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university of technology, sydney global partnerships for global challenges
collaborative.
innovative.
“Our purpose as a
practical.
university is to advance
knowledge and learning to
progress the professions,
industry and communities
of the world.”
Professor Ross Milbourne,
Vice-Chancellor and president
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practical. innovative. collaborative.
Message from the Deputy Vice-Chancellor –
International and Development
With six key research themes focusing With a vision to transform our world-class
on Health Futures, Sustainability and the facilities into a campus of the future,
Built Environment, Communication and UTS is investing a further A$1 billion
Intelligent Systems, Future Services and dollars in campus development over the
Industries, Business Innovation, and Creative next five years. In conjunction with our
and Civil Societies, UTS has earned a innovative research outcomes and strong
reputation nationally and internationally for international partnerships, UTS’s campus
its inspired approach to providing high impact of the future will bolster the university’s
and innovative solutions to problems of global impressive research capabilities.
significance. The future presents diverse and exciting
UTS is proud of its partnerships with challenges. Alongside these challenges
universities, industry and government across come opportunities to expand and
Australia and the world, and utilises these strengthen our partnerships in pursuit of
relationships as the foundation for developing creative solutions to global issues.
The University of Technology, Sydney aspires cutting-edge solutions to global challenges.
to be a truly internationalised university, Among the many substantial outcomes of
building our research strength and capacity our partnerships is Australia’s first plug-in
through partnership with institutions hybrid electric vehicle, engineered by UTS
of excellence around the world. UTS is researchers and being trialled as a fleet
characterised by a culture of discovery, vehicle by staff at the NSW Department of
creativity and engagement. Our research Environment, Climate Change and Water. Professor William R. Purcell
reflects our philosophy and vision to be Our long lasting relationship with mobile
a world-leading university of technology, communication multinational Motorola has
consistently breaking new ground and impacted the company’s choice modelling
producing world-class outcomes with the and product design, and our partnerships
capacity to change lives. with Agilent Technologies and Alcatel have
resulted in the development of cutting-edge
teaching and collaborative research facilities.
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practical. innovative. collaborative.
UTS AT A GLANCE
Times Higher Education QS-World University ranking 2010 257
Research income 2009 A$26 million
Academic and support staff 2010 2750
Undergraduate programs 100
Postgraduate programs 150
students in 2010
Total student enrolments 34 167
Local 25 492
International 8675
Higher Degree Research 1164
Postgraduate Coursework 11 531
Undergraduate 21 472
“Our courses are designed to prepare students for
the global marketplace and academics visit from
all corners of the globe to share their expertise.
We enjoy close partnerships with universities
worldwide and the benefits of a diverse
multicultural student body.”
professor william purcell,
deputy vice-chancellor (international and development)
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practical. innovative. collaborative.
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practical. innovative. collaborative.
THE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, SYDNEY
UTS embraces knowledge and These international students share > double degree programs
learning beyond political and cultural their knowledge and culture with local
> sponsored exchange of researchers
boundaries. We situate our research, students, further preparing them for
teaching and learning in an international careers in the global marketplace. > joint research programs
context and engage with people and
In addition, internationalisation brings > exchange opportunities
countries from around the world to
significant benefits to the broader
advance our academic, educational and Our international partners include
community. Students from across the
wider social objectives. UCLA, MIT, Johns Hopkins University,
world introduce us to new viewpoints
Kings College London, Shanghai Jiao
UTS is an international institution. and bring different approaches to
Tong University, Hong Kong Polytechnic
More than 20 per cent of our 34 167 problem-solving.
University and Universität Mannheim.
undergraduate and postgraduate
UTS has forged strong international
students come from overseas,
ties and is active in developing mutually
originating from more than 120 countries
productive alliances worldwide,
around the world.
delivering:
Campus and facilities
UTS’s world-leading learning and Over the next five years, the UTS City UTS has engaged world-renowned
research facilities include: Campus Master Plan will revitalise the architect, Frank Gehry – responsible
university campus with a billion dollar for such famous architecture as the
> the world’s first dedicated bio-imaging
vision to deliver an iconic and pedestrian- Guggenheim Museum – to design
lab, enabling staff and students to
friendly campus where innovation and the new UTS: Business building.
obtain and view images of metal
creativity meet technology. Comprising
elements such as iron and zinc in brain “Frank Gehry’s concept encapsulates
four new buildings and a number of
and heart tissue the spirit of UTS. His proposal is bold,
major refurbishments, relocations
innovative and synthesises creativity and
> the only OMX light microscope in the and new social hubs, it aims to ensure
technology to create unique learning and
southern hemisphere, opening up new the university’s future in cutting-edge
research environments for the future,”
possibilities in the detection, treatment education and research.
UTS Chancellor, Professor Vicki Sara said
and understanding of diseases in
The new Engineering and Information of the project which is due for completion
humans, animals and plants
Technology building on Broadway is in 2013.
> an Engineering Remote Access lab, designed to represent a new gateway into
a world-first facility allowing students the city. The design consists of angled,
to conduct experiments on-line in semi-transparent binary screens
communication with students or providing a dramatic urban presence. In
academics around the world. keeping with the university’s commitment
to sustainability, the building will have a
> advanced simulation labs in the Faculty
5 Green Star Rating, designed to deliver
of Nursing, Midwifery and Health
a 30 to 45 per cent energy saving over the
allowing students to practise their
benchmarked tertiary institutions.
clinical skills on “SimMan”, who can
be programmed to display medical
symptoms. The faculty is also a leader
in the design of medical simulation
equipment in Australia.
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practical. innovative. collaborative.
The new UTS Faculty
of Engineering and IT
building designed by
Denton Corker Marshall
began construction
mid-2010.
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practical. innovative. collaborative.
Committed to supporting researchers, research students and industry
partners, UTS aims to be a leader in collaborative research and a
preferred research partner for industry, business, government and
the professions.
research at uts
UTS research is focused on driving Health futures discipline areas such as finance,
change and finding practical solutions UTS researchers are improving the economics, marketing and management
to current national and international quality and safety of health care with innovative cross-disciplinary
problems – what we call ‘practical with specific strengths in developing approaches to the role of business and
innovation’. Our 28 research strengths biotechnology and medical devices, public policy in addressing key economic,
are recognised as national leaders evaluating health systems and services social and environmental problems.
covering disciplines ranging from to improve practice and generating
Communication and intelligent systems
traditional areas – such as physical, meaningful economic analyses to take
UTS brings together a range of
biological and engineering sciences health into the future.
disciplines to tackle issues that are
– to fast-moving contemporary fields
Sustainability and built environment fundamental to society, how we
including design, nanotechnology
UTS research in this theme spans areas communicate and share information.
and sustainability. We work closely
including climate, water, energy, health This diverse theme examines new
with industry and leading research
and built environment enabling us to ways to draw insight from oceans of
organisations on projects that tackle
provide holistic research approaches to data, understanding and leveraging the
real-world issues.
environmental issues and policies. communication potential of new media
UTS is committed to fostering and and technologies, and designing real-
Creative and civil societies
investing in an innovative research time intelligent systems.
Research in this area draws together
culture. Our recent Strategic Investment
researchers from the arts and social Future services and industries
Plan allocated an additional A$70million
sciences, design and sciences to Services make up a critical component
over the next six years to enhance
give a unique perspective on cultures of the Australian economy. Technology
our research capabilities. This extra
and cultural change, the impact allows a revolutionary approach both to
funding will help attract top talent from
of technology on society and the the delivery of services and to traditional
around the world, drive innovation
characteristics affecting social cohesion industries such as manufacturing. UTS
and build the development and
and cultural change. researchers in areas such as robotics,
competitiveness of our researchers.
IT and nano-materials are defining
Business innovation
UTS research is focused around six and supporting the next generation of
This theme draws together world-
key themes: Australian industry and services.
leading research in fundamental
“UTS produces research that is
underpinned by technology and
innovation. As a result we can assist
business, government, industry
and communities to develop
technologies, services and outcomes
that provide real benefits.”
PROFESSOR Attila Brungs,
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)
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practical. innovative. collaborative.
UTS Research Strengths
Our 28 research strengths are grouped within the six theme areas:
Health futures Creative and Civil Societies Business Innovation
> Health Economics Research and > Forensic Science > Corporate Governance
Evaluation > Law Research > Management and Organisation Studies
> Health Technologies > Contemporary Design Practices > Quantitative Finance Research
> Health Services and Practice > Cosmopolitan Civil Societies > Study of Choice
> Infection, Immunity and Innovation > Research in Learning and Change Future services and industries
Sustainability and > Transforming Cultures > Nanoscale Technology
the built environment > Strengthening Indigenous > Intelligent Mechatronic Systems
> Sustainable Futures Communities > Innovation in IT Services and
> Built Infrastructure > China Research Centre Applications
> Plant Functional Biology and Climate > Creative Practices and Cultural Communication and
Change Cluster Economy Intelligent Systems
> Environmental Sustainability > Human Centred Technology Design
> Technology in Water and Wastewater > Real-time Information Networks
> Quantum Computation and Intelligent
Systems
HEALTH
FUTURES
FUTURE SERVICES SUSTAINABILITY
& INDUSTRIES & BUILT
ENVIRONMENT
COMMUNICATION CREATIVE &
& INTELLIGENT CIVIL SOCIETIES
SYSTEMS
BUSINESS
INNOVATION
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practical. innovative. collaborative.
UTS is proud of its track record in effective research collaboration with
other universities nationally and internationally, and with partners in
industry, business and the professions.
research collaboration
UTS works in partnership with These highly innovative centres focus From the ATN/ISTA alliance, the
universities across Australia through six on maintaining and improving Australia-China NanoNetwork was
Collaborative Research Centres: Australia’s international standing in formed in early 2009 to promote
> Australasian CRC for Interaction these priority areas. collaborative research projects and
Design Pty Ltd research training; addressing key
In 2009 UTS was also chosen to lead two
> Contamination Assessment and contemporary research challenges
significant newly formed national centres through nanoscience. UTS is a
Remediation of Environments
sponsored by the Australian government: leading contributor to the
> Cotton Catchment Communities
> Creative Industries Innovation Centre NanoNetwork’s research into energy
> Sustainable Tourism
> Australian Centre of Excellence for efficient lighting solutions.
> Technology Enabled Capital Markets
Local Government
> Water Quality and Treatment Key Technology Partnerships
Australia-China NanoNetwork As part of our vision to be a world-
These centres bring together
As a member of the Australian leading university of technology, UTS
researchers from universities,
Technology Network (ATN) of universities, is developing strategic partnerships
government laboratories and industry to
UTS has a strong relationship with with leading technology institutions
achieve outcomes of national economic
ISTA, the International Strategic worldwide. These Key Technology
and social significance.
Technology Alliance. Co-ordinated from Partnerships enable collaborative
The university is also a member of Hong Kong, ISTA includes more than research, teaching and mobility
two Australian Research Council Centres 20 universities in the USA, UK, Israel, opportunities for academics and
for Excellence in: China and Australia, all interested students of UTS and its partners.
> Autonomous Systems in sharing intellectual property and
> Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for technology transfer.
Optical Systems
“The research we’re doing on
energy efficient materials
connects in to the Australia-China
NanoNetwork which we’re involved
in. The theme is energy efficient,
green lighting, which fits perfectly
with us. That’s what we would
consider our major activity.”
PROFESSOR MATTHEW PHILLIPS,
DIRECTOR, MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS UNIT
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UTS’s DeltaVision OMX
microscope
and advanced
computing facility
enables researchers
to look at visually-rich
images in real-time
while conferencing
with scientists around
the world.
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industry partnerships
There are many ways industry partners Industry Advisory Board Australia’s national broadcaster, the
work with us on research, including: In 2010, UTS formed the Vice- ABC; one of Australia’s major banks,
> contract research – discrete research Chancellor’s Industry Advisory Board. Westpac; and the country’s leading
projects delivering specific value to the Representing the broad spectrum of telecommunication provider, Telstra.
industry partner industries integral to the university, the Board members’ knowledge will inform
> collaborative research projects – UTS main function of the board is to feed UTS research and education programs
and the partner work together on a thinking at UTS. to guarantee industry relevance within
research project with each providing Comprised of 10 members – all CEOs coursework and research.
intellectual input and resources or powerhouses in their sectors – the In turn, this knowledge will assist UTS
> consulting services – accessUTS, board represents companies including in continuing to develop relevant industry
our wholly-owned commercial arm, IT giants IBM, Deloitte and Microsoft connections and improve the quality of
provides a range of services such Australia; Kimberley-Clark Australia; our research outcomes.
as laboratory testing and analysis, medical technology company, Cochlear;
training programs and study tours digital effects company, Animal Logic;
“Both Alcatel-Lucent and UTS are driven by
innovation and technology and we share
the mutual goal of equipping a new generation
of students with the skills needed in a broadband-
enabled Australia.”
Andrew Butterworth,
Managing Director, Alcatel-Lucent Australia
“UTS is an excellent strategic partner for
industry – easy to work with and good to do
business with. The partnership helps us drive
innovation, accelerate research and shape our
future workforce.”
Glen Boreham,
Managing Director, IBM Australia and New Zealand
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Partnership outcomes
Equipping our scientists PHEVs combine the best attributes of Cultivating digital technology leaders
Global provider of analytical electric cars with the efficiency of hybrid UTS’s newly established partnership
instrumentation, Agilent Technologies vehicles. They are able to charge directly with Alcatel-Lucent, equips students
has made UTS: Science’s Bio-Imaging from a normal household powerpoint with the cutting-edge knowledge to
Facility their Asia Pacific demonstration and feed surplus power back into the build, manage and utilise new networks.
site, furnishing it with more than $A1 grid on days of high demand. PHEVs Alcatel-Lucent is the strategic supplier
million dollars worth of equipment. may be the next big development in the for the rollout of the largest single
According to Agilent’s Australia and evolution of the automobile, with GM infrastructure investment in Australian
New Zealand Operations Manager, and Toyota both announcing plans to history – the National Broadband
Rod Minett, “the bio-imaging lab – the have PHEVs in their showrooms in the Network. As part of the agreement
culmination of an eight-year partnership near future. with UTS, Alcatel-Lucent will establish
between UTS and Agilent – is a success a facility for learning and professional
Demystifying consumer behaviour
in both the project work it has produced development on campus.
Mobile communication multinational
and as a demonstration site for new UTS students and academics will have
Motorola has a longstanding relationship
applications of Agilent instruments.” access to Alcatel-Lucent facilities and
with UTS’s Centre for the Study of Choice
Switching on the future which has impacted the company’s infrastructure. Undergraduate and
Researchers from UTS’s Institute product design. Based on choice postgraduate courses will be shaped by
for Sustainable Futures and UTS: modelling research produced by UTS Alcatel-Lucent training materials, with
Engineering have developed Australia’s researchers, Motorola recently halted elements delivered in conjunction with
first plug-in hybrid electric vehicles development on a particular product, a Alcatel-Lucent staff.
(PHEVs). Dubbed ‘SWITCH’, the cars are decision they estimate saved them tens
currently being trialled as fleet vehicles of millions of dollars.
by staff at the NSW Department of
Environment and Climate Change.
13Health futures
Infection, Immunity and Innovation (i3)
www.ithreeinstitute.uts.edu.au
i3 aims to deliver the highest quality Led by Professor Ian Charles, the The difficulty in treating these wounds
research on the biology and control centre has five main research areas: is that most contain communities of
of infectious diseases in humans and bacterial pathogenesis and drug bacteria, called biofilms, which cannot
animals. The institute’s projects tackle resistance; gastro-intestinal infections; be killed by conventional antibiotics.
health issues of global significance such high-throughput drug screening; Special honeys from Australia and
as obesity, diabetes, and the spread and immuno-regulatory pathways in New Zealand can eradicate these
mutation of pathogens. infectious diseases; molecular biology, biofilms. The project aims to identify
bioinformatics and genomics. the components in honey that do this
i3’s areas of research hold the keys to
and determine how they do it, in order
interrupting the lifecycle of pathogens: One current project is investigating
to develop more effective treatment for
diagnosis and identification (detection); treatment for chronic (non-healing)
chronic wounds.
transmission; survival and development wounds. In Australia, one quarter of
(infection); immunity; and control institutionalised aged people have
methods (treatment). Its research is pressure ulcers, a statistic that is likely to
internationally competitive in the field, hold true for many other countries and
with proven application to the treatment which has the potential to worsen as the
and prevention of infectious diseases. population ages.
“Super resolution has enabled us to
see the protein structures inside
bacterial cells clearly in 3D: this is a
world first. And it’s happening right
here at UTS.”
Professor Elizabeth Harry talking about how UTS’s
super-resolution 3D OMX microscope is impacting her research
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Professor Elizabeth Harry
Professor Liz Harry has been working
at UTS for 15 years, having come from
Harvard as a Postdoctoral Fellow in
1994. She retains close professional
links with Harvard, and is in the forefront
of research into biofilms. Her research
in microbiology began at a time when,
as she says “the processes that told a
bacterial cell when and how to divide
were essentially unknown.”
Professor Harry was the first person
to identify and reveal cell-division
genes in a harmless strain of
bacteria closely related to anthrax –
Bacillus subtilis. Later she pioneered
immunofluorescence, a new way of
seeing the proteins inside bacteria
under the microscope by making them
glow. The organisation of proteins is
fundamental to cell division and DNA
replication – the mechanism by which
bacteria grow and spread.
Professor Harry is an Australian
Museum Eureka Prize winner “for
leading-edge research into how bacterial
cells regulate where and when division
will take place to ensure accurate
partitioning of chromosomes between
newborn cells, thus facilitating the
design of novel antibiotics.”
In 2008 she was honoured with a
Frank Fenner Award from the
Australian Society of Microbiology for
distinguished contribution to Australian
microbiology research.
Professor Harry is currently working
to conquer the antibiotic-resistant
“superbug”, Staphylococcus aureus,
and Acinetobacter – both major sources
of infection in hospital patients.
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Plant Functional Biology and Climate Change Cluster (C3)
www.c3.uts.edu.au
The Plant Functional Biology and Led by Professor Peter Ralph, C3 has A recent project of huge importance
Climate Change Cluster harnesses a cross-disciplinary approach that to Australia developed more accurate
more than a decade of extensive UTS attracts researchers with backgrounds modelling of water evaporation from
research, forming a high-impact, in physics, atmospheric modelling and landscapes, which will enable water,
internationally-competitive research oceanography. Cluster members work forestry and landscape managers to
program in climate change. collaboratively with Australian institutes predict how current and future climate
and overseas organisations in Europe and land-use management practices will
Formed in 2008, C3 has five major
and North America. impact water fluxes. This research has
research areas: tree function and
particular relevance to carbon offsetting
impacts of climate change; coral Ongoing projects include
proposals to plant trees to absorb
bleaching; climatic influences on investigations into ocean health,
carbon dioxide which, inevitably, will also
biodiversity; vulnerability of Antarctic such as satellite sensing to detect
increase pressure on water resources.
ecosystems to climate change; and levels of algae and suspended or
measuring and monitoring water fluxes dissolved material in the water; and
from leaf to canopy scales. intensive research on phytoplankton
in the Southern Ocean, investigating
the response of these organisms to
temperature change and their ability to
absorb excess carbon dioxide.
“Only when we fully understand
transpiration will we be able to
manage landscapes and water
resources optimally. UTS’s
Terrestrial Ecohydrology Research
Group is at the forefront of
improving understanding of the
rates and controls of water loss
through vegetation and
the interaction of current and future
climate on this process.”
Professor Derek Eamus
Executive Member Plant Functional Biology and Climate Change
Cluster (C3)
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Professor Derek Eamus
Derek Eamus is a plant physiologist
and ecophysiologist who has worked
predominantly on tree species for the
past 15 years. He leads the Terrestrial
Ecohydrology Research Group within C3.
Previously, he was the inaugural director
of the world-renowned UTS Institute
for Water and Environmental Resource
Management (IWERM).
As one of Australia’s leading researchers
in natural resource management,
Professor Eamus’ work is of enormous
significance for Australia’s future
sustainability and stability, and has
global relevance. With four other UTS
researchers, he recently participated in a
nationally-broadcast television program
aired on the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation (ABC) on the impact of
future population growth.
While much of the current global
concern with climate change focuses
on rising water levels, Professor Eamus
has raised additional reasons to be
concerned about water. He believes
finding enough drinkable water will pose
serious challenges in the near future,
and argues reducing domestic use –
the current focus of Australia’s drive
to conserve its water supply – will not
improve availability.
Professor Eamus teaches at
undergraduate and postgraduate
level, and was the principal author of
Ecohydrology: vegetation function, water
and resource management, a textbook
published by CSIRO (2006). He was also
a co-editor and major contributor to the
award-winning textbook Plants in Action
(Macmillan).
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Designing Out Crime Research Centre (DOC) Professor Kees Dorst
Professor Kees Dorst is a highly
www.designingoutcrime.com recognised design professional and
educator. As well as leading the
The prevention of crime is an ongoing Sydney’s famous Circular Quay is about
Designing Out Crime Research Centre,
challenge in every society. The Designing to undergo a major redevelopment
he is a core member of the UTS Centre
Out Crime Research Centre, led by and the centre is engaged in research
for Contemporary Design Practices. He
Professor Kees Dorst, aims to use that will make the rail, bus and ferry
teaches widely in The Netherlands and is
design practice to meet this challenge interchange more user-friendly, help
a senior researcher in the department of
with initiatives that actively discourage pedestrians move easily between the
Industrial Design at Eindhoven University
criminal activity by reducing its appeal, area’s many attractions, and improve
of Technology.
removing opportunities and making it safety and security.
more difficult, risky and inexcusable. Professor Dorst has been outspoken
At the other end of town, a notorious in calling for broader, more inclusive
Established in late 2008, with annual district for alcohol-related crime has analysis in design research. He
funding provided jointly by UTS and the already benefitted from a simple design emphasises the importance of
New South Wales Department of Justice intervention. The many dark lanes of researchers engaging with industry
and Attorney General, the Centre now Kings Cross have been lit with animated, rather than working in separate spheres.
has some 23 projects underway. colourful figures, increasing their use by Professor Dorst believes that Australia
pedestrians, reducing congestion in the has the potential to lead design research
DOC is targeting retail theft through
main streets and discouraging crime in and sees “real opportunities for
three projects: using innovative, colour-
the lanes themselves. Australian design to jump ahead of the
changing barcodes to enable consumers
to recognise and avoid black-market field” and hopes to continue to introduce
products; redesigning the humble coat new methods of design education.
hanger to make it more difficult to steal “While design can’t always be the direct
clothing; and using interior design to answer to the hard reality of crime,”
make petty theft from supermarkets he says, “it can reduce the incidence
harder to conceal. of many crimes through addressing
the underlying causes, as well as the
behaviours that turn into the scenarios
that lead to crime occurring.”
Professor Dorst is on the board of
Young Designers and Industry, and is a
co-founder of the Amsterdam Creativity
Exchange. He offers consulting in
product design and development, and
has published widely in his field.
“The Designing Out Crime
Research Centre is an exciting
project, bringing together an
internationally recognised team
of leading design and criminology
researchers with a unique design-
led approach.”
Professor Kees Dorst,
DIRECTOR, DESIGNING OUT CRIME RESEARCH CENTRE
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China Research Centre (CRC) professor maurizio marinelli
Professor Maurizio Marinelli is the
www.china.uts.edu.au director of the China Research Centre.
The China Research Centre (CRC) is a bilingually published researcher into With a background as a China linguist
an interdisciplinary research institute Chinese industrial policy and labour and historian, Professor Marinelli is an
producing world-leading research issues and Australian Research Council internationally acclaimed scholar and
on contemporary China. The CRC Future Fellow, Associate Professor speaker on contemporary China.
looks at China as a rapidly developing Elaine Jeffreys, well known for her Having held positions at the University
superpower and examines its context work on Chinese popular culture and of Bristol, Brown University and the
in the modern world. UTS’s long gender studies. University of Bologna, Professor
established interest in China-focused Marinelli is the author of two books and
As well as producing cutting-edge his publications include articles written
research was formalised with the
research, the CRC organises a range in three languages (English, Chinese
opening of the CRC in 2008.
of high profile public lectures, and Italian).
The CRC is unique among research roundtables and international
institutions dedicated to the study workshops. Chief among these is the Among his many professional affiliations,
of China within Australia and Provincial China Workshop, which brings Professor Marinelli is an invited member
internationally, as its researchers dissect together leading international scholars of the Economic and Social Research
the notion of China as a monolithic entity for an annual discussion on local and Council College, a special advisor
and instead examine it from provincial regional China research. for the UK’s Research Assessment
and locality-based perspectives. Exercise’s Asian Studies Panel and
Future projects for the CRC include was the Principal Investigator in Bristol
The centre is staffed by a range of high potential collaborations on cultural for the Worldwide University Network
profile China experts including CRC heritage preservation and urban Contemporary China Centre.
Director, Professor Maurizio Marinelli, sustainability, creating the potential for Professor Marinelli’s research interests
an international expert on contemporary collaboration between Australian and include Chinese intellectual discourses,
China’s social, political and intellectual Chinese museums and other cultural urban China, east and west encounters
history; Australia’s first ambassador institutions. Another project on urban and colonialism and post-colonialism.
to China, Dr Stephen Fitzgerald; China will study Chinese cities in He is currently furthering his research
Professor Carolyn Cartier, a published relationship to Sydney, with a Sydney/ on the Chinese port city of Tianjin,
specialist in urbanisation and regional Shanghai project currently in the works. the methodology surrounding colonial
development in contemporary China; and post-colonial subjects and their
Professor Wanning Sun, an established relationship with the colonial power.
commentator on Chinese Media and This research interest won him a
Cultural Studies; Professor Anita Chan, £810 000 (A$1.3 million) research grant
from the UK Economic and Social
Research Council in 2008.
“UTS has a tradition of engagement
with disciplinary expertise in the
sciences and technology, so an
interdisciplinary research centre
like the China Research Centre is
very relevant in terms of global
partnership opportunities.”
Professor Maurizio Marinelli,
DIRECTOR, CHINA RESEARCH CENTRE
19Business Innovation
Centre for the Study of Choice (CenSoC)
www.censoc.uts.edu.au
Led by internationally renowned One of Australia’s most pressing issues CenSoC has national and global
Professors Jordan Louviere, Michael today is the ageing population and the affiliates, and is a cross-disciplinary
Keane and John Geweke, CenSoC uses provision of adequate retirement funds. initiative of the School of Marketing
theory, tools, processes and insights CenSoC is currently engaged in research with the Department of Mathematical
from econometrics, mathematics, to discover how people make decisions Sciences and the School of Finance
statistics, marketing and psychology regarding their superannuation. and Economics. This multi-disciplinary
to build models to accurately predict This research will help governments approach has secured CenSoC’s place
how groups and individuals are likely to and superannuation providers to as a groundbreaking research centre,
respond to choices. communicate financial information which recently developed a technique to
better, enabling people to make more model the choices of individuals.
Research at the CenSoC is aimed
informed, positive choices to improve
at better understanding individual The Centre has five major research
their future financial security.
and group decision-making, areas: theories of choice behaviour;
including the decision and choice Recently, Sydney’s transport system was instrumentation; statistical modelling;
processes of managers, organisations the subject of an independent inquiry, social policy and economic valuation;
and consumers. and CenSoC was commissioned to and validation and applications.
conduct and analyse the inquiry’s market
research into Sydney resident’s attitudes
to the present and future of the system.
The research provided concrete data to
guide future investment and planning.
“CenSoC has some of the top people
in the world in labour economics,
statistics and environmental
economics, and we continue to
build on those skills with people
who are at the very top of their
discipline internationally”
PROFESSOR JORDAN LOUVIERE,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF CHOICE
20Business Innovation
Professor Jordan Louviere
Professor Jordan Louviere is the
founder of CenSoC, and a leader in
the design and analysis of choice
experiments. He has taught the
annual summer short course in choice
modelling at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology alongside such luminaries
as Dan McFadden, who shared the
2000 Nobel Prize in Economics for his
pioneering work in choice modelling
theory and applications.
Professor Louviere consults for
private and public sector organisations.
He is the co-founder and director of
Decision Intelligence Pty Ltd, through
which he has worked with Boeing on
their Dreamliner product, and developed
a long-lasting relationship with Motorola
to use choice modelling to guide
product design.
Professor Louviere’s work has been
applied to projects as diverse as
helping Kellogg Australia gauge
the effectiveness of its advertising,
employing behavioural choice modelling
to predict ticket purchases for
destinations on Qantas Airways’ UK, US
and South-East Asian routes, indicating
how businesses respond to sales and
market trends, and how people respond
to government policy changes.
21Communication and intelligent systems
Quantum Computation and Intelligent Systems (QCIS)
www.qcis.uts.edu.au
Led by Professor Chengqi Zhang, As well as producing the theoretical These include five research laboratories:
QCIS’s research covers quantum foundations of quantum programming Data Science and Knowledge Discovery
computation, knowledge discovery, that will one day enable quantum Laboratory, Decision Systems and
decision support, innovation, and computers as the technology becomes e-Service Intelligence Laboratory,
infrastructure enhancement. available, the centre is also developing Innovation and Enterprise Research
intelligent systems technology, including Laboratory (the Magic Lab), Knowledge
QCIS works with major national and
data mining research and applications Infrastructure Laboratory, and the
international partners, including Bell
that solve current problems. Quantum Computation Laboratory.
Labs (Alcatel-Lucent), the Capital
Markets Cooperative Research Centre, Launched by NSW Chief Scientist QCIS research is practical and innovative,
the private health insurance provider and Scientific Engineer, Professor and has applications in a wide range
HCF, Australian banking giant, Westpac, Mary O’Kane in 2009, QCIS is housed of businesses, including finance,
and Australian telecommunications in state-of-the-art facilities at the UTS marketing, security, health, government
provider, Optus. Successful QCIS City campus. and engineering. Both industry and
projects include a partnership with government stand to make huge savings
Australia’s national social security body, with innovative data-mining algorithms
Centrelink, to reduce incorrect benefit with applications in areas as diverse as
payments and detect fraud. market surveillance, fraud detection and
debt prevention.
“The new territory that this area of
computing is opening up is very
broad and we look forward to the
range and diversity of our research
partnerships increasing.”
Professor Chengqi Zhang,
DIRECTOR, CENTRE FOR QUANTUM COMPUTATION AND
INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
22Communication and intelligent systems
Professor Chengqi Zhang
Professor Chengqi Zhang is a research
professor in computer science, and is
one of the world’s leading researchers in
data mining and intelligent systems.
One of his current projects tackles
online payment fraud, rated as the most
critical threat to online businesses and
the cause of massive losses every year.
The project aims to develop effective
approaches to discovering patterns
related to fraudulent online payments
that will filter e-payment transactions as
they happen and estimate their risk of
fraud. The project will contribute to the
instant detection and prevention of
risky e-payments, and improve the
confidence of e-payment acquirers and
card associations.
Professor Zhang is Chair of the
Australian Computer Society National
Committee for Artificial Intelligence.
He also chairs the steering committee
for the International Conference on
Knowledge Science, Engineering and
Management, and is a member of the
steering committees for two other
major conferences: the Pacific Rim
International Conference on Artificial
Intelligence and the Pacific-Asia
Conference on Knowledge Discovery and
Data Mining.
He is widely published, with over
200 research papers published in
renowned international journals in the
field. Professor Zhang has also co-
edited nine books, and is currently an
associate editor of IEEE Transactions on
Knowledge and Data Engineering, and
the editor of Web Intelligence and Agent
Systems: an International Journal.
23Future Services and Industries
Institute for Nanoscale Technology (INT)
www.nano.uts.edu.au
INT is dedicated to the study of Current INT projects look at energy- To date, the INT has had successful
nanoscience and nanotechnology. efficient lighting through the use relationships with a range of industry
Founded by high profile physicists of gallium nitride LEDs; the use of partners, including LED and solar cell
Associate Professor Mike Ford and nanoscale window coatings that block manufacturer, BluGlass, Pilkington
Professor Michael Cortie, the INT is infrared light, reducing the need for Group Limited and leading chemical
acclaimed across Australia for its airconditioners; nanoscale coatings company, BASF. As the use of nanoscale
innovative research and for its broad that emit heat and can be used to lower products becomes more prominent
approach to the possibilities created by a building’s ambient temperature by in everyday objects and the field of
the interaction of light and matter. radiating heat into the atmosphere; and nanotechnology continues to grow, so
the use of gold nanoparticles to destroy too do the opportunities for the INT
INT is staffed by researchers from
toxoplasma gondi, a common parasitic to partner with industry and continue
a range of science backgrounds,
infection affecting humans. leading the way for nanoscale sciences
including maths, physics, computational
in Australia.
science, chemistry, microscopy, biology, Researchers and students within INT
materials science and engineering. have unlimited access to a huge range
These researchers share a fascination of facilities, including UTS’s world-class
with the rapidly-growing field of Microstructural Analysis Unit and its
nanotechnology and the vast range of electron microscopes, atomic force
practical applications that this sort of microscopes and scan probe technology.
science lends itself to.
“The Institute for Nanoscale
Technology offers researchers
access to some really world class
facilities and to research projects
that are really cutting edge and
internationally relevant.”
Associate Professor Mike Ford,
DEPARTMENT HEAD, PHYSICS AND ADVANCED MATERIALS
24Future Services and Industries
associate professor mike ford
Associate Professor Mike Ford is a
pioneer of nanotechnology education
in Australia. Having co-founded
the country’s first nanotechnology
undergraduate degree, he joined UTS in
2002 and helped found the Institute for
Nanoscale Technology.
Associate Professor Ford is Department
Head of Physics and Advanced Materials
and Associate Director of INT. In his role
within INT, his primary responsibility
is the development of nanotechnology
education initiatives at UTS.
At the University of Maryland, Associate
Professor Ford developed a new
electron impact coincidence technique
to study electron correlation in atoms
and molecules. His current research
interests are fundamental electronic
properties of materials and nano-scale
systems, electron motion and bonding
in van der Waals clusters as a route
to understanding solvation chemistry,
and synthesising scanning tunnelling
microscope images using quantum
chemical methods.
Along with two other UTS researchers,
Associate Professor Ford is currently
working on green lighting research
in collaboration with Chinese
partners through the Australia-China
NanoNetwork. This project aims to pave
the way for lighting technology that
promises dramatic improvements in
energy efficiency.
Associate Professor Ford has made
significant contributions to science in the
field of computational materials physics
in Density Functional Theory and the
simulation of large numbers of atoms.
He has published over 90 peer reviewed
articles with recent articles appearing
in the Journal of Physics: Condensed
Matter and Chemical Physics Letters.
25practical. innovative. collaborative. UTS faculties and schools Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Communication > Education > International Studies UTS Business School > Postgraduate Programs > Accounting > Finance > Economics > Management > Marketing Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building > Design > Architecture > Built Environment Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology Faculty of Law Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Faculty of Science > Chemistry and Forensic Science > Environmental Sciences > Mathematical Sciences > Medical and Molecular Biosciences > Physics and Advanced Materials 26
practical. innovative. collaborative.
UTS: Arts and Social Sciences
www.fass.uts.edu.au
UTS: Arts and Social Sciences UTS: International Studies offers Research centres
combines the individual and collective coursework programs and research > Australian Centre for Independent
strengths of teaching and research degrees in language and culture, Journalism
in communication, education and and has 70 partner universities in
> Australian Centre for Public
international studies. In the areas of 12 countries. Students spend at least
Communication
humanities, arts and education, it was one semester studying and living in a
recently top-rated in the Australian non-English speaking environment as > Australian Centre for Public History
federal government’s Learning and part of their degree. > Centre for Health Communication
Teaching Performance Fund. > Centre for Information and Knowledge
UTS: Arts and Social Sciences
UTS: Communication’s specialist has research strengths focused in Management
areas, reflected in both teaching 15 interdisciplinary research centres. > Centre for Media Arts Innovation
and research, are journalism, public Several centres offer professional > Centre for New Writing
communication, media arts and development courses, including
> China Research Centre
production, information and media, AdSchool, the only academically
writing and cultural studies, social recognised industry education program > Communications Law Centre
inquiry, and sound and music design. accredited by the Advertising Federation > Cosmopolitan Civil Societies
of Australia. > Creative Practice and Cultural
UTS: Education provides courses
in primary, secondary, adult and Economy
organisational learning, as well as > Creative Industries Innovation Centre
TESOL (teaching English to speakers of > Centre for Research in Learning and
other languages) and applied linguistics. Change
> Transforming Cultures
27practical. innovative. collaborative.
UTS Business School
www.business.uts.edu.au
With accreditation from the Association executive short courses to update and Research centres
to Advance Collegiate Schools of advance the skills and knowledge of > Centre for Corporate Governance
Business (AACSB) International, UTS business professionals.
> Centre for Health Economics Research
Business School is part of an elite group
Many UTS Business School staff are and Evaluation
that represents the top six per cent
leaders in their fields both academically > Centre for Management and
of business schools worldwide. The
and in industry, working as senior Organisation Studies
faculty has been consistently top-rated
staff or consultants, or with strong
in the Australian federal government’s > Centre for the Study of Choice
links into major corporations. The
Learning and Teaching Performance > Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research
faculty’s Executive Council includes
Fund for the last three years (2007-2009), Centre
highly respected and experienced
winning substantial government funding.
professionals, including CEOs, directors > Quantitative Finance Research Centre
UTS Business School Postgraduate and chairs of boards in sectors as > Sustainable Tourism Cooperative
Programs offers a single portal for varied as finance, tourism, biotechnology Research Centre
all graduate programs, and also runs and media.
> Capital Markets Cooperative Research
Centre
> Australian Centre for Event
Management
> Australian Centre for Olympic Studies
> Centre for Australian Community
Organisations and Management
> Centre for e-Business and Knowledge
Management
> Centre for Health Services
Management
> Paul Woolley Centre for Capital Market
Dysfunctionality
28practical. innovative. collaborative.
UTS: Design, Architecture and Building
www.dab.uts.edu.au
UTS: Design, Architecture and Building UTS: DAB has research strengths Research centres
(UTS: DAB) offers progressive, vocational aligned with five centres, including the > Asia-Pacific Centre for Complex Real
education in design, architecture, Designing Out Crime Research Centre, Property Rights
property economics and construction and the multi-disciplinary Group for
> Built Environment and Design
project management. Its close Health, Architecture and Planning, which
Management
association with industry generates aims to create healthy and sustainable
thinking and research that is both facilities in the health architecture and > Centre for Contemporary Design
highly advanced and relevant to current building industry. Practices
global concerns. > Creative Industries Innovation Centre
UTS is also home to the Australian
UTS: DAB has three schools offering government’s new Creative Industries > Designing Out Crime Research Centre
education in visual communication, Innovation Centre, which aims > Group for Health, Architecture and
fashion and textiles, interior design, to increase the competitiveness, Planning
industrial design, photography and profitability, productivity and innovation
situated media, design management of Australia’s creative industries.
and animation, architecture, planning,
development, construction, investment
appraisal, project and urban estate
management, and property economics.
Photographer: Anthony Geernaert
29practical. innovative. collaborative.
UTS: Engineering and Information Technology
www.feit.uts.edu.au
UTS: Engineering and Information FEIT maintains close links with Research centres
Technology (FEIT) offers progressive leading global companies such as > Australian Research Council Centre of
teaching programs and practice-based Bishop Technology, Alcatel-Lucent, Excellence for Autonomous Systems
education. It was top-ranked in the CSIRO, Thales Australia, Raytheon and
> Centre for Electrical Machines and
Australian government’s 2008 Learning Yokagawa, as well as national private and
Power Electronics
and Teaching Performance Fund, and public sector organisations. Researchers
its Women in Engineering program was are recognised leaders in their fields, > Centre for Built Infrastructure
the first in Australia to encourage and and their work is driven by the needs Research
support women engineers. of industry and often performed in > Centre for Health Technologies
collaboration with industry partners. > Centre for Human-Centred Technology
Many FEIT courses are developed in
direct response to expressed industry UTS: Engineering offers programs Design
needs. All are kept current through outside Australia through The Hong > Centre for Innovation in IT Services and
consultation with industry partners, Kong Management Association and Applications (iNEXT)
ensuring that they are relevant industry- the Air Transport Training College > Centre for Intelligent Mechatronic
leading programs. (Singapore). Systems
> Centre for Quantum Computation and
Intelligent Systems
> Centre for Real-Time Information
Networks
> Centre for Technology in Water and
Wastewater
30practical. innovative. collaborative.
UTS: Law
www.law.uts.edu.au
UTS: Law offers distinctive courses that training at a doctorate level; Research centres
develop expert disciplinary knowledge and professional development > Health, Family and Communities
and ethics in a global context, and have courses, including preparation for the
> Intellectual Property, Media and
a strong focus on the development NSW Bar Examination.
Communications
of professional skills. Education is
UTS: Law is the home of the > Corporate, Commercial and Tax
focused on intellectual, professional
Communications Law Centre and the
and personal attributes that include > International Law, Human Rights and
Anti-Slavery Project, both of which
critical thinking, analysis and evaluation, the Environment
offer students research and community
spoken and written communication, > Criminal Justice and Criminology
engagement opportunities, as well as
legal research and technological literacy,
the Australasian Legal Information
lifelong learning, self and cooperative
Institute (AustLII). UTS: Law has
work management, cultural awareness
established five research networks
and social justice.
which represent the key areas of
Postgraduate study includes coursework research strength, and is active in many
programs in dispute resolution, other UTS research centres.
international law, industrial property,
trade mark law and practice; tertiary
teaching experience and research
31practical. innovative. collaborative.
UTS: Nursing, Midwifery and Health
www.nmh.uts.edu.au
UTS: Nursing, Midwifery and Health UTS: NMH has 10 clinical professors Research centres
(UTS: NMH) offers innovative and based in hospitals around Sydney who > Centre for Midwifery, Child and
practice-oriented programs in nursing, conduct research designed to improve Family Health
midwifery, health and health services practice and policy in fields such as
> Centre for Health Services
management. UTS is a leader in acute care, aged and extended care,
Management
integrating simulation into nursing mental health and women’s health
and midwifery curriculum in Australia, nursing, child and family health, clinical > Centre for Health Communication
with advanced simulation laboratories practice development and midwifery. > Centre for Health Economics Research
and hi-tech mannequins designed to and Evaluation
UTS: NMH was designated a World
help students experience real life > WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing,
Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating
clinical scenarios before delivering care Midwifery and Health Development
Centre for Nursing, Midwifery and Health
to real patients.
Development in 2008, forming part of
Academic staff have professional an international network supporting
experience as registered nurses and WHO objectives for global public health.
midwives, are specialists in their fields Research is focused through this and
and are actively involved in research. four other centres, including joint
initiatives with UTS: Business (Centre
for Health Economics Research and
Evaluation) and UTS: Communication
(Centre for Health Communication).
32practical. innovative. collaborative.
UTS: Science
www.science.uts.edu.au
UTS: Science offers interdisciplinary UTS: Science pursues research that Research centres
courses designed to teach relevant, advances innovation and technology, > Infection, Immunity and Innovation
innovative and comprehensive science and provides solutions to the most
> The Plant Functional Biology and
with practical skills. The university significant issues facing the world.
Climate Change Cluster
recently invested over A$110 million to Researchers are active in areas such
refurbish its science facilities, resulting as climate change, forensic science > Institute for Nanoscale Technology
in one of the finest state-of-the-art and biology, nanotechnology, health > Centre for Forensic Science
science buildings in the southern technology, mathematical modelling > Centre for Environmental Sustainability
hemisphere. of complex systems, infectious and
> College of Traditional
parasitic diseases, imaging and marine
Through five centres of expertise, Chinese Medicine
biology. Key research is focused in seven
UTS: Science offers technology hubs > Health Psychology Unit
research centres, including two UTS
staffed with expert research scientists,
Strategic Investment Areas: Institute for
experienced technical staff and world-
the Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases
class instrumentations in state-of-the-
and the Plant Functional Biology and
art facilities. In these centres, UTS:
Climate Change Cluster. UTS: Science
Science facilitates informal access to
also interacts with other UTS research
researchers, links with State and
centres, such as the Quantitative Finance
Federal research and development
Research Group, Centre for the Study
schemes, and access to world-class
of Choice and the Centre for Health
infrastructure.
Technologies.
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