Greetings from Sydney, where Senator Alston just gave his speech for the
launch of the ACS Foundation.
The Foundation has been set up by the ACS to provide scholarships to both
undergraduate and post-graduate students. Funding is for educational and
research grants (pure and applied). The Foundation aims to initially
provide at least $3 million per year and more than 100 educational
scholarships, funded through tax deductible industry and government
donations. At launch Compuware and Online Advantage have provided funding.
For details see the ACS Foundation web site (interim address):
http://203.58.197.209/acs_foundation
ps: In his speech Senator Alston mentioned the ICT Centre of Excellence
project would have "distributed nodes" in different states. This is a
change of policy and a welcome development. Previously the emphasis was on
one winner-take-all location, which didn't make good sense for a
distributed technology. For background see:
http://www.anu.edu.au/mail-archives/link/link0106/0375.html
Tom Worthington FACS tom.worthington@tomw.net.au Ph: 0419 496150
Director, Tomw Communications Pty Ltd ABN: 17 088 714 309
http://www.tomw.net.au PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617
Visiting Fellow, Computer Science, Australian National University
Publications Director & Past President, Australian Computer Society
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