e:Connect November 2006
e:CONNECT November 2006
NEW THIS MONTH
The new UTS:Alumni website is now live!
SPECIAL OFFERS
SAVE on Musica Viva concert packages in 2006
ALUMNI EVENTS
UTS:Alumni End of Year Celebration
NSWIT & UTS Geology Reunion
UTS:Library's November Markets Forum
Project Australia
Corporate Social Responsibility Summit
ALUMNI NEWS
Kate Grenville's search for The Secret River
Lift off for UTS designer
Alumnus launches Hola Mexico Film Festival
DCA graduate's film purchased by the ABC
UTS:Alumni in New York
UTS:Engineering Alumni Network
SUPPORTING UTS
Supporting UTS
ALUMNI CAREERS & JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Career counselling for alumni
Online job vacancies for alumni
Send us your career news
Engineering tomorrow's engineers
ALUMNI NETWORKS
Nursing Alumni Network
ALUMNI BENEFITS
UTS Union Advantage Program
20mb email storage account for alumni
Harbour sailing for $30
Alumni discounts at the UTS Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic
Business facility in the Alumni & Development Office
Discounted IIDM membership for UTS alumni
UTS Union Fitness Centre at Broadway
LIFELONG LEARNING
Linking Mortgage Broking and Financial Planning seminar
Subediting fundamentals
Upcoming short courses at UTS
Conference: Offshore Processing of Asylum Seekers
UTS NEWS
Curbside mouth swabs more curse than cure
Leading innovation in IT education
A point to prove: acupuncture as a treatment for hepatitis C
Are you an international postgraduate business graduate?
UTS EVENTS
UTS:Gallery exhibition: Artificial Nature 1
Symposium: putting the public interest back into transport
UTS:Engineering Postgraduate Information Evening
UTSpeaks lecture: Am I a real boy?
NEW UTS:Alumni website is now live! www.alumni.uts.edu.au
We're very pleased to announce that the new UTS:Alumni website is now live!
We're really excited about the totally revamped and redesigned site, which will soon include a fantastic new interactive area featuring: a business directory where you can advertise your business or professional details, e-communities allowing you to chat and network with fellow alumni and keep in touch with UTS faculties, plus the ability to view and update your details as they appear in our database and join alumni networks.
These features have been developed in response to last year's alumni survey, in which many respondents said they would like to see greater online interactivity for alumni members, in particular the ability to network with fellow graduates online and advertise contact details in an online business directory.
UTS:Alumni looks forward to sending you full details on how to log on and use the interactive member area soon.
Log on now to the new site at: www.alumni.uts.edu.au
In the meantime, if you have any questions about the new website or online member area please contact us
SAVE on Musica Viva concert packages in 2006
In conjunction with UTS:Alumni, Musica Viva is now offering UTS:Alumni members a 30% discount on a two or three concert package.*
Choose any two or three concerts from the Musica Viva 2006 season and pay only $110 or $159 respectively. That's a saving of up to 30%! To take advantage of this offer, please call 1800 688482 and quote 'UTS:Alumni offer'.
For the full list of upcoming concerts by some of the world's most talented and exciting performers in 2006 please visit www.musicaviva.com.au or request a brochure by calling 1800 688 482.
* Newcastle 2 pack $89/3 pack $129.
ALUMNI EVENTS
UTS:Alumni End of Year Celebration
Professor Ross Milbourne, UTS Vice-Chancellor, cordially invites you to the 2006 End of Year Celebration.
Come along and help us celebrate the achievements and successes of the University and its alumni in 2006. Taking place in the UTS Chancellery, and featuring inspiring presentations, entertainment and the chance to network with fellow alumni and senior UTS staff, this is the one alumni event of 2006 not to be missed! RSVP today to reserve your place.
When: Thursday 9 November 2006, 6pm
Where: The Chancellery, level 3, UTS Tower Building
Refreshments will be served
RSVP: E: alumnni@uts.edu.au or T: +61 2 9514 8036
NSWIT & UTS Geology Reunion
All NSWIT and UTS geology graduates are invited to the Geology Reunion on 16 December 2006. This will be an informal, 'Sydney style' reunion, with partners welcome.
When: Saturday 16 December 2006, 7pm to 12pm
Where: The Willoughby Hotel, 315 Penshurst St, Willoughby
Cost: approx $35 per head to cover food and venue
Food & drinks: cocktail food, cash bar (buy your own)
RSVP: Kelsie Dadd +61 2 9850 7763, kdadd@els.mq.edu.au
Greg Foulis +61 2 9249 9194, greg.foulis@db.com
UTS:Library's November Markets Forum
The November Markets Forum, Gateways or gatekeepers? UTS doing community-engaged research will be presented by Lisa Andersen, Community Engagement Coordinator, UTS Shopfront and Dr Tanja Dreher, Research Manager, UTS Shopfront.
When: Monday 13 November, 1-2pm
Where: Blake Library (city campus), seminar room, level 2, cnr Quay St and Ultimo Rd, Haymarket
Please note there is no need to RSVP - simply turn up on the day!
More information about this forum is available at: http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/about/markets_forum
A nation-wide night of discussions will be held on Saturday 2 December 2006 for young people to consider the question: "What can we do about the future of Australia?"
The night aims to stimulate new connections, ideas and directions forward for people who want to create a better future for this country, and is aimed at youth 'who feel misrepresented by left wing activism, frightened by neo-liberal ideology, distressed with religious conservatism and wary of joining an all-consuming political party.' This project is not associated with any political party or organisation.
For more details please visit: www.projectaustralia.org
Corporate Social Responsibility Summit
Australia's second Corporate Social Responsibility Summit takes place from 22 to 24 November at Luna Park, Milsons Point, Sydney.
Over 30 of Australia's leading thinkers, company directors, academics and practitioners will share how CSR is today's leading business tool delivering profits and competitive edge.
This is a crash course in CSR covering an array of topics from ethics, values, good governance and change management through to risk management tools, the future of CSR in Australia, health and well-being in the workplace, how to build sustainable communities through volunteering and partnerships, responsible consumption, ethical considerations in career choice and triple bottom line reporting.
There will also be a half day CEO only forum. Audience participation is encouraged through extended open forums.
Special academic and student rates apply. All lecturers also receive free access to the webcast of the 2005 program featuring over 50 speakers including seven leading international CSR & sustainability authorities.
For more information please visit: http://www.csrsummit.com or call the Summit Director Anne-Maree Huxley on 03 9841 0002 / 0419 798 104.
ALUMNI NEWS
Kate Grenville's search for The Secret River
UTS Doctor of Creative Arts graduate Kate Grenville has recently released Searching for the Secret River, a memoir about writing her bestselling novel The Secret River.
Both publications were submissions for her Doctor of Creative Arts degree in writing which she completed under the supervision of Associate Professors Glenda Adams and Paula Hamilton. Grenville graduated in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences ceremony in May this year.
The Secret River explores conflict between colonial settlers and Indigenous people through the story of a convict family who settled on the Hawkesbury River at the start of the nineteenth century. It was short-listed for the Man Booker prize and won the Commonwealth Writers' prize, the Christina Stead award and a NSW Premier's Literary award.
Lift off for UTS designer
UTS graduate and sessional lecturer in the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, Charles Wilson, has been awarded the Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Award - Australia's most prestigious award for emerging designers.
More details
Alumnus launches Hola Mexico Film Festival
Samuel Douek (Master of Management in Event Management 2006) is the director of the first Hola Mexico Film Festival.
To be launched in Sydney on 21 November and Melbourne on 29 November 2006, the Festival will showcase an eclectic collection of contemporary Mexican cinema fresh from the international festival circuit. The collection of films consists of eleven features and seven shorts especially selected to reflect the maturity and development of Mexican cinema today.
The Hola Mexico Film Festival will be screening at the Chauvel Cinemas in Sydney from 21 November to 26 November and at the Acmi Cinemas in Melbourne from 29 November to 5 December. For more details please visit: www.holamexicoff.com
DCA graduate's film purchased by ABC
2006 Doctor of Creative Arts graduate Karen Pearlman's film, Thursday's Fictions, has been acquired by ABC TV for broadcast in early 2007 on its Sunday Arts program. It has already screened at festivals and won awards in the US and Australia. It will also appear at the Festival Internacional de Videodanza de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
In Thursday's Fictions a woman named 'Thursday' finds out she is going to be reincarnated as 'Tuesday'. Her attempt to cheat the cycle of reincarnation unleashes a terrible beauty that leaves the other 'days of the week' in turmoil.
Please visit www.thursdaysfictions.com, for more about the film.
UTS:Alumni in New York
The UTS:Alumni Reception, New York was held on Wednesday 18 October at the Australian Consulate in New York.
Hosted by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ross Milbourne, with UTS Vice-President (Alumni and Development), Dr Alex Byrne, as MC, the reception attracted a strong UTS alumni crowd from across New York city. Olympic medallist and "Professor Emeritus of Rowing" at UTS, Tim McLaren AM, was guest speaker. Tim is now head coach of the California Rowing Club, and also coaches executives in leadership, employing the same winning formula he uses in training elite athletes.
UTS:Engineering Alumni Network
With the core objective of helping engineering alumni reconnect with UTS and their peers, and instilling a sense of pride in the UTS:Engineering practice-based philosophy, the UTS:Engineering Alumni Network has been formed by a group of engineering alumni who started at UTS during the 90s.
The Network will also facilitate better communication and the development of personal and professional networks between alumni and with the Faculty, and offer assistance to future and young engineers.
For more details please visit: http://alumni.eng.uts.edu.au
SUPPORTING UTS
Supporting UTS
A special thank you to all the alumni members and UTS staff members who support the UTS scholarship fund.
Thanks to the generosity of the many UTS alumni and staff who give to the fund, our University will be able to help more students who might otherwise not have been able to commence or complete their studies.
If you would like to support the UTS scholarship fund in support of underprivileged students please visit the UTS:Alumni website to download a donation form. Donations to the UTS scholarship fund are tax deductible.
ALUMNI CAREERS
Career counselling for alumni
Career counselling for alumni is now available on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 5-6pm.
Experienced UTS career counsellors can help with a range of career-related questions, such as:
- What are employers looking for?
- What sort of work am I suited to?
- How can I best market myself to employers?
- What's involved in changing careers?
- What can I be doing now to develop my career?
UTS offers this service to registered alumni for $77 (incl GST) per hour, which represents a discount of approximately 35% on standard fees. As has always been the case, this service is offered free to ex-students within one year of graduating. To book an appointment telephone +61 2 9514 1471 or call in at the Careers Service, Level 3, Tower Building.
More details can be found on the UTS:Alumni website.
Online job vacancies for alumni
UTS:Alumni members can now search for job vacancies online via the UTS Careers Service website: http://scmapp.itd.uts.edu.au/scm/jobw
You will need to log on using your alumni email account details. If you do not have an alumni email account please register with UTS:Alumni and we will then send you details on how to set up the account.
For more details please contact the UTS Careers Service http://www.ssu.uts.edu.au/careers/index.html telephone +61 2 9514 1471 or email careers@uts.edu.au
Send us your career news
Please keep us updated with your career news, or any achievements and awards you may have received. We are preparing our next publication and would love to hear from you.
Email your career news to alumni@uts.edu.au
Engineering tomorrow's engineers
Are you an engineering graduate? If so, the Australian Technology Network (ATN) needs your help in an Australia-wide initiative to help universities provide the best engineering education possible. With the nation's current skills shortage in engineering, it is more important than ever that graduates move into the workforce armed with the skills they need to be effective in the field.
The Australian Technology Network (ATN), comprising five of Australia's largest universities of technology in each mainland state, will be conducting a series of short, informal sessions designed for engineering graduates who completed their studies in either 2001 or 2005. Taking place in a relaxed, social environment, the sessions will enable participants to discuss how well their university studies prepared them for a career in engineering. If you have moved out of NSW this is not a problem as sessions will be conducted across the country.
Your help is appreciated in making Australian engineers the best that they can be. If you are interested in participating, please contact the ATN directly: matthew.hee@unisa.edu.au or telephone +61 8 8302 9132.
ALUMNI NETWORKS
Nursing Alumni Network
UTS is starting a Nursing Alumni Network as a way of providing networking opportunities for personal and career development and for binding nursing, midwifery and health graduates back to UTS. Several graduates have already expressed an interest in joining the Network.
For more information, please contact Kate Kirk, Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Health:
T: +61 2 9514 5044
E: kate.kirk@uts.edu.au
Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health website: www.nmh.uts.edu.au
ALUMNI BENEFITS
UTS Union Advantage Program
In 2006 registered members of UTS:Alumni can access the UTS Union Advantage Program for FREE.
The Advantage Program allows you to access the following UTS Union services and facilities:
* 20% discount on selected recreation trips and adventures
* Member discounts on tickets purchased via the Discount Ticket Program
* Exclusive member giveaways and promotions
* 10% discount on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Union catering outlets
* 10% discount on selected stationery and art supplies at Union shops
* Exclusive Member Happy Hours every Tuesday at Union Bars from 12-2pm and 4-6pm
* Minimum $5 discount on all semester party tickets
The Advantage Program can also save you money on a range of products and services at participating outlets including:
* Sanity Music
* Sportsgirl
* Dick Smith
* Harvey World Travel
* BWS
* Pizza Hut
* Wendy's
* Subway
* McDonalds
* Dominos Pizza
* Village Cinemas
* Imax
* Greater Union
Retail gift cards and vouchers (from Coles, Woolworths, Big W and Caltex) are also available to help you save on grocery bills, petrol, homewares and much more.
In addition, alumni are still eligible for discounts on membership rates at the Union Broadway Sports and Fitness Centre and discounted UTS Union venue hire (the Gallery Function Centre, Loft Bar etc).
How do I sign up for the Advantage Program?
Simply show your alumni ID card at any Union outlet on campus to collect your Advantage Program card. For more details please visit: http://www.utsunion.uts.edu.au email union.activities@uts.edu.au or telephone +61 2 9514 1140.
Please note: from semester one 2007, all UTS students and alumni will be invited to join the UTS Union Advantage Program on a paid basis.
20mb email storage account for alumni
UTS now offers all graduates access to a unique your.name@alumni.uts.edu.au email address with 20mb storage.
This FREE email account can be accessed from anywhere in the world via UTS Webmail: www.uts.edu.au/email
For more details please visit the UTS:Alumni website.
Harbour sailing for $30
Enjoy a beautiful afternoon of sailing on Sydney Harbour with up to five friends on Impulse, the UTS Union's skippered yacht.
When: Friday and Sunday afternoons (all year round except for public holidays)
Time: 1 to 4pm
Where: Double Bay Sailing Club
Cost: $30 students, staff & alumni, $40 others (includes 3 hour sail & skipper)
For bookings or more details, please contact the recreation officer:
T: +61 2 9514 1889
E: unionsports@uts.edu.au
Alumni discounts at the UTS Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic
At UTS's Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Clinic UTS:Alumni members can access acupuncture, Chinese remedial massage (tuina), and Chinese herbal medicine services at the student and staff rate. Treatment is by 4th year TCM students under the full supervision of experienced traditional Chinese medicine practitioners.
The clinic is located on the ground floor of the new science building (building 4) on Harris Street, Ultimo. For more information (including bookings) please call +61 2 9514 2509.
For more details please visit the TCM website: www.science.uts.edu.au/centres/tcm/clinics.html
IMPORTANT: When booking please mention you are a UTS:Alumni member and show your membership card when you attend the clinic.
Business facility in the Alumni and Development Office
Registered members are invited to use the business centre in the Alumni and Development Office. If you would like to make a booking, please contact us on +61 2 9514 8036.
To register with UTS:Alumni please visit www.alumni.uts.edu.au 
Discounted IIDM membership for UTS:Alumni members
Join the International Institute of Directors and Managers (IIDM) today and receive a 20% discount. Membership of IIDM reflects a commitment and recognition of the need to continuously improve business knowledge, management and leadership skills. There are two levels of IIDM membership available:
FELLOW - more than ten years business management experience
MEMBER - up to ten years business management experience
As a member of IIDM, you are entitled to full and unlimited access to all the resources available on the CEO Online website, including the premium content of the IIDM Audio Seminar Series and CEOTV. In addition, IIDM members have the use of postnominals, and receive a certificate of membership.
Membership of IIDM can be applied for online - taking only minutes to complete your application. To apply, please subscribe, ensuring the sponsor ID (as shown below) corresponding to your applicable membership level (described above) is entered when completing your application. The Sponsor ID for each IIDM membership level is as follows:
FELLOW - utsfellow
MEMBER - utsmember
The following DISCOUNTED monthly subscription fee is payable monthly in advance, against your nominated credit card (Visa, Mastercard, Diners, Amex)
FELLOW - $17.60 (inc. GST) … normally $22.00
MEMBER - $15.84 (inc. GST) … normally $19.80
Should you have further questions, please visit IIDM - Frequently Asked Questions at the CEO Online web site www.ceoonline.com.au, telephone +61 3 9571 6902 or email: iidm@ceo.com.au
UTS Union Fitness Centre at Broadway
As a UTS:Alumni member you are entitled to student rates at the UTS Union Fitness Centre. Visit the centre on Harris Street for a work out, or join one of the many fitness classes including aerobics, yoga, circuit training and pilates.
For further information, telephone: +61 2 9514 2444
LIFELONG LEARNING
Linking Mortgage Broking and Financial Planning seminar
The Linking Mortgage Broking and Financial Planning seminar is designed for:
> Financial Planners
> Compliance Officers
> Dealer Group Executives
> Mortgage Brokers
> Mortgage Aggregators
> Legal practitioners whose professional practice requires them to exercise financial skills.
Content
> Linking mortgage broking and financial planning practices
> Regulation and control issues
> Legal compliance issues
> Commercial outcomes and benefits
> Risks to avoid.
Outcome
At the end of this seminar you should be aware of the commercial and legal strategies that can be utilised to link mortgage broking with financial planning and be able to understand the:
> Upside business opportunities
> Downside commercial risks
> Compliance issues
> Management issues
> Exit strategy issues
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Attendance at this course will be credited as five CPD points by the FPA (002616) and MIAA.
When: Monday 20 November 2006
Time: 9am - 4.30pm
Venue: Radisson Plaza Hotel, 27 O'Connell Street, Sydney
Cost: $550 including GST
Enquires: T: +61 2 9514 3793 or E: Sharmaine.Gewohn@uts.edu.au
Subediting fundamentals
20-23 November 2006 (9.30am - 4.30pm)
This course covers the fundamentals of subediting, proofreading, layout and design for print publications. Topics covered include: story selection, copyediting news and feature stories, writing headlines and captions, grammar, marking copy, proofreading and avoiding defamation and contempt. Basic concepts of page layout and design using inDesign will also be covered. ACIJ members receive a 10% discount on course fees. For more details please visit: http://www.acij.uts.edu.au/shortcourses/subediting.html
Upcoming short courses at UTS
For full details of all upcoming UTS shortcourses please visit www.short courses.uts.edu.au
Offshore Processing of Asylum Seekers: A Conference on Australian Obligations
The 'Pacific Solution' has dramatically reduced the inflow of asylum seekers by sea, however, there are serious national and international concerns as to whether this policy is consistent with international law and principles of social justice. This Conference will critically examine the 'Pacific Solution', including the policies of mandatory detention, limits on judicial review, excision of territories and 'interception'.
It will consider Australia's rights and responsibilities in dealing with asylum seekers in the light of these strategies, and in the context of Australia's international legal and human rights obligations. The conference takes place on Saturday 25 November 2006 and is hosted by the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology, Sydney.
A public lecture opening the Conference will be delivered by Professor Guy Goodwin-Gill, of All Souls College, Oxford, at 7.00 pm on Friday 24 November. Attendance at this lecture is free of charge.
The Conference is convened by Jennifer Burn, Professor Sam Blay and Associate Professor Patrick Keyzer. Confirmed speakers and panellists to date include:
Professor Guy Goodwin-Gill
Senator Andrew Bartlett
Elizabeth Biok
Claire O'Connor
Professor Ryszard Piotrowicz
Professor Kim Rubinstein
Julian Burnside QC
Associate Professor Mary Crock
Dr Jane McAdam
John Gibson
Hon John von Doussa QC
Hon Elizabeth Evatt AC
When: Friday 24 and Saturday 25 November 2006
Time: 7-8pm on Friday and 9am - 4.30pm on Saturday
Venue: UTS City and Haymarket Campuses
Cost: Friday 24 November lecture is free. Please see the website for a full breakdown of prices for Saturday 25 November.
Enquires: T: +61 2 9514 4329 or E: asylum@law.uts.edu.au
More details: www.law.uts.edu.au/opas/index
UTS NEWS
Curbside mouth swabs more curse than cure
Roadside drug testing has more to do with politicians scoring political points than it does about keeping our roads safe an expert in forensic chemistry announced at a recent UTSpeaks public lecture.
UTS Head of Chemistry, Materials and Forensic Science, Associate Professor Michael Dawson, said solutions to problems such as drug abuse and drug driving that were popular with politicians rarely produced the desired results. That is to say, what works isn't popular and what's popular doesn't work.
He said the new laws permitting police to test drivers for the presence of a limited range of high profile recreational drugs did not include many other drugs that can cause much greater driving impairment.
Read more
Leading innovation in IT education
Three pioneering projects of the UTS Faculty of Information Technology to enhance the education of the next generation of IT professionals have won the support of Australia's peak organisation for university teaching and learning.
The Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education has awarded UTS:IT around $600,000 in Priority Project Grants for 2007-2008 to develop innovative, interactive, online learning and assessment environments that will benefit universities around Australia.
The Faculty's Associate Dean (Education), Associate Professor David Wilson, said the successful proposals had targeted three areas of need - high-demand computer scripting skills, improving the assessment of introductory programming subjects and developing students' evaluation, feedback, review and assessment skills.
Read more
A point to prove: acupuncture as a treatment for hepatitis C
Ten years ago, working in a Sydney drug and alcohol rehabilitation unit, acupuncturist Christine Berle became convinced that acupuncture treatments were having a positive effect on the health of residents suffering hepatitis C.
Today, as a Master's student in the UTS College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Faculty of Science, she is undertaking a scientifically rigorous clinical trial to test what she saw ten years ago.
The trial - the first of its kind in Australia - will evaluate whether acupuncture treatment has an effect on the health outcomes of people who have contracted the hepatitis C virus (HCV). More than 240,000 people in Australia are estimated to be infected by HCV and there are about 16,000 new infections per year.
Are you an international postgraduate business graduate ?
Would you like to share your career achievements?
Would you like to make a testimonial about UTS:Business and how your degree has advanced you personally and profe ssionally?
UTS:Business is looking for successful postgraduate business students to appear on their website and promotional material.
If this sounds like you, please contact Teri Waite in the Faculty of Business: teri.waite@uts.edu.au
UTS EVENTS
31 October - 24 November 2006
Curated by Steve Hatzellis on behalf of the Centre of Digital Design
Artificial Nature 1 concerns the use of digital technologies as creative tools for the rethinking art. The current (second) phase of digital thinking has been referred to as 'Post Digital'. Artists, engineers, designers and architects are extending their creativity through the fusion of their minds with the generative potential of digital technologies.
Artificial Nature 1 is coordinated by the Centre of Digital Design, a research centre focusing on the study and development of dynamic immersive information systems and the creative use of digital media.
Exhibitors include: Arups + PTW + CSCEC, James Angus, Chris Bosse, Michael Davis, Ernest Edmonds, Willea Ferris, Dale Jones-Evans, Lev Manovich, Jon McCormack, mDa>Lab, Minimaforms, LAB; OceanD, StudioWSH.
Symposium: putting the public interest back into transport
Transport is the lifeblood of the city. But do private choices produce useful outcomes, or do we need community acceptance of the public good that comes from an efficient and clean transport network? Featuring panellists Gary Glazebrook and Alan Finlay.
When: Thursday 9 November 2006, 4pm to 7pm
Where: UTS City Campus, Peter Johnson Building CB06, Level 4, Room 405 (CB06.04.05)
Cost: free
More details or to register: please visit the DAB website.
UTS:Engineering Postgraduate Information Evening
Whether you want to strengthen your management skills, develop specialist technical skills, or achieve a balanced combination of both, UTS:Engineering's postgraduate programs can get you there.
Our courses are flexible, offering a range of study options:
• evening classes
• distance learning
• block mode attendance
You can even start your study with a graduate certificate and work up to a master's with no time lost.
Come along to the 2007 Postgraduate Information Evening where you can weigh your options and have all your questions answered.
When: Wednesday 17 January 2007 at 6pm
Contact us to register (light refreshments provided)
T: +61 2 9514 2666 F: +61 2 9514 7803
E: engineering@uts.edu.au
More information: www.eng.uts.edu.au
The ongoing quest for artificial intelligence is this year celebrating its 50th year. But what might the next 50 years hold in store for us? Could robots one day be smarter than people? Could robots and computers learn the way babies do? Could they develop a sense of humour or learn to deceive their makers?
This free public lecture will explore the shape of things to come for computers and robots in a future when we may come to rely on truly intelligent technology.
About the presenter
Professor Mary-Anne Williams is a world leader in artificial intelligence research. She has developed several new computational models for decision making in complex and dynamic environments, with applications from financial risk management to autonomous robot soccer players. She is a member of the Australian Research Council's College of Experts, the Editorial Board of the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research and the joint MIT Press and American Artificial Intelligence Association Press. Professor Williams is Team Leader of the UTS robot soccer team UTS Unleashed!, which has enjoyed significant international success.
When: Thursday 16 November 2006 6pm drinks for 6.30pm start
Where: Guthrie Theatre
Level 3, Peter Johnson Building
702-730 Harris St Ultimo
Free Parking: Peter Johnson Building basement carpark, 702-730 Harris St Ultimo
RSVP: by Wednesday 15 November 2006 to Terry Clinton
T: +61 2 9514 1623
E: terry.clinton@uts.edu.au