Monash University Faculty of Information Technology explained

Monash University Faculty of Information Technology
Established:	1990
Founder:	Clifford John Bellamy
Accreditation:	Australian Computer Society (ACS)^[1]
Students:	6000+
Location:	Melbourne, Australia

The Faculty of Information Technology (formally known as Faculty of Computing and Information Technology) at Monash University is one of the 10 primary faculties at Monash University.^[2] It's located at Monash's Clayton campus in Melbourne, Australia, and has additional course offerings in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Suzhou, China.^{[3] [4]}

History

The Faculty was established as Faculty of Computing and Information Technology in 1990 following a merger between Monash University and the Chisholm Institute of Technology, later it was renamed to the Faculty of Information Technology. It was founded by Clifford John Bellamy, who became the founding dean and left the office in 1996.^[5]

Structure

The Faculty at Monash University's Clayton campus operates three distinct departments, each offering a range of undergraduate, graduate, and certification programs. In addition to these departments, the Faculty is home to several specialized research labs and also hosts a number of research centres and institutes.^[6]

Departments

• Department of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
• Department of Software Systems and Cybersecurity
• Department of Human-Centred Computing

Institutes

• Monash Data Futures Institute
• Monash Energy Institute

Centres

• AiLECS
• Centre for Learning Analytics at Monash (CoLAM)
• Monash Assistive Technology and Society
• Monash Blockchain Technology Centre

Labs

• Augmented Intelligence and Multimodal analytics (AIM) for Health Lab
• Biomedical Imaging Analytics Lab (Linked FIT-MBI Lab)
• Emerging Technologies Research Lab
• HumaniSE Lab
• Monash Laboratory for the Foundations of Computing
• SensiLab

Clubs and societies

The faculty students engage in various co-curricular activities in multiple student societies:^[7]

• Computing and Commerce Association
• diversIT^[8]
• MonSec^[9]
• Monash Electronic Gaming Association
• Monash Association of Coding
• Monash Energy Club
• Wired Monash – IT

Notable alumni

The faculty has a wide network of over 33,000 alumni across 155 countries.

• Beng Chin Ooi, computer scientist
• Luke Sayers, Australian businessman

Notes and References

1. Web site: Australian Computer Society - Accreditation .
2. Web site: Monash University SIEC Education . 2024-08-25 . SIEC . en.
3. Web site: 2023-11-21 . Best universities in Australia for computer science degrees 2024 . 2024-08-25 . Student . en.
4. Web site: Campuses . Monash University Faculty of Information Technology.
5. Web site: History . Monash University Faculty of Information Technology.
6. Web site: Faculty Structure . Monash University Faculty of Information Technology.
7. Web site: Clubs & Societies . 2024-08-25 . clubs.msa.monash.edu.
8. Web site: diversIT . 2024-08-25 . monashdiversit.com.
9. Web site: MonSec . 2024-07-05 . About Us . 2024-08-25 . MonSec . en-au.