Intelligent Agents for Concept Invention of Design Forms. Concept invention refers to the act of discovering new concepts for the first time. Concept invention may require a new interpretation and a shift in intentional mode that motivates new mappings of the situation prior to the discovery of a new concept. This project is concerned with developing intelligent design agents that are capable of inventing creative concepts of design forms, shapes and compositions while involved in the design pr ....Intelligent Agents for Concept Invention of Design Forms. Concept invention refers to the act of discovering new concepts for the first time. Concept invention may require a new interpretation and a shift in intentional mode that motivates new mappings of the situation prior to the discovery of a new concept. This project is concerned with developing intelligent design agents that are capable of inventing creative concepts of design forms, shapes and compositions while involved in the design process. A new approach of exploiting the notion of displacement of concepts with regard to concept invention in designing will be adopted and utilised in developing the structure of intelligent agents.Read moreRead less
Complexity Measures Of Design Spaces As Basis For Mass Customisation Of Novel Designs. This project aims to develop, implement and test a means to determine the potential of any arbitrary design generator to produce a diversity of designs and to utilise that means to control the mass customisation of novel designs. Globalisation of markets has produced the need to be able to mass customise designs that are not simple variants of existing designs. Any improvement in Australia's capacity to provid ....Complexity Measures Of Design Spaces As Basis For Mass Customisation Of Novel Designs. This project aims to develop, implement and test a means to determine the potential of any arbitrary design generator to produce a diversity of designs and to utilise that means to control the mass customisation of novel designs. Globalisation of markets has produced the need to be able to mass customise designs that are not simple variants of existing designs. Any improvement in Australia's capacity to provide this service will improve both its internal efficiency and increase its competitiveness in the increasing international marketplace for designing through the production of the basis for a new class of designing tools.Read moreRead less
Curious Places: Agent-Mediated Self-Aware Worlds. This project develops and demonstrates a model of curious places: physical and digital environments that adapt their behaviour based on their experiences. This means that we can implement new kinds of places, rooms, public spaces, that respond to human activity and new technology by creating their own goals and behaviours. This is a benefit to Australia by expanding its capability in home automation and leading developments in novel human-comput ....Curious Places: Agent-Mediated Self-Aware Worlds. This project develops and demonstrates a model of curious places: physical and digital environments that adapt their behaviour based on their experiences. This means that we can implement new kinds of places, rooms, public spaces, that respond to human activity and new technology by creating their own goals and behaviours. This is a benefit to Australia by expanding its capability in home automation and leading developments in novel human-computer interfaces. This benefit can provide economic gain to Australia through the development of frontier technologies.Read moreRead less
Emergency Control of Catastrophic Disturbances in a Power System. Following the tragic events of 11 September 2001, there are increased concerns about the security and robustness of power systems to evolving spectra of threats, such as natural disasters (e.g., earthquakes and hurricanes), equipment failure, human error, or deliberate sabotage and attack by terrorists. In this project, pattern recognition of local parameter changes in distributed monitoring systems will be used to identify any th ....Emergency Control of Catastrophic Disturbances in a Power System. Following the tragic events of 11 September 2001, there are increased concerns about the security and robustness of power systems to evolving spectra of threats, such as natural disasters (e.g., earthquakes and hurricanes), equipment failure, human error, or deliberate sabotage and attack by terrorists. In this project, pattern recognition of local parameter changes in distributed monitoring systems will be used to identify any threatened breakdown in the power system. Once identified, methods based on intelligent agents will be used to trigger the appropriate countermeasures to maintain the integrity of transmission grids.Read moreRead less
Special Research Initiatives - Grant ID: SR0354623
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$20,000.00
Summary
Network for Australian security technologies integration. The frontline of community safety is security technologies which include sensors to track movements and conversations of suspects; signal processing techniques for extracting information; intelligent search/audit techniques to track financial transactions; analysis techniques for predicting the spread of epidemic; and above all human factors in security operations. The aim of this initiative is to establish a network for "safeguarding Aus ....Network for Australian security technologies integration. The frontline of community safety is security technologies which include sensors to track movements and conversations of suspects; signal processing techniques for extracting information; intelligent search/audit techniques to track financial transactions; analysis techniques for predicting the spread of epidemic; and above all human factors in security operations. The aim of this initiative is to establish a network for "safeguarding Australia". This network, built on the concept of "network of networks", draws on the expertise of researchers and practitioners from diverse fields to provide an integrated approach towards development and use of security technologies for the safety of the community.Read moreRead less
The Physics of Network Computation. This project combines expertise in nonlinear soliton physics and computational sciences in order to provide new insights into the physics of network computation. Our proposal addresses the mathematics and computer modelling underlying nonconscious problem solving. We develop a new template concept, the meta-mode, which embodies the network structure of knowledge and the linking mechanisms, which underpin human creativity. We establish the optimal connectiv ....The Physics of Network Computation. This project combines expertise in nonlinear soliton physics and computational sciences in order to provide new insights into the physics of network computation. Our proposal addresses the mathematics and computer modelling underlying nonconscious problem solving. We develop a new template concept, the meta-mode, which embodies the network structure of knowledge and the linking mechanisms, which underpin human creativity. We establish the optimal connectivity distributions to preserve distinct pattern classes yet allow model radical shifts in paradigms, and develop algorithms for autonomous connectivity optimisation. We investigate nonlinear process such as solitons and random Boolean networks as realisations of these principles.Read moreRead less
Decision-making in social insects and nature-inspired optimisation algorithms. Insect societies are ideal for the study of complex systems. Contrary to other complex systems, insect colonies can be modified without destroying the system. Computer scientists have found a source of inspiration in the behaviour of social insects for solving optimisation problems. Here we will study the influence of information flow on decision-making in real insect societies using:
1) Experiments aimed at investig ....Decision-making in social insects and nature-inspired optimisation algorithms. Insect societies are ideal for the study of complex systems. Contrary to other complex systems, insect colonies can be modified without destroying the system. Computer scientists have found a source of inspiration in the behaviour of social insects for solving optimisation problems. Here we will study the influence of information flow on decision-making in real insect societies using:
1) Experiments aimed at investigating how storage and transfer of information affects individual decision-making within a honey bee colony (University of Sydney)
2) Design of a new class of 'bee' algorithms that incorporate direct information transfer and are aimed at solving dynamic multicriterion optimisation problems (University of Leipzig).
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Optimizing steel industry supply chains through constraint and market-oriented programming. Supply chain optimization is a difficult problem, but of considerable significance to business enterprises. Constraint programming technology is a promising approach to solving such problems, but is inadequate in the context of dynamic supply chains. Market-oriented programming solves resource allocation problems by setting up artificial computational economies of trading software agents and holds promise ....Optimizing steel industry supply chains through constraint and market-oriented programming. Supply chain optimization is a difficult problem, but of considerable significance to business enterprises. Constraint programming technology is a promising approach to solving such problems, but is inadequate in the context of dynamic supply chains. Market-oriented programming solves resource allocation problems by setting up artificial computational economies of trading software agents and holds promise both as an optimization tool and as a tool that supports explicit market negotiation. This project seeks to address several open questions relating to the integrated deployment of these two classes of techniques, in the context of building a practical supply chain optimization system for BHP Steel.Read moreRead less
Managing quality of experience delivery in new generation telecommunications networks with e-negotiation. New generation telecommunications networks are required to support increasingly demanding services, including interactive multimedia and conferencing. The success of these networks will rely on the users' perception of their quality of experience. The management of these networks will rely on the ability of informed decision making that competes effectively for limited resources in such a ....Managing quality of experience delivery in new generation telecommunications networks with e-negotiation. New generation telecommunications networks are required to support increasingly demanding services, including interactive multimedia and conferencing. The success of these networks will rely on the users' perception of their quality of experience. The management of these networks will rely on the ability of informed decision making that competes effectively for limited resources in such a highly dynamic environment. This project will design information distribution strategies and smart decision making agents that negotiate a user's quality of experience using market mechanisms. Designs from this project will be trialled and validated in the partner's commercial networks.Read moreRead less
Smart communications network management: Delivering bundled interdependent services across internetworked heterogeneous domains. Sophisticated communications network management (data, voice, video) is crucial to the global economy. The field is worth several billion dollars per annum. This project will generate expertise that addresses and solves an important problem in communications management, will enable Australia to use communications networks more effectively, and will advance communicatio ....Smart communications network management: Delivering bundled interdependent services across internetworked heterogeneous domains. Sophisticated communications network management (data, voice, video) is crucial to the global economy. The field is worth several billion dollars per annum. This project will generate expertise that addresses and solves an important problem in communications management, will enable Australia to use communications networks more effectively, and will advance communications technology. Read moreRead less