CSE Achievements

Achievements

Year    Project/Achievement
1956    Only digital computer in Sydney"UTECOM"
1975     First non-US UNIX site (Version 6 Unix)
1976    Lions Books
1990    First clinical use of RDR
1991    Established as the "School of Computer Science and Engineering"
1995    UNSW L4 Project begins
1996    Cane Toad Tracking
1997    Fastest-ever Inter-Process Communication (IPC) on single-issue CPU (MIPS)
1997    UNSW ProgComp Established
1999    Primary School Workshops Established
2001    Establishment of the Smart Internet Technology CRC
2003    Establishment of NICTA (National Information Communication Technology Australia)
2003    Foundation of CAS (the ARC Centre of Excellence for Autonomous Systems)
2005    Fastest-ever IPC (Itanium)
2005    World Solar Challenge - 9th overall
2006    Happy Feet - Christian So, lead Animator for "Mumble"
2006    UNSW L4 Deployment reaches 1 million
2006    Orion, written by Ori Allon, bought by Google
2007    NICTA L4 Deployment reaches 10 million
2007    Robotics Workshops established
2007    Transcontinental Record for Sunswift
2008    ARTEMIS Orchestra Contest, world champions with the Robot Clarinet
2008    John Lions Chair in Computer Science Established
2008    OKL4 Deployment reaches 100 million
2009    HS1917 established
2009    L4.verified
2009    RoboCup Rescue - Innovative Operator Interface
2009    World Solar Challenge - 5th overall
2010    Guinness World Record - Fastest Solar Car
2010    OK L4 Deployment reaches 1 billion
2010    Ranked 1st in Australia for Computer Science - Academic Ranking of World Universities
2011    Ranked 1st in Australia for Broadest Range of World-Class Research in Information Technology (ERA)

Records

World Champions, RoboCup Rescue (Autonomy): 2009, 2010
World Champions, RoboCup Rescue (Mobility): 2010
World Champions, World Solar Challenge, Silicon Challenge Class: 2005, 2009
World Champions, RoboCup 4_Legged League: 2000, 2001, 2003
Guinness World Record, Fastest Solar Car: 2010

2nd in World, RoboCup Standard Platform League: 2010
2nd in World, RoboCup Rescue (Mobility): 2009
2nd in World, RoboCup Rescue (Autonomy): 2006
2nd in World, RoboCup 4-Legged League: 1999, 2002, 2006

3rd in World, RoboCup 4-Legged League: 2005
3rd in World, RoboCup Rescue, 2005

Transcontinental Record (Solar Car), 2007
First University in Australia to publish lectures on YouTube: 2008

Rankings

1st in Australia for Computer Science
- 2010 Academic Ranking of World Universities

Broadest range in Australia for World-Class Research in Information Technology (UNSW ranked in 5 areas, the next highest was in only 2 areas)
- 2010 Australian Research Council's Excellence in Research for Australia initiative

Top score for both excellence and improvement in computing and engineering
- 2009 Australian Government's Learning And Teaching Performance Fund

Most cited Australian university in Computer Science.
- 2002 To 2008 Thomson Reuters-Indexed Journals

For more information please visit http://www.computing.unsw.edu.au/unswRankings.php