ANU and external resources for postgraduate students

ANU Resources

CECS online student database, where you can submit your progress and annual reports.

Student Absences (PDF)
Postgraduates are required to complete and get the appropriate signatures from their Supervisor and Head of Department and return to the DCS office for passing to the HDR in the CECS. Printed versions are available from the DCS office.

Guidelines for DCS Graduate Research Students and Supervisors

LaTex Thesis template (ZIP)
Please use this when you start writing your thesis. More information about the thesis format can be found in the ANU Guideline: Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Information for Candidates on the Submission and Examination of Theses. Also, the ANU Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering (RSPhysSE) has a page with resources for Physics' Postgrads.

DCS is encouraging its students to deposit their thesis into the Australian Digital Theses Program. The ANU has a Web site with procedures for depositing thesis electronically.

ANU policies and guidelines related to Higher Research Degrees. This includes the Code of Practice - Supervision in Higher Degrees by Research.

Policy: Responsible Practice of Research

• Authorship form (DOC)
• Policy extract (PDF)

Research Students Development Centre

ANU Dean of Students Web site. For help, advise and assistance for students, when problems or grievances arise in their academic or personal life at ANU.

PARSA (the Postgraduate and Research Students' Association of the ANU)

ANU Library

Students @ ANU Web site.

External Resources

CORE (Computing Research and Education Association of Australasia) has lists of computer science conference and journal rankings.

The Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research discusses issues such as research misconduct, record keeping, how to publish and proper authorship, how to conduct effective peer review, and how to manage conflicts of interest. There is also a PDF version available for download.

Advice on Research and Writing

How to have a bad career in research/academia (slides as PDF) by Prof David Patterson (UC Berkeley).

Ten simple rules for... (best research, getting published, oral presentations, getting grants, etc.) by Philip E. Bourne et al. (PDF).