Institute of Information Sciences and Technology

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• Institute of Information Sciences and Technology
• wherever data, information, speech, image,
  spectrum, video are to be captured, analysed,
  processed, displayed, stored, or transmitted

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Makeup of IIST

• Palmerston North
• 45 Academic staff
• 6 General staff
• 5 Technical staff

• Wellington
• 12 Academic staff
• 0.5 General staff
• 2 Technical staff

• Postgraduates
• 18 PhD Students
• 22 Masters Students
• Professors (51)
• J Mazierska (HOI), RM Hodgson (Information
  Engineering), R Harris (Telecommunications
  Network Engineering), S Haslett (Statistics), D
  Mehandjiska-Stavreva (Software Engineering),
  Martin Hazelton (Statistics)

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Currents Groups

• ? Computer Science Software Engineering,
• E-Learning, Computational Applications,
• Interaction Design
• ? Electronics and InfoComm Engineering
• Signal Image Processing,
• Telecommunications and Networking,
• Electronics, Sensors Measurements
• Statistics Official Statistics, BioStatistics,
• Statistical Engineering, Decision Science

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Research Achievements 2004

• Two out of a total of six Marsden Grants awarded
  (plus collaboration on a third) in the
  Mathematics and IT area (30 in New Zealand)
• Four out of 23 total FIET Grants (18 at Massey
  University)
• Seven out of 61 MURF Grants (12 at Massey
  University)
• One out of seven MUTA Grants (14 at Massey
  University)
• Two FRST Grants (TIF)

Stephen Marsland
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Research Outputs 2000-04

• Refereed Papers 289
• Books Authored, Edited Chapters
  62
• Software 16
• Addresses to Professional Bodies
  303
• Professional Consultancy 33
• Other Research/Technical Papers 19
• Postgraduate Completions 90
• Total Graduates approx 500

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Major Degrees
Palmerston North Computer Science (BSc,
BInfSci, BA) Statistics (BSc, BInfSci,
BA) Decision Science (BSc, BInfSci, BA)
Software Engineering (BEng) Electronics
Computer Systems Engineering (BEng) Information
and Telecommunications Engineering (BEng) Welling
ton Multimedia Systems Engineering (BEng) Softwa
re Engineering (BEng) Electronic
Engineering (BEngTech) Systems
Engineering (BEngTech) Telecommunications
Engineering (BEngTech)
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Quality of Graduates
" We have been recruiting both undergraduates and
postgraduates from Massey University for ten
years and have found the quality of these
graduates to be of the highest level.  Of
particular note is the breadth and depth of the
courses offered at undergraduate and postgraduate
levels. Our postgraduate staff members recruited
from Massey have contributed to several
world-leading technology initiatives, and as a
result have been keenly sought after by major
international firms. Murray McNae
Chairman SolNet Solutions
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Current Situation

• Budget appr. 6.5M
• EFTS appr. 570
• Financial situation currently good (!)
• but
• Risk 1 possible decrease in UG EFTS
• Risk 2 too small external income
• due to
• Problem 1 lack of coherent space
• Problem 2 not enough research leaders

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Goals, May 2005

• ? INCREASED RESEARCH OUTPUT
• PBRF to be achieved
• Institute 4 (from 1.3)
• MU Statistics 3.4
• MU IT 4.1
• MU Engineering 5
• STRATEGY
• Optimised Appointments
• Creation of Space Synergy
• PG degrees by coursework

• ? INCREASED EXTERNAL FUNDING
• by 2009 to M1/y
• Possible funding Government, Telcos,
  Pharmaceutical Ind.,
• Primary Ind., Biotech Ind.
• STRATEGY
• Strategic Positioning
• Creation of Research Space
• Optimised Appointments

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Smart Appointments

• 0.25FT instead of Visiting Professors
• Replacement of R and C with B and A
• Interdisciplinary Replacements
• Possibly New Chairs Signal Processing,
  ChemoInformatics, BioStatistics
• Inviting unsuccesful interviewed candidates for
  Chairs to A/Prof

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Space Issues

• De-collocation of technical and academic
  platforms for Electronics and InfoCom Eng
• Space below a low benchmark
• No research laboratories!!!!!

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Strategic Positioning
Current Expertise
BioStatistics
Official Statistics
E-Learning

• IIST

Software Engineering
Computational Modelling and Algorithms
Electronic Sensors Measurements
Telecommunications Network Engineering
Statistical Engineering
Signal Image Processing
Human-Computer Interaction
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Stragetic Positioning
IVABS
University of Canterbury
INR
BioStatistics
E-Learning
Software Engineering
Smart Networks
Statistical Engineering
Electronics, Sensors Measurements
Telecommunications Network Engineering
Computational Modelling and Algorithms
Official Statistics
Signal Image Processing
Human-Computer Interaction
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Stragetic Positioning
Other Universities
IS CoEducation TDU
Official Statistics
E-Learning

• E-Learning

Computational Modelling and Algorithms
BioStatistics
Software Engineering
Telecommunications Network Engineering
Statistical Engineering
Electronics, Sensors Measurements
Signal Image Processing
Human-Computer Interaction
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Stragetic Positioning
Other Universities, IT Industries
BioStatistics
E-Learning
Official Statistics
Multimedia

• Creative IT

Software Engineering
Statistical Engineering
College of Creative Arts Design, IS (CoB)
Computational Modelling and Algorithms
Telecommunications Network Engineering
Signal Image Processing
Electronics, Sensors Measurements
Human-Computer Interaction
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Stragetic Positioning
University of Auckland
Databases IS, CoB
BioStatistics
Official Statistics
Software Engineering
E-Learning
BioInformatics
Statistical Engineering
BioIMBS IFNHH IVABS
Computational Modelling and Algorithms
Telecommunications Network Engineering
Electronics, Sensors Measurements
Signal Image Processing
Human-Computer Interaction
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Strategic Positioning
Statistical Engineering
Official Statistics
BioStatistics
Creative IT
Computational Intelligence
BioInformatics
Software Engineering
Human Computer Interaction
Signal Image Processing
E-Learning
Smart Networks
Telecommunications Network Engineering
Electronic Sensors Measurement
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Strategic Positioning
Official Statistics
Creative IT
ICT
Complex Systems
E-Learning
Smart Networks
BioInformatics
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New IISE

• Institute of Information Sciences Engineering
• Excellence in Research and Teaching

within Industrial Innovations via Science,
Technology and Engineering
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Future of IISE

• Increased Collaboration within the Institute
• ? Increased Collaboration with other Institutes
• ? Increased Collaboration with other Colleges,
  Universities and Industry
• ? Increased Research Output
• ? New PG Degrees by coursework