Automated 3-Dimensional Biomedical Registration for Whole-body Images from Combined PET/CT Scanners. This project will aid rapid assimilation of very large medical imaging datasets from different imaging devices, and will have clinical applications in diagnosis and treatment and improve patient care. The research, when extended to protein registration, will facilitate analysis of DNA and advance research in bioinformatics and biotechnology. The research could also be used for target recognition, ....Automated 3-Dimensional Biomedical Registration for Whole-body Images from Combined PET/CT Scanners. This project will aid rapid assimilation of very large medical imaging datasets from different imaging devices, and will have clinical applications in diagnosis and treatment and improve patient care. The research, when extended to protein registration, will facilitate analysis of DNA and advance research in bioinformatics and biotechnology. The research could also be used for target recognition, mosaic construction, content-based retrieval, in remote sensing and multimedia. Benefits to Australia include the provision of a readily adaptable image registration program for patient care (e.g., early detection of cancers, dementia), cutting-edge research, high-quality training for students, and encouraging international research collaboration.Read moreRead less
Bridging worlds, linking cultures: an electronic planning tool for the Western Sydney region. This project aims to address, theoretically and practically, goals and demands for cultural planning in the information age. It will develop principles and procedures for using the immense power of digital resources within a framework that is aware of the richness and diversity of societies, communities and cultures, integrating subjective and objective data holistically into local government planning p ....Bridging worlds, linking cultures: an electronic planning tool for the Western Sydney region. This project aims to address, theoretically and practically, goals and demands for cultural planning in the information age. It will develop principles and procedures for using the immense power of digital resources within a framework that is aware of the richness and diversity of societies, communities and cultures, integrating subjective and objective data holistically into local government planning processes. It will use Geographical Information Systems (GIS) digital infrastructure to develop new information architecture, new interface designs and new strategies to interrogate and use available databases and information systems relevant to regional strategic cultural planning in Greater Western Sydney.Read moreRead less
Conceptual Knowledge Processing. The aim of this collaboration between Computer Science and Mathematics disciplines is to develop a theoretical, methodological and practical understanding of how to support a range of tasks concerning conceptual knowledge processing. The view of the project is that knowledge processing takes place primarily in the human mind and that human communication can only be effectively supported by appropriate design means and devices. Developing prototype software that d ....Conceptual Knowledge Processing. The aim of this collaboration between Computer Science and Mathematics disciplines is to develop a theoretical, methodological and practical understanding of how to support a range of tasks concerning conceptual knowledge processing. The view of the project is that knowledge processing takes place primarily in the human mind and that human communication can only be effectively supported by appropriate design means and devices. Developing prototype software that demonstrates these devices in practical domains continues to be a key feature of the collaboration that benefits from existing DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) support and has been on going since 1999.Read moreRead less
Multi-agent Framework for Service Level Management. The Internet based e-services are being used by many businesses as part of the modern e-business environment. Management of e-services over the Internet involves complex correlation of events, and their sequences over geographically dispersed networks, systems and software applications. The integration of management information is a challenging problem due to the semantic differences of services across different business sectors (e.g., healthca ....Multi-agent Framework for Service Level Management. The Internet based e-services are being used by many businesses as part of the modern e-business environment. Management of e-services over the Internet involves complex correlation of events, and their sequences over geographically dispersed networks, systems and software applications. The integration of management information is a challenging problem due to the semantic differences of services across different business sectors (e.g., healthcare, retail and telecommunications). This project aims to develop a new framework for the integrated management of networked services using multiple software agents; some of them are already a part of the current Internet infrastructure (e.g., search engines).Read moreRead less
Adding a health dimension to integrated automation solutions for intelligent homes. We present a vision for the implementation of intelligent health care technology in the home of the future, focusing on areas of research that have the highest potential payoff over the next ten years for the community, the government and our industry partners. By "intelligent health care technology" we mean smart devices and systems that are aware of their context and can therefore assimilate information to supp ....Adding a health dimension to integrated automation solutions for intelligent homes. We present a vision for the implementation of intelligent health care technology in the home of the future, focusing on areas of research that have the highest potential payoff over the next ten years for the community, the government and our industry partners. By "intelligent health care technology" we mean smart devices and systems that are aware of their context and can therefore assimilate information to support care decisions. We aim to integrate these systems into existing home automation systems designed and marketed by our industrial collaborators. Outcomes will be underpinned by new knowledge acquisition and knowledge based decision systems.Read moreRead less
Highly Multiplexed Fibre Sensor Systems for Structural Health Monitoring and Risk Assessment of Critical Transport Infrastructures. Safeguarding critical transport infrastructures is very much in the interest of Australian government and people. This project is to develop advanced photonic and telecommunication technologies for timely and reliably acquiring and processing key structural performance information. This will reduce structural failures and maintenance costs with reliable data of stru ....Highly Multiplexed Fibre Sensor Systems for Structural Health Monitoring and Risk Assessment of Critical Transport Infrastructures. Safeguarding critical transport infrastructures is very much in the interest of Australian government and people. This project is to develop advanced photonic and telecommunication technologies for timely and reliably acquiring and processing key structural performance information. This will reduce structural failures and maintenance costs with reliable data of structure health monitoring and risk assessment.Read moreRead less
Efficient and Effective Interactive Visualization of Large Graphical Information Spaces. The expected outcome will change ways of interacting with and thinking about information processing for all information systems. As Australian companies became larger and more global, the ability to view and analyse the growing amount of company information becomes crucial to aspects as varied as trouble shooting or new ventures and eventually to the very viability of the organization itself. The expected ou ....Efficient and Effective Interactive Visualization of Large Graphical Information Spaces. The expected outcome will change ways of interacting with and thinking about information processing for all information systems. As Australian companies became larger and more global, the ability to view and analyse the growing amount of company information becomes crucial to aspects as varied as trouble shooting or new ventures and eventually to the very viability of the organization itself. The expected outcome will enhance this ability by providing an optimised global view and an effective navigation scheme of large graphical information spaces. This will attract leading international IT companies to use it for developing cutting-age tools, and will enhance significantly the capacity and international standing of Australian IT industry.Read moreRead less
Multimedia content distribution over multihop broadband wireless networks. Multihop Wireless Networks are an ideal medium for Australia where low rural densities require both low set-up costs and environmentally robust infrastructure. Fundamental improvements to multihop wireless protocols will transform their current limited deployment, making them available to more Australians. This project will place Australia in the forefront of wireless network research and can strengthen the competitiv ....Multimedia content distribution over multihop broadband wireless networks. Multihop Wireless Networks are an ideal medium for Australia where low rural densities require both low set-up costs and environmentally robust infrastructure. Fundamental improvements to multihop wireless protocols will transform their current limited deployment, making them available to more Australians. This project will place Australia in the forefront of wireless network research and can strengthen the competitiveness of the Australian communication industry in the global wireless broadband market.Read moreRead less
Components for Active Knowledge Portals. Businesses require people to collaborate and share knowledge in their work processes especially when they are in different locations. Such collaboration emerges by dynamically creating parallel and disconnected collaborative tasks that must be coordinated to meet organizational goals. This project will define the semantics of such emerging processes in the context of software digital workspaces that support them. It will then identify ways of constructing ....Components for Active Knowledge Portals. Businesses require people to collaborate and share knowledge in their work processes especially when they are in different locations. Such collaboration emerges by dynamically creating parallel and disconnected collaborative tasks that must be coordinated to meet organizational goals. This project will define the semantics of such emerging processes in the context of software digital workspaces that support them. It will then identify ways of constructing and using workspaces by creating active knowledge portals to support emerging processes. These portals will include software agents that are sensitive to the business context and help coordinate tasks within the emerging process.Read moreRead less
Efficient Web Services Discovery in Peer-to-Peer Networks. The most direct application of this research will be in the area of applying Web services technologies and discovery techniques for building enterprise-strength, B2B and B2G solutions for the Australian SMEs. Economic benefits are applicable to the Australian SMEs, major government organizations, large cooperations and universities who are considering Web services-based dynamic integration of their IT systems in the near future. The outc ....Efficient Web Services Discovery in Peer-to-Peer Networks. The most direct application of this research will be in the area of applying Web services technologies and discovery techniques for building enterprise-strength, B2B and B2G solutions for the Australian SMEs. Economic benefits are applicable to the Australian SMEs, major government organizations, large cooperations and universities who are considering Web services-based dynamic integration of their IT systems in the near future. The outcomes of this project have potential commercial value for Beacon Software Innovations Pty Ltd, which will put the company in competitive advantage in the budget management software industry. Read moreRead less