The Sydney advantage
Working with industry
Our students and staff are actively working with organisations to enhance technology and to improve business and industry productivity.
Several of these projects received competitive funding from the Australian government to enable us to find solutions to current business problems. For example, we work with:
- Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre;
- Smart Services Cooperative Research Centre;
- and National ICT Australia (NICTA).
Our staff have also been invited to provide consultancy services for organisations such as:
- the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC);
- National e-Health Transition Authority;
- NSW Breast Cancer Institute;
- World Health Organisation (WHO);
- and the New Zealand Ministry of Health.
Some industry projects are based on long term collaborative arrangements where our staff work on ways of improving existing technology in organisations such as the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Family Medical Research Centre, and the National Centre for Classification in Health.
On other occasions our staff have commercialised their research such that industry can benefit from our discoveries.
At the University of Sydney we collaborate with industry ensuring our technological breakthroughs are relevant and impactful.
Staying relevant in a changing business environment
Business and industry practices are continually changing, and our course content is regularly updated to reflect developments in professional practice. The School of Information Technologies’ external advisory board meets regularly to provide input into our courses and degrees.
At Sydney you’ll be educated to address the current and future needs of businesses.
External Advisory Board members
John Warren
University Relations Manager
Microsoft Research Asia
Jeff Findlay
Compuware Asia-Pacific
Professor Ross Jeffery
UNSW
Dr Tim Littlejohn
Business Development Executive Healthcare and Life Sciences
IBM Australia
Venky Raman
Executive Chairman
Foundation Technology Services
John Ridge
Executive Director
ACS Foundation
Phil Robertson
Director
Canon Information Systems Research Australia (CISRA)
Jerry Meades
Executive Director, Information Services Division, Treasury & Commodities Group
Macquarie Bank
Amol Mahamuni
Senior Project Manager
IBM Software Labs India
David Symonds
Google