UNSW School of Computer Science and Engineering
The UNSW School of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), also known as UNSW COMPUTING, is part of the UNSW Faculty of Engineering and was founded in 1991 out of the former Department of Computer Science within the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science [1][2]. It is now one of the largest Schools of its kind in Australia. The academic staff have research focus in areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Biomedical Image Computing, Data Knowledge, Embedded Systems, Networked Systems and Security, Programming Languages and Compilers, Service Oriented Computing, Theoretical Computer Science and Trustworthy Systems [3].
| Established | 1991 |
|---|---|
| Head of School | Professor Aaron Quigley (from August 2020) |
| Students | 3218 Undergraduate 1430 Postgraduate Coursework 116 PhD |
| Location | , , |
| Website | www.cse.unsw.edu.au |
UNSW was a founding member of National ICT Australia (NICTA), which merged with CSIRO in 2015 to form Data61. CSE maintains strong ties with Data61.
Excellence in Research for Australia
Australian Research Council's Excellence in Research for Australia initiative results for World-Class Research in Information Technology
- 2018/19: Shared first with ANU for Computer Software
- 2018/19: Maintained a rating of 5 for broad research fields of Engineering and Information and Computing Sciences
- 2013: Only Australian University to achieve a rank of 5 (the highest ranking) in Computer Software
- 2011: Broadest range (5 areas, the next highest was only in 2 areas) in Australia
Rankings
| World Rankings | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QS World University Rankings in Computer Science & Information Systems[4] | 51-100 | 51-100 | 41st | 42nd | 35th | 35th | 29th | 29th | 10th | 42nd | - |
| ARWU for Computer Science and Engineering | 51-75 | 76-100 | 101-150 | 40th | 42 | 51-75 | 51-75 | 52-75 | 52-75 | ||
| Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities - Computer Science | 64th | 62nd | 55th | 53rd | 65th | 67th | 86th | 105th | 124th | 105th | |
School Achievements
The UNSW Garden dedicated to John Lions
Gernot Heiser (OK Labs Founder)
| School Achievements | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Project/Achievement | |||
| 2020 | Scientia Professor Toby Walsh awarded Australian Laureate Fellowship from the Australian Research Council[5] | |||
| Smartsparrow (Adaptive eLearning startup by Dr Dror Ben-Naim) sold to Pearson[6] | ||||
| CSE Alumna Hannah Beder wins NSW Harvey Norman Young Woman of the Year[7] | ||||
| Carroll Morgan 2020 --- Book "The Science of Quantitative Information Flow" (with co-authors) | ||||
| 2019 | Australia’s first Cybersecurity Education Summit[8] | |||
| 2018 | Guinness World Record with car "VIolet" - Lowest Energy Consumption Driving Trans-Australia (Perth to Sydney) - Electric Car | |||
| 2015 | Carroll Morgan - Winner (with 5 co-authors) of The USA's National Security Agency (NSA) Annual Cybersecurity Research Paper Competition[9] | |||
| 2014 | Humboldt Research, prize Toby Walsh | |||
| rUNSWift placed 1st in the RoboCup Standard Platform League | ||||
| 2013 | Most number of Tech Startups for any Australian University | |||
| 2011 | Excellence in Research for Australia Only Australian University to achieve a rank of 5 (the highest ranking) in Computer Software | |||
| Excellence in Research for Australia Broadest range (5 areas) of research in Information and Computing Sciences | ||||
| Smartsparrow founded by CSE Alumna, Dr Dror Ben-Naim[10] | ||||
| 2010 | ARWU Ranked 1st in Australia for Computer Science | |||
| 2009 | HS1917 established [11] | |||
| L4.verified | ||||
| OK L4 Deployment reaches 500 million | ||||
| 2008 | ARTEMIS Orchestra Contest, world champions with the Robot Clarinet | |||
| John Lions Chair in Computer Science Established | ||||
| OKL4 Deployment reaches 100 million | ||||
| 2007 | Freescale Technical Innovation Award | |||
| NICTA L4 Deployment reaches 10 million | ||||
| Robotics Workshops established [12] | ||||
| 2006 | Happy Feet - Christian So, Lead Animator for "Mumble" | |||
| UNSW L4 Deployment reaches 1 million | ||||
| Orion Search Engine, written by Ori Allon, bought by Google | ||||
| 2005 | Fastest-ever IPC (Itanium) | |||
| 2003 | Establishment of NICTA (National ICT Australia, Ltd) | |||
| Establishment of CAS (the ARC Centre of Excellence for Autonomous Systems) | ||||
| 2001 | Establishment of the Smart Internet Technology CRC | |||
| CSE Revue established | ||||
| 1999 | PLEB designed | |||
| Primary School Workshops Established | ||||
| 1997 | Fastest-ever IPC on single-issue CPU (MIPS) | |||
| U4600 Board designed | ||||
| UNSW ProgComp Established [13] | ||||
| 1996 | Cane Toad Tracking Project begins | |||
| 1995 | UNSW L4 Project begins | |||
| 1991 | The School of Computer Science and Engineering was established[14] | |||
| 1990 | First clinical use of RDR | |||
| 1976 | Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition, with Source Code | |||
| 1975 | First non-US UNIX site (Version 6 Unix) | |||
| 1956 | UTECOM became the first digital computer in Sydney[15][16] | |||
| RoboCup Rescue Robot League | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Host | Rank | ||
| 2011 | Istanbul | 1st in Autonomy | ||
| 2010 | Singapore | 1st Autonomy 1st mobility | ||
| 2009 | Graz - Austria | 1st Autonomy 2nd Mobility Innovative Operator Interface | ||
| 2006 | Bremen - Germany | 2nd in Autonomy | ||
| 2005 | Osaka - Japan | 3rd Overall | ||
Student projects
rUNSWift in a four-legged league game from RoboCup 2006 in Breman, Germany.
rUNSWift in a Standard Platform League game from RoboCup 2010 in Singapore.
Sunswift IVy During the World Solar-Car Speed Record attempt.
Students of the School are involved in a number of high-profile projects, including:
- rUNSWift, the University's team in the international RoboCup Standard Platform League competition, is the most successful team in the world, with wins in 2000, 2001, 2003, 2014 and 2015, as well as coming second in 1999, 2002, 2005 and 2010.
| RoboCup Standard Platform League | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Final | ||
| Winners | Score | Runners-up | ||
| 2015 (Nao) |
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3-1 | HTWK  |
| 2014 (Nao) |
1st | rUNSWift (UNSW) |
5-1 | HTWK |
| 2010 (Nao) |
2nd | B-Human |
6-1 | rUNSWift (UNSW) |
| 2006 (AIBO) |
2nd | NUBots |
7-3 | rUNSWift (UNSW) |
| 2003 (AIBO) |
1st | rUNSWift (UNSW) |
4-3 | UPennalizers  |
| 2002 (AIBO) |
2nd | CM United |
3-3 | rUNSWift (UNSW) |
| 2001 (AIBO) |
1st | UNSW United (UNSW) |
9-2 | CM United |
| 2000 (AIBO) |
1st | UNSW United (UNSW) |
10-0 | LRP  |
| 1999 (AIBO) |
2nd | LRP |
4-1 | UNSW United (UNSW) |
- Sunswift Solar Cars
- 2018: Guinness World Record with car "VIolet" - Lowest Energy Consumption Driving Trans-Australia (Perth to Sydney) - Electric Car.[17]
- 2014: FIA Land Speed Record with car "Sunswift eVe" - Sunswift eVe breaks the record for the fastest electric car over 500 kilometres (310mi), with an average speed of 107 kilometres per hour (66mph). The previous record of 73 kilometres per hour (45mph) was set in 1988[18].
- 2011: Guinness World Record with car "Sunswift IVy" - Fastest Solar Powered Vehicle: 88.8 kilometres per hour (55.2mph)[19].
- 2009: Winner of the Silicon Challenge Class at the Global Green Challenge with the car "Sunswift IVy"[20].
- BLUEsat Satellite
- 2018: 8th in the European Rover Challenge (ERC)
Student competitions
ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Regional Finals | World Champions | ||
| 2019 | 8th, 9th | - | ||
| 2018 | 1st | 6th | ||
| 2017 | 1st, 2nd | 13th | ||
| 2016 | 1st, 2nd | 69th | ||
| 2015 | 1st | 51st | ||
| 2014 | 2nd | 19th | ||
| 2013 | 1st, 2nd | 60th | ||
| Other Contests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Contest | Australian Rank | World Rank |
| 2018 | Cyber Security Challenge Australia[21] | 1st, 2nd | N/A |
| 2017 | Cyber Security Challenge Australia[21] | 1st | N/A |
| 2015 | Cyber Security Challenge Australia[21] | 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th | N/A |
| 2015 | DEF CON CTF Qualification[22] | 1st | 3rd |
| 2014 | DEF CON CTF Qualification[23] | 1st | 3rd |
| 2014 | Cyber Security Challenge Australia[24] | 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th | N/A |
| 2013 | DEF CON[25] | 1st | 10th |
| 2013 | SECUINSIDE[26] | 1st | 4th |
| 2013 | Cyber Security Challenge Australia[27] | 1st, 2nd, 3rd | N/A |
| 2013 | Imagine Cup[28] | 1st | 3rd |
| 2013 | Codehire Cup[29] | 2nd (Students) | N/A |
| 2013 | Appathon[30] | 2nd | N/A |
| 2013 | CiSRA Extreme Imaging[31] | 2nd | N/A |
| 2012 | Cyber Security Challenge Australia[32] | 1st | N/A |
Computing facilities
The School has computer laboratories for coursework teaching and student projects, including a number of specialist laboratories. The network supports well in excess of 1000 computers for teaching, research and administration.[33]
- 300+ Intel-based computers running Linux in 13 generic teaching laboratories; Microsoft Windows is available 'virtualized' in all Linux labs
- 20 AppleOS computers reserved in a specialized teaching laboratory
- 40 Linux computers in laboratories reserved for thesis students
- 1200+ computing sessions available in a 'virtualized' lab environment
- 150+ heterogeneous computers dedicated to post-grad research students
- 10+ discrete GPU servers for deep-learning research
- 40+ discrete CPU servers available in Linux clusters for research
- 1 multi-host vSphere production cluster with dedicated 60TB SAN
- 100 virtualized servers for academic staff teaching and research requirements
- 1 multi-host vSphere research cluster with dedicated 20TB SAN
- 30 virtualized servers for dedicated and ad-hoc research requirements
- 30+ heterogeneous computers for administration and systems support
- extensive backup infrastructure, utilizing incremental and full backup to tape
The School is committed to a regular cycle of upgrades and invests heavily to maintain a state-of-the-art IT environment.
UNSW Sydney has a very-high capacity, free, wireless Internet service for all students and staff.
References
- Hampton, B., Allen, B., Loeffel, R. The History of the UNSW Faculty of Engineering 1949-2009. UNSW Press 2009.
- https://www.recordkeeping.unsw.edu.au/university-archives/online-archives-search?keywords=%22School+of+Computer+Science+and+Engineering%22
- http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au CSE Website
- http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2013/computer-science-and-information-systems?loc=Australia&field_ranking_scores_888766=0.4&field_ranking_scores_888771=0.3&field_ranking_scores_888776=0.15&field_ranking_scores_888781=0.15&custom_ranking=&save_my_rankings_data_sort=2%2Casc%2C0&save_my_rankings_data_limit=50&save_my_rankings_data_search=&save_my_rankings_data_start=0 QS Website for Australian CS and IS Rankings
- z3298306 (2020-07-07). "UNSW tops nation with 5 ARC Laureate Fellows". UNSW Newsroom. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- "Pearson Bets on Adaptive Learning (Again) With $25M Acquisition of Smart Sparrow - EdSurge News". EdSurge. 2020-01-22. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- "NSW Women of the Year Awards". Women NSW. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- z3521002 (2019-09-17). "UNSW summit to address nation's shortfall in cybersecurity skills". UNSW Newsroom. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- "NSA Announces Winner of Annual Cybersecurity Research Paper Competition". National Security Agency Central Security Service. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- Ben-Naim, Dror (2010), "Adaptive Tutorials and the Adaptive eLearning Platform", Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 440–440, ISBN 978-3-642-13436-4, retrieved 2020-07-13
- http://www.computing.unsw.edu.au/school-programs/high-school-computing/ UNSW COMPUTING HS1917 Website
- http://www.computing.unsw.edu.au/school-programs/robotics/ UNSW COMPUTING Workshops Website
- http://www.computing.unsw.edu.au/school-programs/progcomp/ UNSW COMPUTING ProgComp Website
- Hampton, B., Allen, B., Loeffel, R. The History of the UNSW Faculty of Engineering 1949-2009. UNSW Press 2009.
- Hampton, B., Allen, B., Loeffel, R. The History of the UNSW Faculty of Engineering 1949-2009. UNSW Press 2009.
- "1949 - 1959". October 2013.
- "Sunswift". www.sunswift.com. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- "Sunswift". www.sunswift.com. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- "Aussie car breaks a world speed record". 2011-01-07.
- "Sunswift". www.sunswift.com. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- https://scoreboard2015.cyberchallenge.com.au/ Cyber Security Challenge Australia Website
- https://2015.legitbs.net/scoreboard Def Con Website
- https://2014.legitbs.net/scoreboard Def Con Website
- https://scoring.cyberchallenge.com.au Cyber Security Challenge Australia Website
- http://defcon.org Def Con Website
- http://war.secuinside.com/ SECUINSIDE Website
- https://scoring.cyberchallenge.com.au Cyber Security Challenge Australia Website
- http://icsocialmediateam.com/2013/04/23/imagine-cup-2013-australian-local-finals/ Imagine Cup Australia Website
- http://www.shoestring.com.au/2013/07/finding-australias-top-coding-talent/ Codehire Cup in ShoeString Website
- http://appathon.com.au/category/blog/ Appathon
- http://www.extremeimaging.cisra.canon.com.au/archive_2012.html CiSRA Extreme Imaging
- https://scoring.cyberchallenge.com.au Cyber Security Challenge Australia
- http://www.computing.unsw.edu.au/about/facilities.html UNSW COMPUTING Website
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