Facilitating the Lifelong Learning Needs of the Mature Age Community through Learning Object Technology. By understanding learner preferences, needs and requirements, it could be possible to provide opportunities in an online learning environment that will improve the quality, variety and relevance of learning for all. There could be particular benefits for mature-age learners. Curtin has begun to explore the benefits of reusable learning objects with current online learning management systems. ....Facilitating the Lifelong Learning Needs of the Mature Age Community through Learning Object Technology. By understanding learner preferences, needs and requirements, it could be possible to provide opportunities in an online learning environment that will improve the quality, variety and relevance of learning for all. There could be particular benefits for mature-age learners. Curtin has begun to explore the benefits of reusable learning objects with current online learning management systems. This project aims to define the use and application of learning object technology and applies a meta-model of pedagogical design to online learning environments. Outcomes will allow the applications of new methodologies for the effective implementation of complex, intelligent learning environments.Read moreRead less
Automated Determination of the Pose of a Human from Visual Information - Markerless 3D Pose Recovery of Humans from Videos. The development of 3D human pose recovery has been sought by computer vision researchers for many years. Our results will, firstly, have benefit for Australia's standing in the international computer vision community. Over time, the research outcomes will be developed into a software product for rehabilitation analysis by recognizing discrepancies between the walking pat ....Automated Determination of the Pose of a Human from Visual Information - Markerless 3D Pose Recovery of Humans from Videos. The development of 3D human pose recovery has been sought by computer vision researchers for many years. Our results will, firstly, have benefit for Australia's standing in the international computer vision community. Over time, the research outcomes will be developed into a software product for rehabilitation analysis by recognizing discrepancies between the walking patterns of healthy individuals and those with abnormalities as a result of accidents or diseases. The Australian economy will benefit by the reduction in the lifetime cost of injuries. This software will also provide benefits to the movie animation, computer games industry, and the training of athletes.Read moreRead less
A Commercially Viable, Innovative XML - Enabled Association Rule Framework. The pervasive nature of the Web has raised two important issues, namely (1) how to exchange data between isolated information systems within two different companies with their own data formats and (2) how to store information particularly documents, so that they can be accessed through the internet based on their meaning. The Extended Markup Language XML has emerged as the favoured means of addressing these issues and th ....A Commercially Viable, Innovative XML - Enabled Association Rule Framework. The pervasive nature of the Web has raised two important issues, namely (1) how to exchange data between isolated information systems within two different companies with their own data formats and (2) how to store information particularly documents, so that they can be accessed through the internet based on their meaning. The Extended Markup Language XML has emerged as the favoured means of addressing these issues and this is leading to an explosive growth in the information stored in this way. This project addresses the issue of determination of patterns and knowledge in information stored in XML through datamining.Read moreRead less
ARC Research Network for a Secure Australia. The Research Network for a Secure Australia (RNSA) is a multi-disciplinary collaboration established to strengthen Australia's research capacity for protecting critical infrastructure from natural or human-caused disasters including terrorist acts. The RNSA will facilitate a knowledge-sharing network for research organisations, government and the private sector to develop research tools and methods to mitigate emerging safety and security issues relat ....ARC Research Network for a Secure Australia. The Research Network for a Secure Australia (RNSA) is a multi-disciplinary collaboration established to strengthen Australia's research capacity for protecting critical infrastructure from natural or human-caused disasters including terrorist acts. The RNSA will facilitate a knowledge-sharing network for research organisations, government and the private sector to develop research tools and methods to mitigate emerging safety and security issues relating to critical infrastructure. World-leaders with extensive national and international linkages in relevant scientific, engineering and technological research will lead this collaboration. The RNSA will launch various activities to foster research collaboration and nurture young investigators.Read moreRead less
A New Approach to Studying Whole Bodies and Body Parts Applied to Problems of Forensic Science. To bring to the study of whole humans and human body parts, new methods capable of major advances such as those already provided by DNA technology in the study of human tissues, cells and molecules. This will allow better identification of human groups, geographic populations, gender differences and ageing.
To update facilities in forensic sciences strengthening Australian security systems thus he ....A New Approach to Studying Whole Bodies and Body Parts Applied to Problems of Forensic Science. To bring to the study of whole humans and human body parts, new methods capable of major advances such as those already provided by DNA technology in the study of human tissues, cells and molecules. This will allow better identification of human groups, geographic populations, gender differences and ageing.
To update facilities in forensic sciences strengthening Australian security systems thus helping fight terrorism and crime.
To establish international collaborations for Australia, especially with Asia.
To train young people, through Master's and Doctoral degrees programmes, in handling the new techniques and applying them to problems of forensic science
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Palladium Based Mobile Agent System for Collaborative Environments. This project aims to (a) develop a Palladium based mobile agent methodology and System for collaborative environments and to (b) construct a testbed that involves the creation of Palladium and mobile agent system to test it on "Virtual Community", that is, a real commercial application provided by our partner investigator for proof of concept.
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE0775672
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$150,000.00
Summary
3D Scanning and Printing Facilities (3DSPF). A one-stop shop is proposed to accommodate 3D scanning and printing facilities in WA to advance a range of research projects currently undertaken by internationally renowned researchers in their respective fields. The facility will impact on our research programs in a wide range of disciplines including rapid prototyping, robotics, geomatics, demining, nanotechnology, and molecular modeling. These projects are of high significance and will advance res ....3D Scanning and Printing Facilities (3DSPF). A one-stop shop is proposed to accommodate 3D scanning and printing facilities in WA to advance a range of research projects currently undertaken by internationally renowned researchers in their respective fields. The facility will impact on our research programs in a wide range of disciplines including rapid prototyping, robotics, geomatics, demining, nanotechnology, and molecular modeling. These projects are of high significance and will advance research in most of the national priorities. The facility can also be used for training and teaching purposes. The facility builds on a previous long range scanning facility and on the State Government's support of leading edge computational and visualization facilities. Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE0561219
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,362,295.00
Summary
Western Australian Supercomputer Program (WASP). The simulation and understanding of real biological and physical systems, at the level enabling significant and usable insights, requires teraflop+ computing. The rate-determining step in the next generation of analysis and modelling calculations requires access to massively parallel supercomputers. In Western Australia, there are a number of critical and unique projects that are totally dependant on such facilities. The Western Australian Supe ....Western Australian Supercomputer Program (WASP). The simulation and understanding of real biological and physical systems, at the level enabling significant and usable insights, requires teraflop+ computing. The rate-determining step in the next generation of analysis and modelling calculations requires access to massively parallel supercomputers. In Western Australia, there are a number of critical and unique projects that are totally dependant on such facilities. The Western Australian Supercomputer Program (WASP) will provide a quantum advance to computationally-intensive scientific research, as well as to world-class visualisation and data-management resources for academic and business communities, both nationally and internationally.Read moreRead less
Optimising value for money in software development through standardised cost metrics in the procurement, development and project management phases. Mission critical and complex software projects habitually exceed budget expectations significantly. Regular outsourcing of software development means that procurement specialists, project managers and software engineers require a common understanding of individual system requirement costs to facilitate accord on price. Contemporary techniques for des ....Optimising value for money in software development through standardised cost metrics in the procurement, development and project management phases. Mission critical and complex software projects habitually exceed budget expectations significantly. Regular outsourcing of software development means that procurement specialists, project managers and software engineers require a common understanding of individual system requirement costs to facilitate accord on price. Contemporary techniques for describing and costing requirements fail to directly map into project management structures, leading to ongoing value comparisons that are subjective and unrepeatable. This research will develop the principles to be used by both clients and suppliers to compute earned value from requirements, leading to more accurate assessments and calculations of Value for Money in software projects.Read moreRead less
Person identification from multiple non-invasive iris and face biometrics in video. This project will undertake research to develop a prototype system for personal identification that can be used by law enforcement and security agencies to enrol people at points of entry at public places. The system will non-invasively acquire face and iris biometrics and match them against a database of known persons. The proposed system can be used in sensitive buildings for access control, eliminating the nee ....Person identification from multiple non-invasive iris and face biometrics in video. This project will undertake research to develop a prototype system for personal identification that can be used by law enforcement and security agencies to enrol people at points of entry at public places. The system will non-invasively acquire face and iris biometrics and match them against a database of known persons. The proposed system can be used in sensitive buildings for access control, eliminating the need to carry access cards or remember passwords. This research contributes to the national research priority of Safeguarding Australia. We will develop new techniques in computer vision and train new researchers in this area.Read moreRead less