The Research Training Network (RTN) provides an opportunity for students undertaking a NICTA-enhanced PhD to access advanced research ICT coursework units of study. These are offered through NICTA in partnership with, or by, a university.These advanced coursework units cover both depth and breadth in ICT content, research methods and professional skills. In the future these course units will be accessible to all Australian higher degree ICT students.
Students may choose to take a course out of interest or to develop professional competence in an area of specialisation (ie not formally enrolled). Alternatively, students may enrol in a course to have it counted towards their coursework plan requirements.
In Semester 2, 2007 courses were offered in the areas of Cryptology, Convex Optimisation and Statistical Machine Learning. No courses have been scheduled for Semester 1, 2008 but NICTA is currently planning its Semester 2, 2008 offerings. Check this page for regular updates.