Computing

What we do

What we do

As the IT industry changes, product-specific skills can quickly become obsolete. The focus of our computing courses is to convey fundamental knowledge and skills to our students, to help them become life-long learners and build sustainable careers.

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About us

Our Computing team is experienced and headed up by Associate Professor Aneesh Krishna. Our courses are based on the curricula recommendations of two respected professional IT associations: IEEE Computer Society and the Association for Computing Machinery. The courses are developed in consultation with an industry advisory board representing the IT industry, and are accredited by the Australian Computer Society.

Research

Research

Cyber shield to filter out malicious traffic

Curtin researchers have developed an innovative cyber security solution – HyprFire – to prevent large scale cyber-attacks, similar to the 2016 attack on the Australian Census website.

Meet the team

Meet the team

Associate Professor Aneesh Krishna leads the computing team at the school.