AIM This paper seeks to add to the debate regarding children as researchers by exploring the reality of their participation in research. BACKGROUND As the role children and young people play in knowledge building is recognised, their position as social agents is evolving. This has led to a shift in the ways in which children and young people participate in research, and in particular in their...

Risk analysis afforded by software like Crystal Ball® has been applied to a number of aspects of technical program management including schedules, costs, portfolio analysis, and six sigma. The results provide powerful, quantitative aids to technical decisions. It is easy to get consumed in the mechanics and details of models before the problem is formulated. Proper formulation of the risk-aware...

Research during general practitioner (GP) training has historically been underrepresented in the medical curriculum. Few GPs in Australia have postgraduate research qualifications and few engage actively in research. The development of an integrated and innovative curriculum at an Australian university provides a unique opportunity to embed research and critical analysis (RCA) at every stage of...

Professor Bialek is interested in a broad set of problems that arise at the interface of physics and biology. His work is animated by the search for principles that might underlie the remarkable functional capabilities of living systems. A theorist, Bialek’s work ranges from abstract theoretical problems to the nitty gritty of experimental design and analysis; he has touched questions which ari...

The world faces critical food security issues due to the combined pressures of population growth, depletion of finite resources and uncertainty in future climate. Of particular concern is the depletion of stocks in wild fisheries, and land-based aquaculture is one response to this problem. This research will look at opportunities to engineer highly efficient, integrated food production systems ...

This paper reports on an investigation of mechanisms that assist Information Systems post-graduate research students to focus their projects. An evaluation is presented of the experiences of Information Systems research students in focussing their research projects based on a survey conducted of students who participated in two of the first three Information Systems doctoral consortia to be hel...

The elicitation of end-user requirements is primarily focusing on the industry, where companies endeavor to discover and satisfy their customer’s requirements. Increasingly however, companies which are working in the same or in different fields are getting together, in order to do joint research and development, despite the fact that they may be potential competitors. These kinds of projects ha...