Key Performance Indicators

Key Performance Indicators enable us and the Australian Research Council, our primary funding body, to track progress across priority areas and activities.

Our Key Performance Indicators were set during our establishment in 2014 and are assessed internally and by the Australian Research Council each year. They have been designed to address objectives of the ARC’s Linkage Program and many focus on our Centre’s medium and long term contributions to the growth of Australia’s research capacity.

Research Performance

Performance Measure	Reporting Frequency	Target	Outcome
1	Journal Articles	Annually	25	56
2	Conference publications	Annually	50	71
3	Disclosures/Patents	Annually	3	2
4	Paper prizes or awards	Annually	5	4
5	Percentage of publications relevant to Strategic Research Priorities (SRPs) [%]	Annually	90%	90%
6	Centre h-index	Annually	61	82

Research Training & Development

Performance Measure	Reporting Frequency	Target	Outcome
1	Careers Training	Annually	1	3
2	Entrepreneurial (Start Up) Training	Annually	1	2
3	Knowledge Leadership	Annually	1	6
4	Project Management	Annually	1	1
5	Media Training	Annually	1	8

Mentoring Programs

Performance Measure	Reporting Frequency	Target	Outcome
1	Knowledge Leadership Program	Annually	1	1
2	Welcome/Induction Program	Annually	1	1

Engagement

Performance Measure	Reporting Frequency	Target	Outcome
1	Annual symposium - RoboVis	Annually	1	1
2	Robotic Vision Summer School	Annually	1	1
3	Workshops held at International Conferences	Annually	2	4
4	Industry Workshops	Annually	1	1

Presentations and briefings

Performance Measure	Reporting Frequency	Target	Outcome
1	To the public	Annually	5	2
2	To government (parliamentarians and departments/agencies at both State and Federal level)	Annually	5	10
3	To industry/business/end-users	Annually	5	8
4	To non-government organisations	Annually	5	0
5	To professional organisations & bodies	Annually	5	0

New organisation collaborations

Performance Measure	Reporting Frequency	Target	Outcome
1	New participating organisations or organisations we have established a collaborative relationship with	Annually	2	2

Additional funding secured

Performance Measure	Reporting Frequency	Target	Outcome
1	External income (includes industry, administering organisation, government & other ARC funding) [$mil]	Annually	$2 million	$13,888,605

Number of additional researchers working on Centre research

Performance Measure	Reporting Frequency	Target	Outcome
1	Postdoctoral researchers	Annually	1	0
2	Honours students	Annually	8	26
3	PhD students	Annually	1	3

Postgraduate completions

Performance Measure	Reporting Frequency	Target	Outcome
1	PhD & Masters completions	Annually	20	8
2	Honours completions	Annually	8	9

Gender Equity

Performance Measure	Reporting Frequency	Target	Outcome
1	Whole of Centre event with >80% attendance (80-100 people). Gender Equality and Diversity Event at RoboVis. Included a high-profile speaker describing org change that can be achieved in support of increasing diversity and impacts of individual actions	Annually	1	1
2	Centre travel support for staff with caring responsibilities accessed by eligible staff as per Centre Gender Equity Policy	Annually	2	2
3	% Female delegates attending RoboVis, the Centre's annual symposium	Annually	50%	27%
4	% Female speakers at RoboVis, the Centre's annual symposium	Annually	50%	50%
5	% Female session chairs at RoboVis, the Centre's annual symposium	Annually	50%	20%

2020 Annual Report