New Zealand and Australia Exchange/Study Abroad Trip

May 31 - June 15, 2010

• Location: Hamilton, New Zealand
• University: http://www.waikato.ac.nz/
• Department: http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/
• Visited: May 31, 2010
• Contacts:
  • Mark Apperley, professor (main contact)
  • Steve Jones, mobile computing
  • Richard Nelson, Tony McGregor, networking
  • Mohamed Kamal, international programs, student advisor for US
  • Bernhard Pfaringer, teaches programming languages
  • Tim Elphick, tutor
  • Sally Jo Cunningham, department head
• Materials brought back:
  • Retail & Leisure brochure (http://www.uleisure.co.nz)
  • International Student Handbook, University of Waikato
  • Waikato International Student Exchange partner list (http://www.waikato.ac.nz/go/overseas)
  • Waikato Times (http://www.waikatotimes.co.nz) article, “More international students wanted”, 5/31/2010
  • Backpackers News (free newspaper)
• Notes

• Location: Sydney, Australia
• University: http://www.usyd.edu.au/
• Department: http://www.cs.usyd.edu.au/
• Visited: June 2, 2010
• Contacts:
  • Josiah Poon, undergraduate director
  • Veronica Wong (<mailto:veronica.wong@sydney.edu.au>), manager, international exchange program
  • Eric van Wijk (e.vanwijk@eng.usyd.edu.au), manager, international student relations
• Materials brought back:
  • Presentation by Josiah Poon, undergraduate director
  • Engineering and Information Technologies undergraduate study guide
  • Engineering and Information Technologies postgraduate study guide
• Notes

• Location: Sydney, Australia
• University: http://www.uts.edu.au/ and http://www.uts.edu.au/international/
• Department: http://it.uts.edu.au//
• Visited: June 2, 2010
• Contacts:
  • Lyn Lawrance (Lyn.Lawrance@uts.edu.au), international project coordinator (main contact)
  • Wayne Brookes (Wayne.Brookes@uts.edu.au), associate dean, engineering and information technology
  • Rob Jarman (Rob.Jarman@uts.edu.au), director of undergraduate programs (engineering)
  • Elizabeth Treacy Bascunan (Elizabeth.TreacyBascunan@uts.edu.au), international coordinator
  • Tzeay Chuah (Tzeay.Chuah@uts.edu.au), international director
• Materials brought back:
  • UTS engineering undergraduate study abroad folder (red)
  • UTS international programs folder (blue)
• Notes

• Location: Sydney, Australia
• University: http://www.unsw.edu.au/
• Department: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/ and http://www.international.unsw.edu.au/
• Visited: June 3, 2010
• Contacts:
  • Michelle Kofod (m.kofod@UNSW.EDU.AU), associate director of global education programs (main contact)
  • Maurice Pagnucco, associate professor and (incoming) head
• Materials brought back:
  • Student Life @ UNSW guide
  • Computing Student Guide brochure
  • International Student Guide brochure
  • Autonomous Systems annual report (collaboration with University of Sydney and UTS)
  • Beta student newsletter (with controversial story about centralizing campus computing)
• Undergraduate course listings: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/courses
• Individual course page listings: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~xx1234
  • Replace xx by cs for COMP, bi for BINF, and se for SENG courses
  • Replace 1234 by course number
  • Example: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~cs1911
• Notes

• Location: Canberra, Australia
• University: http://www.anu.edu.au/
• Department: http://cecs.anu.edu.au/
• Visited: June 4, 2010
• Contacts:
  • Henry Gardner, head of computer science
  • Chris Johnson, associate dean of education
  • Peter Strazdins, senior lecturer, teaching systems courses
  • Paul Melloy, international students contact
• Materials brought back:
  • Exhibitions brochure, Drill Hall Gallery
  • ANU campus map
  • “Tech girls are chic!” booklet
  • ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science course descriptions
• Notes

• Location: Melbourne, Australia
• University: http://www.unimelb.edu.au/
• Department: http://www.csse.unimelb.edu.au/ and http://www.mobility.unimelb.edu.au/
• Visited: June 9, 2010
• Contacts:
  • Alistair Moffat, department head
  • Stuart Hibberd (stuarth@unimelb.edu.au), manager of education abroad student programs
  • Nigel Cossar (nwcossar@unimelb.edu.au), manager of Melbourne global mobility
• Materials brought back:
  • Study Abroad and Exchange program guide
  • Engineering undergraduate study guide
  • Engineering graduate programs guide
  • Opportunities for studies overseas brochure
  • IT@Melbourne handout
• Notes

• Location: Melbourne, Australia
• University: http://www.monash.edu.au/
• Department: http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au
• Visited: June 9, 2010
• Contacts:
  • Kim Marriott, head (host)
  • John Betts, senior lecturer
  • Bernd Meyer, associate professor
  • Luke Dawson (Luke.Dawson@monash.edu), study abroad for USA, Canada, and Latin America
  • Sita Ramakrishnan, senior lecturer, in charge of software engineering program
  • Caitlin Slattery, manager of academic programs support, including study abroad
• Materials brought back:
  • Student exchange and study abroad brochures (3)
  • Example course maps for computational science program
  • Course descriptions for software engineering program
• Notes