Practical Identity-Based Cryptography: Efficient and Secure Elliptic Curve Pairings. Bilinear pairings on elliptic curves are a new cryptographic tool and allow novel and improved applications in information security. For example, they have been proposed as a substitute of existing public key infrastructures, an essential element in electronic commerce and a secure Internet. The research will lead to an increase in fundamental knowledge in the area of practical implementation and secure applic ....Practical Identity-Based Cryptography: Efficient and Secure Elliptic Curve Pairings. Bilinear pairings on elliptic curves are a new cryptographic tool and allow novel and improved applications in information security. For example, they have been proposed as a substitute of existing public key infrastructures, an essential element in electronic commerce and a secure Internet. The research will lead to an increase in fundamental knowledge in the area of practical implementation and secure applications of pairings. The results will benefit all users of electronic communications who require security for their information. This includes the financial industries, government, commerce and domestic users. It will also support many new product opportunities aligned with Motorola's business markets.Read moreRead less
Efficient and Secure Word-Based Stream Ciphers for Wireless Communications. Wireless networks are increasingly being used for communication, and to manage and control Australia's critical infrastructure. However, current methods of securing wireless networks are flawed, putting the country's economy, environment, and citizens at risk. The most reliable method for protecting wireless communications requires secure and efficient encryption algorithms. However, flaws have been found in most algo ....Efficient and Secure Word-Based Stream Ciphers for Wireless Communications. Wireless networks are increasingly being used for communication, and to manage and control Australia's critical infrastructure. However, current methods of securing wireless networks are flawed, putting the country's economy, environment, and citizens at risk. The most reliable method for protecting wireless communications requires secure and efficient encryption algorithms. However, flaws have been found in most algorithms proposed to date. This project will examine existing algorithms and attacks to determine design criteria for secure encryption algorithms for use in a wireless environment. An algorithm which meets these criteria and can be implemented efficiently in hardware and software will be proposed.Read moreRead less
A Novel Optical Network Security and Encryption Device. The project falls within two of the desginated National Research Priorities, namely Frontier Technologies for Building and Transforming Australian Industries and Safeguarding Australia. The project will generate high quality graduates and will result in a novel photonic device. The outcome of this project would be an optical encryption device that will safeguard Australia through superior secure data communications. It will also create lucr ....A Novel Optical Network Security and Encryption Device. The project falls within two of the desginated National Research Priorities, namely Frontier Technologies for Building and Transforming Australian Industries and Safeguarding Australia. The project will generate high quality graduates and will result in a novel photonic device. The outcome of this project would be an optical encryption device that will safeguard Australia through superior secure data communications. It will also create lucrative opportunity for expanding the export capabilities of Australian ICT industry.Read moreRead less
Secure and Efficient Electronic Auctions. For the first time in history electronic commerce promises the possibility of auctions to decide the correct market price for a widespread variety of everyday goods and services. Security and efficiency are critical factors in making this a reality, but almost all the many protocols for secure auctions proposed to date suffer from extreme computational requirements. This project will develop efficient and secure auction protocols using innovative approac ....Secure and Efficient Electronic Auctions. For the first time in history electronic commerce promises the possibility of auctions to decide the correct market price for a widespread variety of everyday goods and services. Security and efficiency are critical factors in making this a reality, but almost all the many protocols for secure auctions proposed to date suffer from extreme computational requirements. This project will develop efficient and secure auction protocols using innovative approaches based on advanced cryptographic techniques. In particular we will pioneer the exploration of secure microauctions suitable for negotiating the price of small value goods and utilities in almost real time.Read moreRead less
Cryptographic Protocols: Proofs and Designs. Cryptographic protocols are the foundation for protection of the critical electronic communications infrastructure on which much of commerce and industry rely. They will increasingly be required in emerging technologies such as ad-hoc wireless networks and sensor networks. This project will provide the ability to design new and efficient protocols with a mathematical guarantee of security. The resulting practical protocols will benefit all users of el ....Cryptographic Protocols: Proofs and Designs. Cryptographic protocols are the foundation for protection of the critical electronic communications infrastructure on which much of commerce and industry rely. They will increasingly be required in emerging technologies such as ad-hoc wireless networks and sensor networks. This project will provide the ability to design new and efficient protocols with a mathematical guarantee of security. The resulting practical protocols will benefit all users of electronic communications who require security for their information. This includes the financial industries, government, commerce and domestic users.Read moreRead less
Cryptographic Protocols from Pairings: Proofs and Designs. Modern society has become critically dependent on information and communications infrastructures. At the same time, the development of e-commerce is being slowed by lack of confidence in its security. By providing increased assurance and enhanced cryptographic security protocols this research will improve the dependability of the nation's information and communications infrastructure, as well as encourage the growth of e-commerce. Throu ....Cryptographic Protocols from Pairings: Proofs and Designs. Modern society has become critically dependent on information and communications infrastructures. At the same time, the development of e-commerce is being slowed by lack of confidence in its security. By providing increased assurance and enhanced cryptographic security protocols this research will improve the dependability of the nation's information and communications infrastructure, as well as encourage the growth of e-commerce. Through the expertise and experience gained with this project, Australia's excellence in information security research will be reinforced. The training of PhD and Honours students will provide a much needed source of highly trained information security professionals.Read moreRead less
Investigations Into New Public Key Systems. Public key cryptography is now mainstream technology and an essential tool in electronic business. In order to go beyond the basic security services of confidentiality and authentication, additional features are now desirable, such as verifiability of encryption, distributed key generation, and group-oriented encryption and signatures. At the same time the increasing demand for mobile business requires public key implementations with minimal computatio ....Investigations Into New Public Key Systems. Public key cryptography is now mainstream technology and an essential tool in electronic business. In order to go beyond the basic security services of confidentiality and authentication, additional features are now desirable, such as verifiability of encryption, distributed key generation, and group-oriented encryption and signatures. At the same time the increasing demand for mobile business requires public key implementations with minimal computational and storage demands. This project will study five recently proposed public key algorithms and assess their suitability for various secure applications. These results are of significant potential value in Australia's electronic commerce market.Read moreRead less
XML Views of Relational Databases: Semantics and Update Problems. XML is the standard for representing, publishing and exchanging data over the Internet and relational database is the dominant technology for data management. Updating XML views over relational data is fundamental to bring these two technologies together to serve Internet-based applications. Australia has been a leading country in both developing and applying internet technologies. The theoretic outcomes of this project will contr ....XML Views of Relational Databases: Semantics and Update Problems. XML is the standard for representing, publishing and exchanging data over the Internet and relational database is the dominant technology for data management. Updating XML views over relational data is fundamental to bring these two technologies together to serve Internet-based applications. Australia has been a leading country in both developing and applying internet technologies. The theoretic outcomes of this project will contribute to the advance in database and web research communities and establish us as an internationally leading group in this research area. The technological outcomes will help organisations in Australia effectively and efficiently conduct e-Business on the Internet. Read moreRead less
Development Of Australian Rural Research-in-progress Database REFER 93/250
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Funding Amount
$9,640.00
Summary
Objectives: 1. Update & expand the "Australian Rural Research in Progress" database to include all publicly funded rural research. 2. Promote to encourage use on-line, via CSIRONET, by research workers, research managers, administrators and research organisations
Australian Fisheries Management Forum Data And Digital Sharing Working Group Digital Strategy
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Funding Amount
$40,000.00
Summary
The project application is based on the findings of the recent survey of Australian fisheries jurisdictions commissioned by the AFMF regarding current and possible future use of industry digital systems. It is also an outcome of the combined expertise of the members of the AFMF Digital and Data Working group developing and using digital fisheries technologies including vessel monitoring systems (VMS), electronic logbooks (E-logs), on-line quota trading and electronic monitoring (E-monitoring).The project application is based on the findings of the recent survey of Australian fisheries jurisdictions commissioned by the AFMF regarding current and possible future use of industry digital systems. It is also an outcome of the combined expertise of the members of the AFMF Digital and Data Working group developing and using digital fisheries technologies including vessel monitoring systems (VMS), electronic logbooks (E-logs), on-line quota trading and electronic monitoring (E-monitoring).
The project will develop a national fisheries digital strategy that considers the use of digital technologies, data sharing and data governance as they relate to government fisheries agencies, fishing industry sectors and eNGOs with an interest in fisheries. It will consider past initiatives, the current state of the industry and future directions.
More than Machines will initially use the findings of the Current & Future Digital Data Systems in Australian Fisheries survey as a basis for the development of the digital strategy and rely heavily on Fishery and industry stakeholder consultation and co-creation to further develop the Fisheries digital strategy and to achieve the desired future ready outcomes. While the strategy will be designed to guide Fisheries it is acknowledged that the ultimate customers are the industry stakeholders so their consultation is essential.
The project will consider the current state of digitisation of the Australian Fisheries industries, current activities as well as Fisheries and industry projects already underway to put forward investment priorities, activities and the principles against which opportunities may be evaluated. While the content of the strategy will be driven by consultation, the strategy will ensure outcomes that enable and promote:
Collaboration and Interoperability Acknowledging and further understanding current challenges with sharing data within Fisheries and between Fisheries and their industries, the strategy will consider whole of sector approaches to data sharing, API development, fishery data platforms, specifications and investments that encourage interoperability and build trust sharing and leveraging data between fisheries, within supply chains, between industry organisations, with industry statutory bodies and with government.
Standards and Governance Through stakeholder consultation the strategy will prioritise and provide strategic alignment for the development of enabling Australian fisheries digital standards for data that also consider the needs and requirements for working within global markets. This will include consideration of a national fisheries digital governance framework aimed at building trust and providing the policies and procedures for data management that will provide consistency of use, security and quality of data to build data owner trust across the sector.
Development of enabling platforms. The strategy will consider the opportunities for fishery collaboration to develop core enabling digital infrastructure. This will be approached through the lens of understanding fisheries requirements, identifying commonalities and providing common investment opportunities. Additionally, ongoing initiatives currently underway across Australian Agriculture such as the Australian Agrifood Data Exchange data sharing platform will be considered and proposed where relevant.
Improved efficiencies, removing duplication, optimised use of available funding. The development of the strategy will include consideration of projects already in flight and opportunities to remove current areas of duplication as well as specifically providing future investment priorities that will de-duplicate effort and optimise the use of available funding to force multiply outcomes across fisheries.
Digital Capability Finally the development of overall digital capability across fisheries will be considered to ensure the workforce is prepared for and capable of intrinsically using digital technologies, identifying opportunities and business cases for the adoption of digital technology and able to receive the benefits that digital technologies can provide. The strategy will consider the investment priorities and partnerships that will need to be developed to achieve this.
It is intended that the strategy is endorsed by the AFMF Digital and Data Working group and AFMF stakeholders. The strategy will be a core Fisheries document, guiding jurisdictional collaboration, priorities and investment across industry and government to force multiply effort and provide a step change in digital adoption across Australian Fisheries. The project will develop a national fisheries digital strategy that considers the use of digital technologies as they relate to government fisheries agencies, fishing industry sectors and eNGOs with an interest in fisheries. It will consider past initiatives, the current state of the industry and future directions. Objectives: 1. Determine position: Validate and expand on the recommendations of the FutureCatch Consulting survey to define the priorities of the Digital Strategy through consultation and co-creation. 2. Development: Curate and set priorities from consultation process gaining endorsement from he AFMF Digital and Data Working Group and AFMF members. 3. Plan: Identify KPIs and iteratively collaborate with the AFMF Working Group to develop the final draft of the strategy. 4. Manage Performance: Finalise the strategy and receive approval from the AFMF Working Group and AFMF stakeholders for publication. 5. Monitor: Develop a progress and performance reporting approach for future performance management. Read moreRead less