Audit Security Models for Multiparty Internet Transactions. The aim of this project is to conduct the study for a secure, low overhead means of auditing secure transactions between two parties over the Internet, especially where some doubt surrounds the trustfulness of the other party.
A study will be conducted in this project by investigating security models for multiparty secure transactions in order to identify a number of likely applications for the technology, to develop a high level arch ....Audit Security Models for Multiparty Internet Transactions. The aim of this project is to conduct the study for a secure, low overhead means of auditing secure transactions between two parties over the Internet, especially where some doubt surrounds the trustfulness of the other party.
A study will be conducted in this project by investigating security models for multiparty secure transactions in order to identify a number of likely applications for the technology, to develop a high level architecture of the solution.Read moreRead less
Reconciling Activity-centric and Business Object-centric Approaches to Business Process Modelling. Business process models are a fundamental instrument for analysing and automating the operations of organisations. At present, the space of business process modelling techniques is characterised by fragmentation with various approaches striking different tradeoffs. Two major families of approaches can be distinguished: activity-centric and business object-centric. These approaches correspond to com ....Reconciling Activity-centric and Business Object-centric Approaches to Business Process Modelling. Business process models are a fundamental instrument for analysing and automating the operations of organisations. At present, the space of business process modelling techniques is characterised by fragmentation with various approaches striking different tradeoffs. Two major families of approaches can be distinguished: activity-centric and business object-centric. These approaches correspond to complementary viewpoints. We see great potential in creating a level of integration between them. Accordingly, the project will investigate the relative expressiveness of these approaches, identify incompatibilities and synergies, and design model transformations. This will establish a foundation for next-generation business process modelling tools.Read moreRead less
UNLOCKING BENEFITS FROM ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS IN THE AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC SECTOR: Benefits Realisation in the Context of the Virtual Organisation. This study proposes to provide an innovative Virtual Organisation perspective to identify factors that can assist Australian government agencies to maximise the potential benefits from Enterprise System (ES) implementation. Study aims include: Identify and explicate major characteristics of the Virtual Organisation created through collaboration between gove ....UNLOCKING BENEFITS FROM ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS IN THE AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC SECTOR: Benefits Realisation in the Context of the Virtual Organisation. This study proposes to provide an innovative Virtual Organisation perspective to identify factors that can assist Australian government agencies to maximise the potential benefits from Enterprise System (ES) implementation. Study aims include: Identify and explicate major characteristics of the Virtual Organisation created through collaboration between government agency and (external) ES Implementation Partner; Identify and document features and constraints peculiar to ES implementation in the Australian public sector; Identify and explicate factors impacting on benefits realisation, relating these to theory from related fields; Highlight consensus and difference among stakeholders; Develop a validated, repeatable methodology for major impact studies; Inform ES research directions.Read moreRead less
Web Services Reputation Management. This project directly supports the National Research Priority 4: Safeguarding Australia. More specifically, it aims at creating mechanisms that will make it more difficult to use the Internet as a platform for launching attacks against the business processes of Australian organisations that provide and consume Web services. At the same time this will stimulate the establishment of high quality WS markets. As direct social benefit of this research, Australian o ....Web Services Reputation Management. This project directly supports the National Research Priority 4: Safeguarding Australia. More specifically, it aims at creating mechanisms that will make it more difficult to use the Internet as a platform for launching attacks against the business processes of Australian organisations that provide and consume Web services. At the same time this will stimulate the establishment of high quality WS markets. As direct social benefit of this research, Australian organisations will be able to integrate the best quality Web services as part of their business processes, and thereby avoid being negatively impacted by low quality and deceptive Web services. Read moreRead less
Integrated Financial Fraud Detection in Enterprise Applications. Fraud costs the Australian economy at least $3 billion per year. The incidence of fraud within the Australian economy is increasing. Australian entities are ill-prepared to detect and prevent fraud against their businesses with very few developing or implementing any form of fraud control strategy (AS 8001-2003). The growing use of the Internet by organisations for electronic commerce increases their exposure to fraudulent activiti ....Integrated Financial Fraud Detection in Enterprise Applications. Fraud costs the Australian economy at least $3 billion per year. The incidence of fraud within the Australian economy is increasing. Australian entities are ill-prepared to detect and prevent fraud against their businesses with very few developing or implementing any form of fraud control strategy (AS 8001-2003). The growing use of the Internet by organisations for electronic commerce increases their exposure to fraudulent activities. Inevitably much of the cost of fraud is passed on to the customers and the community at large. By providing large organisations with an approach to assist in detecting fraudulent behaviour in accounting systems, it is envisaged that this research will assist in reducing the impact of fraud on society.Read moreRead less
Skeletome - A Curated Online Knowledge Base Integrating Clinical and Biological Information on Skeletal Dysplasias and Related Conditions. The skeletal dysplasia knowledge base will:
* establish Australia as a world-leader in skeletal dysplasia research;
* provide researchers with an extensible and comprehensive online knowledge-base related to skeletal dysplasias;
* enhance clinicians' understanding of the diagnosis, treatment and management of skeletal dysplasias;
* facilitate collaborativ ....Skeletome - A Curated Online Knowledge Base Integrating Clinical and Biological Information on Skeletal Dysplasias and Related Conditions. The skeletal dysplasia knowledge base will:
* establish Australia as a world-leader in skeletal dysplasia research;
* provide researchers with an extensible and comprehensive online knowledge-base related to skeletal dysplasias;
* enhance clinicians' understanding of the diagnosis, treatment and management of skeletal dysplasias;
* facilitate collaborative discussions by patients, clinicians and researchers around specific cases to improve training, management and diagnosis; and
* enhance Australia's research expertise in Semantic Web and social networking technologies.Read moreRead less
Development of Internet-based Kinematic GPS Solutions for Local and Regional Positioning Services. This interdisciplinary project develops a highly novel total network strategy for real-time kinematic GPS positioning services using the Internet communication protocols for data transmission. The proposed system is technically superior to existing network-based differential GPS (DGPS) systems, by providing positioning services at different accuracy levels (metre to centimetre) with reduced operati ....Development of Internet-based Kinematic GPS Solutions for Local and Regional Positioning Services. This interdisciplinary project develops a highly novel total network strategy for real-time kinematic GPS positioning services using the Internet communication protocols for data transmission. The proposed system is technically superior to existing network-based differential GPS (DGPS) systems, by providing positioning services at different accuracy levels (metre to centimetre) with reduced operational cost to users. The research focuses on improved network operations and processing, along with developing user-specific algorithms. The outcomes are expected to provide significant opportunities for both real time and near-real-time kinematic positioning applications and commercialisations of such services, in urban and regional areas of Australia.Read moreRead less
Harmonized Messaging - A New Foundation for Automated Process Communication. Process communication, especially in web environments is characterized by complex interactions between heterogeneous and autonomous systems within the enterprise and often between trading partners. An overwhelming number of initiatives and proposals are underway to provide solutions for process specification and communication. However, the focus is often on defining APIs rather than the semantics of the underlying messa ....Harmonized Messaging - A New Foundation for Automated Process Communication. Process communication, especially in web environments is characterized by complex interactions between heterogeneous and autonomous systems within the enterprise and often between trading partners. An overwhelming number of initiatives and proposals are underway to provide solutions for process specification and communication. However, the focus is often on defining APIs rather than the semantics of the underlying message exchange. We see a great potential in changing the current messaging infrastructure to suit its new role in facilitating complex, long running interactions for collaborative processes operating in a decentralized environment. This envisaged next generation of messaging technology will extend its ability to support dynamic business processes in a web-centric environment. Providing a level of harmonisation to multiple messages to form a single custom definable backbone of a newly formed message stream, creates a highly challenging new research direction. There is a strong potential that the project outcomes will present a new way of overcoming well understood difficulties in dealing with multiple communicating processes owned by different partners and executing on disparate systems.Read moreRead less
Investigations into and development of an intelligent decision support system for general practitioners in home-based sleep disorder diagnosis. Sleep disorders cost the Australian health system an estimated $40 million per year. General practitioner's surgeries are not well equipped to deal with diagnosis and the majority of the referrals to specialists are unnecessary. This research will investigate and develop an intelligent decision support system to provide a cost effective solution to thi ....Investigations into and development of an intelligent decision support system for general practitioners in home-based sleep disorder diagnosis. Sleep disorders cost the Australian health system an estimated $40 million per year. General practitioner's surgeries are not well equipped to deal with diagnosis and the majority of the referrals to specialists are unnecessary. This research will investigate and develop an intelligent decision support system to provide a cost effective solution to this problem. The developed software application will enable sleep study to be carried out at home, enabling general practitioners to conduct a preliminary diagnosis. Benefits include a reduction in the costs incurred in travel, time off work and at hospital sleep care centres for people in remote areas.Read moreRead less
A performance measurement framework for IT service management to improve crucial IT infrastructure in private and public sector organisations. Queensland Health and itSMF recognise there is a need to transform the crucial IT infrastructure of Australian industries by disseminating frontier technologies such as ITIL. This project addresses the complex interactions of benefits, performance metrics and methods to enable CIOs and IT service managers to measure and realise the benefits of improved IT ....A performance measurement framework for IT service management to improve crucial IT infrastructure in private and public sector organisations. Queensland Health and itSMF recognise there is a need to transform the crucial IT infrastructure of Australian industries by disseminating frontier technologies such as ITIL. This project addresses the complex interactions of benefits, performance metrics and methods to enable CIOs and IT service managers to measure and realise the benefits of improved IT service management. The outcomes of this project will compel organisations to implement practices and processes that significantly reduce risks. The large public and private investment in IT infrastructure will be more wisely managed and maintained and Australian organisations will benefit through more effective use of productivity-enhancing technology.Read moreRead less