1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

scholarship for up to two years for a Masters program or
three years for a PhD program. Renewal of the teaching
assistantship shall be subject to adequate ~erformance of
teaching duties.
A number of prizes are currently available to Computer
Science students:
Aspect Computing Prize The amount of $1000 will be
awarded to a student in the
final year of a computing
degree course (not BIT) on the
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basis of results in second year
P
(D computing subjects. The
d
student should have completed
a c
IBL if they are undertaking a
0 degree which has an IBL
!? component. The School
P
nominates up to three
3
(D students. Aspect Computing
a - interviews these students and
then awards the prize. (Note:
f
Bachelor of Business
g. (Computing) students also
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compete for this prize.)
Australian Computer The amount of $150 will be
Society Prize
awarded to the 'best' student
on a degree accredited by the
ACS at level one or two.
Students are evaluated on the
basis of their aggregate
performance on final year
computing subjects.
School of Computer An amount of up to $300 will be
Science and Software awarded to the student
Engineering Staff Prize nominated by the School for
the Eric Bode Prize.
Darren Golden T~LS prize is funded from the Darren
Memorial Prize Golden Memorial Trust is
awarded to the most outstanding
student in the final two years of
the Bachelor of Information
Technology. The award is based
primarily on academic merit but
extra-curricular performance in
areas such as leadership and
contribution to course activities
will be taken into account.
School of Biophysical Sciences and Electrical
Engineering
Postgraduate At least one twelve-month
Scholarship
scholarship is normally
provided for students
undertaking full-time
postgraduate research in an area
of study relevant to the School.
The value of the scholarship is
Swinburne Centre for
Applied Neurosciences
Postgraduate
Scholarship
Kenneth Clarke Prize
SCAN Prize
Intergraph Award
Software from
Intergraph
Corporation
determined by the Head of
School. Scholarships may also be
made available to international
students engaged in full-time
postgraduate research in an area
of study relevant to the School.
One scholarship is normally
provided to a student
undertaking full-time
postgraduate research in an area
of study relevant to the Centre.
The value and duration of the
scholarship is determined by the
Director of the Centre.
Amount of $200 and plaque. The
Kenneth Clarke prize is awarded
to the best student in the final
year of the Medical Biophysics
and Instrumentation course
based on the highest weighted
average marks in final year. The
award is sponsored by the School
in recognition of Mr Kenneth
Clarke, a former long service
member of the Biophysics
Advisory committee.
The amount of $200 and a
plaque are awarded to the best
student in the final year of
Psychology/Psychophysiology
course based on the highest
weighted average marks in final
year. The award is sponsored by
the Swinburne Centre for
Applied Neurosciences (SCAN),
a research centre within the
school.
This prize, valued in excess of
$5000, including a plaque is
awarded to the best student in
the final year of Computing and
Instrumentation course based on
the highest weighted average
marks in final year. The award is
sponsored by Intergraph
Corporation, a major supporter of
our industry based learning
program and employer of our
graduates.
School of Mathemati cal Sciences
The ASOR Medal Awarded to the best final year
(Australian Society of Operations Research student
Operations Research) at the University, by the
Operations Research Society of
Australia on the recommendation
of the School of Mathematical
Sciences.