Lexical retrieval and reading comprehension: Binding perceptual, lexical and conceptual information in on-line reading. Reading is a complex process that involves integrating sensory information extracted from text with stored memories about word meanings, syntactic structures and general knowledge. Most reading research has focused on the processing of isolated words, but normal reading requires integration processes that are not necessary to recognise single words. This research uses tasks req ....Lexical retrieval and reading comprehension: Binding perceptual, lexical and conceptual information in on-line reading. Reading is a complex process that involves integrating sensory information extracted from text with stored memories about word meanings, syntactic structures and general knowledge. Most reading research has focused on the processing of isolated words, but normal reading requires integration processes that are not necessary to recognise single words. This research uses tasks requiring sentence comprehension and measures of eye movements during reading to investigate how readers retrieve and combine information while reading to comprehend text. It will contribute to developing more comprehensive theories of normal reading that can inform methods of teaching reading and contribute to refinement of text recognition systems.Read moreRead less
Towards automated and intelligent processing of web-based information. The successful outcome of this project will enhance Australia's research reputation in an important, practical area of ICT, will contribute to emerging Web standards, will produce frontier technology that will eventually be of benefit to Australian industry, and will train several postgraduate students.
Rule-based reasoning systems for complex and dynamic ontologies. The successful outcome of this project will enhance Australia's research reputation in an important, practical area of ICT, will contribute to emerging Web technologies that will eventually be of benefit to Australian industry, and will train several postgraduate students.
Extending a family of garbage collectors. Garbage collection is a key component in the automatic management of storage in computer systems. It is an essential property of modern programming systems that frees the programmer from a significant error-prone task. Our interest is in garbage collection in distributed systems involving a number of networked computers. Using our novel construction methodology, we have jointly produced a family of collection algorithms that are significantly simpler and ....Extending a family of garbage collectors. Garbage collection is a key component in the automatic management of storage in computer systems. It is an essential property of modern programming systems that frees the programmer from a significant error-prone task. Our interest is in garbage collection in distributed systems involving a number of networked computers. Using our novel construction methodology, we have jointly produced a family of collection algorithms that are significantly simpler and more efficient than previous work. Here we wish to extend this family to operate effectively in a specific architecture increasingly favoured by many modern distributed high-performance computing systems.Read moreRead less
High Performance Runtimes for Next Generation Languages. X10 is a type-safe, memory-safe programming language. This project will help make X10 a viable choice for secure software on the next generation of computer architectures. The proposed project will contribute to a better understanding of the fundamental processes that advance knowledge and facilitate the development of technological innovations (a research priority goal). By addressing a key emerging problem and consolidating Australian- ....High Performance Runtimes for Next Generation Languages. X10 is a type-safe, memory-safe programming language. This project will help make X10 a viable choice for secure software on the next generation of computer architectures. The proposed project will contribute to a better understanding of the fundamental processes that advance knowledge and facilitate the development of technological innovations (a research priority goal). By addressing a key emerging problem and consolidating Australian-based expertise in this area, the project will also enhance Australia’s capacity in frontier technologies research.Read moreRead less
Dynamic Cooperative Performance Optimizations. This project seeks to improve the reliability, security, and
performance of modern software systems. Security is a problem of such
scale that outbreaks of computer viruses etc. headline in major
financial newspapers. We approach the problem by addressing the key
performance problems that hold back the programming languagues widely
used for secure and reliable systems. By improving the reliability,
security and performance of computer system ....Dynamic Cooperative Performance Optimizations. This project seeks to improve the reliability, security, and
performance of modern software systems. Security is a problem of such
scale that outbreaks of computer viruses etc. headline in major
financial newspapers. We approach the problem by addressing the key
performance problems that hold back the programming languagues widely
used for secure and reliable systems. By improving the reliability,
security and performance of computer systems, this project will help
alleviate the millions of hours and dollars lost to inadvertent errors
and malicious software attacks. The project will give Australia an
international presence in a research area of great academic and
commercial importance.Read moreRead less
Online linguistic exploration: deeper, faster, broader language documentation. This project will develop a new online mode for collaborative linguistic research. Linguists will be able to harness the power of natural language processing techniques for their study of the world's languages. A demonstration system will be developed, permitting linguists to locate examples of syntactic constructions in a large database of parsed text, and to explore similarities across different languages. The pr ....Online linguistic exploration: deeper, faster, broader language documentation. This project will develop a new online mode for collaborative linguistic research. Linguists will be able to harness the power of natural language processing techniques for their study of the world's languages. A demonstration system will be developed, permitting linguists to locate examples of syntactic constructions in a large database of parsed text, and to explore similarities across different languages. The project will also encompass a selection of minority languages for which only a small amount of data is available.Read moreRead less
Concept-Based Multilingual Web Content Mining. Towards smart use of Web information, this pioneer project will develop an innovative concept-based approach for discovering global knowledge embedded within multilingual Web documents. Departing from the traditional bilingual term-to-term machine translation techniques, the approach overcomes the notorious vocabulary mismatch problem by enabling synchronised lexical mapping of multiple languages. A series of intelligent concept-based techniques usi ....Concept-Based Multilingual Web Content Mining. Towards smart use of Web information, this pioneer project will develop an innovative concept-based approach for discovering global knowledge embedded within multilingual Web documents. Departing from the traditional bilingual term-to-term machine translation techniques, the approach overcomes the notorious vocabulary mismatch problem by enabling synchronised lexical mapping of multiple languages. A series of intelligent concept-based techniques using fuzzy logic and neural networks will be investigated to support smart Web information browsing and exploration. This project will provide valuable new insights into developing state-of-the-art multilingual Web mining applications for enhancing business intelligence in Australia's knowledge driven industries.Read moreRead less
Precision Pulsar Timing and its Applications. The rapidly rotating pulsars known as millisecond pulsars have period stabilities which rival that of the best terrestrial clocks. Observations of many millisecond pulsars spread across the sky should allow detection of the gravitational-wave background - likely to be the first direct detection of gravity waves. It will also enable establishment of a long-term time standard which is independent of and probably superior to that derived from terrestria ....Precision Pulsar Timing and its Applications. The rapidly rotating pulsars known as millisecond pulsars have period stabilities which rival that of the best terrestrial clocks. Observations of many millisecond pulsars spread across the sky should allow detection of the gravitational-wave background - likely to be the first direct detection of gravity waves. It will also enable establishment of a long-term time standard which is independent of and probably superior to that derived from terrestrial clocks. New analysis techniques and establishment of an international observing network will be required. Investigation and application of techniques for overcoming radio interference will be an important part of the project.Read moreRead less
Defeating Radio Frequency Interference. The radio spectrum is a valuable resource. Development of techniques which minimize the impact of various users on one another, allowing this resource to be shared, will benefit the entire community. For astronomy in particular, shared use is essential because of the very wide bandwidths needed to obtain sufficient sensitivity. Usage of the radio spectrum is increasing rapidly and radio telescopes are becoming more and more sensitive, compounding the probl ....Defeating Radio Frequency Interference. The radio spectrum is a valuable resource. Development of techniques which minimize the impact of various users on one another, allowing this resource to be shared, will benefit the entire community. For astronomy in particular, shared use is essential because of the very wide bandwidths needed to obtain sufficient sensitivity. Usage of the radio spectrum is increasing rapidly and radio telescopes are becoming more and more sensitive, compounding the problems. The digital signal processing techniques developed under this project will be widely applicable, not only to future radio astronomy facilities such as the Square Kilometer Array, but also to the communications industry generally.Read moreRead less