to access resources and information throughout the University and the world. The Faculty URL is:

Teaching laboratories

UNIX laboratories

Linux workstations provide students with a UNIX environment. They are used for many of the Faculty's subjects. The Faculty has 8 laboratories of 30 Linux computers capable of running either Linux or MS Operating systems on demand.

PC laboratories

A number of PC laboratories provide access to 420 PCs running a MS Windows environment.

Access

General access to these laboratories is 9.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m., Monday to Friday, during semester. On some occasions, these laboratories are booked for different subjects and, during these booked times, students not enrolled in those subjects should vacate that laboratory. Timetable bookings are located on doors, and are available on the Faculty's Intranet website. After the first week of each semester's examination period, and also during vacation periods, the laboratories are available only between 9.00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m. Seven-day-per-week, 24-hour access is provided for some laboratories throughout the University.

Specific purpose laboratories

Access to these specific purpose laboratories is arranged by the academic involved in a particular subject or research project.

Internetworking laboratories

These three laboratories are equipped for teaching of computer network subjects. They are equipped with user configurable rack mounted network equipment.

Graphics laboratory

There are a number of PC/Windows computers for graphics subjects.

Access Grid

The Faculty operates an Access Grid (AG) node on behalf of the University. This provides a research environment for the study of issues relating to collaborative work in distributed environments. The AG utilises a high-bandwidth environment for virtual meetings. The AG node at UTS is provided for the use of the research community at UTS and is connected to GrangeNet – a multi-gigabit experimental network to support grid and advanced communication services.

Collaborative Systems

A research laboratory applying computer communications technology to improving work practices.

Creativity and Cognition Studios

These studios form a multidisciplinary environment for research into computing support for creativity and into the development of new art forms and art practice using digital media. They include a sound studio and a video wall with an interaction space incorporating a range of sensor systems.

Remote access facility

The remote access facility provides modem access for students and staff through either terminal emulation or remote network connection using PPP. This allows users to access some of the Faculty's computing systems and perform work from home via 60 shared dial-up lines.

Help desk facility

The Faculty's help desk, located in the Technical Support Centre at CB10.3.370, provides users with information on the usage of equipment, software and facilities, help with problems, and is a point of contact for reporting faults:

Environmental Health and Safety Plan

The Faculty has an Environmental Health and Safety Plan, copies of which are available from either the Faculty Information Office or on the Department and Faculty webpages. Staff and students should familiarise themselves with the plan and comply with all hazard procedures outlined in it.

The names and locations of First Aid Officers, and of first aid kits, are indicated by appropriate signs in Faculty and Department areas.