Mitigating the Influence of Social Bots in Heterogeneous Social Networks. This project aims to mitigate the influence of social bots in dynamic and constantly changing social networks. Social bots can spread misinformation, manipulate public opinion, and compromise privacy and security. This project will use advanced algorithms to detect and neutralize the impact of social bots, improving the integrity and accuracy of information on social media. The expected outcomes include the development of ....Mitigating the Influence of Social Bots in Heterogeneous Social Networks. This project aims to mitigate the influence of social bots in dynamic and constantly changing social networks. Social bots can spread misinformation, manipulate public opinion, and compromise privacy and security. This project will use advanced algorithms to detect and neutralize the impact of social bots, improving the integrity and accuracy of information on social media. The expected outcomes include the development of a robust system for identifying and mitigating social bot influence, and the reduction of harmful content and misinformation on social media. The benefits of this project include a more trustworthy and secure social media environment, protection of individuals and organizations from malicious activities.Read moreRead less
Adaptive and Ubiquitous Trust Framework for Internet of Things interactions. The aim of the project is to address the Trust challenges in Internet of Things (IoT) environments, thus enabling the wide deployment of potentially billions of IoT devices. This project will generate new knowledge in the area of IoT Trust by developing novel techniques to establish trust in highly dynamic crowdsourcing IoT environments. The project's main outcomes include the development of a ubiquitous and adaptive mu ....Adaptive and Ubiquitous Trust Framework for Internet of Things interactions. The aim of the project is to address the Trust challenges in Internet of Things (IoT) environments, thus enabling the wide deployment of potentially billions of IoT devices. This project will generate new knowledge in the area of IoT Trust by developing novel techniques to establish trust in highly dynamic crowdsourcing IoT environments. The project's main outcomes include the development of a ubiquitous and adaptive multi-component trust framework reflecting trust perspectives. The developed solutions will allow the establishment of trusted interactions among crowdsourced IoT devices and wider deployment of convenient and just-in-time services, thus enabling the development of novel applications, such as the crowdsourcing of green energy.Read moreRead less
New Graph Mining Technologies to Enable Timely Exploration of Social Events. This project aims to develop scalable and effective graph mining techniques for the timely exploration of social events that are the hottest happenings in online information networks. The research will primarily exploit the complex network structures and non-structural properties of streaming social data to report what is happening in a timely fashion. This project will lay the theoretical foundations of this emerging f ....New Graph Mining Technologies to Enable Timely Exploration of Social Events. This project aims to develop scalable and effective graph mining techniques for the timely exploration of social events that are the hottest happenings in online information networks. The research will primarily exploit the complex network structures and non-structural properties of streaming social data to report what is happening in a timely fashion. This project will lay the theoretical foundations of this emerging field to strengthen Australia’s world leadership role in data science. Practically, the novel theories and data analytics technologies developed will benefit the Australian economy and society by monitoring emergencies, tracking prevailing sentiments, and spotting investment opportunities through timely event responses.Read moreRead less
A mmWave Sensor Network for Hand Gesture Monitoring. This project aims to realise a world-first mmWave radar-based sensor network for device-free ubiquitous hand gesture monitoring. By harnessing recent radar technology breakthrough in mmWave, hand gesture may be monitored in a non-privacy intrusive manner. Pilot studies show different handrub gestures can be sensed and recognised by analysing the radio signal variations in the receiver. Given the many social, economic and health advantages of ....A mmWave Sensor Network for Hand Gesture Monitoring. This project aims to realise a world-first mmWave radar-based sensor network for device-free ubiquitous hand gesture monitoring. By harnessing recent radar technology breakthrough in mmWave, hand gesture may be monitored in a non-privacy intrusive manner. Pilot studies show different handrub gestures can be sensed and recognised by analysing the radio signal variations in the receiver. Given the many social, economic and health advantages of low-cost and non-privacy intrusive hand gesture sensing --- including enabling interactions and communications with smart environments (e.g., homes and offices) in a natural way --- the proposed research promises multiple benefits while positioning Australia as smart buildings innovator.Read moreRead less
Energy-Efficient Human-Sensing with Photovoltaic Internet-of-Things. This project aims to realise a world-first photovoltaic (PV)-based system for device free ubiquitous human monitoring. By harnessing next generation flexible organic PV cells, Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices may be powered using only indoor lighting. Pilot studies show different activities can, in turn, be sensed and recognised by analysing the variations in the energy harvesting patterns in the PV-powered IoT. Given the many ....Energy-Efficient Human-Sensing with Photovoltaic Internet-of-Things. This project aims to realise a world-first photovoltaic (PV)-based system for device free ubiquitous human monitoring. By harnessing next generation flexible organic PV cells, Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices may be powered using only indoor lighting. Pilot studies show different activities can, in turn, be sensed and recognised by analysing the variations in the energy harvesting patterns in the PV-powered IoT. Given the many social, economic and environmental advantages of cost and energy-efficient sensing – including falls detection for the elderly and power savings in smart building – the proposed research promises multiple benefits while positioning Australia as an IoT innovator.
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Multi-resolution situation recognition for urban-aware smart assistant. This project aims to develop a situation recognition framework to recognise and anticipate unforeseen emerging situations, such as schedule changes, incidents, and disruptions in an urban environment. The project will address a significant knowledge gap by capturing and modelling unpredictability in human mobility and work routines. The outcome will be a situation recognition framework that can be applied at the individual, ....Multi-resolution situation recognition for urban-aware smart assistant. This project aims to develop a situation recognition framework to recognise and anticipate unforeseen emerging situations, such as schedule changes, incidents, and disruptions in an urban environment. The project will address a significant knowledge gap by capturing and modelling unpredictability in human mobility and work routines. The outcome will be a situation recognition framework that can be applied at the individual, social group, and urban level, and at multiple locations and time scales. This should provide users with timely notifications and recommendations to resume their activities and routines. The expected benefits will be far-ranging and adaptable to many domains, from personal smart assistants to trip planning and emergency services.Read moreRead less
#thismymob: Digital land rights and reconnecting Indigenous communities. This project aims to investigate how social technology can connect Indigenous communities and enhance wellbeing; design culturally appropriate and sensitive technologies that afford a safe refuge for Indigenous peoples and their communities. This project will design and evaluate a mobile app to implement a national-scale, Indigenous-led technology development project and develop a national technology research and developmen ....#thismymob: Digital land rights and reconnecting Indigenous communities. This project aims to investigate how social technology can connect Indigenous communities and enhance wellbeing; design culturally appropriate and sensitive technologies that afford a safe refuge for Indigenous peoples and their communities. This project will design and evaluate a mobile app to implement a national-scale, Indigenous-led technology development project and develop a national technology research and development framework and post-secondary Indigenous software engineering curricula. The project expects to benefit Indigenous developers, entrepreneurs and start-ups to develop, operate and own technology.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE230101281
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$329,278.00
Summary
An Efficient Computational Solver for Complex Engineering Problems. This project aims to address significant gaps in the existing knowledge about solving complex engineering problems that involve conflicting objectives and unquantifiable features. In these problems, the decision-maker is interested in knowing high-quality and dissimilar solutions that determine the trade-off between the problem objectives. The intended outcomes of this project include a novel robust computational solver that can ....An Efficient Computational Solver for Complex Engineering Problems. This project aims to address significant gaps in the existing knowledge about solving complex engineering problems that involve conflicting objectives and unquantifiable features. In these problems, the decision-maker is interested in knowing high-quality and dissimilar solutions that determine the trade-off between the problem objectives. The intended outcomes of this project include a novel robust computational solver that can automatically find such solutions. The decision-makers can then choose the final solution based on their expertise and preferences. This expects to offer significant benefits to diverse engineering disciplines by finding superior and more practical solutions to their complex multidisciplinary problems.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE200101439
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$418,998.00
Summary
Towards a Reliable and Explainable Health Monitoring and Caring System. This project aims to unleash the power of deep learning on health monitoring and caring domain through a safe, reliable and explainable way. Its innovations lie on 1) developing a set of robust and explainable deep learning models that are guaranteed to be safe to complex environmental uncertainty; 2) designing an intelligent health monitoring and caring platform, powered by robust deep learning models, to better support the ....Towards a Reliable and Explainable Health Monitoring and Caring System. This project aims to unleash the power of deep learning on health monitoring and caring domain through a safe, reliable and explainable way. Its innovations lie on 1) developing a set of robust and explainable deep learning models that are guaranteed to be safe to complex environmental uncertainty; 2) designing an intelligent health monitoring and caring platform, powered by robust deep learning models, to better support the home-based health monitoring and caring for the elderly. The result will enable end-users to trust the decisions of deep learning models in safety-critical systems and significantly contribute to Australian aging society and national healthcare economy.Read moreRead less
SenShaMart: A Trusted Internet of Things Marketplace for Sensor Sharing. This project aims to devise a novel Internet of Things (IoT) sensor sharing marketplace that permits IoT applications to discover, integrate, and pay for any IoT sensor data that is made available by other parties. The project will devise highly-scalable sensor classification, query processing, and transactions solutions and incorporate them in a pair of novel blockchains that work in tandem to securely manage all the infor ....SenShaMart: A Trusted Internet of Things Marketplace for Sensor Sharing. This project aims to devise a novel Internet of Things (IoT) sensor sharing marketplace that permits IoT applications to discover, integrate, and pay for any IoT sensor data that is made available by other parties. The project will devise highly-scalable sensor classification, query processing, and transactions solutions and incorporate them in a pair of novel blockchains that work in tandem to securely manage all the information and contracts needed by IoT applications to discover, integrate, pay, and use sensors provided by another parties. These IoT advancements will provide significant economic, environmental, and social benefits via making low-cost and immediate sensing available across the world.Read moreRead less