Welcome
to the ACS SA weekly e-newsletter for the week ending Friday 5th September 2008.
- Vale David Martin
- IT in the Pub - Monday 8th September
- Adelaide Dot Net Users Group (ADNUG) – September Meeting
- SA Branch Forum - Wednesday 24th September
- IT Project Management SIG - Joint session with UniSA/ ACS Roundtable
- Computer Professional Education Program Enrolments Now
Open!
- Seeking Employment or
Post-graduate Study Opportunities?
- University of Adelaide - Research Tuesdays - Tuesday 9th September
- Invitation - Free Seminar - Graduate Expectations, Perceptions and Views
- Red Hat
Courses – Now in is the time to get started!
- Topic of the Week - ACS makes submission to the Review of the Future of Higher Education
in Australia
1. Vale David Martin
The
Chairman, Branch Executive Committee and Staff of the ACS SA Branch were
saddened this week to hear of the passing of former long term ACS Member and
Branch Executive Committee Member, David Martin. We extend our sincere
condolences to his wife, Marianne, and to all of those who will miss him.
For those
members who wish to attend, David’s funeral will be held at 3:30pm on Monday 8th
September 2008 in the chapel of Berry’s
Funeral Home, 204 Magill Road,
Norwood.
In lieu of
flowers a donation in memory of David may be posted directly to World Vision,
GPO Box 9944, Adelaide,
5001.
2. IT in the Pub - Monday 8th September
Topic/ Speaker: This month our conversation starter is
Murali Ramakrishnan, who will get our conversation started with "Going up a
Gear-IT Service Management"
Date: Monday 8th September 2008
Time: 5:30pm
Venue: Regatta's Bistro Convention Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide
PCP Hours: 2 - Please book through the link below to assist us with catering and
to ensure your PCP Hours are updated.
Bookings and further information: http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=event&area=9005&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10115757777557
3. Adelaide Dot Net Users Group (ADNUG) – September Meeting
Topic/ Speaker:
Date: Wednesday 10th September 2008
Time: 5:45pm for drinks and nibbles
Venue: Microsoft Innovation Centre L2, Westpac House King William Street Adelaide
PCP Hours: 2 - Please book through the link below to assist us with catering and
to ensure your PCP Hours are updated.
Bookings and further information: http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=event&area=9005&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10114821916643
4. SA Branch Forum - Wednesday 24th September Topic: 'Working with the Open Source community - a vendor's perspective'
Date: Wednesday 24th September 2008
Time: 5:30
Venue: Internode, 150 Grenfell Street, Adelaide (next door to the Griffin's Head Hotel)
PCP Hours: 2 - Please book through the link below to assist us with catering and
to ensure your PCP Hours are updated.
Bookings and further information: http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=event&area=9005&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10115757773975
5. IT Project Management SIG - Joint session with UniSA/ ACS Roundtable
Topic: 'Projects in a Complex World – Improving the Odds for Success' The odds often seem stacked against delivering major projects on time and on
budget. Large and complex projects in particular can be a hard work and present
challenges for Project Sponsors, Project Managers and their teams....
Speaker: Paul Edgar
Date: Monday 29th September 2008
Time: 5:15 for a 5:45 start
Venue: Microsoft Auditorium, Level 2, Westpac House, corner of King William St &
Grenfell St, Adelaide (enter from Grenfell St)
PCP Hours: 2 - Please book through the link below to assist us with catering and
to ensure your PCP Hours are updated.
Bookings and further information: http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=event&area=9005&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10113871935371
6. Computer Professional Education Program Enrolments Now
Open!
Looking for
postgraduate studies that you can apply in the workplace? Visit www.acs.org.au/cpeprogram to learn
how the Computer Professional Education Program will advance your
career. Computer Professional Education Program Newsletter
7. Seeking Employment or
Post-graduate Study Opportunities?
The ACS Foundation offers a number of
scholarships and work-study opportunities interstate and overseas for recent and
intending ICT graduates. A number of these are described in the latest ACS
Foundation newsletter which can be viewed at the following link: www.acsfoundation.com.au/newsletter/ACSFnewsletter.html.
To find out more about the ACS Foundation and its activities just follow the
links within the newsletter. It just might prove to be a very good career
move.
An initiative of the Australian
Computer Society (ACS) the ACS Foundation was established in August
2001 to encourage both private and public sponsorship of ICT
scholarships, higher education and research projects. The ACS
Foundation receives funding from more than 200 sponsors – including ICT
companies, industry associations, Government bodies, individuals and
the ACS itself. Since the ACS Foundation’s inception, it has raised
over $12 million in cash and in-kind sponsorship for scholarships and
research, awarding more than 650 scholarships to high achievers and
people who are disadvantaged in some way.
8. University of Adelaide - Research Tuesdays - Tuesday 9th September
Topic: 'Some ideas about the next generation of image manipulation tools' The massive uptake of digital cameras and advances in the science of
image analysis are delivering new tools for digital content creation
into the hands of the average user. This development is fueled by the
growth of image and video content on the internet and the ability of
the technology to process very large volumes of image-based
information. The tools range from intelligent image and video editing
programs to modelling packages for 3D virtual environments such as
Google Earth, Grand Theft Auto, and Second Life. Digital content
creation technologies are becoming more powerful and more accessible
than ever.
Speaker: Associate Professor Anton van den Hengel is the Director of the Australian Centre for Visual Technologies
(ACVT), an interdisciplinary research centre focusing on innovation and
education in the production and analysis of visual digital media.
Date: Tuesday 9th September
Venue and Time: Research Tuesdays will be held in G04, Napier Building at 5.30pm, and will run for approximately one hour. Admission is free.
Campus map (pdf 697kB).
9. Invitation - Free Seminar - Graduate Expectations, Perceptions and Views
What are the expectations, perceptions and views of university graduates about their transitions from education to work?
For
the first time a systematic national survey of over 30,000 graduating
Australian students has been conducted to build a broad understanding
of the opinions of graduate students post university
- employment expectations, including:
- the expected salary,
- the value of various benefits being offered by employers,
- what aspects of ‘corporate culture’ are important,
- methods of seeking work,
- expectations of working life
This
innovative new survey, known as University and Beyond, was undertaken
by Graduate Careers Australia (GCA) (with funding from the then
Department of Education, Science and Training). The GCA is a
not-for-profit organisation that tracks the activities of new
university graduates, reporting annually on their employment
destinations and starting salaries.
Expectations, perceptions and views - Key Findings from the University and Beyond Survey. 5.30-7.30pm, Monday September 8, 2008Bradley Forum, UniSA, Level 5, 50-60 North Terrace
RSVP: careers@unisa.edu.au 10. Red Hat
Courses – Now in is the time to get started!
Special Discounts for ACS Members
Express Training Connections
Pty. Ltd., Level 5, 38 Gawler
Place, Adelaide
5000
Full schedule on web site www.etc-australia.com
Are you an IT
professional looking to gain knowledge in the Linux environment? This is an opportunity to get your Red Hat skills
up and running or consolidate your knowledge.
Most courses are 4 or 5 day duration
and run from Monday to Friday.
NEXT RHO33 - THIS IS WHERE YOU START! Red Hat Linux Essentials - Week commencing 29th September 2008
OR MORE ADVANCED? RH133 Red Hat Linux System Administration and RHCT EXAM
OR MORE ADVANCED STILL? RH300 Rapid Track Course and RHCE Exam or RH253 Red Hat Linux Networking and Security Administration.
All courses are Red Hat
accredited using qualified Red Hat instructors. This is an opportunity to
increase your Red
Hat skills or consolidate your knowledge and gain industry
certifications as a Red Hat Certified Technician or Red
Hat Certified engineer.
Registration Fees (includes GST): 16%
discount off retail prices is awarded to all ACS Members.
Please book through the email address below to assist with registration details
and to ensure you receive the specific courses’ latest datest. sue@etc-australia.com or phone 8232
4502
11. Topic of the Week - ACS makes submission to the Review of the Future of Higher Education
in Australia
The ACS makes
submission to the Government's Review of the
Future of Higher Education in Australia and recommends
that Government, industry, VET and higher education
providers must develop a coordinated and ongoing action plan to address the
ongoing decrease in enrolments in ICT programs and the subsequent growing gap
between supply and demand in Australia’s essential ICT skills. Australian post
school education should be revamped to achieve greater collaboration and
articulation between education programs provided by the VET and the higher
education sector to develop a post school education system that essentially
exists on an interoperable continuum, rather than the two very separate and
largely incompatible systems that currently exist. Details at http://www.acs.org.au/attachments/ACSSubmissiontoHigherEducationReview.pdf
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