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Students drive innovation for industry
The next generation of tech entrepreneurs presented their projects to potential investors and industry partners at a showcase held on Tuesday 9 May. From robots that race athletes to apps that help individuals overcome a fear of...
Government should support innovation, science - ANUpoll
A new ANUpoll has found a large majority of Australians support science and want politicians to rely more on the advice of scientists and experts. The ANUpoll also found 67 per cent of those surveyed believe science is best...
Engineering alumnus awarded Student Philanthropist of the Year (Undergraduate)
Congratulations to Ben Gill who was awarded the 2017 Student Philanthropist (Undergraduate) at the ANU Alumni Awards. Ben Gill is a passionate champion for wellbeing on the University campus and has consistently advocated in...
Girls explore world of robots, cyber security and apps
School girls from the ACT and NSW have discovered the various applications of ICT, including programming robots, app development, creating art with code and deciphering encryption at Girls in Information and Communications Technology (...
Welcome to our new students from partner universities
As part of the new semester, the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science welcomed undergraduate computer science students who have joined the ANU through our partner universities, at an informal lunch on Thursday 9 March....
Alumnus wins Academy Award
Engineering and computer science alumnus Nicholas Apostoloff has won a 2017 Academy Award. Nicholas has recently been recognised at the Academy's 2017 Scientific and Technical Awards alongside his colleague Geoff Wedig. ...
Do you want to change the world? Why not enrol in a Vice-Chancellor’s course this year?
Most of us know that housing affordability, gender equity, and climate change are examples of societal issues that can't be solved by a single discipline. These issues require co-operation and collaboration, they require people...
O-Week @ ANU College of Engineering & Computer Science
Welcome to all new engineering and computer science students at ANU! Whether you are an international student, from Australia or a Canberra local, attendance at Orientation Week (O-Week) from Monday 13 February 2017 is essential...
ANU rated in the top 10 international universities
The ANU has been named in the top 10 of the world's most international universities. The 2017 Times Higher Education international universities rankings has ANU at seventh in the world and between the University of Oxford (sixth...
World leading technologist Dr Genevieve Bell to join ANU
The Australian National University (ANU) has appointed one of the world’s leading technologists, Dr Genevieve Bell, as a Professor in the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science. Dr Bell joins ANU in February from global...
CECS hosts a delegation from Northwestern Polytechnical University (China)
CECS recently hosted a delegation from one of our key partner university, namely Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU). The delegation consisted in part of academics and in part of current Master students. The delegation...
Antarctica trip empowers ANU women to become tomorrow's leaders
Five women from across the ANU have visited Antarctica as part of the inaugural Homeward Bound leadership expedition to Antarctica. Associate Professor Ida Kubiszewski from the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy said Antarctica...
CSSA Tech Trip
In this article, software engineering student Bill Xie reflects on his experience at the Computer Science Students' Association Tech Trip, supported by the ANU Research School of Computer Science. I have always liked...
ANU summer school for Indigenous science students
Indigenous school students with a passion for science and engineering are being given a taste of university life at ANU. The week-long National Science and Engineering Summer School for Indigenous students will give 17 year-10...
ANU computer scientist named ACM Fellow
Professor Steve Blackburn from the Australian National University (ANU) Research School of Computer Science has been placed among the world’s best computer scientists, after being named a Fellow of the Association for Computing...
Meet our graduates
Meet Charlotte, Ben, Hieu, Kiarie, Cameron and Angela. After years of hard work in the lab, out in the field and in the classroom, they’re six of over 250 engineering and computing students graduating this month – and we couldn’t...
Dropping a hint
It took a suggestion from a mutual friend to get JESS TSIMERIS, PhD ’15 and JIMMY THOMSON, PhD ’14 together, as they tell ROSS PEAKE. “After attending an Engineering ball together, a friend took me aside...
ANU solar car design unveiled at networking night
Over 100 stakeholders from industry, academia, and government came together on Friday 25 November 2016 for a networking and sponsorship night for the Australian National University (ANU) entry in the 2017 Bridgestone World Solar Car...
Why can't we vote on the Internet?
While online voting might seem like a good way to speed up the counting of ballots, it contradicts basic tenets of our democratic system, as ROSS PEAKE reports. Professor Rajeev Gore is blunt: “Online voting is a...
BHP dig out the best students
How do mining companies best reach their valuable minerals? BHP Billiton has sought the brightest minds of university students across the globe to come up with the answer to this question, with two ANU students coming first in...