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Quantum computing a step closer to reality
Physicists at The Australian National University (ANU) have brought quantum computing a step closer to reality by stopping light in a new experiment....
Students inspired to achieve gender equity in STEM
Image (L-R): Emily Campbell, Francesca Maclean, Emily Rose Rees and Katie Ward. Four students from the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science have cemented their vision to achieve gender equity in STEM (science,...
Student innovation challenge to tackle global problems
Budding programmers, law students and creative artists will come together this weekend to tackle global problems at the inaugural ANU Innovation Challenge. Over a 24 hour period, 80 ANU students, 30 high school students and 12...
Innovation funding to boost ANU research
Image: Dr Shayne Flint with student Damien Beard ANU has won $500,000 in new funding for innovation in the 2016-17 CBR Innovation Development Fund. The funding will support four ANU projects, from the College of...
ANU engineers play key role in new Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence
Professor Matthew James and Professor Elanor Huntington from the College of Engineering and Computer Science have been appointed investigators in the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and...
ANU top in Australia and among the best in the world
The ANU has maintained its position as Australia's top university and continues to be counted among the top universities in the world. The latest QS World University Rankings for 2016-17 rated ANU at 22nd in the world...
That's a wrap! Open Day 2016
Live musical coding, a free barbeque lunch hosted by the Engineering Students Association, and the chance to design and launch a rocket were all highlights from the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science on Open Day...
ANU leads in education, research and public policy
The Australian National University (ANU) strengthened its role as a national leader in research, education and public policy excellence in 2015 while building its reputation as one of the world's finest universities. The ANU...
Computing PhD Student Wins Kurzweil Prize for Artificial Intelligence
Researchers from the Australian National University have been recognised for their research in Artificial Intelligence. Computing PhD candidate Tom Everitt has been awarded the Kurzweil Prize for best AGI Paper at the ...
Outstanding Achievements of Engineering & Computing Students Recognised
Eight students from the College were recognised on Tuesday 9 August for their outstanding achievements in the 2015 academic year. The prizes recognised the most outstanding of a very talented cohort of engineering and computer...
Happy 70th birthday ANU
As Vice-Chancellor, I'm proud to lead the ANU community to celebrate the 70...
ANU to Revamp Admissions as VC Outlines New Vision
ANU will revamp the way it deals with student admissions and move away from judging students only on their year 12 ATAR results under changes announced by Vice-Chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt AC....
Welcome to our new computer science students from partner universities
As part of the new semester, the Research School of Computer Science (RSCS) welcomed undergraduate computer science students who have joined the ANU through our partner universities, at an informal lunch on Monday 25 July. ...
ANU graduate’s job search leads to Google
Peter Marshall, who graduated from a Bachelor of Software Engineering at ANU, is heading to live and work in Munich after his job search led him to Google. Peter's industry experience while he was an undergraduate helped him land...
Philanthropy record for ANU scholarship program
Philanthropists Graham and Louise Tuckwell have announced Australia's largest personal philanthropic contribution to a university, worth about $200 million over 30 years, to fund a major expansion of the prized Tuckwell Scholarship...
Major energy savings when computers learn to share
Computer scientists have developed a tweak for computer operating systems that could make large data centres 25 per cent more efficient by sharing their processing power. Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU)...
ANU welcomes new collaborative cyber facility
The Australian National University (ANU) has welcomed a new collaboration with the Australian Government for a new facility to help grow Australia's cyber-security workforce and Science Technology Engineering and Maths (STEM)...
ANU Researchers Sweep Conference Awards in London
Researchers from the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science have recently won both the Outstanding Paper and Outstanding Student Paper awards at a top international conference in London. The team was awarded...
Why Canberra Should Become the Electric Vehicle Capital of Australia
Make no mistake, Australia is in the grips of a long love affair with cars. According to ABS data, we collectively own 13.5 million of them, and we purchase over 1.1 million every year. With the possible...
Distinguished Professor of Engineering receives the nation's top honour
Prominent ANU academic has been recognised for his contribution to Australia in the latest Queen's Birthday Honours list, with Distinguished Professor of Engineering Brian Anderson receiving the nation's top honour....
