Monash University launches coding boot camp
Monash University has launched a coding bootcamp, offering participants the chance to “become a web developer in 24 weeks”.
Monash University has launched a coding bootcamp, offering participants the chance to “become a web developer in 24 weeks”.
At least seven Australian universities have been attacked by cyber criminals in a global action targeting researchers.
The government is backing a Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) which will invest more than $200 million to develop and test digital health solutions.
Australian TAFEs will this year offer "hands-on-keyboard" qualifications in cyber security, in response to the huge demand for skilled professionals coming from industry and government.
The number of academic papers containing the phrase ‘artificial intelligence’ has increased nine-fold since 1996, while the number of active (US-based) start-ups developing AI systems has increased by 14 times since the turn of the millennium, according to Stanford University’s inaugural AI Index.
University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has opened a new Centre for Artificial Intelligence.
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’”.
The Gillard government is investing an additional $97 million to boost the number of Commonwealth-supported university placements, but ICT is not seen to benefit from that, according to tertiary education spokespeople.