Prizes and awards
| Prize | Amount | For | Closing Date | Sponsor/Donor |
| The Alumni COMP9242 Prize |
$2,000 | for the best performance in COMP9242 Advanced Operating Systems | N/A | See Below
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| The Amadeus COMP9322 Prize |
$500 | for the best performance in COMP9322 Service Oriented Architectures | N/A |  |
| The Anita Borg Award |
$2,000 | for contribution to the promotion or enhancement of the benefits of computing to society, including encouraging or facilitating the participation of women in computing and meritorious academic performance | 31 October | Gernot Heiser and Trudy Weibel
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| The Atlassian COMP1927 Prize |
1st:$500 2nd:$500 |
tor the two best performances in COMP1927 Computing 2 | N/A |  |
| The Atlassian COMP2911 Prize |
1st:$500 2nd:$500 |
for two best performances in COM2911 Engineering Design in Computing | N/A | |
| The Ben Rudzyn COMP2121 Memorial Prize |
$750 | for the best performance in COMP2121 Microprocessors and Interfacing | N/A | Susan and Joseph Rudzyn |
| The CISRA Best Research Paper Award |
$2,000 | for the best published research paper by a CSE PhD student | 1st Monday in November |  |
| The Cog Systems COMP3231/ 9201/3891/9283 Prize |
1st:$1000 2nd:$500 3rd:$500 |
for the best three performances by an undergraduate in COMP3231/9201/3891/9283 Operating Systems | N/A |  |
| The CommBank Cyber Prize for COMP3441 |
$1,000 | for the best performance by an undergraduate in COMP3441 Security Engineering | N/A |  |
| The CommBank Cyber Prize for COMP9447 |
$1,000 | for the best performance by an undergraduate in COMP9447 Security Engineering Workshop | N/A | |
| The CommBank Year 2 Software Engineering Prize |
$1,000 | for the student enrolled in Software A1:T68 with the best WAM for courses completed in the current year with at least 36 UoC courses completed in the current year and who has completed <= 72 units of their degree (including transfer credits) prior to the current year. | N/A | |
| The CommBank Year 3 Software Engineering Prize |
$1,000 | For the student enrolled in Software Engineering with the best WAM for courses completed in the current year with at least 36 UoC courses completed in the current year and who has completed > 72 units and <= 128 units of their degree (including transfer credits) prior to the current year. | N/A | |
| The CommBank Year 4 Software Engineering Prize |
$1,000 | For the student enrolled in Software Engineering with the best WAM for courses completed in the current year with at least 36 UoC courses completed in the current year and enrolled in SENG4911 | N/A | |
| The CSIRO Data61 Performance Prize for Year 4 |
$1,000 | for the best performance in the CSE Performance Award for Year 4 | N/A |  |
| The Department of Defence, Graduate Office COMP3331 Prize |
1st:$500 2nd:$300 3rd:$200 |
for the three best performances in COMP3331 Computer Networks and Applications | N/A |  |
| The Displayr SENG4911 Prize |
1st:$2000 2nd:$1000 3rd:$500 |
for the three best performances in SENG 4911 Thesis Part B (Software Engineering) | N/A |  |
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The Ernst & Young |
$500 |
for the best performance in COMP4337 Securing Wireless Networks |
N/A |  |
| The Google Third Year Prize |
$1,000 | for the best performance in any three of selected CSE Courses | N/A |  |
| The IMC COMP3121 Prize |
1st:$1000 2nd:$500 3rd:$500 |
for the three best performances in COMP3121 Algorithms and Programming Techniques | N/A |  |
| The Jane Street COMP3141 Prize |
1st:$1000 2nd:$750 3rd:$500 |
for the three performances in Software Design and Implementation | N/A |  |
| The Jane Street COMP4181/9181 Prize |
1st:$1000 2nd:$750 3rd:$500 |
for the thee best performances in COMP3141 Software Design and Implementation | N/A | |
| The Macquarie Performance Prize for Year 1 |
1st:$500 2nd:$350 3rd:$250 |
for the three best performances in the CSE Performance Award for Year 1 | N/A |  |
| The Macquarie Performance Prize for Year 2 |
1st:$500 2nd:$350 3rd:$250 |
for the three best performances in the CSE Performance Award for Year 2 | N/A | |
| The Macquarie SENG2020 Group Prize |
$2,000 | for the best presentation by a group in SENG2020 Software Engineering Workshop 2B | N/A | |
| The Metamako Thesis Showcase Prize |
$2,000 | for the best thesis presented at the CSE Thesis Showcase, Semester 2. | By invitation |  |
| The Microsoft Performance Prize for Year 3 |
1st:$300 2nd:$200 |
for the two best performances in the CSE Performance Award for Year 3 | N/A |  |
| The Murray Allen Award in Computer Science |
$3,000 | for the best performance in Year 3 of the Computer Science program by a student entering the Honours Year | N/A |  Professor Murray Allen |
| The Niel van der Westhuizen COMP4121 Prize | $500 | for the best performance in COMP4121 Advanced Algorithms | N/A | |
| The Optiver COMP6771 Prize |
$500 | for the best performance in COMP6771 Advanced C++ Programming | N/A |  |
| The Optiver SENG3011 Group Prize |
$2,000 | for the best presentation by a group in SENG3011 Software Engineering Workshop | N/A | |
| The Optus COMP9417 Prize |
$2,000 | for the best performance in COMP9417 Machine Learning and Data Mining | N/A |  |
| The Oracle COMP3131/9102 Prize |
$1,000 | for the best performance in COMP3131 or COMP9102 Programming Languages and Compilers | N/A |  |
| The QuantumLinx COMP2111 Prize |
$500 | for the best performance in COMP2111 System Modelling and Design | N/A |  |
| The Recruit Holdings COMP4128 Prize |
1st:$3,000 2nd:$2,000 3rd:$1,000 |
for the three best performances in COMP4128 Programming Challenges | N/A |  |
| The ResMed COMP1917 Prize |
1st:$500 2nd:$300 3rd:$200 |
for the three best performances in COMP1917 Computing 1 | N/A |  |
| The ROKT COMP2041 Prize |
$1,000 | for the best performance in COMP2041 Software Construction | N/A |  |
| The ThoughWorks SENG2011 Prize |
$500 | for the best performance in SENG2011 Software Engineering Workshop 2A | N/A |  |
| The UpGuard COMP3511 Prize |
$1,000 | for the best performance in COMP3511 Human Computer Interaction | N/A |  |
| The UpGuard COMP4931 Prize |
$1,000 | for the best performance in COMP4931 Thesis Part B | N/A | |
| The UpGuard COMP6714 Prize |
$1,000 | for the best performance in COMP6714 Information Retrieval and Web Search | N/A | |
| The UpGuard COMP9243 Prize |
$1,000 | for the best peformance in COMP9243 Distributed Systems | N/A | |
| The UpGuard COMP9444 Prize |
$1,000 | for the best performance in COMP9444 Neural Networks | N/A | |
| The UpGuard COMP9333 Prize |
$1,000 | for the best performance in COMP9333 Advanced Computer Networks | N/A | |
| The Wargaming Sydney COMP4141 Prize |
$500 | for the best performance in COMP4141 Theory of Computation. | N/A |  |
| The Wargaming Sydney COMP9334 Prize |
$500 | for the best performance in COMP9344 Capacity Planning of Computer Systems and Networks. | N/A | |
| The Wipro COMP4336/9336 Prize |
$500 | for the best performance in COMP4336/9336 Mobile Data Networking | N/A |  |
| The Wisetech Global COMP3311 Prize |
$1,000 | for the best performance in COMP3311 Database Systems | N/A |  |
| The Wisetech Global COMP9318 Prize |
$1,000 | for the best performance in COMP9318 Data Warehousing and Data Mining | N/A | |
| The Wisetech Global COMP9321 Prize |
$1,000 | for the best performance in COMP9321 Web Applications Engineering | N/A | |
| The Wisetech Global COMP9323 Prize |
$1,000 | for the best performance in COMP9323 e-Enterprise Project | N/A | |
| The Wisetech Global SENG1031 Prize |
$1,000 | for the best performance in SENG1031 Software Engineering Workshop 1 | N/A | |
| The Wisetech Global COMP4001 Prize |
$1,000 | for the best performance in COMP4001 Object-Oriented Software Development | N/A | |
** Prizes ($500-$1,999): Prizes have no application procedure, but reward students on work already performed.
** Awards ($2,000-$4,999): Awards may have an application or shortlisting procedure.
** Scholarships ($5,000 + ): Sponsors can outline the selection process (either from high school or from our current cohort) for selecting Scholars. Scholarships sometimes have an internship built into them.
The Alumni COMP9242 Prize is sponsored by:
Alumni: Matthew Chapman, Luke Deller, Emmanuel Galanos, Charles Gray, Matthew Grosvenor, Josh Matthews, Caleb Moore, Rupert Shuttleworth, David Snowdon, Adam Wiggins and Ka-Shu Wong
Staff: Gernot Heiser & Kevin Elphinstone
Plus other anonymous contributors
Information on sponsoring can be found here on the CSE Industry Website
