Graduate researcher achievements
Our exceptional PhD and MPhil students are eligible for a wide range of awards in recognition of their drive, innovation and commitment to social good.
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Our exceptional PhD and MPhil students are eligible for a wide range of awards in recognition of their drive, innovation and commitment to social good.
Established in 1998, the Mollie Holman Doctoral Award is named after the late pioneering physiologist Emeritus Professor Mollie Holman AO, in honour of her significant contributions to science and education.
Every year, ten medals are awarded to doctoral students, normally one from each faculty. Those who have fulfilled their degree requirements and presented the best thesis of the year.
The Mollie Holman Doctoral Awards are the highest academic honours the university bestows – marking recipients as researchers of the highest order.
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Dr Changwei Tan Time Series Classification at Scale |
| 2018 | Dr Jiangning Song Predicting functional sites in proteins using intelligent machine learning and data mining techniques |
| 2017 | Dr Ye Zhu Efficient Identification of Arbitrary Shape and Varying Density Clusters in high-dimensional Data |
| 2015 | Dr Zahraa Abdallah Adaptive Activity Recognition Techniques with Evolving Data Streams |
| 2013 | Dr Michael Brand Computing with arbitrary and random numbers |
| 2012 | Dr Yanir Seroussi Text mining and rating prediction with topical user model |
| 2011 | Dr Ben Porter A developmental system for organic form synthesis |
| 2010 | Dr Arun Mani Correlation inequalities for Tutte polynomials |
| 2009 | Dr Rebecca Robinson Characterisations and algorithms for topological containment of wheel graphs |
| 2008 | Dr Ferdous Sohel Vertex-based shape coding framework |
| 2007 | Dr Benny Nasution Trusted transaction secure network: Agent-based distributed security control system for traffic on the Internet |
| 2006 | Dr Gillian Oliver Information in organisations: A comparative study of information cultures |
| 2005 | Dr Xiaozhe Wang Characteristic-based forecasting for time series data |
| 2004 | Dr Iman Poernomo Variations on a theme of Curry and Howard: The Curry-Howard isomorphism and the proofs-as-programs paradigm adapted to imperative and structured program synthesis |
| 2003 | Dr Livia Iacovino Ethical-legal frameworks for recordkeeping: Regulatory models, participants and their rights and obligations |
| 2002 | Dr Linda Dawson An investigation of the use of object oriented models in requirements engineering practice |
| 2001 | Dr Tao Chen Adaptive order statistics based filters and transform domain filters for image restoration |
| 2000 | Dr David Wood Three-dimensional orthogonal graph drawing |
| 1998 | Dr Milosh Ivanovich Teletraffic modelling analysis and synthesis of a generic broadband multi-service Protocol |
A maximum of five Vice-Chancellor's Commendations for Doctoral Thesis Excellence are awarded each year. They recognise and reward outstanding doctoral and research master’s theses.
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2018 | Dr Belinda Battley Footprints through space and time Co-creating places of belonging in the archival multiverse |
| 2017 | Dr Greg Rolan Transforming archival systems design for interoperability |
| 2016 | Dr James Collier Statistical inductive inference of protein structural alignments |
| 2015 | Dr Leisa Gibbons Culture in the continuum YouTube, small stories and memory making |
| 2011 | Dr Yan Xu Objectives-oriented optimisation-based planning and management of decision alternatives |
| 2009 | Dr Natalie Lee-San Pang The knowledge commons in Victoria and Singapore: an exploration of community roles in the shaping of cultural institutions |
| 2008 | Dr Michael Wybrow Using semi-automatic layout to improve the usability of diagramming software |
| 2007 | Dr Joanne Evans Building capacities for sustainable recordkeeping metadata interoperability |
The Vice-Chancellor’s Commendation Awards for Masters Thesis Excellence are awarded annually to students who have presented the best master’s theses of the year.
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2014 | Mr SM Abdullah Height adaptive liDAR segmentation for building extraction and roof reconstruction |
This medal is awarded to the doctoral candidate who has demonstrated sustained commitment and leadership in improving the conditions and community for graduate research students. They are also outstanding in their academic record and have shown research excellence in their program.
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2013 | Dr Michael Brand Computing with arbitrary and random numbers |
| 2012 | Dr Minh Ngoc Dinh Data-centric parallel debugging technique for petascale computers |
| 2011 | Dr Jill Owen The role of knowledge based practices in the effective management and delivery of information systems development projects |
| 2010 | Dr Matthew Butler A framework for the effective learning of high concept low-feedback programming curriculum |
| 2009 | Dr Natalie Lee-San Pang The knowledge commons in Victoria and Singapore: an exploration of community roles in the shaping of cultural institutions |
| 2008 | Dr Ferdous Sohel Vertex-based shape coding framework |
| 2007 | Dr Md Sayed Iftekhar New strategies for service continuity of QoS applications in communication networks |
| Year | Achievement | Issuer |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Faculty Three Minute Thesis (3MT ®) winner Jigya Khabar | Faculty of IT |
| 2014 | Faculty Three Minute Thesis (3MT ®) winner Shampa Shahriyar | Faculty of IT |
| Year | Achievement | Issuer |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Microsoft AI for Earth grant Moataz Medhat ElQadi | Microsoft |
| 2018 | Cheung Kong Research Fellowship Tenindra Abeywickrama | Endeavour Australia |
| 2016 | Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship Anuradha Madugalla | |
| 2016 | Elevator Award and $20K funding win David Hemmi, Team Bellum | Elevator UK |
| 2014 | Grace Hopper Scholarship Shampa Shahriyar | |
| 2012 | Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad Kefeng Xuan and Geng Zhao | Chinese Government |
| Year | Achievement | Issuer |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | #summerviz2017 Visualisation competition winner Shampa Shariyar, Maxim Shishmarev and Vahan Yoghourdjian | Australian Summer School of Visualisation |
| 2017 | Scope TV program feature: Robotics and Tech Sherry Yu and Dr Jan Carlo Barca | Network Ten |
| 2015 | First prize: Cloud Computing Innovation Competition Bin Yu | China University |
| Year | Achievement | Issuer |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | BEST Presentation Award Harald Bögeholz | International Combinatorics Conference |
| 2017 | Best Poster award and People’s Choice winner Shan He | Faculty of IT |
| 2017 | Best Dissertation Award Dr Steve Keiffer | IEEE Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee |
| 2017 | Best Paper Award Shabnam Kasra | Austrasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy |
| 2017 | Kurzweil Best Paper Prize Dr Nader Chmait | Artificial General Intelligence Conference |
| 2015 | Best Poster Katherine Jarvie | Archival Education and Research institute |
| 2014 | IDRBT Doctoral Colloquium: Best Paper Award Varsha Mamidi | Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology |
| 2014 | Innovation Showcase: Research poster winner Shampa Shahriyar | Faculty of IT |
| 2008 | Australasian Distinguished Dissertation Award Dr Michael Wybrow | Computing Research and Education Association of Australasia |