PhD Scholarship, Curating Systems of Engagement

• Become a leader in the field of emerging digital technologies
• Placement with a leading industry partner
• $34,627 p.a. for up to 3.5 years (full-time, fixed term), $5000, per annum top-up available

This is an opportunity to undertake your PhD as part of an innovative HDR training program with the Australian Research Council (ARC) Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Information Resilience (CIRES).

About CIRES

The Centre for Information Resilience (CIRES) is an Australian Research Council (ARC) Industrial Transformation Training Centre, established in partnership with Swinburne University of Technology and the University of Queensland. The Centre aims at building workforce capacity in Australian organisations to create, protect and sustain agile data pipelines, capable of detecting and responding to failures and risks across the information value chain in which the data is sourced, shared, transformed, analysed and consumed.

Further information about CIRES can be found at www.cires.org.au .

About Swinburne University of Technology

Swinburne is a multi-sector university of science, technology, and innovation with more than 54,000 students and 5,000 staff globally. We offer postgraduate, undergraduate, vocational, and online education to provide students with a variety of work-relevant pathways. Our mission is to be a world-class university, creating economic and social impact through science, technology, and innovation. We aim to deliver future-ready learners, research with impact and innovative enterprise.

About this Scholarship

This PhD research project investigates how information from an organisation’s public systems of engagement can be captured, developed and leveraged as information assets of value, and will contribute to methodologies for improving enterprise information and knowledge management. The research will investigate how organisations can leverage human & AI/ML approaches to curate and incorporate the uncontrolled data accumulating in an organisation’s systems of engagement into its formal systems of record.

In the CIRES program, you will work collaboratively with university and industry partner supervisors who are leading research with real world impact. Your research will build on strong foundations of responsible data management, focusing on curating data at scale and building trusted data relationships. Over the period of your degree, you will also undertake a one-year (equivalent) placement with the industry partner, Astral Consulting Services Pty Ltd, and will collaborate and participate in industry-led projects.

This PhD scholarship is based at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne. It may also involve some travel to meet with CIRES partner at the University of Queensland, Brisbane.

Candidate Background

It is advantageous, but not essential, that applicants have:

• a background in Information Systems, or Enterprise Information Management, with a computing science or similar technology background
• a strong interest in technology and the business value of advanced data analytics, AI and machine learning
• previous experience in business analysis, enterprise architecture and/or working with metadata, taxonomies and Information Architecture

Essential Eligibility Criteria

• Meet the entry requirements for Higher Degrees by Research at Swinburne University of Technology
• Demonstrated strong social and adaptive communication skills to interact with a range of people from community, industry and the university sector
• Excellent project management and attention to detail
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team in a collaborative manner
• Enthusiasm for learning new research and data analysis skills and systems
• Ability to contribute to peer-reviewed academic publications
• Australian citizen or permanent resident, or ability to self-obtain an Australian visa.
• Must be in a position to enrol and commence the PhD candidature by start of 2023.

Enquiries

All scholarship specific queries can be directed to Dr Paul Scifleet (CIRES) at pscifleet@swin.edu.au .

Terms and Conditions

The scholarship will be governed by the Swinburne Research Scholarship Terms and Conditions .

All appointments are subject to a valid Working with Children’s Check; it is a mandatory requirement to have and maintain a current Working with Children Check.

If you require support due to special needs or alternate considerations, please contact our Diversity Consultant on inclusion@swin.edu.au . For support or queries related to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment, please contact DeadlyCareers@swin.edu.au .

Applications close at 11:30PM ADT on Sunday, 27 November 2022.

How to Apply

To view the position description or to start an application, click on apply or ‘begin’ and submit a resume, cover letter and responses to the Key Selection Criteria as listed in the position description.

Please note: you must upload your academic transcript, and provide full contact details for your academic referees, as part of your application.
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