Developing a global environmental, social and economic information system. The outcome of this project will be a unique environmental information system that will open up new global analytical perspectives for international institutions, corporations and academia. It will enable decision makers to identify hidden impacts of global supply chains that could so far not be enumerated. This research will enhance Australia's international reputation in spearheading advances in Environmental Accounting ....Developing a global environmental, social and economic information system. The outcome of this project will be a unique environmental information system that will open up new global analytical perspectives for international institutions, corporations and academia. It will enable decision makers to identify hidden impacts of global supply chains that could so far not be enumerated. This research will enhance Australia's international reputation in spearheading advances in Environmental Accounting. It will fulfill ubiquitous needs of analysts worldwide, and become a sought-after export. It will demonstrate how Australians affect the global environment, and how we can improve it by changing the way we live and consume. This research is truly inter-disciplinary, and will benefit a multitude of other research areas.Read moreRead less
Generalised Linear Mixed Models: Theory, Methods and New Areas of Application. This project will aid the analysis of complex data sets throughout Australia. The ensuing methodology and software products will be applicable to data arising from longitudinal and geo-referenced public health and biomedical studies being conducted in Australia. It will also aid analysis of complex survey data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and other agencies. Part of this project is geared towards smart inf ....Generalised Linear Mixed Models: Theory, Methods and New Areas of Application. This project will aid the analysis of complex data sets throughout Australia. The ensuing methodology and software products will be applicable to data arising from longitudinal and geo-referenced public health and biomedical studies being conducted in Australia. It will also aid analysis of complex survey data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and other agencies. Part of this project is geared towards smart information use in Australian industries and will help foster collaboration between mathematical scientists and members of the Australian business sector. Cancer research in Australia will also benefit from this project.Read moreRead less
Simultaneous localisation and image fusion for robotic explorations. Australia has played a leading role in the field of autonomous system research that s becoming increasingly prevalent in industrial applications such as environment monitoring, remote sensing, and battlefield intelligence. Unstructured and landmark-deficient operating conditions impose significant challenges in achieving accurate mapping and localisation. This research will develop a framework for image-based mapping and fusion ....Simultaneous localisation and image fusion for robotic explorations. Australia has played a leading role in the field of autonomous system research that s becoming increasingly prevalent in industrial applications such as environment monitoring, remote sensing, and battlefield intelligence. Unstructured and landmark-deficient operating conditions impose significant challenges in achieving accurate mapping and localisation. This research will develop a framework for image-based mapping and fusion, thus contributing to the key enabling technologies for autonomous systems. The outcomes of this project will contribute to the current international leadership of Australia in this fast-evolving technology.Read moreRead less
Automatic fusion of geoinformation: The intelligent geo-mediator architecture (iGMA). The efficient integration of geographic information from different sources (termed geoinformation fusion) is recognized internationally as a major problem for projects that rely on geographic information. Conventional geoinformation fusion procedures require manual assistance from human experts. This project will lead to increased speed, reliability, and economy for this task, by automating the process of geoin ....Automatic fusion of geoinformation: The intelligent geo-mediator architecture (iGMA). The efficient integration of geographic information from different sources (termed geoinformation fusion) is recognized internationally as a major problem for projects that rely on geographic information. Conventional geoinformation fusion procedures require manual assistance from human experts. This project will lead to increased speed, reliability, and economy for this task, by automating the process of geoinformation fusion. Many different application domains will benefit from these improvements to geoinformation fusion procedures, including emergency response systems (for example, helping to combine different data about the structural characteristics of buildings as part of a housing damage assessment following an earthquake).Read moreRead less
Finding new economic drivers for Sea Change (coastal) and similar rapidly growing communities. This project is of major benefit to developing more environmentally sensitive but diverse economies for coastal communities. Coastal communities are commuter or tourism dominated, each of these issues generate both current and future liabilities for the communities and the nation.
Practical methodologies for agent-oritented conceptual modelling. Conceptual modelling involves using knowledge representation techniques to support the requirements engineering phase of the software life-cycle. Agent-oriented conceptual modelling is a relatively new technique that offers significant benefits in modelling complex organisational information systems. However, several problems need to be addressed with current agent-oriented conceptual modelling languages and methodologies. In the ....Practical methodologies for agent-oritented conceptual modelling. Conceptual modelling involves using knowledge representation techniques to support the requirements engineering phase of the software life-cycle. Agent-oriented conceptual modelling is a relatively new technique that offers significant benefits in modelling complex organisational information systems. However, several problems need to be addressed with current agent-oriented conceptual modelling languages and methodologies. In the context of a PhD dissertation, this project will develop an improved agent-oriented conceptual modelling framework and related requirements elicitation techniques drawing on advances in Artificial intelligenct, Requireents Engineering and Organisational Semiotics. The practical deliverables of this project will address the needs of a large complex government organisation.Read moreRead less
Fault-Based Test Case Generation for Software. This research explores ways to generate fault based test cases from specifications to verify software applications. This will help to enhance knowledge and skills on frontier software technologies for building and transforming Australian IT industries. The results provide knowledge, methodologies and technologies to software industry in Australia on building better quality software faster. In addition, it will help to reveal faults earlier in the de ....Fault-Based Test Case Generation for Software. This research explores ways to generate fault based test cases from specifications to verify software applications. This will help to enhance knowledge and skills on frontier software technologies for building and transforming Australian IT industries. The results provide knowledge, methodologies and technologies to software industry in Australia on building better quality software faster. In addition, it will help to reveal faults earlier in the development phase. Software companies in Australia can apply these techniques to improve their software development process and, hence, enhance the quality of their product. They can also adapt the knowledge to manage and enhance the quality of their outsourcing projects.Read moreRead less
Semantic Authentication of Visual Data. Data authentication systems can detect the smallest modification to a message. Authentication systems for media objects such as images, and audio and video clips have a different requirement they must ensure authenticity of the content without needing all the changes to be detectable. The aims of this project are to develop a framework for design and analysis of image and video authentication systems, and construct secure and flexible systems that can be ....Semantic Authentication of Visual Data. Data authentication systems can detect the smallest modification to a message. Authentication systems for media objects such as images, and audio and video clips have a different requirement they must ensure authenticity of the content without needing all the changes to be detectable. The aims of this project are to develop a framework for design and analysis of image and video authentication systems, and construct secure and flexible systems that can be used in practice. This research addresses the urgent need of providing security for multimedia objects in electronic commerce and is of high importance to the acceptance of advanced communication and information services.Read moreRead less
Data Exchange and Service Integration with Applications in Health Information Systems. This project will research and develop an innovative new approach to facilitate real data exchange and service integration across different medical organisations. This approach will significantly improve the quality of health care by providing a solid foundation for integrated medical services, offering on demand and effective access to fragmentally stored patients medical information and minimise the number o ....Data Exchange and Service Integration with Applications in Health Information Systems. This project will research and develop an innovative new approach to facilitate real data exchange and service integration across different medical organisations. This approach will significantly improve the quality of health care by providing a solid foundation for integrated medical services, offering on demand and effective access to fragmentally stored patients medical information and minimise the number of data entry errors injected into the medical information systems. The novel integration model will also enable a new autonomous approach for demographic data collection which is essential for evidenced resource allocation, policy making and disease prevention.Read moreRead less
From Business Processes to Process Spaces. A grand challenge facing the next generation service -oriented computing comes from the needs for bringing benefits of services composition to end-users. The project will deliver innovative, useful, and usable concepts and tools to make processes ever more adaptable and sophisticated while becoming simple to access and reuse. The project will provide an ideal opportunity to train research students in cutting edge technologies. It will make significant c ....From Business Processes to Process Spaces. A grand challenge facing the next generation service -oriented computing comes from the needs for bringing benefits of services composition to end-users. The project will deliver innovative, useful, and usable concepts and tools to make processes ever more adaptable and sophisticated while becoming simple to access and reuse. The project will provide an ideal opportunity to train research students in cutting edge technologies. It will make significant contributions to the e-Research and services science paradigms.Read moreRead less