UNSW School of Computer Science and Engineering

School of Computer Science and Engineering
Established	1991
Head of School	Maurice Pagnucco
Students	1036 Undergraduate; 258 Postgraduate Coursework; 139 PhD
Location	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Website	www.cse.unsw.edu.au

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, Databases, Embedded Systems and Operating Systems, Networks, Programming Languages, Service Oriented Computing, Software Engineering and Computing Theory.^[3]

CSE is a partner in the National ICT Australia group (NICTA).

MyUniversity Data

MyUniversity^[4] is an Australian Government website providing information about Australian universities. As data is collected from different sources, percentages may collate to over 100%. Information is provided university wide, and on select disciplines.

Computing and Information Systems
- 100% of students have a positive outcome:
  - 93.5% full-time job rate (highest amongst the Go8 and ATN universities in Australia)
  - 7.8% of students go onto further full-time study
- 8.6% Attrition Rate (lowest amongst the Go8 and ATN universities in Australia)

Excellence in Research for Australia

Australian Research Council's Excellence in Research for Australia initiative results for World-Class Research in Information Technology

2011: Broadest range (5 areas, the next highest was only in 2 areas) in Australia
2013: Only Australian University to achieve a rank of 5 (the highest ranking) in Computer Software

Rankings

World Rankings	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
QS World University Rankings in Computer Science & Information Systems^[5]	-	42nd	10th	29th	29th	35th
ARWU for Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences	52-75	52-75	51-75	51-75	42	TBA
Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities - Computer Science	105th	124th	105th	86th	67th	TBA
Australian Rankings	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
QS World University Rankings in Computer Science & Information Systems^[6]	-	4th	4th	5th	3rd	3rd
ARWU for Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences	=1st	=1st	=2nd	=1st	=1st	TBA
Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities - Computer Science	2nd	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	TBA

School Achievements

School Achievements
Year	Project/Achievement
1956	UTECOM became the first digital computer in Sydney^[7]^[8]
1975	First non-US UNIX site (Version 6 Unix)
1976	Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition, with Source Code
1990	First clinical use of RDR
1991	The School of Computer Science and Engineering was established^[9]
1995	UNSW L4 Project begins
1996	Cane Toad Tracking Project begins
1997	Fastest-ever IPC on single-issue CPU (MIPS)
	U4600 Board designed
	UNSW ProgComp Established ^[10]
1999	PLEB designed
	Primary School Workshops Established
2001	Establishment of the Smart Internet Technology CRC
	CSE Revue established
2003	Establishment of NICTA (National ICT Australia, Ltd)
	Establishment of CAS (the ARC Centre of Excellence for Autonomous Systems)
2005	Fastest-ever IPC (Itanium)
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
2007	Freescale Technical Innovation Award
	NICTA L4 Deployment reaches 10 million
	Robotics Workshops established ^[11]
2008	ARTEMIS Orchestra Contest, world champions with the Robot Clarinet
	John Lions Chair in Computer Science Established
	OKL4 Deployment reaches 100 million
2009	HS1917 established ^[12]
	L4.verified
	OK L4 Deployment reaches 500 million
2010	ARWU Ranked 1st in Australia for Computer Science
2011	Excellence in Research for Australia Broadest range (5 areas) of research in Information and Computing Sciences
2013	Excellence in Research for Australia Only Australian University to achieve a rank of 5 (the highest ranking) in Computer Software
2013	Most Number of Tech Startups for any Australian University^[13]

RoboCup Rescue Robot League
Year	Host	Rank
2005	Osaka - Japan	3rd Overall
2006	Bremen - Germany	2nd in Autonomy
2009	Graz - Austria	1st Autonomy 2nd Mobility Innovative Operator Interface
2010	Singapore	1st Autonomy 1st mobility

Student Projects

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 and 2003 as well as coming second in 1999, 2002, 2005 and 2010.

RoboCup Standard Platform League
Year	Result	Final
Year	Result	Winners	Score	Runners-up
1999 (AIBO)	2nd	LRP France	4-1	UNSW United (UNSW) Australia
2000 (AIBO)	1st	UNSW United (UNSW) Australia	10-0	LRP France
2001 (AIBO)	1st	UNSW United (UNSW) Australia	9-2	CM United United States
2002 (AIBO)	2nd	CM United United States	3-3	rUNSWift (UNSW) Australia
2003 (AIBO)	1st	rUNSWift (UNSW) Australia	4-3	UPennalizers United States
2006 (AIBO)	2nd	NUBots Australia	7-3	rUNSWift (UNSW) Australia
2010 (Nao)	2nd	B-Human Germany	6-1	rUNSWift (UNSW) Australia
2014 (Nao)	1st	rUNSWift (UNSW) Australia	5-1	HTWK Germany

Sunswift Solar Car (officially the world's fastest solar-powered vehicle at 88 km/h,^[14] and winner of the Silicon Class of the 2009 Global Green Challenge).
BLUEsat Satellite (Development in Progress).
Robogals

Student Competitions

File:Icpc logo.png ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest
Year	South Pacific	World Finals
2000/01	1st, 5th	=11th
2001/02	1st, 2nd	=11th
2002/03	1st, 2nd	=21st
2003/04	1st, 7th	=15th
2004/05	1st	Honourable Mention
2005/06	3rd	-
2006/07	2nd	=44th
2010/11	1st, 9th	63rd
2011/12	1st, 4th, 8th	=36th
2012/13	2nd, 3rd, 4th, 10th	=60th
2013/14	1st, 2nd, 6th, 9th	TBA

Other Contests
Year	Contest	Australian Rank	World Rank
2015	DEF CON CTF Qualification^[15]	1st	3rd
2014	DEF CON CTF Qualification^[16]	1st	3rd
2014	Cyber Security Challenge Australia^[17]	1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th	N/A
2013	DEF CON^[18]	1st	10th
2013	SECUINSIDE^[19]	1st	4th
2013	Cyber Security Challenge Australia^[20]	1st, 2nd, 3rd	N/A
2013	Imagine Cup^[21]	1st	3rd
2013	Codehire Cup^[22]	2nd (Students)	N/A
2013	Appathon^[23]	2nd	N/A
2013	CiSRA Extreme Imaging^[24]	2nd	N/A
2012	Cyber Security Challenge Australia^[25]	1st	N/A

Computing Facilities

The School has computer laboratories for coursework teaching and student projects, including a number of specialist laboratories. In total, the network consists of approximately 700 computers for teaching, research and administration.^[26]

260 Intel-based computers running Linux in 13 generic teaching laboratories. Over 100 of these are iMacs, and Windows is available in "virtual machines" on all Linux labs
20 computers running Mac OS X in a teaching lab
40 Linux computers reserved for thesis students
50 computers in specialist teaching laboratories
45 computers in 3 virtual laboratories for teaching
30 locally developed research machines of various kinds
200 systems of various hardware and software configurations for academic staff and research students
50 computers for administration and systems support
35 Linux-based servers providing a number of server functions
33 computers in two Linux clusters for research

The School is committed to regular upgrades of its facilities and invests over $700,000 per year on equipment replacement.
UNSW also has a high capacity free wireless Internet service for students and staff.

References

^ Hampton, B., Allen, B., Loeffel, R. The History of the UNSW Faculty of Engineering 1949-2009. UNSW Press 2009.
^ http://www.recordkeeping.unsw.edu.au/documents/ElectronicComput-A405.pdf
^ http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au CSE Website
^ http://myuniversity.gov.au MyUniversity 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
^ 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
^ 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/historicalresources/onlineexhibitions/unitimelineexhibition/1949_1959.html#1956
^ Hampton, B., Allen, B., Loeffel, R. The History of the UNSW Faculty of Engineering 1949-2009. UNSW Press 2009.
^ http://www.computing.unsw.edu.au/school-programs/progcomp/ UNSW COMPUTING ProgComp Website
^ http://www.computing.unsw.edu.au/school-programs/robotics/ UNSW COMPUTING Workshops Website
^ http://www.computing.unsw.edu.au/school-programs/high-school-computing/ UNSW COMPUTING HS1917 Website
^ http://www.startupsmart.com.au/growth/university-of-new-south-wales-tops-list-of-australian-universities-producing-technology-entrepreneurs/2013082010514.html CrunchBase story in StartupSmart Website
^ http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/aussie-car-breaks-a-world-speed-record-20110107-19i7j.html
^ 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

External links

[1] Hampton, B., Allen, B., Loeffel, R. The History of the UNSW Faculty of Engineering 1949-2009. UNSW Press 2009.

[2] ttp://www.recordkeeping.unsw.edu.au/documents/ElectronicComput-A405.pdf

[3] ttp://www.cse.unsw.edu.au CSE Website

[4] ttp://myuniversity.gov.au MyUniversity Website

[5] ttp://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

[6] ttp://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

[7] Hampton, B., Allen, B., Loeffel, R. The History of the UNSW Faculty of Engineering 1949-2009. UNSW Press 2009.

[8] ttps://www.recordkeeping.unsw.edu.au/historicalresources/onlineexhibitions/unitimelineexhibition/1949_1959.html#1956

[9] Hampton, B., Allen, B., Loeffel, R. The History of the UNSW Faculty of Engineering 1949-2009. UNSW Press 2009.

[10] ttp://www.computing.unsw.edu.au/school-programs/progcomp/ UNSW COMPUTING ProgComp Website

[11] ttp://www.computing.unsw.edu.au/school-programs/robotics/ UNSW COMPUTING Workshops Website

[12] ttp://www.computing.unsw.edu.au/school-programs/high-school-computing/ UNSW COMPUTING HS1917 Website

[13] ttp://www.startupsmart.com.au/growth/university-of-new-south-wales-tops-list-of-australian-universities-producing-technology-entrepreneurs/2013082010514.html CrunchBase story in StartupSmart Website

[14] ttp://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/aussie-car-breaks-a-world-speed-record-20110107-19i7j.html

[15] ttps://2015.legitbs.net/scoreboard Def Con Website

[16] ttps://2014.legitbs.net/scoreboard Def Con Website

[17] ttps://scoring.cyberchallenge.com.au Cyber Security Challenge Australia Website

[18] ttp://defcon.org Def Con Website

[19] ttp://war.secuinside.com/ SECUINSIDE Website

[20] ttps://scoring.cyberchallenge.com.au Cyber Security Challenge Australia Website

[21] ttp://icsocialmediateam.com/2013/04/23/imagine-cup-2013-australian-local-finals/ Imagine Cup Australia Website

[22] ttp://www.shoestring.com.au/2013/07/finding-australias-top-coding-talent/ Codehire Cup in ShoeString Website

[23] ttp://appathon.com.au/category/blog/ Appathon

[24] ttp://www.extremeimaging.cisra.canon.com.au/archive_2012.html CiSRA Extreme Imaging

[25] ttps://scoring.cyberchallenge.com.au Cyber Security Challenge Australia

[26] ttp://www.computing.unsw.edu.au/about/facilities.html UNSW COMPUTING Website

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