Specialisations

Available in the MIT and GradDip programs

It may be possible to complete up to two of the following streams within the MIT program, provided both stream requirements are met within the allocated 96 uoc.

Artificial intelligence

COMPAS

Compulsory requirement:

Choose one:

COMP9414 Artificial Intelligence
COMP9814 Extended Artificial Intelligence

Students are also required to complete (18 UoC) from this list to satisfy the stream. Pre-requisite courses may also need to be taken.

COMP4418  Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
COMP9318 Data Warehousing and Data Mining
COMP9417 Machine Learning & Data Mining
COMP9418 Advanced Topics in Statistical Machine Learning
COMP9434 Robotic Software Architecture
COMP9444 Neural Networks
COMP9517 Computer Vision

 

Bioinformatics

COMPBS

Compulsory requirement:

BINF9010        Bioinformatics Methods and Applications

Students are also required to complete three courses (18 UoC) from the following list to satisfy the stream. Pre-requisites may also need to be taken.

At least 6 uoc:

BINF6111                          Genome Informatics Engineering Design Workshop
BINF6112  Computational Biology Engineering Design Workshop

Plus 6 or 12 uoc:

MATH5846 Intro to Probability & Stochastic Processes
MATH5856 Intro to Stats & Statistical Computations*
COMP9318 Data Warehousing & Data Mining
COMP9417 Machine Learning & Data Mining

* MATH5856 has a co-requisite of MATH5846. Seek permission from School of Mathematics if you have sufficient background knowledge and wish to enrol in MATH5856 on its own.

Note: BINF9020 - Bioinformatics Methods & Applications was removed from this major from 2018 as it is no longer running.

 

Data science and engineering

COMPSS

Students are required to complete five courses (30 UoC) from the below lists to satisfy the stream. Students must select at least one course from each of the three areas below and at least two courses from two of the areas below. Pre-requisite courses may also need to be taken.

Students must take at least 6-12 UOC of the following courses.

COMP9313 Big Data Management
COMP9321 Data Services Engineering
COMP9315 Database Systems Implementation
COMP9318 Data Warehousing and Data Mining
COMP9319 Web Data Compression & Search

Students must take at least 6-12 UOC of the following courses.

COMP4418 Knowledge Representation
COMP6714 Info Retrieval and Web Search
COMP9417 Machine Learning & Data Mining
COMP9444 Neural Networks

Students must take at least 6-12 UOC of the following courses.

COMP4141 Theory of Computation
COMP6741 Parameterized & Exact Computation
MATH5845 Time Series
MATH5855 Multivariate Analysis
MATH5905 Statistical Inference
MATH5960 Bayesian Inference & Computation

 

Information technology

COMPCS

This stream is for students who prefer maximum flexibility in the courses they select.

 

Database systems

COMPDS

Students are required to complete three courses (18 UoC) from the following list to satisfy the stream. Pre-requisites may also need to be taken.

COMP6714 Information Retrieval and Web Search
COMP9313 Big Data Management
COMP9315 Database Systems Implementation
COMP9318 Data Warehousing and Data Mining
COMP9319 Web Data Compression and Search
COMP9321 Data Services Engineering

 

E-Commerce systems

COMPES

Students are required to complete three courses (18 UoC) from the following list to satisfy the stream. Pre-requisites may also need to be taken.

COMP9321 Web Applications Engineering
COMP9322 Service-Oriented Architectures
COMP9323 e-Enterprise Project
MBAX9117 E-Business: Strategy & Management**

 

Internetworking

COMPIS

Students are required to complete three courses (18 UoC) from the following list to satisfy the stream. Pre-requisites may also need to be taken.

COMP9332 Network Routing and Switching
COMP9334 Systems Capacity Planning
COMP6733 Internet of Things Experimental Design Studio*
COMP9336 Mobile Data Networking
COMP9337 Securing Wireless Networks