Study level

  • PhD
  • Master of Philosophy
  • Honours

Faculty/School

Faculty of Engineering

School of Architecture and Built Environment

Topic status

We're looking for students to study this topic.

Research centre

Supervisors

Professor Tan Yigitcanlar
Position
Professor
Division / Faculty
Faculty of Engineering

External supervisors

  • Ken Polin

Overview

Smart campus is an emerging concept following the smart city research movement and is predominantly argued to be a miniature replica of the smart city providing an ideal prototype for university campus development. The smart campus concept has attracted much attention, predominantly due to the rise in artificial intelligence, internet-of-things, cloud computing and big data applications in advancing university campus operation efficiency. In recent years, Australian universities started to invest in smart campus technologies and development opportunities.

Reference

A brief background on smart campus development is available in the article below:

Polin, K., Yigitcanlar, T., Limb. M., & Washington, T. (2023) The Making of Smart Campus: A Review and Conceptual Framework, Buildings, 13, 891.

Research activities

This project will investigate smart campus development and focus on capturing the latest trends in Australia. As part of the research project, you will undertake the following tasks (through a desktop research by utilising web-scraping techniques):

  • investigate the current trends in the global smart campus development, e.g., what are the latest research and development initiatives in smart campus domain?
  • analyse the current trend in smart campus development in Australian universities, e.g., which universities are engaged in smart campus development?
  • collect and analyse stakeholder views on smart campus, e.g., what are the positive and negative views of campus citizens on smart campus development?
  • present the findings in a concise report and poster formats

Outcomes

The outcomes of this work will include:

  • concise project report on smart campus development trend in Australia
  • a digital poster presenting methodology and key findings

Skills and experience

  • data collection skills
  • analytical ability
  • problem solving skills
  • adequate methodological background
  • board understanding on smart campus
  • excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • ambition to complete a research project within a given time frame

Keywords

Contact

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