Postgraduate Study
We receive many applications from potential postgraduate students. If you
would like to join work with us, you first need to meet the University and
School of IT requirements. You can find relevant application forms for local
and international applications. You also need a suitable background in terms of
academic studies and experience. The CHAI lab is a systems lab with a strong
technical orientation so students would be expected to demonstrate excellent
technical skills for most thesis projects and there are some projects that are
primarily user studies for which a strong HCI background is needed.
To apply to join our lab, you need to provide the following:
- Statement of research interest - you should consult the research page to see what
we are doing and check out recent publications so you have a better sense of just what
we are working on and from this, if you are still interested, you should write a short
statement of what areas you find interesting and would like to work on.
- Statement of your funding situation, what scholarships you have applied for
and other relevant information indicating how you will ensure you will be able to
study for the duration of a thesis project
- Curriculum vitae (including your academic transcript) with particular care to point
to the relevant background and skills in areas most relevant to our research.
To earn a place in our research group, you need excellent technical skills and
the ability to learn new ones. Some of our work involves studies in human computer
interaction and intelligent teaching systems and if you are interested in those,
you should point to relevant background and skills.
- Contact three referees who will be willing to send a confidential report directly
to judy@it.usyd.edu.au, commenting on your technical competence, ability to work with
others, written and spoken communication skills.
In addition, you will need to meet general requirements of the School and the University.
For information about this and scholarships, please consult
Future postgraduate - research.
There is also useful information on the page with details of
how to apply.
Overseas students should note that the only way to gain funding for the cost of
tuition is to apply for one of the very competitive overseas student scholarships -
information is available at the above url.
Entry Process
Once we have received all the above materials, the CHAI research committee
will meet to review your application. The committee meets once per week.
After this meeting, successful applicants will receive mail to organise an
interview with the committee (which also conducts telephone interviews for
students outside the Sydney area).
Interns
We receive a huge number of requests for internships and cannot accommodate most of them.
If you are interested in joining us, please follow the same application process as
described above for postgraduate students.
Honours Students and Thesis Students
Potential Honours students should consult the School of IT information for Honours students.
Also review the information on the
Undergraduate Projects
page as well as the main
Projects and
People
pages to see the sorts of things we have been working on and the interests of each
staff member in the group.
In addition, if you are interested in working with our group, it is a good idea to meet and discuss
the possibilities and how they mesh with your interests and talents.
Honours Scholarships
- For: Students intending to enrol in an Honours program in 2011
- How much: $6,000 for one year.
- How many: 100 in 2011
- How to apply: online application form - sydney.edu.au/scholarships
- Due date: Thursday 6 January 2011
Honours Scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic merit and personal
attributes such as leadership and creativity.
Equity scholarships available in Faculties of Arts, Science and Health Sciences
Applications are open once a year only,
irrespective of whether you intend to commence in the first or second semester.
In order to be eligible,
the programme you are studying must have an additional year following the
normal Bachelor degree.
Open to Local students or International students who have completed their
undergraduate degree at the University of Sydney.
For more information: sydney.edu.au/scholarships
Honours Students and Thesis Students Smart Services CRC Scholarships
The Smart Services CRC Education Programme is able to provide a small number
of highly competitive conference travel scholarships.
These are for the support of student dissemination of research of high quality
by Honours and MIT Thesis students in the CHAI research group where that research
is relevant to the CRC projects.
To be eligible, the student should have a paper, based on their thesis work,
accepted at a leading conference in the area.
The application should be submitted to Professor Kay.
It should provide details of the paper and conference and the costs for
student rate attendance.
(Students should also apply for any student funding provided by the conferences.)
A committee of CHAI researchers will review applications and make a recommendation that
will be reviewed by the Smart Services CRC Research Director.
Weekly activities for research students
Some of the activities you should be involved in include:
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Research Student Seminar - 2pm Mondays in School of IT Building Room 123.
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TimTam Tuesdays 2pm Tuesdays in the tearoom on Level 1.
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Friday Thai for postgrads.
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