Pattern-Based Video Coding Techniques for Real-Time Low Bit-Rate and Low Complexity Encoding Applications. This project will benefit the National Research Priority on Frontier Technology with applications in video surveillance, smart home design, and patient monitoring. It will enable Australia to lead the world in setting up coding standards and thus impact directly on the manufacturing initiatives of the multimedia communication and entertainment industries. Telecommunication industries will b ....Pattern-Based Video Coding Techniques for Real-Time Low Bit-Rate and Low Complexity Encoding Applications. This project will benefit the National Research Priority on Frontier Technology with applications in video surveillance, smart home design, and patient monitoring. It will enable Australia to lead the world in setting up coding standards and thus impact directly on the manufacturing initiatives of the multimedia communication and entertainment industries. Telecommunication industries will be the immediate beneficiary by enabling quality live video transmissions at low bit rates in a cost-effective manner. This project will improve the ability of large organisations to operate virtually across huge distances in Australia with the aid of reliable multimedia communications using distributed devices of limited power and processing capacity.Read moreRead less
Geometric parameters in Learning Theory. We aim to investigate the behaviour of geometric parameters which appear naturally in Statistical Learning Theory. Those parameters are used to control the sample complexity, which is the size of a random sample needed to produce an accurate prediction. They are also of independent interest in the local theory of Banach spaces. We shall use geometric methods originating in the local theory of Banach spaces to investigate the parameters and the way they in ....Geometric parameters in Learning Theory. We aim to investigate the behaviour of geometric parameters which appear naturally in Statistical Learning Theory. Those parameters are used to control the sample complexity, which is the size of a random sample needed to produce an accurate prediction. They are also of independent interest in the local theory of Banach spaces. We shall use geometric methods originating in the local theory of Banach spaces to investigate the parameters and the way they influence sample complexity. All the problems we focus on are not only important from the Machine Learning point of view, but are intriguing in their theoretical implications.Read moreRead less
Intention Selection in Intelligent Agent Systems. Although intelligent multi-tasking is the foundation of rational behaviour, very little work has been done to date. Work in this area will maintain Australia's reputation of being at the forefront of work in Intelligent Agents. It will also provide a basis which can later be further developed for inclusion in applications and agent platforms. Australia has a number of companies, such as Agent Oriented Software, and government organisations, such ....Intention Selection in Intelligent Agent Systems. Although intelligent multi-tasking is the foundation of rational behaviour, very little work has been done to date. Work in this area will maintain Australia's reputation of being at the forefront of work in Intelligent Agents. It will also provide a basis which can later be further developed for inclusion in applications and agent platforms. Australia has a number of companies, such as Agent Oriented Software, and government organisations, such as the Bureau of Meteorology and the Department of Defence, which use agent technology. These companies would benefit from this work as it would tackle a long-standing key problem in the area of intelligent systems.Read moreRead less
Adaptive Vector Filters for the Restoration of Digital Colour Images. Colour image restoration has very important applications in colour cameras, robotic navigation, video security systems, multimedia communications, and digital TV broadcast. Conventional vector filters have difficulty in simultaneously achieving three major objectives: noise suppression, detail preservation, and chromaticity retention. This project aims at formulating and evaluating novel adaptive filters to accomplish the th ....Adaptive Vector Filters for the Restoration of Digital Colour Images. Colour image restoration has very important applications in colour cameras, robotic navigation, video security systems, multimedia communications, and digital TV broadcast. Conventional vector filters have difficulty in simultaneously achieving three major objectives: noise suppression, detail preservation, and chromaticity retention. This project aims at formulating and evaluating novel adaptive filters to accomplish the three objectives simultaneously. Theoretical basis will be investigated for devising different adaptive filters to restore colour images and video sequences contaminated by various types of noise. The new filters will provide significant improvement over exiting techniques, yielding better tools and packages for colour image processing and restoration applications.Read moreRead less
Special Research Initiatives - Grant ID: SR0564829
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$80,000.00
Summary
Development of e-Research Tools for an MRI Grid Computing Facility. The proposed middleware tools will provide a resource management system for the national MRI grid computing facility. The main functions of the middleware tools are resource discovery and allocation, job scheduling and monitoring, workflow management and data management. The middleware tools will allow system developers and maintainers to simplify and optimize the development and deployment of MRI grid applications. The complete ....Development of e-Research Tools for an MRI Grid Computing Facility. The proposed middleware tools will provide a resource management system for the national MRI grid computing facility. The main functions of the middleware tools are resource discovery and allocation, job scheduling and monitoring, workflow management and data management. The middleware tools will allow system developers and maintainers to simplify and optimize the development and deployment of MRI grid applications. The complete system incorporating the middleware tools will provide a set of web and application-based user interfaces that allow secure, seamless and uniform access to resources in a heterogeneous grid environment.Read moreRead less
Data Management Technologies for the Magnetic Resonance Imaging e-Research Grid. Howard Florey Institute researchers will collaborate with SGI's file-systems engineering team. Substantial benefits are expected from the development of techniques to support centralized and distributed processing medical image datasets. Issues requiring research include file space allocation algorithms and caching strategies. The proposed rapid database access technologies aim at solving these problems in the medic ....Data Management Technologies for the Magnetic Resonance Imaging e-Research Grid. Howard Florey Institute researchers will collaborate with SGI's file-systems engineering team. Substantial benefits are expected from the development of techniques to support centralized and distributed processing medical image datasets. Issues requiring research include file space allocation algorithms and caching strategies. The proposed rapid database access technologies aim at solving these problems in the medical imaging research context. The project attempts to 'improve data management for existing and new business applications'. This enhanced sharing of information will improve critical mass therefore fostering national and international collaboration. Read moreRead less
Developing Reliable Bio-Crypto Features for Mobile Template Protection. Cost of identity theft crimes were at multi-million dollars in Australia in 2007. Technically this is due to the fact that conventional personal identification number and token based security mechanisms cannot identify genuine users. Biometric fingerprint security systems emerge as a promising solution. However protection of the mobile embedded fingerprint template itself is an unresolved problem. The project aims to devel ....Developing Reliable Bio-Crypto Features for Mobile Template Protection. Cost of identity theft crimes were at multi-million dollars in Australia in 2007. Technically this is due to the fact that conventional personal identification number and token based security mechanisms cannot identify genuine users. Biometric fingerprint security systems emerge as a promising solution. However protection of the mobile embedded fingerprint template itself is an unresolved problem. The project aims to develop new ways designing bio-cryptosystems that provide strong security strength. The project will bring new body of knowledge into this field and place Australia in the forefront of this research, and also result in strengthened security of IT infrastructure and systems for industries.Read moreRead less
Predictive Assessment Tool for Beach Conditions Using Video Imaging and Neural Network Analysis. Beaches are vital part of Australian lifestyle and economic development. Monitoring of variable beach conditions is vital for beach safety and for management of storm erosion. The aim of this project is to develop an assessment tool which will permit a rating system of beach conditions both from an environmental as well as a leisure aspect. This tool will be developed into a software analysis system ....Predictive Assessment Tool for Beach Conditions Using Video Imaging and Neural Network Analysis. Beaches are vital part of Australian lifestyle and economic development. Monitoring of variable beach conditions is vital for beach safety and for management of storm erosion. The aim of this project is to develop an assessment tool which will permit a rating system of beach conditions both from an environmental as well as a leisure aspect. This tool will be developed into a software analysis system which will include components of artificial intelligence to enable the system to use feedback loops to create a better prediction of the beach morphology relative to the breaking wave characteristics.Read moreRead less
Designing Distributed Intrusion Detection Systems for Critical Industrial Infrastructures. SCADA systems are computerized systems that control and monitor industrial and critical infrastructures, such as power grid, gas and water facilities and nuclear power plants. Many cyber-attacks on SCADA systems make such systems vulnerable. Also there is an increasing risk that SCADA vulnerabilities could be exploited by terrorist organizations. The security of SCADA systems of critical infrastructures ha ....Designing Distributed Intrusion Detection Systems for Critical Industrial Infrastructures. SCADA systems are computerized systems that control and monitor industrial and critical infrastructures, such as power grid, gas and water facilities and nuclear power plants. Many cyber-attacks on SCADA systems make such systems vulnerable. Also there is an increasing risk that SCADA vulnerabilities could be exploited by terrorist organizations. The security of SCADA systems of critical infrastructures has enormous and direct impact to our national security, economy and social life because of potential disasters that could happen from natural causes as well as malicious attacks. This project aims to investigate the relevant issues and provide efficient and reliable technological solutions to detect and prevent such problems.Read moreRead less
Surviving the data deluge: Scalable feature extraction, discrimination and analysis for computer vision tasks using compressed sensed data. Strategically, our pioneering solutions besides being technically and socially significant, open fresh options for sensor-agnostic data analysis. The technical significance lies through the creation of new technologies for the critical national and global security markets, currently overwhelmed by data. The social significance arises from our solutions being ....Surviving the data deluge: Scalable feature extraction, discrimination and analysis for computer vision tasks using compressed sensed data. Strategically, our pioneering solutions besides being technically and socially significant, open fresh options for sensor-agnostic data analysis. The technical significance lies through the creation of new technologies for the critical national and global security markets, currently overwhelmed by data. The social significance arises from our solutions being privacy preserving, providing new avenues for the production of novel, socially acceptable products for aged care monitoring. Our methods spearhead future advancement in diverse disciplines due to the wide applicability of the methods to other sensor networks (Square Kilometre Array) and data types, providing new frameworks for addressing crucial problems of data management. Read moreRead less