MSI Research Student Facilities

Office accommodation: Each student has an office with a desk, chair, lockable filing cabinet or drawer, and computer terminal in a secure area within one of the MSI's two buildings.

Each student's office has internal access to toilets and bathrooms. The two buildings housing the MSI (the John Dedman Mathematical Sciences Building and the Moran Building) are connected by a completely enclosed, multi-story glass-sided walkway. The John Dedman Building also contains the MSI's Common Room, available for use by all members of the MSI, containing fridge, microwave and coffee machine.

Conference attendance: Each student has access to funding for conference attendance. A PhD student will be offered support to attend at least two conferences within Australia during their research program, with funding coming partly from a central area of the MSI, and partly from one of the MSI's seven research programs or from a research grant. In some cases support can be provided for attending a conference overseas.

Excellent IT support: including access to X-terminals, an PCs and Macs, software covering mathematical and non-mathematical applications, and helpful and friendly IT staff. There is also opportunity to access to the ANU's extremely good supercomputer facilities, which now play host to the National High Performance Computing Center of the Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing (APAC). Hardware includes a Compaq Alphaserver SC supercomputer, a 120 terabyte mass storage system and a visualisation laboratory.

You may also like to access the MSI servers from off campus. In this case, the MSI will make a contribution towards ISP connection charges.

Local administrative support is provided by the administrators of the Department of Mathematics and the Centre for Mathematics and its Applications, depending on the location of your supervisor. They will deal with administration internal to the MSI such as room allocation, conference registration and travel, as well as day-to-day housekeeping matters.

Supervision: A panel of at least three advisors including your supervisor, with the possibility of joint supervision with other Research Institutes.

Support from the graduate contact person in Mathematical Sciences, Ben Andrews, who will look after every question or concern you might have.

Facilities: Each student has good access to

• stationery supplies,
• a photocopier,
• a fax machine,
• mail facilities (including a pigeon hole for receiving mail), and
• the telephone.

Reasonable use of the phone for local calls is unrestricted, and long distance calls can be made by arrangement.

Library: Access to the ANU Library, one of the best University libraries in Australia, with its extensive collection of mathematical books and serials.

Scholarships: A number of scholarships are available to graduate students at the ANU.

Services: A wide variety of other services are provided by the ANU and the Graduate School.

The Life: A great lifestyle in Canberra.