Congratulations to our prize-winners who each won financial assistance for conference travel.

1st Prize: $1000 Torben Sko, Information & Human-Centred Computing Group

2nd Prize: $500 Peter Carr, Computer Vision & Robotics Group

3rd Prize: $250 Pradeepa Samarasinghe, Applied Signal Processing Group

The judges were impressed with:

• the originality and aesthetics of the poster design, including the effectiveness in attracting attention

• the clear information structure, including the efficient use of imagery

• the suitability of the poster content for the intended audience (technically interested but not specialist)

• the outstanding research results the posters reported on

• the overall presentation of a succinct, well contextualised story

• the provision of clear links to further information

Judges included: Professor Brendan McKay (CECS), Dr Jochen Trumpf (CECS), Mr Simon Yates (Graphic Ark).

Congratulations to all participating students. View posters.

View 'On Campus' article.

At a business networking function sponsored by the Canberra Business Council and ANU Exchange, Mr Hoff invited the students to have their five minutes of fame in a 30-second sales pitch to more than a 100 guests from Canberra's public and private sectors.

They did an impressive job.

"Innovators impress investors", The Canberra Times, 25 June 2009

"The workshop was a considerable success," said Professor Blakers. "Twelve respected Singaporeans attended representing key research institutions and organisations, together with 38 Australians from national solar research centres and businesses."

"At the workshop dinner, Dr Andy Hogg from the Research School of Earth Sciences gave a well received, and scary, talk on the ever-more alarming news from climate science," he said.

Thirty-five presentations covering photovoltaic, solar thermal, institutional and government policies contributed to a much-improved understanding by participants of solar energy R&D, and funding in the two countries.

"It is likely that substantial future cooperation will flow from the workshop," said Professor Blakers. "For ANU, closer cooperation with SERIS and UNSW in particular is likely."

A 2nd workshop may be held in 2010 or 2011 in Singapore.

"Our international students make a wonderful contribution to both the academic and cultural life of the College, and we look forward to welcoming many other students like Vasha to Engineering in the future," said Mr Paul Melloy, Manager of Student Services in the College.

"International student numbers in engineering continue to grow rapidly reflecting the strong interest in our degrees," he said.

The program complements the ICT apprenticeship program which places students into different Commonwealth agencies. Mr Dale has championed both programs that aim to recruit skilled ICT staff into the public sector.