Automated Interaction Technologies for Mobile Hand-held Devices. This project is concerned with developing intelligent technologies that support human interaction through handheld devices, connected to wireless digital networks. Intelligent software assistants running on these devices will interact with one another in order to coordinate the activities of multiple users. Such automated coordination may facilitate scheduling of meetings, collaboration among different members of a team, and negoti ....Automated Interaction Technologies for Mobile Hand-held Devices. This project is concerned with developing intelligent technologies that support human interaction through handheld devices, connected to wireless digital networks. Intelligent software assistants running on these devices will interact with one another in order to coordinate the activities of multiple users. Such automated coordination may facilitate scheduling of meetings, collaboration among different members of a team, and negotiating conflicts that may arise between the activities of different connected users. This will enable context-dependent task support and coordination of workers involved in industrial applications involving mobility and dynamism.Read moreRead less
IMPROVING METEOROLOGICAL FORECASTING PRACTICE WITH KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. This research aims to improve meteorological services through the application of knowledge management to the forecast process. A comprehensive framework of knowledge management will be developed that includes models of forecasters? explicit, tacit and experiential knowledge. Such models allow forecasters to share knowledge and learn from their collective experience. The development of computer based support systems, ....IMPROVING METEOROLOGICAL FORECASTING PRACTICE WITH KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. This research aims to improve meteorological services through the application of knowledge management to the forecast process. A comprehensive framework of knowledge management will be developed that includes models of forecasters? explicit, tacit and experiential knowledge. Such models allow forecasters to share knowledge and learn from their collective experience. The development of computer based support systems, based on this framework, will enhance the Bureau of Meteorology's ability to compete internationally in the provision of complete forecasting systems. Generalising the outcomes will provide industry with the means to adopt knowledge management practices and enhance its ability to participate in the knowledge economy. Read moreRead less
Agent-Enabled Social Networks. The project aims at creating a new framework for linking individuals and communities of common interests to form scalable online social networks across these communities. The framework specifies the method of discovery, interconnection and management of online social networks using an agent-based and user-centric approach. As a result, individuals and organisations will benefit from the wider and better sharing of information and human resources, and collaborate in ....Agent-Enabled Social Networks. The project aims at creating a new framework for linking individuals and communities of common interests to form scalable online social networks across these communities. The framework specifies the method of discovery, interconnection and management of online social networks using an agent-based and user-centric approach. As a result, individuals and organisations will benefit from the wider and better sharing of information and human resources, and collaborate in a more productive and trustful manner.Read moreRead less
Sharing Complex Systems information by challenging the orthodoxies of linear presentation. Information Technology has contributed more to working with complex systems than to communicating them. Presentation software styled on the power of the point hardly addresses the restrictions of traditional media: sequential visual information display with little possibility for the cross-reference needed to communicate a complex situation.
This research will test the effectiveness of our multidimension ....Sharing Complex Systems information by challenging the orthodoxies of linear presentation. Information Technology has contributed more to working with complex systems than to communicating them. Presentation software styled on the power of the point hardly addresses the restrictions of traditional media: sequential visual information display with little possibility for the cross-reference needed to communicate a complex situation.
This research will test the effectiveness of our multidimensional presentation software prototype in a range of complex system situations in order to improve the opportunities for interactive spatial media in today's work and learning environments.
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Interest-based negotiation: theory and practice. The results of the project will provide theoretically sound technologies that can better support distributed resource and task allocation in complex problem solving settings. The combination of theoretical and practical outcomes from the research will enable these technologies to be applied in decision-making settings beyond those studied directly in the project. The project contributes to Australia's ability to compete in the emerging internation ....Interest-based negotiation: theory and practice. The results of the project will provide theoretically sound technologies that can better support distributed resource and task allocation in complex problem solving settings. The combination of theoretical and practical outcomes from the research will enable these technologies to be applied in decision-making settings beyond those studied directly in the project. The project contributes to Australia's ability to compete in the emerging international market for knowledge-based software applications. The project's key connections and integration with European research will also strengthen research collaboration and training opportunities for Australian based students. Read moreRead less
Knowledge Discovery in Discretionary Legal Domains. The development of legal decision support systems in discretionary domains will lead to: (1) Consistency; (2) Transparency; (3) Efficiency; and (4) Enhanced support for dispute resolution. The researchers on this project have been using the World Wide Web to disseminate legal knowledge.
With the collaboration of Victoria Legal Aid and JUSTSYS, we propose to use knowledge discovery from databases and argumentation techniques to model how discre ....Knowledge Discovery in Discretionary Legal Domains. The development of legal decision support systems in discretionary domains will lead to: (1) Consistency; (2) Transparency; (3) Efficiency; and (4) Enhanced support for dispute resolution. The researchers on this project have been using the World Wide Web to disseminate legal knowledge.
With the collaboration of Victoria Legal Aid and JUSTSYS, we propose to use knowledge discovery from databases and argumentation techniques to model how discretionary legal decision-makers operate. A significant application of the research will be the construction of a prototype for assisting criminal law defense lawyers to make arguments with regard to their client's sentences.Read moreRead less