Announcements

RP Data (Real Estate Data) Now Available to Sirca Members

09/04/2014 at 12:14 pm

Sirca is proud to announce the release of the RP Data-Rismark Property, Index and Regional Measures to our Member universities. You will find the RP Data hosted within our Data Library 2 tab.

RP Data is the largest provider of property information analytics and risk management services in Australia and New Zealand with a database of over 220 million property records. RP Data collect, manage and process property-based data and imagery from over 300 sources across Australia including government agencies, media partners and industry professionals.

Please sign the Terms & Conditions form within the DL2 to gain your access to this exciting new offering through the Sirca portal. We look forward to your feedback!

Click here for more information on RP Data

Sirca Exhibiting at the AACSB 7-9 April, 2014

07/04/2014 at 4:55 pm

Sirca is now exhibiting at the International Conference and Annual Meeting of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business in Singapore. Share the word with your colleagues attending this inaugural event in Asia and have them show their support to Sirca through visiting our booth!

Reminder: Sirca Young Researcher Workshop 4 Call For Papers

04/04/2014 at 3:10 pm

Sirca is pleased to invite young researchers to submit a current research paper for possible inclusion in the Sirca YRW4 to be held in Sydney from Thursday 10th to Friday 11th July, 2014. Please submit papers to: callforpapers@sirca.org.au.

To qualify at least one author must be a young researcher; defined as a person currently engaged in PhD research or one whose PhD thesis was completed less than five years ago.

Deadline for Paper Submission: 30 April, 2014. All submissions will receive notification of outcome by 15 June, 2014.

Please see link for further information on the Young Researcher Workshop: Sirca YRW 4

Sirca Welcomes a New Member

17/03/2014 at 3:02 pm

Sirca is pleased to announce that The University of Waikato has recently joined us to bring our Membership base to 39!

Founded in 1964, the University of Waikato is located in the city of Hamilton, New Zealand with a satellite campus located in Tauranga.

On behalf of the Sirca community we wish you a very warm welcome!

Sirca Young Researcher Workshop 4, 10-11 July: Call for Papers

05/03/2014 at 3:53 pm

Sirca is pleased to invite young researchers to submit a current research paper for possible inclusion in the Sirca YRW4 to be held in Sydney from Thursday 10th to Friday 11th July, 2014. Please submit papers to: callforpapers@sirca.org.au.

To qualify at least one author must be a young researcher; defined as a person currently engaged in PhD research or one whose PhD thesis was completed less than five years ago.

Deadline for Paper Submission: 30 April, 2014. All submissions will receive notification of outcome by 15 June, 2014.

Please see link for further information on the Young Researcher Workshop: Sirca YRW 4

Sirca Releases New Data Library!

17/02/2014 at 5:15 pm

SIRCA is pleased to announce the release of a newly designed Data Library, found within the SIRCA portal under the DL2 tab. This new layout presents a user friendly interface for intuitive and immediate use, provides users with descriptions of each of the datasets and enables useful search capabilities.

To move this new Data Library into production, the SIRCA Academic Portal will be unavailable between 9am-10am EST on Tuesday 18th February.

We look forward to your feedback on this new development!

Sirca and Sense-T Partnership in the News

22/01/2014 at 1:28 pm

Sirca’s recently announced partnership with Sense-T has hit the headlines again!

The Age has run an article on this partnership and the potential that some of the technologies developed out of this collaboration can have in other areas, which has also piqued interest from the World Bank.

Sense-T founding director Ros Harvey says they are building a unique data ecosystem that app developers, non-governmental organisations, governments and others can innovate on. “It’s not just the [sensor] data, it’s how you combine that with the smarts of user-friendly apps to help people make better decisions,” Harvey says.

Sirca CEO Mike Briers, on Sirca’s knowledge of big data systems, also added “There’s a unique capability we developed because we have to deal with high-frequency data to a discerning audience like investment bankers who don’t want the system to go down for a second,” Briers says.

Read the full article here.

Sirca Welcomes A New Member

15/01/2014 at 4:36 pm

Sirca is pleased to announce that the University of Otago has recently joined us to bring our Membership base to 38!

Founded in 1869, the University of Otago is New Zealand’s oldest University. The main campus of the University of Otago is located in the city of Dunedin with additional campuses in Christchurch and Wellington.

On behalf of the Sirca community we wish you a very warm welcome!

Sirca’s partnership with Tasmania’s Sense-T in The Australian

11/12/2013 at 12:12 pm

Sirca has recently partnered with Sense-T and the University of Tasmania to develop its big data platform. The partnership will look to establish Tasmania as a hub for world-class big data engineering and research, drawing in existing local technology businesses and enticing new ones.

The Australian has run an article on this partnership, with Sirca’s CEO Mike Briers saying “We were looking at, from a Sirca perspective, adjacent areas where we could exploit and deploy our big data capability into alternative spaces. We realised that there was just a great opportunity for us to partner with such an amazing, exciting project in Tassie.”

Read the full article here.