Re: [chat] Microsoft chief joins IT team

[Mary Gardiner <mary-slug@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 02:34:36PM +1100, Ben Leslie wrote:
> After the fiasco with Bullant you would have thought they
> had learnt their lesson.

Maybe, but it's not exactly novel to do honours and postgraduate
research in conjunction with industry and/or outside research
organisations.

In 2001, USyd computing offered honours projects co-supervised with
CSIRO's CMIS division, with an image processing laboratory in Italy, and
yes, with Bullant. They also have Accenture (hehe...) teaching one of
the project management courses.

Microsoft has had a Fellowship program for PhD students for a long time,
so do the CSIRO, it's not unknown for IBM to pay a student to do honours
(this is all partly so that they have access to and often ownership of
the IP produced).

Giving industry figures academic positions, especially in IT, is more
recent, more controversial, but a growing trend.

-Mary.

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Mary Gardiner
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