Please note - Swinburne University of Technology

The Laboratory has a major collaborative link with Cray
Research Australia. The objectives are to explore and promote
innovation through high performance computing in Australian
business and industry. The collaboration also seeks to
demonstrate how numerically intensive computing can bring a
dramatic improvement in 'time to market' for product
developments and hence significantly improve
competitiveness. It also provides appropriate training programs
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Centre for Marketing Strategy
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Mr. L.A. Zimmerman
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School of Management, 214 8074
The Centre provides a focal point between the business and
government sectors and the management discipline at
Swinburne University. Its focus is to assist Australian business
and industry in the development of their domestic as well as
international strategies.
The Centre offers a range of consultancy services including:
Scenario analysis
Industry demand analysis
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Marketing research
Strategic research
Building and execution of customer focus workshops
Design and delivery of quality servlces
The Swinburne Centre for Marketing Strategy recognises the
critical importance of satisfying the expectation of all
customers, both internal and external, at all times.
During 199411 995 the Centre is conducting a series of short
programs on world class service design and execution.
Media and Telecommunications
Centre
The Media and Telecommunications Centre, established in
1988, is based in the media studies subject area in the Division
of Business, Humanities and Social Science. Its role is to initiate
educational programs that will foster closer cooperative
connections with industry and the wider community. The
activities it has undertaken include:
in 1989, the establishment of the Commercial Radio
Course to provide training for those planning a career
in commercial radio
in conjunction with media studies course work in the
Bachelor of Arts program, the production of Swinburne
publications and publication of local community
newsletters
the presentation of short courses on a variety of mediarelated
subjects (such as, media regulation, techniques
of radio production, media in the classroom, media
awareness) and desktop publishing skills
a publishing program of dossiers and monographs on
film, television and general media subjects
research consultancies on telecommunications and
media in the Pacific, Asia and Australia.
National Centre for New Media
Arts & Technologies (NCNMAT)
The National Centre was established in 1992 as a three year
research and development project co-funded by the Victorian
Education Foundation and Industry to provide a focus for
research, development and professional production training in
the 'new media' industries.
The Centre aims
The Centre aims to encourage the creative and innovative use
of the motion picture medium and to foster producer, writer,
director talent; to provide a 'show-case' site for new talent,
technologies, production methodologies and programs, with
special emphasis upon the promotion of an interactive multimedia
literate motion picture culture; to provide a resource,
consultancy and advisory service to industry and education; to
host and conduct short courses, seminars and professional
training workshops and develop accredited training programs
and standards for industry; to enqaqe and enable collaborative
research and development and joint-venture projects with
industry and government; to provide production resources and
teaching expertise to compliment the full-time postgraduate
studies program and to foster Masters and Doctoral studies: to
facilitate the creation, production, publication, exhibition and
distribution of works which exemplify an artistic and innovative
use of the medium; to aid the development of an indigenous
Australian industry and workforce that is internationally
competitive in respect of technology, skills and production
standards.
National Korean Studies Centre
Executive Director
Adrian Buzo, 214 8608
The National Korean Studies Centre was established with
Commonwealth Government funding in 1990 as a joint
venture of Swinburne Universitv, La Trobe Universitv. Monash
University and the University of~elbourne. The mkion of the
centre is:
to develop and expand teaching, research and
associated activities in Korean Studies, including
language, culture, politics, law, business, education and
other relevant disciplines
to enhance the Australian community's knowledge and
understanding of Korea
to support Australia's economic and other national
development strategies
Building on existing teaching programs conducted in
consortium member institutions, the Centre:
fosters the design and delivery of vocationally and
culturally relevant Korean Studies courses in all sectorsof
the Australian education system
fosters and undertakes high quality comparative
regional research relevant to Korean Studies and to
Australia-Korea relations
promotes greater awareness and mutual awareness ofall
aspects of the Australia-Korea business and trade
relationship
promotes greater awareness of Korea in Australia.