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Upcoming Events

Title:
Effective Stress Management
Presenter:
Wayne Jencke
Brief Description:
Stress management is easier when you focus on what works.
Date:
Tuesday, July 08 2008, 2:00 pm
Venue:
Hawthorn TAFE Building TD - Room TD120
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Title:
DVC (R) Visiting Professor Talks - Semantics to Empower Services Science: Using Semantics at Middleware, Web Services and Business Levels
Presenter:
Visiting Professor Amit Sheth
Brief Description:
Swinburne Research, in conjunction with the Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies, has pleasure in inviting you to attend the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Visiting Professor lecture series. Services are pervasive in today's economic landscape, and services-based architectures are rapidly being adopted for enterprises as well as for Web applications. The need for a broad perspective on services that takes in people and organizational descriptions in addition to technical interface descriptions has already been recognized as part of the overall vision of services science. To this mix, we add the middleware (including distributed and cloud computing) that improves the implementation and interoperability of service oriented architecture (SOA). In this context, we present the semantic services science (3S) modeling framework to support service descriptions that capture system/technical, human, organizational, and business value/requirements aspects. We believe that a combination of Web2.0 and semantic technology can be used to energize services across the broad service spectrum. We describe how the 3S approach could be used along four points in this spectrum: (1) semantic descriptions of standard Web services (with the help of SAWSDL and semantic policy descriptions); (2) semantic descriptions of lightweight Web services (with the help of semantic annotation of REST services and WebAPIs-SAREST) and semantic or smart mashups (smashups) using Web 2.0 technologies (e.g., REST, AJAX) and microformats; (3) semantics at the middleware (communication, configuration, and adaptation); and (4) ontology-based profiling of people and organizational aspects of the assets associated with business and knowledge services, as well as semantic analysis of business requirements. Such processes would be critical to the agile businesses and innovative Web applications that are part of our global and networked economy.
Date:
Wednesday, July 16 2008, 11:30 am
Venue:
TD121
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Title:
Examination
Presenter:
Assoc. Prof. Pam Green & Prof. John Bowden
Brief Description:
Topics covered will include the AVCC Code of Practice, Questions in examiners minds when they read a thesis and the implications of this, What do examiners want?, What characterises a poor thesis?
Date:
Tuesday, July 22 2008, 2:00 pm
Venue:
Hawthorn TAFE Building TD - Room TD120
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Title:
TBA
Presenter:
Assoc. Prof. Pam Green & Prof. John Bowden
Brief Description:
TBA
Date:
Tuesday, August 19 2008, 2:00 pm
Venue:
Hawthorn TAFE Building TD - Room TD120
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Title:
Cross-Cultural Communication
Presenter:
Dr. Elena Verezub
Brief Description:
This dynamic workshop focuses on improving oral and written communication skills and will be of particular interest to international researchers.
Date:
Tuesday, September 02 2008, 4:00 pm
Venue:
Hawthorn TAFE Building TD - Room TD122
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INDUCTION: Policies & Procedures, Roles & Responsibilities
Presenter:
Assoc. Prof. Pam Green & Prof. John Bowden
Brief Description:
The session will provide information about Policy and Procedures; University services; What to expect in terms of a research degree journey; as well as IP and ethics.
Date:
Tuesday, September 09 2008, 1:00 pm
Venue:
Hawthorn TAFE Building TD - Room TD120
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Title:
TBA
Presenter:
Assoc. Prof. Pam Green & Prof. John Bowden
Brief Description:
TBA
Date:
Tuesday, October 21 2008, 2:00 pm
Venue:
Hawthorn TAFE Building TD - Room TD120
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Recent Events

Title:
Departmental and Conference Presentation
Presenter:
Dr Elena Verezub
Brief Description:
The ability to give a successful oral presentation at a seminar, workshop or a conference is of a paramount importance for any researcher.
Date:
Tuesday, June 24 2008, 4:00 pm
Venue:
Hawthorn UN Building Level 3 Staff Club
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Title:
Design Aesthetics: A Neuroevolutionary Perspective
Presenter:
Dr. Allan Whitfield
Brief Description:
You are all welcome to our next forum series session 3. Please RSVP by Monday 23rd of June close of business to silvanaferlazzo@groupwise.swin.edu.au
Date:
Tuesday, June 24 2008, 2:30 pm
Venue:
lecture theatre PA309
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Title:
Working With Your Supervisors
Presenter:
Assoc. Prof. Pam Green & Prof. John Bowden
Brief Description:
Working with your supervisors
Date:
Tuesday, June 10 2008, 2:00 pm
Venue:
Hawthorn TAFE Building TD - Room TD120
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Title:
Incorporating Sources into Your Writing
Presenter:
Dr Elena Verezub
Brief Description:
Incorporating Sources into Your Writing: In-text References and Bibliography Critical evaluation of literature requires knowledge of how to include other researchers' words into your writing.
Date:
Tuesday, June 03 2008, 4:00 pm
Venue:
Hawthorn TAFE Building TD - Room TD120
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Title:
Major Research Databases
Presenter:
Kim Hodgman and Madeleine Bruwer, Liaison Librarians
Brief Description:
In this workshop we look at the major research databases Journal Citation Reports, Web of Science and Scopus.
Date:
Wednesday, May 28 2008, 4:30 pm
Venue:
Library Training Room, Lev. 1, Hawthorn Campus
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Title:
Matching Research Methods to your Research Goals: Quantitative Methods Overview
Presenter:
Dr. Arda Cunningham
Brief Description:
A overview of Quantative Methods
Date:
Tuesday, May 27 2008, 2:00 pm
Venue:
Hawthorn TAFE Building TD - Room TD120
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Title:
How to Publish: Some Insights and Suggestions
Presenter:
Visiting Professor Dr Mathew Joseph
Brief Description:
This presentation provides some suggestions on how to begin the process, strategies that would be helpful in getting your manuscript accepted as well as ways to avoid the common pitfalls of publishing.
Date:
Tuesday, May 13 2008, 2:00 pm
Venue:
Hawthorn Library Conference Room Level 3
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Title:
Finding information from multidisciplinary sources
Presenter:
Annette Steere, Liaison Librarian
Brief Description:
This session will cover finding information from a variety of sources including journal databases, statistical sources and the internet.
Date:
Wednesday, May 07 2008, 4:30 pm
Venue:
Library Training Room, Hawthorn Campus
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Title:
Writing a Literature Review
Presenter:
Dr Elena Verezub
Brief Description:
Literature Review is an essential part of any thesis. This 2-hour workshop will discuss strategies and give recommendations on writing a well-structured analytical literature survey.
Date:
Tuesday, May 06 2008, 4:00 pm
Venue:
Hawthorn TAFE Building TD - Room TD120
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Title:
Thesis Writing
Presenter:
Assoc. Prof. Pam Green & Prof. John Bowden
Brief Description:
What are the key elements of a thesis? The workshop will enable participants to raise issues and concerns including getting started, procrastination, dealing with feedback and planning.
Date:
Tuesday, April 29 2008, 2:00 pm
Venue:
Hawthorn TAFE Building TD - Room TD120
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Title:
Getting started -information resources for new researchers
Presenter:
Fiona O'Donnell, Project Manager - Customer Services
Brief Description:
An introduction to library resources and services that can make your research processes easier and more effective.
Date:
Thursday, April 24 2008, 4:30 pm
Venue:
Library Training Room, Hawthorn Campus
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Title:
Effective Reading Comprehension and Note-taking
Presenter:
Dr Elena Verezub
Brief Description:
Effective Reading Comprehension and Note-taking of a Conventional Written Text versus Hypertext (Internet-based text).
Date:
Tuesday, April 15 2008, 4:00 pm
Venue:
Hawthorn UN Building Level 3 - Staff Club
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Title:
PVC(R) Visiting Professor Lecture Series - Software Engineering in the 21st century
Presenter:
Professor Hans van Vliet, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Brief Description:
The term Software Engineering (SE) was coined at a NATO conference in 1968 in a somewhat provocative sense. Shouldn't it be possible to build software in the way one builds bridges and houses, using sound and proven design and construction techniques as in other engineering fields? By now, after 40 years of development, we can safely say that a lot of progress has been made. Life without well-engineered computer systems is inconceivable. In this lecture, Prof. van Vliet will sketch the developments in the field, and focus on recent developments that are having a huge impact: - the rise of agile methods - the shift from producing software to using software - the success of open source software - the globalization of software development These developments have widened the scope of the field. It is increasingly being recognized that there's more to SE than engineering. In particular, SE has an important human and social dimension as well.
Date:
Tuesday, April 08 2008, 1:30 pm
Venue:
EN103
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INDUCTION: Policies & Procedures, Roles & Responsibilities
Presenter:
Assoc. Prof. Pam Green & Prof. John Bowden
Brief Description:
The session will provide information about Policy and Procedures; University services; What to expect in terms of a research degree journey; as well as IP and ethics.
Date:
Tuesday, April 08 2008, 1:00 pm
Venue:
Hawthorn TAFE Building TD - Room TD120
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PVC(R) Visiting Professor Lecture Series - Metabolites - The chemical language of microbes
Presenter:
Professor Hartmut Laatsch, University of Gottingen, Germany
Brief Description:
Natural products are words and messages in a global communication system of species interactions. They have a special meaning and will effect an answer, which is not constant, but depends on the given situation. We are just beginning to understand this language of nature, to compile the vocabulary and to decipher the grammar. Natural products are weapons and defence systems, attractants and repellents, or simply communication signals which are important for the survival of species. Development of bacterial resistance to antibiotics is a logical and unavoidable response to environmental effects, which we can only overcome by a better understanding of the 'microbial conversation'. As a consequence, the investigation of ecological interactions and a continuous and efficient search for new natural products with potential application in medicine is a steady and indispensable task. However, since the number of natural products is limited, every newly isolated product will diminish the chances to find further hits. And every re-isolated known compound is an avoidable loss of time and money. Two techniques are widely applied to overcome these problems. The first one is activity-directed high throughput screening, which is an expensive and fully automated, mainly industrial process; the other one is the so-called chemical screening. We are using a third technique, a type of dragnet search, where we compare easily accessible data of isolated and purified compounds with comprehensive databases of more than 50,000 marine and microbial natural products, AntiBase or MarinLit. Comparison of sub-structures, NMR, MS, and UV data allows a very fast decision as to whether a given natural product is already known or not, which enables us to save time and resources, avoid frustration, and to concentrate on the really new topics. This presentation will explain modern dereplication techniques using MS/MS, 2D NMR and database methods. The procedure will be highlighted by some simple and some very complex examples from our ongoing research on marine bacteria.
Date:
Wednesday, March 19 2008, 1:30 pm
Venue:
EN413
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Title:
Cross-Cultural Communication
Presenter:
Dr. Elena Verezub
Brief Description:
This dynamic workshop focuses on improving oral and written communication skills and will be of particular interest to international researchers.
Date:
Tuesday, March 18 2008, 4:00 pm
Venue:
Hawthorn TAFE Building TD - Room TD120
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Title:
Matching Research Methods to your Research Goals: Qualitative Methods Overview
Presenter:
Assoc. Prof. Pam Green & Prof. John Bowden
Brief Description:
A focus on qualitative research approaches will be taken. An overview of key approaches will be made: naturalistic inquiry, case study, phenomenography and grounded theory.
Date:
Tuesday, March 11 2008, 2:00 pm
Venue:
Hawthorn TAFE Building TD - Room TD120
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Title:
What is Research? Designing A Research Project
Presenter:
Assoc. Prof. Pam Green, Prof. John Bowden
Brief Description:
This practical session will focus on what counts as research and enable students to examine their research questions in terms of currency, relevance and clarity.
Date:
Tuesday, February 26 2008, 2:00 pm
Venue:
Hawthorn TAFE Building TD - Room TD120
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PVC(R) Visiting Professor Lecture Series - New Horizons in Biomagnetics and Bioimaging
Presenter:
Professor Shoogo Ueno, Kyushu University, Japan
Brief Description:
Biomagnetics is an interdiciplrinary field where magnetics, biology and medicine overlap. Recent advances in biomagnetics and bioimaging for medical applications are reviewed and discussed based on the results obtained mainly in Professor Ueno's laboratory. This lecture discusses transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), magnetoencephalography (MEG), imaging of electrical information in the brain based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) such as impedance MRI and current MRI, cancer therapy using magnetizable beads and pulsed magnetic force, and magnetic control of cell orientation and cell growth. These techniques are leading medicine and biology into a new horizon through the novel applications of magnetism.
Date:
Tuesday, February 12 2008, 3:00 pm
Venue:
AGSE 207
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PVC(R) Visiting Professor Lecture Series - Optical Diffraction on nano-dimensioned and biological objects
Presenter:
Professor Yunlong Sheng, University Laval, Canada
Brief Description:
Abstract: Recent progress in the optical trap of biological objects, the plasmonic surface waves and in the complex fiber Bragg gratings raise new challenges to optical near field diffraction theories. In the fabrication of the fiber Bragg gratings, our new understanding of the complex phase masks diffraction founded a new theoretical base of the high channel counts dispersion compensation fiber Bragg gratings, which are now in industrial production. In the plasmonics, we proposed new theories on the optical diffraction of nano-sized structure, the generation of the Surface Plasmon Polariton by the diffraction and the coupling and interference of the surface waves at the nano-slits. A new challenge in the optical trap of biological objects is that the cells are deformable and their visco-elasticity and other mechanical properties are of crucial interest for basic cellular activities like migration, growth, differentiation and lineage development. On the one hand, we re-calculated the local optical radiation pressure on the cell surface in optical stretchers and the cell's deformation in order to match with the experimental results for measuring cell's visco-elasticity. On the other hand, we used optical tweezers and confocal imaging for assessing mechanical response of the cell's cytoskeleton networks modified by keratin microfilements.
Date:
Friday, January 11 2008, 11:30 am
Venue:
EN101
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PVC(R) Visiting Professor Lecture Series - 'Nano-layers, Metallic foams and Emulsions'.
Presenter:
Professor George Kaptay, BAY-NANO Research Institute, University of Miskolc, Hungary
Brief Description:
George Kaptay received his MSc (1984) and PhD (1988) in Metallurgy in Leningrad Polytechnic (Russia). He made his habilitation in 1998 and became full professor of the University of Miskolc (Hungary) in 1999. He obtained the degree of DSc in 2005 from the Academy of Sciences of Hungary. He is teaching physical chemistry for students on materials engineering. In 2006 he established a research institute on nanotechnology BAY-NANO, and he is also head of Department on Nanotechnology at the University of Miskolc. He was a visiting Professor at the University of Alabama (USA) and at the Kyushu Institute of Technology (Japan) for 1-3 months. In the present talk he will be describing different aspects he has been working on during the recent few years. From the field of interfacial phenomena he will be talking on the formation of a nano-layer on the surface of immiscible alloys and on its influence on the Marangoni convection and on technologies like welding. He also will show the reasons why nano-nuclei can be stabilized during nucleation from diluted liquid solutions or vapour. From the field of chemical thermodynamics he will present a new formalism to describe temperature dependence of excess Gibbs energy to avoid calculated artefacts during phase diagram calculations. From the filed of transport properties he will present his recent unified equation for the viscosity and self-diffusion coefficient in liquid metals, and also the equation, connecting the composition dependence of viscosity and heat of mixing in liquid alloys. Finally, the way how metallic foams and emulsions can be stabilized by solid particles will be described.
Date:
Monday, December 10 2007, 3:00 pm
Venue:
Room EN102
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Title:
Stepping Stones: a guide for mature-aged students at university
Presenter:
Dr. Rob Cantwell
Brief Description:
Dr. Rob Cantwell speaks to his book, "Stepping Stones: a guide for mature-aged students at university.
Date:
Friday, November 23 2007, 2:00 pm
Venue:
EN102
Status:
Event Cancelled
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Title:
Copyright and your Thesis
Presenter:
Luke Padgett - Copyright Advisor
Brief Description:
When writing your thesis you may need to use other people's work and other people may want to use YOUR work. This session is designed to give you the tools necessary to manage copyright in your thesis.
Date:
Friday, November 09 2007, 2:00 pm
Venue:
EN102
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Title:
Research Databases - Advanced Searching
Presenter:
Julie Ager, Senior Reference Librarian & Fiona O'Donnell, Engineering Liaison Librarian
Brief Description:
Finding all the most relevant peer-reviewed scholarly literature is a core component of postgraduate research.
Date:
Wednesday, October 31 2007, 4:00 pm
Venue:
Library Training Room, Hawthorn Campus
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Title:
Getting Published
Presenter:
Assoc. Prof. Pam Green & Prof. John Bowden
Brief Description:
Do you have a publication plan? What are the central issues around getting published? This workshop will focus on issues such as publishing from your research, DEST publications (what counts?), ethical issues, agreements about authorship, and the practicalities involved in publication.
Date:
Tuesday, October 30 2007, 10:30 am
Venue:
EN214 Hawthorn Campus
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Title:
Pink Ribbon Breakfast at Swinburne
Presenter:
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Brief Description:
PINK RIBBON BREAKFAST AT SWINBURNE for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research. Every year around October many Australians gather to host a Pink Ribbon Breakfast in support of the National Breast Cancer Foundation. This year is no different and Swinburne is involved.
Date:
Friday, October 26 2007, 7:45 am
Venue:
The Atrium - Hawthorn Campus
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Title:
PVC (R) Visiting Professor Lecture Series - Improving Performance in UK Public Services
Presenter:
Professor Hal Pawson, Heriot-Watt University
Brief Description:
This lecture discusses approaches to measuring public service performance and investigates whether there is credible trend-over-time evidence of UK public service performance improvement over the past decade. It then goes on to examine the measures adopted by the UK's New Labour administration with the aim of improving local government services, including the roles of external inspection and quasi markets.
Date:
Thursday, October 25 2007, 12:00 pm
Venue:
AGSE 207
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Title:
Supersearch -The Library Research Portal
Presenter:
Julie Ager, Senior Reference Librarian
Brief Description:
Using Supersearch you can search up to 10 databases at the same time and create personal collections of your favourite databases and ejournals.
Date:
Wednesday, October 17 2007, 4:30 pm
Venue:
Library Training Room, Hawthorn Campus
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Title:
Thesis Writing
Presenter:
Assoc. Prof. Pam Green & Prof. John Bowden
Brief Description:
What are the key elements of a thesis? The workshop will enable participants to raise issues and concerns including getting started, procrastination, dealing with feedback and planning.
Date:
Tuesday, October 09 2007, 10:30 am
Venue:
EN214 Hawthorn Campus
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Title:
Getting started - Library workshop for new researchers
Presenter:
Julie Ager, Senior Reference Librarian
Brief Description:
An introduction to library resources and services that can make your research processes easier and more effective.
Date:
Wednesday, October 03 2007, 4:30 pm
Venue:
Library Training Room, Hawthorn Campus
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Title:
INDUCTION: Policies & Procedures, Roles & Responsibilities
Presenter:
Assoc. Prof. Pam Green & Prof. John Bowden
Brief Description:
The session will provide information about Policy and Procedures; University services; What to expect in terms of a research degree journey; as well as IP and ethics.
Date:
Tuesday, September 25 2007, 1:00 pm
Venue:
Library Conference Room, Lev. 3, Hawthorn Campus
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Title:
Cross-Cultural Communication
Presenter:
Dr Elena Verezub
Brief Description:
This dynamic workshop focuses on improving researcher's oral and written communication skills and will be of particular interest to international researchers. All welcome. Booking online! (Afternoon Tea provided)
Date:
Tuesday, September 11 2007, 4:00 pm
Venue:
AGSE 203, Hawthorn campus
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Title:
PVC (R) Visiting Professor Lecture Series - Leading the Board: International Comparative Survey
Presenter:
Professor Andrew Kakabadse, Cranfield University, UK
Brief Description:
Abstract: Professor Kakabadse has recently completed the world's largest survey on Corporate Boards and their performance. This survey includes a selection of Australian Boards which are ranked in the top 10 on overall performance. Of particular interest will be discussion of the finding that the Board Chairman holds equal if not more importance than the CEO. Professor Kakabadse will discuss the effect of this on company culture and performance. He will also provide an analysis of the Blair Government Ministers performance and effectiveness in the Public Service Sector.
Date:
Tuesday, August 28 2007, 5:30 pm
Venue:
AGSE207
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Title:
Examination
Presenter:
Assoc. Prof. Pam Green & Prof. John Bowden
Brief Description:
Topics covered will include the 'AVCC Code of Practice', 'Questions in examiners minds when they read a thesis and the implications of this', 'What do examiners want?', 'What characterises a poor thesis?'
Date:
Tuesday, August 28 2007, 2:00 pm
Venue:
BA801, BA Building, Hawthorn Campus
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PVC (R) Visiting Professor Lecture Series - 'Come, Come, my Lords; These Oracles are Hardly Attain'd, And Hardly Understood': Confessions of a Software Tester
Presenter:
Professor T. H. Tse, The University of Hong Kong
Brief Description:
Abstract: In classical literature, an "oracle" is the agent or medium through which the gods prophesy. We use the same word in software testing to mean the mechanism to specify the expected outcome of the software under test, so that testers can check whether the actual result is a success or failure. Most people assume that the expected outcome can be determined independently based on the software specification. In real-life applications, however, if the expected outcome could be determined in advance, why should we run the software in the first place? Shakespeare is therefore right. "These oracles are hardly attain'd". Through various interesting and surprising examples, we shall take a look at the oracle problem in software testing practice and how we can tackle it.
Date:
Wednesday, August 22 2007, 2:00 pm
Venue:
AGSE 207
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Title:
PVC (R) Visiting Professor Lecture Series - Responsible Conduct of Scientific Research: Why Ethics Matter?
Presenter:
Visiting Professor Barry Masters, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Brief Description:
Scientists must conduct their research in compliance with numerous applicable statutes, regulations, and guidelines. Scientists are subject to a wide variety of laws, rules, and policies. So why is responsible conduct of research (PRC) necessary? I will discuss various modes of scientific misconduct. I will outline my proposal for guidelines of a course that includes explicit instruction on the responsible conduct of research. You will not find an answer to the question: “What should I do?” However, you will be given the tools and the guidelines to formulate your own answer to this question. This talk will be of interest to everyone involved in the process of science.
Date:
Tuesday, July 17 2007, 3:30 pm
Venue:
AGSE 207
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Title:
PVC (R) Visiting Professor Lecture Series - Maximal Lifetime Scheduling for Wireless Sensor Surveillance Networks
Presenter:
Visiting Professor Xiaohua Jia, City University of Hong Kong
Brief Description:
In this talk, we will first give a brief introduction of our current research work on wireless sensor networks, such as geographical routing and real-time data aggregation. Then, we will focus on a maximal lifetime scheduling problem for sensor surveillance networks. Given a set of sensors (each of which has a limited energy reserve), and a set of targets to be monitored, the problem is to find a schedule for the sensors to watch the targets, such that the lifetime of the system is maximized. The lifetime is up to the time that there exists a target that can no longer be watched by any of its nearby sensors due to the energy depletion. It has been widely accepted that the general problem for maximizing lifetime of sensor networks is NP-hard. However, for this sensor surveillance network, we carefully formulated the problem for maximizing the lifetime and found the optimal solution.
Date:
Friday, July 13 2007, 12:30 pm
Venue:
EN101
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Title:
PVC (R) Visiting Professor Lecture Series - Collaborative Computing on the Internet: Opportunities and Challenges
Presenter:
Visiting Professor Chengzheng Sun from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Brief Description:
Internet is at the core of information revolution which changes the way we communicate, work, learn, do business, and play. A major trend is to use the Internet to enhance human-to-human communication, interaction, and collaboration. In over 10 years, we have been researching and developing technologies and applications that allow multiple users to edit shared text/graphics/image/multimedia/CAD/CASE documents at the same time over the Internet. These systems are not only useful applications in their own right, but also serve as research vehicles for exploring a range of challenging issues in building advanced collaborative applications. One such issue is consistency maintenance of shared documents under the constraints of high responsiveness, high concurrency, and high communication latency in the Internet environment.
Date:
Monday, July 09 2007, 12:00 pm
Venue:
AGSE 207
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Title:
Thesis Writing Getting Published
Presenter:
Assoc. Prof. Pam Green & Prof. John Bowden
Brief Description:
TBA
Date:
Tuesday, June 26 2007, 2:00 pm
Venue:
AGSE202 Hawthorn Campus
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Title:
Effective Stress Management
Presenter:
Wayne Jencke
Brief Description:
Stress management is easier when you focus on what works This seminar will discuss the underlying principle of effective stress management. By focusing on this principle you can learn to quickly and easily manage stress.
Date:
Thursday, June 21 2007, 3:00 pm
Venue:
BA608, Hawthorn Campus
Status:
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Title:
NEW Research Workshop: Effective Written and Oral Communication Skills for International Researchers
Presenter:
Dr Elena Verezub
Brief Description:
The aim of the workshop is to enhance the ability of international students to interact effectively within academic discussions, seminars, meetings with supervisors, colleagues. Issues related to managing the writing environment, including dealing with multiple communication tasks; being realistic about the demands of writing; handling critical feedback will be addressed. Strategies for effective cross-cultural writing and communication will also be considered.
Date:
Tuesday, June 19 2007, 4:00 pm
Venue:
BA408, Hawthorn campus
Status:
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Title:
Oral Presentation Hints
Presenter:
Dr Elena Verezub
Brief Description:
The ability to give a successful oral presentation at a seminar, workshop or a conference is of a paramount importance for any researcher. This 2 hour workshop will provide some helpful hints for preparing and delivering oral presentations in a professional and confident manner.
Date:
Tuesday, June 12 2007, 4:00 pm
Venue:
AGSE211 Hawthorn Campus
Status:
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Title:
Research Databases – Advanced Searching
Presenter:
Julie Ager, Senior Reference Librarian & Fiona O’Donnell, Engineering Liaison Librarian
Brief Description:
Finding all the most relevant peer-reviewed scholarly literature is a core component of postgraduate research. This workshop will explore Swinburne’s two major research databases, Web of Knowledge and Scopus – what’s in them, searching options and special features. It’s also vital to keep updating your lit search, throughout your research project, so we’ll look at automated alerting services that make this easier.
Date:
Wednesday, May 30 2007, 4:00 pm
Venue:
Library Training Room, Lev. 1, Hawthorn Campus
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Title:
Incorporating Sources into Your Writing
Presenter:
Dr Elena Verezub
Brief Description:
Incorporating Sources into Your Writing: In-text References and Bibliography Critical evaluation of literature requires knowledge of how to include other researchers’ words into your writing. This could be done either by quoting or paraphrasing information. The aim of this 2 hour workshop is to examine examples as well as practise acknowledging various sources of information using the Harvard system of referencing.
Date:
Tuesday, May 29 2007, 4:00 pm
Venue:
AGSE211 Hawthorn Campus
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Title:
Matching Research Methods to your Research Goals: Quantitative Methods Overview
Presenter:
Dr. Arda Cunningham
Brief Description:
TBA
Date:
Tuesday, May 22 2007, 2:00 pm
Venue:
AGSE202 Hawthorn Campus
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Title:
Matching Research Methods to your Research Goals: Qualitative Methods Overview
Presenter:
Assoc. Prof. Pam Green & Prof. John Bowden
Brief Description:
A focus on qualitative research approaches will be taken. An overview of key approaches will be made: naturalistic inquiry, case study, phenomenography and grounded theory. The facilitators will share their experiences of, and writings about, such approaches and encourage students to consider questions of theoretical perspective, methodology or approach, as well as methods.
Date:
Tuesday, May 15 2007, 2:00 pm
Venue:
AGSE202 Hawthorn Campus
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Title:
Supersearch – The Library Research Portal
Presenter:
Julie Ager, Senior Reference Librarian
Brief Description:
Using Supersearch you can search up to 10 databases at the same time and create personal collections of your favourite databases and ejournals. This workshop will look at: • What Supersearch is and how it works, what it can and can’t do. • How to choose databases in Supersearch • Searching across multiple databases, tips & tricks • Managing what you find, in MySpace and exporting to EndNote
Date:
Wednesday, May 09 2007, 4:30 pm
Venue:
Library Training Room, Lev. 1, Hawthorn Campus
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Title:
Effective Written and Oral Communication Skills for International Researchers
Presenter:
Dr Elena Verezub
Brief Description:
The aim of this seminar is to enhance the ability of international students to interact effectively within academic discussions, seminars, meetings with supervisors/colleagues. Also, issues related to managing the writing environment will be addressed.
Date:
Tuesday, May 08 2007, 4:00 pm
Venue:
EN411, Hawthorn campus
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Title:
Writing a Literature Review
Presenter:
Dr Elena Verezub
Brief Description:
Literature Review is an essential part of any thesis. This 2-hour workshop will discuss strategies and give recommendations on writing a well-structured analytical literature survey.
Date:
Wednesday, May 02 2007, 4:00 pm
Venue:
BA608, Hawthorn Campus
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Title:
What is Research? Designing A Research Project, Ethics & IP
Presenter:
Assoc. Prof. Pam Green, Prof. John Bowden & Keith Wilkins
Brief Description:
This practical session will focus on what counts as research and enable students to examine their research questions in terms of currency, relevance and clarity. The session will move from topic selection (where relevant), refinement of questions, proposal writing, through to consideration of the relation between the topic or question and the research approach.
Date:
Tuesday, May 01 2007, 2:00 pm
Venue:
AGSE202 Hawthorn Campus
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Title:
Library Workshop for New Researchers
Presenter:
Julie Ager, Senior Reference Librarian
Brief Description:
An introduction to library resources and services that can make your research processes easier and more effective. The main focus will be on identifying relevant resources, finding journals and articles, resources to use at different stages of your research, managing the information you find, and sources of research literature outside Swinburne library.
Date:
Wednesday, April 18 2007, 4:30 pm
Venue:
Library Training Room, Lev. 3, Hawthorn Campus
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Title:
Effective Reading Comprehension and Note-taking
Presenter:
Dr Elena Verezub
Brief Description:
Effective Reading Comprehension and Note-taking of a Conventional Written Text versus Hypertext (Internet-based text). The aim of this 2 hour workshop is to examine a series of reading comprehension strategies when reading in the two contexts. Also note-taking tips will help achieve active and effective engagement with literature.
Date:
Tuesday, April 17 2007, 4:00 pm
Venue:
AGSE203 Hawthorn Campus
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Title:
INDUCTION: Policies & Procedures, Roles & Responsibilities
Presenter:
Assoc. Prof. Pam Green & Prof. John Bowden
Brief Description:
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Date:
Tuesday, April 03 2007, 1:00 pm
Venue:
Library Conference Room, Lev. 3, Hawthorn Campus
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Title:
PVC (R) Visiting Professor Lecture Series - Living with Software Evolution
Presenter:
Prof. Dr. Oscar Nierstrasz
Brief Description:
Real software systems inevitably change to keep up with new requirements. Strangely, this fact is largely ignored by software development methods, tools and languages. In this talk we review the inevitable nature of software change, we examine a software lifecycle in which introspection and rejuvenation play as important a role as initial growth, and we look at some tools and techniques that can help us to deal with the incredible complexity of large, evolving software systems. We conclude by posing a few of the key open research problems that we must solve if we are to survive the ever-increasing pace of software evolution.
Date:
Friday, March 23 2007, 6:00 pm
Venue:
AGSE 207
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Title:
The Vic Fellowships information session
Presenter:
Penny Underwood - MediaWise Pty Ltd
Brief Description:
The Victorian Government annually awards up to six Victoria Fellowships to emerging leaders in engineering, science or technology. Each Fellow receives a travel grant of up to $18,000 to undertake a short-term overseas study mission to assist in developing a commercial idea, undertaking specialist training or career development. Study missions offer Victoria Fellows the opportunity to broaden their experience, develop networks and better understand where their activities fit into the local and international scene. The Fellowship also provides an opportunity for recipients to develop commercial ideas Attend the information session to hear directly from past Victoria Fellows and to hear how the initiative works. For more information please contact Ryan Wendt on ext. 5552.
Date:
Tuesday, March 20 2007, 11:00 am
Venue:
BA912
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Title:
PVC (R) Visiting Professor Lecture Series
Presenter:
Visiting Professor Pavel Kroupa
Brief Description:
We have the pleasure of inviting you to attend a PVC(R) Open Talk by Visiting Professor Pavel Kroupa from Bonn University. The title of the talk is - "From Extra-solar Planets to Dark Matter". The talk will be followed by a wine and cheese reception on the 4th floor of the Applied Sciences building. The talk is open to all University staff and students.
Date:
Friday, March 02 2007, 3:00 pm
Venue:
EN101
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