Assessing absolute sustainability of global cities. The project aims to create a quantitative modelling framework for assessing the absolute sustainability of cities by combining global multi-region input-output analysis with the 'safe and just space' concept for human development. The model will allow assessment of the full supply chain environmental and social impacts of urban economic activities against biophysical planetary limits as well as social foundation thresholds defined in the litera ....Assessing absolute sustainability of global cities. The project aims to create a quantitative modelling framework for assessing the absolute sustainability of cities by combining global multi-region input-output analysis with the 'safe and just space' concept for human development. The model will allow assessment of the full supply chain environmental and social impacts of urban economic activities against biophysical planetary limits as well as social foundation thresholds defined in the literature. The project will advance sustainability science methodology and will greatly benefit worldwide initiatives for urban sustainability. Case studies on Australian cities will assess where interventions can be most practically, realistically and effectively implemented.Read moreRead less
Improving the Environmental Performance of Australian Construction Projects. This project aims to investigate the environmental impacts of construction in Australia through the development of a sophisticated hybrid environmental assessment model. The project aims to assist in identifying the most significant environmental impacts, critical areas for mitigation efforts and informing environmental policy and programs within the Australian construction industry. The development of one of the most s ....Improving the Environmental Performance of Australian Construction Projects. This project aims to investigate the environmental impacts of construction in Australia through the development of a sophisticated hybrid environmental assessment model. The project aims to assist in identifying the most significant environmental impacts, critical areas for mitigation efforts and informing environmental policy and programs within the Australian construction industry. The development of one of the most sophisticated and comprehensive models for assessing environmental impacts ever produced is expected to enable cost- and time-efficient evaluation of multiple environmental impacts at a high level of detail and completeness. This should lead to considerable improvements to the environmental performance of Australian construction projects.Read moreRead less
Efficient processing of large scale multi-dimensional graphs. This project aims to develop novel approaches to process large scale multi-dimensional graphs. The project will focus on the three most representative types of problems against multi-dimensional graphs, namely cohesive subgraph computation, frequent subgraph mining, and subgraph matching. The project outcome will include a set of new theories, novel indexing and data processing techniques, including distributed and single node computa ....Efficient processing of large scale multi-dimensional graphs. This project aims to develop novel approaches to process large scale multi-dimensional graphs. The project will focus on the three most representative types of problems against multi-dimensional graphs, namely cohesive subgraph computation, frequent subgraph mining, and subgraph matching. The project outcome will include a set of new theories, novel indexing and data processing techniques, including distributed and single node computation. The success of the project will significantly contribute to the technology development and the scientific foundation of big graph processing.Read moreRead less
Sustainable Australian food production within secure global supply chains. This project aims at exploring future pathways for the Australian food system to remain secure under future disruptive changes, environmentally and socially sustainable, and able to offer healthy food choices. It will reveal the connections among food supply chains, diets and human health, and portray a food system that achieves public health and sustainability goals while positioning Australia securely into the global su ....Sustainable Australian food production within secure global supply chains. This project aims at exploring future pathways for the Australian food system to remain secure under future disruptive changes, environmentally and socially sustainable, and able to offer healthy food choices. It will reveal the connections among food supply chains, diets and human health, and portray a food system that achieves public health and sustainability goals while positioning Australia securely into the global supply chain network. These goals will be achieved by creating the Australian Food Lab, which will provide a collaborative research platform for environmental scientists, economists, public health experts, and food industry representatives for investigating issues pertaining to the future of our food system.Read moreRead less
Towards efficient processing of big graphs. This project aims to develop theory and techniques for efficient and scalable processing of Big Graph, a major field in Big Data. The project will focus on primitive graph queries covering many applications. Anticipated outcomes include a set of theories, indexing and data processing (including distributed and approximate) techniques. The success of the project is expected to contribute to the technology development and the scientific foundation of Big ....Towards efficient processing of big graphs. This project aims to develop theory and techniques for efficient and scalable processing of Big Graph, a major field in Big Data. The project will focus on primitive graph queries covering many applications. Anticipated outcomes include a set of theories, indexing and data processing (including distributed and approximate) techniques. The success of the project is expected to contribute to the technology development and the scientific foundation of Big Graph processing.Read moreRead less
Unifying global approaches to environmental footprinting. This project will create a globally harmonised approach to calculating environmental footprints for nations, regions, cities and organisations. This research will establish the environmental burden caused by international trade, enabling global governance bodies to implement principles for a fairer global sharing of environmental burdens.