Index coding for multimedia content distribution networks. The project aims to develop new bandwidth-efficient index coding schemes to reduce network congestion. A large portion of the increasing internet traffic is due to video content browsing and distribution. This creates serious strains on the current network infrastructure, which is designed to support conventional data. It is crucial to explore new avenues to reduce the network congestion due to large file downloads. The project aims to t ....Index coding for multimedia content distribution networks. The project aims to develop new bandwidth-efficient index coding schemes to reduce network congestion. A large portion of the increasing internet traffic is due to video content browsing and distribution. This creates serious strains on the current network infrastructure, which is designed to support conventional data. It is crucial to explore new avenues to reduce the network congestion due to large file downloads. The project aims to tackle this problem by exploring new index coding techniques that are robust to failures in wireless and wired network links. Using advanced mathematical tools from algebraic number theory and module theory, the project aims to design optimally bandwidth-efficient index coding schemes that enable timely and reliable content distribution to end users.Read moreRead less
New Generation of Secure Wireless Communications for Constrained Devices. This project aims to develop novel physical-layer security techniques to safeguard the ‘Internet of things’ (IoT). The IoT will involve billions of resource-constrained devices connected to the environment and managed though a range of wireless connections. Standard wireless security solutions are unsuitable for these devices due to the high cost of communication and computation. The project aims to develop a novel wireles ....New Generation of Secure Wireless Communications for Constrained Devices. This project aims to develop novel physical-layer security techniques to safeguard the ‘Internet of things’ (IoT). The IoT will involve billions of resource-constrained devices connected to the environment and managed though a range of wireless connections. Standard wireless security solutions are unsuitable for these devices due to the high cost of communication and computation. The project aims to develop a novel wireless security approach based on the physical-layer properties of wireless channels, to secure communications for the IoT. The fundamental advances of the first two years will be followed by a software-defined radio demonstration of the new technology. Expected project outcomes would provide innovative solutions to safeguard future commercial deployment of the IoT.Read moreRead less
Topology Optimisation for Three-dimensional Periodic Nanophotonic Structures. Three-dimensional dielectric and/or metallic nanophotonic structures are of critical importance to a wide variety of applications ranging from sensing and biomedicine to imaging and information technology. This project aims to establish effective and efficient topology optimisation algorithms for the designs of nanophotonic structures with specific functional properties. The expected outcome will be a new methodology a ....Topology Optimisation for Three-dimensional Periodic Nanophotonic Structures. Three-dimensional dielectric and/or metallic nanophotonic structures are of critical importance to a wide variety of applications ranging from sensing and biomedicine to imaging and information technology. This project aims to establish effective and efficient topology optimisation algorithms for the designs of nanophotonic structures with specific functional properties. The expected outcome will be a new methodology and an advanced design tool for scientists and engineers to create novel nanophotonic structures to improve capabilities in devices such as waveguides, sensors, optical computer chips, superlenses and so on.Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE120100124
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$300,000.00
Summary
Coherent detection based characterisation facility for ultra broadband photonic and RF systems. The new infrastructure will allow detection of ultrahigh-speed optical and wireless signals. The facility adopts coherent detection based technologies providing superior performance in resolution, sensitivity, and bandwidth. It will play an important role in supporting research activities to accommodate phenomenal Internet growth.
Secure and Energy Efficient mmWave Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Communications. Future wireless networks comprising unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in millimeter wave bands will provide ubiquitous connectivity to a massive number of devices, even in unexpected situations such as disaster relief. Common wireless security solutions are developed only for terrestrial infrastructures but are unsuitable for mmWave UAVs due to the high mobility and limited energy supply. This project aims to develop novel ....Secure and Energy Efficient mmWave Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Communications. Future wireless networks comprising unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in millimeter wave bands will provide ubiquitous connectivity to a massive number of devices, even in unexpected situations such as disaster relief. Common wireless security solutions are developed only for terrestrial infrastructures but are unsuitable for mmWave UAVs due to the high mobility and limited energy supply. This project aims to develop novel energy efficient physical layer security techniques to prevent system attacks and malfunctions. The expected outcomes will deliver innovative solutions to safeguard future wireless networks. The project should benefit Australia in advancing knowledge base in wireless security and supporting future critical infrastructures.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE150100924
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$375,000.00
Summary
Integrated Interconnects in Data Centres and High-Performance Computing. High-speed interconnects are needed to link, transmit, retrieve, and process intensive data in a time- and energy-efficient and cost-effective manner in data centres and high-performance computing. This project aims to investigate high-speed, integrated interconnects, including novel integrated devices and transceivers on silicon platforms, flexible subsystems and overall system architecture. The research outcomes will be b ....Integrated Interconnects in Data Centres and High-Performance Computing. High-speed interconnects are needed to link, transmit, retrieve, and process intensive data in a time- and energy-efficient and cost-effective manner in data centres and high-performance computing. This project aims to investigate high-speed, integrated interconnects, including novel integrated devices and transceivers on silicon platforms, flexible subsystems and overall system architecture. The research outcomes will be beneficial to a number of industries including integrated chip and circuit design and fabrication, integrated systems, and network infrastructures, and will enable faster platforms for cloud computing, sensing, signal processing, and computational health.Read moreRead less
Overcoming nonlinearity in short-reach optical communication. This project aims to investigate the equalization methods for nonlinear optical channels applicable to short-reach optical communications. This project expects to significantly improve the transmission capacity of the cost-effective directly detected transceivers. Expected outcomes of this project include advanced equalization techniques for nonlinear channels and associated signal processing algorithms. These advances will have the p ....Overcoming nonlinearity in short-reach optical communication. This project aims to investigate the equalization methods for nonlinear optical channels applicable to short-reach optical communications. This project expects to significantly improve the transmission capacity of the cost-effective directly detected transceivers. Expected outcomes of this project include advanced equalization techniques for nonlinear channels and associated signal processing algorithms. These advances will have the potential to provide an enabling technology for surging capacity demand from cloud computing and enhance Australia's standing as a leader in optical communications technology.
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Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE170100160
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$250,000.00
Summary
Distributed ultra-fast optical clocks for terabit/s communications. The project aims to enable experiments with full spectrum occupation for transmission over field-deployed optical fibre. Future optical communication systems will have to use the full available spectral bandwidth and advanced multiplexing and modulation to achieve ultimate data capacity over a fibre link. To realistically test such links, experiments must be performed over "real-world" fibre links. By linking three telecoms rese ....Distributed ultra-fast optical clocks for terabit/s communications. The project aims to enable experiments with full spectrum occupation for transmission over field-deployed optical fibre. Future optical communication systems will have to use the full available spectral bandwidth and advanced multiplexing and modulation to achieve ultimate data capacity over a fibre link. To realistically test such links, experiments must be performed over "real-world" fibre links. By linking three telecoms research laboratories, the project will create a close collaboration optical network that enables this research. Anticipated outcomes are the opportunity to conduct research over field-deployed fibre links and to prototype and test communication technology over real-world links, creating a simplified path to commercialisation.Read moreRead less
Low-energy electro-photonics: novel materials, devices and systems. This project aims to develop low-power technologies for programming and tuning photonic integrated circuits (PICs). By replacing thermal tuning, the project will reduce power consumption from watts to milliwatts, which also eliminates the thermal crosstalk that limits the complexity of today's PICs. The expected outcome will be the basis for a generic field-programmable photonic chip, which can be used to rapidly prototype desig ....Low-energy electro-photonics: novel materials, devices and systems. This project aims to develop low-power technologies for programming and tuning photonic integrated circuits (PICs). By replacing thermal tuning, the project will reduce power consumption from watts to milliwatts, which also eliminates the thermal crosstalk that limits the complexity of today's PICs. The expected outcome will be the basis for a generic field-programmable photonic chip, which can be used to rapidly prototype designs for production as full custom chips as part of a new Australian industry capability. The expected benefits will be a faster innovation cycle, greater adoption of photonic technologies, and support of research into, for example, neuromorphic optical processing, and advanced communications and sensing systems.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE120100055
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$375,000.00
Summary
Controlling light with nonlinear effects in silicon nanocrystals. The project will help to promote in Australia the novel field of silicon nanophotonics, which is currently one of the most explored disciplines within the field of integrated optics. It will introduce innovative concepts for superior light control, which will keep Australia at the forefront of international research and frontier technologies.