Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE170100572
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$360,000.00
Summary
Collaborative information seeking and its application in tourism. The project aims to better understand group behaviour of information seeking. Collaboration is an essential aspect of modern life; collaborative work, including tourism, encompasses obtaining and using information. However, most information behaviour models focus on the individual seeker of information, rather than on improving collaboration and team performance. The project builds models and develops guidelines for understanding ....Collaborative information seeking and its application in tourism. The project aims to better understand group behaviour of information seeking. Collaboration is an essential aspect of modern life; collaborative work, including tourism, encompasses obtaining and using information. However, most information behaviour models focus on the individual seeker of information, rather than on improving collaboration and team performance. The project builds models and develops guidelines for understanding and supporting collaborative information seeking behaviour in the context of tourism. Making it easier for tourists to find information is expected to benefit the Australian tourism industry.Read moreRead less
Distributed Autonomic Management (DAM): A New Paradigm for Integrated Network Management. Integrated network management (encompassing the integrated management of networks, systems and applications) systems are now based on the client-server paradigm using the manager-agent model standardised by ISO 7498-4 and IETF SNMP. The limitations of this paradigm are now evident in view of evolving active network technologies, the need for bandwidth optimisation, and escalating threats of cyber-terrorism ....Distributed Autonomic Management (DAM): A New Paradigm for Integrated Network Management. Integrated network management (encompassing the integrated management of networks, systems and applications) systems are now based on the client-server paradigm using the manager-agent model standardised by ISO 7498-4 and IETF SNMP. The limitations of this paradigm are now evident in view of evolving active network technologies, the need for bandwidth optimisation, and escalating threats of cyber-terrorism that need to be effectively managed for the future success of evolving e-business services. Researchers have tried (with limited success) to use the intelligent agent approach to solve this problem. This project aims to develop and validate a new paradigm for integrated network management, called Distributed Autonomic Management (DAM) based on a community of cooperative static and mobile agents.Read moreRead less
Automated bioinformatic analysis of vertical and lateral gene transmission among microbial genomes. Genetic information is transmitted "vertically" from parents to offspring within species. Biologists have long assumed that this mechanism, extrapolated far into the past, explains the distribution of genes among genomes, thus the potential properties of all phenomes. But genome sequences show that some, perhaps many, genes have been transmitted "laterally" between species. We are building a uniqu ....Automated bioinformatic analysis of vertical and lateral gene transmission among microbial genomes. Genetic information is transmitted "vertically" from parents to offspring within species. Biologists have long assumed that this mechanism, extrapolated far into the past, explains the distribution of genes among genomes, thus the potential properties of all phenomes. But genome sequences show that some, perhaps many, genes have been transmitted "laterally" between species. We are building a unique automated computer-based system to find all instances of lateral transmission in all microbial genomes, using rigorous methods. Our results will be important both fundamentally and practically, e.g. in explaining sets and dynamics of phenomic traits, and quantifying background levels of "natural genetic engineering".Read moreRead less
Development of a quantum computer based on solid-state optical impurity sites. The use of optical impurity sites in solid-state hosts as a basis for a quantum computer will be investigated. This project will experimentally demonstrate and characterize all the functions necessary for the operation of a scalable quantum computer. A significant advantage of the current approach is that all these functions can be performed optically, circumventing the need for the complex fabrication found in othe ....Development of a quantum computer based on solid-state optical impurity sites. The use of optical impurity sites in solid-state hosts as a basis for a quantum computer will be investigated. This project will experimentally demonstrate and characterize all the functions necessary for the operation of a scalable quantum computer. A significant advantage of the current approach is that all these functions can be performed optically, circumventing the need for the complex fabrication found in other solid-state quantum computing schemes.Read moreRead less
Automatic music feature extraction, classification and annotation. Music is a huge industry currently undergoing a major revolution. The industry is shifting from music-making to music retrieval and its incorporation into a range of products from TV, and film, to music streaming into locations and events, as well as MP3 players and all kinds of electronic devices. This research will support immediate retrieval of music that meets the current industry need, based not just on titles, composers and ....Automatic music feature extraction, classification and annotation. Music is a huge industry currently undergoing a major revolution. The industry is shifting from music-making to music retrieval and its incorporation into a range of products from TV, and film, to music streaming into locations and events, as well as MP3 players and all kinds of electronic devices. This research will support immediate retrieval of music that meets the current industry need, based not just on titles, composers and/or performers, but on the actual properties of the music itself. The knowledge and music processing techniques developed will give Australian music industry an advantage over other countries.Read moreRead less
Information Seeking & Research Adoption: Assessing Communication Strategies. This project aims to determine the best ways to communicate wine research and to design tools to support research adoption. Adoption of research relies on effective use of information and technology by employees. Research into employees’ information practices in the workplace has been conducted in health care, education and other areas; however, the wine industry’s use of information and technology for adoption is unexp ....Information Seeking & Research Adoption: Assessing Communication Strategies. This project aims to determine the best ways to communicate wine research and to design tools to support research adoption. Adoption of research relies on effective use of information and technology by employees. Research into employees’ information practices in the workplace has been conducted in health care, education and other areas; however, the wine industry’s use of information and technology for adoption is unexplored. The project plans to assess the strategies used to share research with winemakers and grape growers (e.g. seminars, websites, social media), from information behaviour or web useability perspectives, to ensure industry needs are met appropriately. This research aims to have a direct and immediate impact on the wine industry. In addition to the immediate impact of new research innovations that will be implemented by our partner wine companies, the project will also change industry-wide approaches to extension. The partner organisations use extension strategies to showcase new innovations and our research will assess these organisations’ current practices, providing evidence to shape the design of future activities in Australia.Read moreRead less
Information practices in non-profits: Knowledge management & technology use. This project aims to study the potential for nonprofit organisations (NPOs) to adopt low-cost tools (eg social media) for knowledge sharing. It plans to use an innovative qualitative design combining expertise in knowledge management, information behaviour and web usability to explore how NPOs manage knowledge to support their mission as they adopt emerging technologies. In an increasingly competitive environment, NPOs ....Information practices in non-profits: Knowledge management & technology use. This project aims to study the potential for nonprofit organisations (NPOs) to adopt low-cost tools (eg social media) for knowledge sharing. It plans to use an innovative qualitative design combining expertise in knowledge management, information behaviour and web usability to explore how NPOs manage knowledge to support their mission as they adopt emerging technologies. In an increasingly competitive environment, NPOs must maximise productivity by using low-cost, appropriate technologies. Results may inform the design of new tools and staff training to support NPOs’ goals.Read moreRead less
TRIIBE TRacking Indoor Information BEhaviour. This project will research the passive tracking of user's mobile devices in indoor spaces correlating their spatial behaviour with their information needs to deliver personalised information. The project will create a system that enables owners of large buildings (for example, shopping malls, airports, universities) to better manage their spaces and services.
Modelling and Simulation of Disease Spread Dynamics Using Interacting Automata. Modelling and simulation techniques will be developed to strengthen our understanding of disease spread over the landscape, so allowing timely control strategies to be developed. The economic cost to Australia of introduced pests, animal and plant diseases is considerable. We utilise an interacting automata formalism to capture landscape, population and contagion information as it affects disease spread to provide ....Modelling and Simulation of Disease Spread Dynamics Using Interacting Automata. Modelling and simulation techniques will be developed to strengthen our understanding of disease spread over the landscape, so allowing timely control strategies to be developed. The economic cost to Australia of introduced pests, animal and plant diseases is considerable. We utilise an interacting automata formalism to capture landscape, population and contagion information as it affects disease spread to provide more accurate simulation than is done at present. Generic simulation tools will be constructed, capable of being rapidly personalised by epidemiologists for specific diseases.Read moreRead less
Smart Algorithms Linking Medical Image Data and Measures of Dysfunction. Losing sight has a profound affect on a person's quality of life. Advances in devices that monitor vision have not been matched by advances in computer software that analyses data from those devices. This project will combine computer science, visual neuroscience and clinical expertise to devise algorithms and build software that will vastly improve clinician's abilities to diagnose and monitor vision loss. In turn, this wi ....Smart Algorithms Linking Medical Image Data and Measures of Dysfunction. Losing sight has a profound affect on a person's quality of life. Advances in devices that monitor vision have not been matched by advances in computer software that analyses data from those devices. This project will combine computer science, visual neuroscience and clinical expertise to devise algorithms and build software that will vastly improve clinician's abilities to diagnose and monitor vision loss. In turn, this will dramatically improve the chances of those with diseases such as glaucoma to preserve their sight into old age. Furthermore, outcomes from this project will inform the development bionic eye technologies, which will assist those with eye diseases such as retinis pigmantosa and age-related macular degeneration to see.Read moreRead less