Associated Groups & Networks
In addition to the personal collaborators of individual staff, members of the School of Physics have affiliations with, or are formal partners in, the following research centres, projects and institutes.
QCV
Lead by CEO, Prof Geoffrey Taylor, Quantum Communications Victoria (QCV) is an initiative to build a proto-type single photon source for use in cryptography.
CXS
The School of Physics (Optics group) is the host institution in the multi-campus partnership researching imaging techniques arising from coherent X-ray sources, lead by Centre Director, Prof Keith Nugent.
CQCT
The School of Physics (MARC group) represents the Melbourne node of this multi-campus partnership researching quantum computing, currently hosted by the University of NSW. The Melbourne node Director is Prof David Jamieson.
CNST
Profs Steven Prawer and David Jamieson are affiliated with the Faculty of Engineering's Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CNST) via their interests in quantum dot nanocomputing, nano-engineered particle-modified surfaces and nanoelectronics.
CCMC
A/Prof Ann Roberts and Profs Keith Nugent and David Jamieson liaise with the Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation (CCMC), primarily with respect to development of novel experimental techniques used in conservation and materials identification. The CCMC is an interdisciplinary collaboration between the Faculty of Science, Faculty of Arts and the Ian Potter Museum of Art within the University of Melbourne.
AUSHEP
The Australian Institute for High Energy Physics (AUSHEP) was founded in 1989 on the initiative of the High Energy Physics groups from the Universities of Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) and the University of Wollongong later joined AUSHEP as full members while the University of NSW and the ANU joined as Associate Members.
APAC
Prof Geoff Taylor, A/Prof Martin Sevior and Dr Glenn Moloney collaborate with Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing (APAC), particular with respect to grid computing and eResearch.