Creative Micro-computing in Australia, 1976-1992. 1980s micro-computers introduced many to the digital age. Despite the importance of early micro-computing to the digital present, this early period is yet to be scrutinised by digital media scholars. This project recovers the local history of this most important media technology in the period 1976-1992, across the spectrum of practices in digital arts and culture. Delving deeply into the history of creative software and hardware practices, seekin ....Creative Micro-computing in Australia, 1976-1992. 1980s micro-computers introduced many to the digital age. Despite the importance of early micro-computing to the digital present, this early period is yet to be scrutinised by digital media scholars. This project recovers the local history of this most important media technology in the period 1976-1992, across the spectrum of practices in digital arts and culture. Delving deeply into the history of creative software and hardware practices, seeking to understand early users and their encounters with computers, and collating metadata on the products of their practice, this project builds the foundation for securing and remembering Australian digital cultural heritage.Read moreRead less
Data Exploitation for Critical Infrastructure Protection: Gathering Intelligence from Digital Evidence Collected from IT Networks and Process Control Systems. This proposal addresses the National Priority of Safeguarding Australia and its results will serve as a major input into current Australian Federal Government and Defence initiatives in digital evidence collection and exploitation as part of process control system security. It will play a significant part in satisfying the Australian commu ....Data Exploitation for Critical Infrastructure Protection: Gathering Intelligence from Digital Evidence Collected from IT Networks and Process Control Systems. This proposal addresses the National Priority of Safeguarding Australia and its results will serve as a major input into current Australian Federal Government and Defence initiatives in digital evidence collection and exploitation as part of process control system security. It will play a significant part in satisfying the Australian community that steps are being taken to safeguard national services and will develop techniques for protecting Australia against criminal or terrorist cyber attack on national services infrastructure. It will serve to develop niche Australian research expertise in this very specialised international field.Read moreRead less
New high-performance iterative error correction codes. This project develops new error correction codes to underpin the success of next-generation communications technologies. The nature of the project presents significant potential for project outcomes to be beneficial to the Australian telecommunications industry in a wide range of application areas from optical communication to digital broadcasting.
Using language to predict cognitive outcomes in old age. This project aims to understand the relationship between linguistic complexity metrics and cognitive decline in old age. The project will test the hypothesis that high linguistic complexity scores reflect the ability to strategically optimise processing in the face of age-related reductions in processing capacity. By studying the relation between complexity scores and real-time information processing (measured via electroencephalography) a ....Using language to predict cognitive outcomes in old age. This project aims to understand the relationship between linguistic complexity metrics and cognitive decline in old age. The project will test the hypothesis that high linguistic complexity scores reflect the ability to strategically optimise processing in the face of age-related reductions in processing capacity. By studying the relation between complexity scores and real-time information processing (measured via electroencephalography) across the adult lifespan (20–80 years), this project will develop a simple and accurate marker of the individual balance between processing capacity and strategy. This project has the potential to increase quality of life for the elderly and reduce costs of age-related cognitive impairment.Read moreRead less
Unconventional antennas from macro- to nano-scales. This research project will develop unconventional radio-frequency antennas for tomorrow's miniaturised multi-function wireless communication systems. It will also extend the principles to resonant nano-structures or 'optical antennas' which offer new perspectives in sensing physics, with the possibility of single molecule detection and identification.