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• Professor laments uni funding cuts.(Brief Article)

  - 2004-09-20

  Sep 20, 2004 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Government's proposed university funding reforms have an adverse impact on computer science training. Professor Paul Compton of the University of New South Wales says that funding for computer science courses could fall by...

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• The next big thing.

  - 2002-11-08

  Nov 08, 2002 (BRW - ABIX via COMTEX) Quantum computers are seen as the next major development in computer science. They attempt to exploit the uncertainty principle that supports the theory of quantum mechanics, and which has the potential to create computers with unlimited...

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• Deaf aid fits like a glove.

  - 2002-08-26

  Aug 26, 2002 The Australian ABIX via COMTEX -- The University of New South Wales is developing a set of gloves that translate sign language into English. This development, which uses a computer program to translate signs into words displayed on a computer monitor,...

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• Revolutionary research sets out to simplify the evolutionary complexities of life.

  - 2002-02-26

  Feb 23, 2002 The Sydney Morning Herald ABIX via COMTEX -- A scientist at the University of New South Wales is utilising a computer model to study life forms. Russell Standish says his "Grim Reaper" program analyses how life forms reproduce, mutate, and evolve...

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• Aust breakthrough brings computers into a new light.

  - 2001-09-18

  Sep 18, 2001 (ZDNet.com.au ABIX via COMTEX) -- A new technique developed by Australian scientists could revolutionise computing. Researchers working at the University of New South Wales UNSW have developed a technique that will enable computers to transmit data at a great speed. Professor...

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• NSW scientists light the way to much faster computers.

  - 2001-08-22

  Aug 23, 2001 The Australian Financial Review ABIX via COMTEX -- Australian scientists have made a major breakthrough in computer science. The discovery that light can be used to move information inside computers means that they can be made to work at much higher...

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• Australia Comes Out Of The Nano-Lab

  - 1998-05-28

  An Australian professor believes he could have a minute quantum computer out of the laboratories and into the real world within ten years. Nanotechnology, that rarified field of technological discovery most commonly associated with miniaturization, has thr own up the possibility of computers tiny enough to fit on the tip...

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