NICTA

NICTA
Company typeCompany limited by guarantee
IndustryInformation and communications technology research
Founded2002; 22 years ago (2002)
Defunct2015; 9 years ago (2015)
FateDefunded, then merger with CSIRO
Headquarters
Sydney
,
Australia
Number of employees
300
Websitenicta.com.au
NICTA's headquarters at the Australian Technology Park (ATP).

NICTA (formerly named National ICT Australia Ltd) was Australia's Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Research Centre of Excellence and is now known as CSIRO's Data61. The term "Centre of Excellence" is common marketing terminology used by some Australian government organisations for titles of science research groups.[1] NICTA's role was to pursue potentially economically significant ICT related research for the Australian economy.

NICTA was structured around groups focused primarily on pure research and implementing those ideas within business teams. When its funding ceased, NICTA merged with Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) to form a new entity named CSIRO's Data61 on 28 August 2015.

  1. ^ "Centres of Research Excellence (CRE)". National Health and Medical Research Council, Australian Government. Retrieved 18 October 2013.