A framework for scalable ontology enrichment and change. This project aims to develop novel techniques and software systems for constructing a new generation of knowledge management applications. The results will improve current information management technologies and will be used in practical applications such as the semantic web, bioinformatics and e-sciences.
Robust and Scalable Autonomous Landing for Drones. The aim of this project is to develop a transformative robust and scalable autonomous landing system for drones. This is the critical missing technology needed to unleash exponential growth in a potentially enormous drone delivery industry by enabling a multitude of applications to deliver goods and supplies via drones to a wide range of destinations in Australia and the world in a timely, flexible and accurate manner. Such an autonomous landi ....Robust and Scalable Autonomous Landing for Drones. The aim of this project is to develop a transformative robust and scalable autonomous landing system for drones. This is the critical missing technology needed to unleash exponential growth in a potentially enormous drone delivery industry by enabling a multitude of applications to deliver goods and supplies via drones to a wide range of destinations in Australia and the world in a timely, flexible and accurate manner. Such an autonomous landing solution would revolutionise drone technology, and propel Australia to the forefront of technology innovation. This project would benefit not only large scale delivery by drone in urban and suburban areas of Australia but also long distance delivery via drone to remote areas of Australia.Read moreRead less
Verification and analysis of quantum programs. This project aims to develop theoretical foundations and techniques, as well as efficient algorithms and effective tools, for the verification and analysis of quantum programs. This project will introduce new ideas and techniques to tackle the problem of verifying and analysing quantum programs and provide efficient algorithms and effective tools to help quantum program compilation and optimisation. Successful development of the outcomes and tools i ....Verification and analysis of quantum programs. This project aims to develop theoretical foundations and techniques, as well as efficient algorithms and effective tools, for the verification and analysis of quantum programs. This project will introduce new ideas and techniques to tackle the problem of verifying and analysing quantum programs and provide efficient algorithms and effective tools to help quantum program compilation and optimisation. Successful development of the outcomes and tools in this project will help Australian industries build frontier technologies for quantum software engineering and establish and preserve their competitive status in the era of quantum computing.Read moreRead less
Design and verification of correct, efficient and secure concurrent systems. This project aims to provide methods for the design and verification of correct, secure and efficient concurrent software that are scalable and mechanised. Computers with multiple processors are now the norm and are used in a wide range of safety, security and mission critical software applications such as transport, health and infrastructure. These multi-core architectures have the potential to lead to important effici ....Design and verification of correct, efficient and secure concurrent systems. This project aims to provide methods for the design and verification of correct, secure and efficient concurrent software that are scalable and mechanised. Computers with multiple processors are now the norm and are used in a wide range of safety, security and mission critical software applications such as transport, health and infrastructure. These multi-core architectures have the potential to lead to important efficiency gains, but can introduce complex and error-prone behaviours that cannot be managed using traditional software development approaches. This project will produce better, scalable and mechanised methods for the design and verification of such software which is expected to reduce the prevalence of failures in efficient, modern software.Read moreRead less
Formal Verification of Quantum Logic Circuits. The project aims to develop comprehensive theory and effective techniques for formal modelling, equivalence checking, and model checking of quantum circuits. The research is timely as the rapid growth of quantum computing hardware makes it an urgent task to develop verification techniques for quantum hardware design and quantum compilers. The successful development of the algorithms and software tools proposed in this project will significantly adva ....Formal Verification of Quantum Logic Circuits. The project aims to develop comprehensive theory and effective techniques for formal modelling, equivalence checking, and model checking of quantum circuits. The research is timely as the rapid growth of quantum computing hardware makes it an urgent task to develop verification techniques for quantum hardware design and quantum compilers. The successful development of the algorithms and software tools proposed in this project will significantly advance the knowledge on formal verification of quantum circuits and help Australian quantum start-ups build and maintain an internationally leading position in the rapidly emerging quantum electronic design automation (EDA) industry.Read moreRead less
Coupling Techniques for Reasoning about Quantum Programs. Quantum software is indispensable for unleashing the super-power of quantum computing. This project aims to develop, for the first time, effective techniques for reasoning about the equivalence of quantum programs, with applications for verifying quantum compilers and quantum cryptographic protocols. The successful development of the outcomes and tools proposed in this project will significantly advance the knowledge on logical and mathem ....Coupling Techniques for Reasoning about Quantum Programs. Quantum software is indispensable for unleashing the super-power of quantum computing. This project aims to develop, for the first time, effective techniques for reasoning about the equivalence of quantum programs, with applications for verifying quantum compilers and quantum cryptographic protocols. The successful development of the outcomes and tools proposed in this project will significantly advance the knowledge on logical and mathematical foundations of quantum programming theory and thereby help Australian industries to build frontier technologies for quantum software engineering – in particular for quantum compilers – as well as establish and preserve their competitive status in the quantum computing era.Read moreRead less
Verification of quantum cryptographic protocols: a process algebra approach. Security analysis of quantum cryptographic systems is notoriously difficult. This project aims to develop theoretic foundations and algorithms, as well as efficient software tools, to verify quantum cryptographic protocols by innovatively bridging two research fields: quantum cryptography and quantum process algebra. The pioneering research may provide innovative, game-changing security technologies for banks, business, ....Verification of quantum cryptographic protocols: a process algebra approach. Security analysis of quantum cryptographic systems is notoriously difficult. This project aims to develop theoretic foundations and algorithms, as well as efficient software tools, to verify quantum cryptographic protocols by innovatively bridging two research fields: quantum cryptography and quantum process algebra. The pioneering research may provide innovative, game-changing security technologies for banks, business, finance, security industry, police, and counter-terrorism both within Australia and globally.Read moreRead less
Geodetic groups: foundational problems in algebra and computer science. The project aims to resolve important and longstanding open problems in Geometric Group Theory and Theoretical Computer Science. Since the 1980s researchers have conjectured that the geometric property of being geodetic is equivalent to several purely algebraic, algorithmic, and language-theoretic characterisations.
The project team's expertise in geodesic properties of groups, the interaction between formal languages and g ....Geodetic groups: foundational problems in algebra and computer science. The project aims to resolve important and longstanding open problems in Geometric Group Theory and Theoretical Computer Science. Since the 1980s researchers have conjectured that the geometric property of being geodetic is equivalent to several purely algebraic, algorithmic, and language-theoretic characterisations.
The project team's expertise in geodesic properties of groups, the interaction between formal languages and groups, and the theory of rewriting systems, together with recent breakthroughs by the team ensures that significant results can be expected.
Benefits include training research students and postdoctoral researchers in cutting-edge techniques, and advancing fundamental knowledge in mathematics and computer science.Read moreRead less
Process algebra approach to distributed quantum computation and secure quantum communication. This project will develop effective methods for reasoning about the behaviours of distributed quantum computing and communicating systems. The developed methods will provide effective techniques for verifying security of quantum cryptographic protocols.
Relaxed correctness criteria for modern multi-core architectures. This project seeks to lay groundwork for fully exploiting the potential of multicore computers. Multicore computers have become ubiquitous over the last decade, now being standard in everything from laptops to mobile phones. Their benefits are clear – better performance leading to more sophisticated applications. Key to ensuring those benefits are complex, and often subtle, algorithms that exploit the parallelism that multicore co ....Relaxed correctness criteria for modern multi-core architectures. This project seeks to lay groundwork for fully exploiting the potential of multicore computers. Multicore computers have become ubiquitous over the last decade, now being standard in everything from laptops to mobile phones. Their benefits are clear – better performance leading to more sophisticated applications. Key to ensuring those benefits are complex, and often subtle, algorithms that exploit the parallelism that multicore computers offer. This project aims to lay foundations for extending those benefits to applications where high reliability is a concern. It plans to do so by developing theoretical results about the correctness of algorithms on standard multicore computers, and practical tools and techniques to help programmers of multicore computers to better understand the behaviour of their code.Read moreRead less