Information technology

The field of information technology has changed dramatically over the past decade. It has become increasingly important that computers do the task that is required whilst still remaining easy to use.

PhD students in particular are encouraged to become involved in this exciting multidisciplinary research.

For students with a background in:

Information technology
Engineering
Applied mathematics
Other applied sciences with a strong quantitative emphasis.

Career pathways include:

Local and international research organisations
Regional councils
Multinational companies
Consulting
Academia.

Current students and topics

Some current students	Topics
Rob Connell	Unstable equilibrium: Modelling waves and turbulence in water flow
Xie Zhi	A new approach to modelling circadian rhythm in drosophila
Kenji Irie	Noise characteristics of commodity digital cameras
Stephen Bell	Estimating the risk of tetany in dairy herds
Hong Ling	Neural networks for modelling random processes
Scott Freeman	Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping for ecosystem management
Javed Hassan	Neural Networks for assessment of the state of progression of mastitis in dairy cows
Lin Mu	Artificial Intelligence and Fuzzy multi attribute rating approach for real-time power system voltage control
Andrew Bates	Simulation analysis of nitrogen dynamics on dairy farms

Recent theses

Paul Mason: 'Estimating Thermal Radiation Fields from 3D Flame Reconstruction'

Rajanayake: 'Investigation of a solute transport model and development of inverse methods in hydrogeology'

Wynand Verwoerd: 'Stochastic modelling of solute transport in porous media'

Chandraratne: 'Vision based methodology for evaluation of meat quality characteristics'

Eduardo Ordonez: 'Hierarchical Neural Network model for forecasting waste generation in Chile'

Jonathan Festing: 'The development of Robotable – Infrared correction techniques to enhance marker detection'.

Some research topics and supervisors

Some topics	Supervisors
Agent based modelling of the behaviour of braided rivers	Crile Doscher
Agent-based modelling of tourist flows and movements	Crile Doscher
Estimation of heat flux from video of building fires	Alan McKinnon
Developing natural curves and surfaces with complex adaptive systems	Keith Unsworth
Grid-based tools for visualisation	Stuart Charters
Diagnosing mastitis in dairy cattle with neural networks	Sandhya Samarasinghe
Interpreting body weight change in dairy cows using neural networks and fuzzy systems	Sandhya Samarasinghe
Efficient nonlinear data pre-processing with neural networks	Sandhya Samarasinghe
Including uncertainty in visualisations	Alan McKinnon
Tracking lego robots	Keith Unsworth
Neural networks applications for a selection of topics in computational biology	Sandhya Samarasinghe
New matrix-based methods to analyse the structure of large biochemical reaction networks in cells	Wynand Verwoerd
Modelling interactions between drought response and primary production in the metabolism of pasture plants	Wynand Verwoerd
Reducing methane emissions from farm animals by manipulating inputs to digestive metabolic networks	Wynand Verwoerd

Active researchers and supervisors

Prof Don Kulasiri
Dr Wyn Verwoerd
Dr Crile Doscher
Dr Sandhya Samarasinghe
Dr Keith Unsworth
Prof Alan McKinnon
Dr Stuart Charters

Recent news and developments

New book release: Beginning Database Design: From Novice to Professional, Clare Churcher
Lincoln University has recently announced a relaunch of its undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications in IT. The previously named qualifications in Applied Computing have been renamed Software and Information Technology.
Neural Networks for Applied Sciences and Engineering: From Fundamentals to Complex pattern Recognition, CRC Press, 600pp. (06-09-2006) by Sandhya Samarasinghe.
The Centre for Advanced Computational Solutions demonstrates some of the key initiatives undertaken at Lincoln University and in collaboration with others.

Degree options

Note that there are numerous Masters' degrees that cater for this research.

PhD
Master Applied Science
Master of Software and Information Technology

Enquiries

Walt Abell