January 2012
Now in its third year, the wireless sensor networks course will run again in semester 1 2012 as an elective under code CSSE4003/7005. CSIRO sensor network experts will run the course to share their practical experience in designingm developing, and deploying sensor networks.October 2011
The Smart Office Team received the award for developing room-by-room energy metering of office appliances, an easy-to-use web interface, and promoting an energy-aware culture leading to significant energy savings and interest in using this technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across CSIRO. Read moreJune 2011
Teddy Shih's paper titled "Improving the Throughput of Sensor Network Wake-up Radio using Block Orthogonal Codes" has won the best student paper award at the Annual International Conference on Mobile Communications, Networking and Applications in Singapore. The paper was co-authored by Raja Jurdak, Bih-Hwang Lee, and David Abbott. This happens to be Teddy's first lead-authored paper. Well done Teddy!
June 2011
I am now back at CSIRO, Brisbane!
March 2011
I will be on a short sabbatical at MIT (CSAIL) between March and May 2011. I'll be based in Professor Daniela Rus's group for collaboration on networked and distributed systems.
October 2010
Students from Europe interested in pursuing graduate study in Australia can apply to the Endeavour Europe Awards. The Endeavour Europe Awards provide financial assistance for postgraduate students from participating countries in Europe to undertake, in any field of study, a Masters Degree or PhD in Australia. Funding provided by the Endeavour Europe Awards is a 12 month contribution towards your postgraduate qualification in Australia.
We are seeking expressions of interest from eligible candidates for this award, who are interested in Phd Studentships in the field of Wireless Sensor Networks. A selected candidate will be supported by both CSIRO and one of the two main Brisbane-based Universities (University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology) for applying for an Endeavour Europe Award, with a total value of $38,500 for one year.
September 2010
Phd Scholarship Top-Ups in the area of sensor networks will become available in the last quarter of 2010 for excellent students with a provisional acceptance at an eligible posgraduate program in an Australian University. Eligible candidates must secure an APA or IPRS scholarship, and the top-up will be a supplementary cash amount plus a contribution towards operational expenses of the student. Interested candidates should contact: rjurdak [at] ieee [dot] org for more detail. Applications now open on CSIRO's recruitment website.
September 2010
We are seeking expressions of interest for Phd Studentships in the field of Wireless Sensor Networks. A selected candidate will be supported by both CSIRO and one of the two main Brisbane-based Universities (University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology) for applying for an Endeavour Postgraduate Award, offered by the Australian Government.
Endeavour Awards are the Australian Government's internationally competitive, merit-based scholarship program providing opportunities for international students from specific countries to undertake study, research and professional development in Australia. The total award amount is up to AU$201,000 (tax free) for 3.5 years. The successful applicant may also be eligible to approximately AU$8,000 per annum csiro ict centre top-up scholarship and other benefits such as travel-support.
Interested applicants should send their CV's and a statement summarizing their interest in this opportunity to: rjurdak [at] ieee [dot] org
Other scholarship opportunities, such as IPRS (International Postgraduate Research Scholarship) for international students, and APA (Australian Postgraduate Award) are also possible and typically become available at the beginning of the calendar year.
November 2009
I will be coordinating a WSN course at UQ involving several CSIRO scientists. The course targets undergraduate and early graduate students at the University of Queensland in Semester 1 2010. It will also be open to IT professionals to learn about WSN technology. The course will include an introduction to sensor networks through lectures and recent articles, as well as a strong hands component through weekly labwork. More information on the course here and UQ's ITEE course page.
© 2011 Raja Jurdak
