Prospective students, please note: At the moment I already supervise a large number of PhD students, so for the foreseeable future I do not have any further capacity for additional supervision.

For general information about PhD applications, including requirments, please see the future research student page by the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS).

Information and resources for future students

The following links are for students looking to start a PhD. Some of these are specific to the ANU while others are more general advice.

• ANU resources
  • CECS future graduate research students   (information specific to potential computer science and engineering students at the ANU, including a self-assessment flow-chart, information about scholarships, frequently asked questions, and relevant contacts)
  • ANU Information for research students   (both future and current students, including the requirements to start a PhD at ANU, university life, rules and policies, training and skills, etc.)
  • Graduate research scholarships   (available options for funding your PhD)
  • Information for international students   (general information for overseas students)
  • Accommodation information   (specific information about how to find accommodation on and off campus)

• External resources
  • PhD Seek   (PhD scholarships across Australia as well as other related information)
  • The illustrated guide to a PhD   (how a PhD contributes to all of human knowledge, by Matthew Might, University of Utah)
  • Notes on the PhD degree   (by Douglas Comer, Purdue University)
  • Research career advice   (a set of non-technical presentations by David Patterson, UC Berkeley)
  • Grad school advice   (by Jason I. Hong, Carnegie Mellon University)

Another helpful tip before contacting a potential supervisor is to first contact some of her/his students and ask them about their supervisor's approach to supervision.

Finally, some fun stuff:

• PhD Comics