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Reputation-based Trust Framework for Composed Services. This project aims at providing a uniform and efficient framework for bootstrapping, establishing, and propagating reputation in composed Web services. Reputation is used as a key criterion for establishing trust among composed Web services. Web services are de-facto the technology of choice for the deployment of an increasing number of Web-based solutions for such emerging applications as cloud computing. Because of the distributed and dece ....Reputation-based Trust Framework for Composed Services. This project aims at providing a uniform and efficient framework for bootstrapping, establishing, and propagating reputation in composed Web services. Reputation is used as a key criterion for establishing trust among composed Web services. Web services are de-facto the technology of choice for the deployment of an increasing number of Web-based solutions for such emerging applications as cloud computing. Because of the distributed and decentralised nature of the Web, there is a need to establish a trust framework for selecting and composing Web services. The key parameter will be based on Web service reputation in delivering services.Read moreRead less
Long-term Cloud Service Composition. This project proposes an economic model-based framework for the selection and composition of cloud services, thus creating an efficient market for cloud consumers and providers. The project will use economic models that incorporate a range of quality of service (QoS) parameters as a key driver for optimising the selection of cloud services and the acceptance of consumer requests. The main outcomes of this project aim to increase efficiencies in the cloud mark ....Long-term Cloud Service Composition. This project proposes an economic model-based framework for the selection and composition of cloud services, thus creating an efficient market for cloud consumers and providers. The project will use economic models that incorporate a range of quality of service (QoS) parameters as a key driver for optimising the selection of cloud services and the acceptance of consumer requests. The main outcomes of this project aim to increase efficiencies in the cloud market, benefiting consumers and providers.Read moreRead less
Modelling and defence against malware propagation. As the internet has become vital to our day-to-day working and living, we are witnessing a remarkable upsurge in the incidents of malicious software or malware on it. This project aims to develop key technologies that can precisely model the malware propagation on the internet. The technologies will help develop effective defence against malware propagation at an early stage, with limited defence resources, so as to minimise the damage and provi ....Modelling and defence against malware propagation. As the internet has become vital to our day-to-day working and living, we are witnessing a remarkable upsurge in the incidents of malicious software or malware on it. This project aims to develop key technologies that can precisely model the malware propagation on the internet. The technologies will help develop effective defence against malware propagation at an early stage, with limited defence resources, so as to minimise the damage and provide a capability to identify and control malware spreaders. This project is significant as it can secure the internet that is essential to the daily work of Australian people, thus addresses a fundamental problem in safeguarding Australia by protecting our critical infrastructure.Read moreRead less
Data Exchange and Service Integration with Applications in Health Information Systems. This project will research and develop an innovative new approach to facilitate real data exchange and service integration across different medical organisations. This approach will significantly improve the quality of health care by providing a solid foundation for integrated medical services, offering on demand and effective access to fragmentally stored patients medical information and minimise the number o ....Data Exchange and Service Integration with Applications in Health Information Systems. This project will research and develop an innovative new approach to facilitate real data exchange and service integration across different medical organisations. This approach will significantly improve the quality of health care by providing a solid foundation for integrated medical services, offering on demand and effective access to fragmentally stored patients medical information and minimise the number of data entry errors injected into the medical information systems. The novel integration model will also enable a new autonomous approach for demographic data collection which is essential for evidenced resource allocation, policy making and disease prevention.Read moreRead less
Adaptive and Ubiquitous Trust Framework for Internet of Things interactions. The aim of the project is to address the Trust challenges in Internet of Things (IoT) environments, thus enabling the wide deployment of potentially billions of IoT devices. This project will generate new knowledge in the area of IoT Trust by developing novel techniques to establish trust in highly dynamic crowdsourcing IoT environments. The project's main outcomes include the development of a ubiquitous and adaptive mu ....Adaptive and Ubiquitous Trust Framework for Internet of Things interactions. The aim of the project is to address the Trust challenges in Internet of Things (IoT) environments, thus enabling the wide deployment of potentially billions of IoT devices. This project will generate new knowledge in the area of IoT Trust by developing novel techniques to establish trust in highly dynamic crowdsourcing IoT environments. The project's main outcomes include the development of a ubiquitous and adaptive multi-component trust framework reflecting trust perspectives. The developed solutions will allow the establishment of trusted interactions among crowdsourced IoT devices and wider deployment of convenient and just-in-time services, thus enabling the development of novel applications, such as the crowdsourcing of green energy.Read moreRead less
An integrated and real-time passenger travel and public transport service information system. This project will help the Department of Transport provide improved services to the public through a better understanding of journey planning demands in comparison to public transport services. By integrating research through design methods with technological solutions, the project will deliver better quality of service and higher customer satisfaction.
An integrative and distributed data management and workflow framework for e-research in biomedical imaging. This project will develop new tools for neuroimaging research: (i) efficient distributed infrastructure and workflow capabilities and (ii) semantic tools using existing ontological frameworks and specific neuroimaging ontologies.
These new capabilities will significantly enhance the productivity of neuroimaging research.
Organisational Motivation as a Predictor of Benefits from the Adoption of Information Technology. IOS are becoming increasingly important for organisations to remain competitive in a global marketplace. By using organisational motivations to better understand how to design and structure the processes for IOS implementation and set more realistic expectation, Australian organisations will be able to develop more effective, evidence-based methods for IOS implementation. The theory being tested is ....Organisational Motivation as a Predictor of Benefits from the Adoption of Information Technology. IOS are becoming increasingly important for organisations to remain competitive in a global marketplace. By using organisational motivations to better understand how to design and structure the processes for IOS implementation and set more realistic expectation, Australian organisations will be able to develop more effective, evidence-based methods for IOS implementation. The theory being tested is an original contribution in a growing area of information technology research. The data and rigorously tested research protocols developed will enhance Australia'a research standing, contribute to university teaching and researcher training, and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the Australian information technology industry. Read moreRead less
A painless approach to support efficient querying and mining of spatial data through smart transformations. This project will develop spatial data retrieval methods that are not only highly efficient but also easy to implement ('painless'). It will help businesses such as digital map providers, location based service providers and medical researchers quickly possess this key enabling technique for their large scale spatial querying and mining needs.