Former NSW FACS CIO takes tech reins at Macquarie University
Former NSW Department of Family and Community Services (FACS) chief information officer Tim Hume has been appointed tech chief at Macquarie University.
Former NSW Department of Family and Community Services (FACS) chief information officer Tim Hume has been appointed tech chief at Macquarie University.
A new centre which will ready a generation of skilled workers to enter Australia’s burgeoning space industry has officially launched in Sydney.
The NSW Government has backed a proposal for a SQA, which will see researchers from four universities collaborate to advance quantum technologies.
A coupler developed by researchers at Macquarie University Photonics Research Centre has enabled transmission of more than a petabit of data per second down an optical fibre as fine as a human hair.
When a honey bee leaves the hive for the first time in its life, they typically perform between one and five flights around the surrounding area to get their bearings, before they are ready to get to work.
The New South Wales government has committed $500,000 towards developing a University of Sydney proposal to boost postgraduate training and research focused on quantum computing.
The Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS) was reborn yesterday, as it launched three new research projects aimed at building “quantum machines for practical applications”.
Macquarie University has appointed David Reeve as its chief information officer.
The lack of cyber security professionals in Australia is fast becoming a national crisis. A survey this week found that 88 per cent of local businesses were struggling with their lack of skills. The government described the “critical shortage” as a “major problem” in its national cyber security strategy. The situation, it said, was “urgent’”.
Macquarie University and Optus Business will launch a ‘cyber security hub’, the organisations confirmed this morning.
Macquarie University will migrate staff email and calendars from Gmail to Office 365 by the end of the year.
The NSW government has appointed six new members to its ICT Advisory Panel, including a new chair, qualified lawyer and former Australian Computer Society president, Anthony Wong.
Australia’s dependence on the Internet has made it a target for a significant volume of Web threats, according to a new Deakin University report.
National ICT Australia (NICTA) has unveiled a $12 million, three-year research project which will use big data to deliver biodiversity and ecological insights for scientists.
Trend Micro has teamed up with Deakin and Macquarie universities for the purposes of online security research and development.