High Performance Firewalls for Network Security. This project aims to improve the accuracy and efficiency of firewall systems for defending the security of large networks. The role of a network firewall is to detect and block unauthorised network traffic. Our industry partner, IntelliGuard, is developing a parallel system architecture for firewalls, which will provide sufficient processing capacity to support more sophisticated traffic analysis in high speed networks. Our aim is to develop paral ....High Performance Firewalls for Network Security. This project aims to improve the accuracy and efficiency of firewall systems for defending the security of large networks. The role of a network firewall is to detect and block unauthorised network traffic. Our industry partner, IntelliGuard, is developing a parallel system architecture for firewalls, which will provide sufficient processing capacity to support more sophisticated traffic analysis in high speed networks. Our aim is to develop parallel algorithms for traffic analysis and load balancing that can exploit the capacity of these new firewalls. This project provides an excellent opportunity for an Australian company to compete in the growing security market.Read moreRead less
Defending Against Attacks on Internet-Based Telephone Services (Voice Over IP). The telephone network is a critical platform for communication, used by all levels of society - government, the private sector and the general public. The shift to telephone services based on voice-over-IP technology holds the promise of significantly reducing costs for communication services. However, the Internet has long been plagued by a variety of network attacks. Reports of denial-of-service attacks, viruses an ....Defending Against Attacks on Internet-Based Telephone Services (Voice Over IP). The telephone network is a critical platform for communication, used by all levels of society - government, the private sector and the general public. The shift to telephone services based on voice-over-IP technology holds the promise of significantly reducing costs for communication services. However, the Internet has long been plagued by a variety of network attacks. Reports of denial-of-service attacks, viruses and break-in attempts frequently appear in the world news. A major impediment to confidence in voice-over-IP services is the risk of attacks on its infrastructure, and the potential for using weaknesses in voice-over-IP infrastructure to launch attacks on the existing telephone network.Read moreRead less
Robust next-generation detection techniques to defend operational networks against attacks. As networks are fast becoming one of the pillars of our society, network security is essential.
Without good security, networks will be unreliable, more costly, and restricted in the capabilities they can offer. The project will allow advanced anomaly and intrusion detection techniques to be used in the ultra-high speeds of the Internet core. It will provide the groundwork for the attack detection and p ....Robust next-generation detection techniques to defend operational networks against attacks. As networks are fast becoming one of the pillars of our society, network security is essential.
Without good security, networks will be unreliable, more costly, and restricted in the capabilities they can offer. The project will allow advanced anomaly and intrusion detection techniques to be used in the ultra-high speeds of the Internet core. It will provide the groundwork for the attack detection and prevention infrastructure of the future. Read moreRead less
Carrier-scale defence against distributed denial-of-service attacks. Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks are one of the most persistent and damaging threats to services on the Internet. In recent years, there has been widespread use of DDoS attacks for both financial and political advantage by attackers. The challenge for our Australian industry partner (PowerGuard Pty Ltd) is to continue to scale their DDoS defence platform so that it can be used in much higher bandwidth environments, ....Carrier-scale defence against distributed denial-of-service attacks. Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks are one of the most persistent and damaging threats to services on the Internet. In recent years, there has been widespread use of DDoS attacks for both financial and political advantage by attackers. The challenge for our Australian industry partner (PowerGuard Pty Ltd) is to continue to scale their DDoS defence platform so that it can be used in much higher bandwidth environments, such as carriers’ backbone networks, or large government and commercial networks that have multiple high-speed links to the Internet. The results of this project will provide an Australian company with a leading position in this important and growing market. Read moreRead less
C4 - Open Services Architecture. The Internet has seen tremendous growth both in terms of usage and supporting infrastructure. This has resulted in new design problems, due to the heterogeneity of applications, networks, devices and the profile of the user population. The proposed solutions only address problems in isolation, and as a result stifle usability and deployment of the services that can be provided. This project aims to design an open services architecture that will overcome the probl ....C4 - Open Services Architecture. The Internet has seen tremendous growth both in terms of usage and supporting infrastructure. This has resulted in new design problems, due to the heterogeneity of applications, networks, devices and the profile of the user population. The proposed solutions only address problems in isolation, and as a result stifle usability and deployment of the services that can be provided. This project aims to design an open services architecture that will overcome the problems in a integrated fashion and enable the creation network support functions that can be used together and can be incrementally deployed to provide service any-time anywhere seamlessly.Read moreRead less
Analysis and design of control systems with saturation and time-delay. Control engineering is an enabling technology without which most modern engineering systems, such as aircrafts or Internet, can not operate properly. Actuator saturation and time-delays are undesirable phenomena that often arise in control systems leading to poor performance and sometimes instability. For example, both of these phenomena arise in control of modern telecommunication systems, such as Active Queue Management in ....Analysis and design of control systems with saturation and time-delay. Control engineering is an enabling technology without which most modern engineering systems, such as aircrafts or Internet, can not operate properly. Actuator saturation and time-delays are undesirable phenomena that often arise in control systems leading to poor performance and sometimes instability. For example, both of these phenomena arise in control of modern telecommunication systems, such as Active Queue Management in TCP networks. The project aims at tackling these phenomena by using recently developed techniques in antiwindup for saturating actuators and by revisiting some classical methods for Smith predictor design for time-delayed systems.Read moreRead less
Efficient and Fair Traffic Control for a Multi-Service Internet. Australia relies very heavily on its
telecommunications infrastructure due to its
geographic dispersion. For the same reason,
it cannot afford to invest in inefficient infrastructure.
Our novel and practical Internet congestion control scheme will overcome current weaknesses in the Internet, and will enable the Australian telecommunication service industry to provide a better quality of service to the customers (including Aust ....Efficient and Fair Traffic Control for a Multi-Service Internet. Australia relies very heavily on its
telecommunications infrastructure due to its
geographic dispersion. For the same reason,
it cannot afford to invest in inefficient infrastructure.
Our novel and practical Internet congestion control scheme will overcome current weaknesses in the Internet, and will enable the Australian telecommunication service industry to provide a better quality of service to the customers (including Australian industries and rural communities) and at lower cost. This project will put Australia on the international stage as a leading contributor to Internet technology. We will provide training for PhD students and postdoctoral fellows in the important area of Internet traffic engineering and control.Read moreRead less
Enhancing patient management and clinical systems in hospital ward settings using mobile, wireless technologies. Wireless networks, hand held devices and associated applications are key emerging technologies. This project will investigate the implementation of wireless devices and applications for patient administration at Southern Health in two ward settings (neurology and neurosurgery) at Monash Medical Centre. A wireless infrastructure is being installed and clinical staff will be able to c ....Enhancing patient management and clinical systems in hospital ward settings using mobile, wireless technologies. Wireless networks, hand held devices and associated applications are key emerging technologies. This project will investigate the implementation of wireless devices and applications for patient administration at Southern Health in two ward settings (neurology and neurosurgery) at Monash Medical Centre. A wireless infrastructure is being installed and clinical staff will be able to conduct their rounds with notebook computers or PDAs at the patients' bedside. The research team will assess the acceptance of the new devices and applications by nursing and medical staff. Outcomes from the project will include a set of guidelines and techniques for introducing and managing technology-enhanced patient administration and clinical systems.Read moreRead less
Real-time internet of thing algorithms with performance guarantees. This project aims to provide efficient, distributed resource allocation algorithms that can perform satisfactorily within time limits imposed by real-time systems. Real-time Internet of Things (IoT) devices will play a significant role in future transport technologies, such as autonomous vehicles and smart traffic management, and will place significant demands upon distributed computing systems to provide timely information upda ....Real-time internet of thing algorithms with performance guarantees. This project aims to provide efficient, distributed resource allocation algorithms that can perform satisfactorily within time limits imposed by real-time systems. Real-time Internet of Things (IoT) devices will play a significant role in future transport technologies, such as autonomous vehicles and smart traffic management, and will place significant demands upon distributed computing systems to provide timely information updates. The computing challenge is to provide reliable, accurate and timely information to IoT devices. The outcomes of this project will directly be beneficial to a variety of IoT applications in transportation, autonomous vehicles, and smart cities. The valuable engineering insights and novel algorithms will support industry, government, and practitioners for future real-time IoT design and deployments.Read moreRead less
Control protocols for wireless networks. There is tremendous commercial potential in the development of wireless multi-hop and sensor networks. This project will help realize such networks, with commercial benefits for the network providers, and the customers that use them (low cost networking). Particular outcomes targeted for Australian needs include: 1) protocols allowing advanced telecommunications services to cover greater geographic areas with less infrastructure 2) improved reliability o ....Control protocols for wireless networks. There is tremendous commercial potential in the development of wireless multi-hop and sensor networks. This project will help realize such networks, with commercial benefits for the network providers, and the customers that use them (low cost networking). Particular outcomes targeted for Australian needs include: 1) protocols allowing advanced telecommunications services to cover greater geographic areas with less infrastructure 2) improved reliability of local communication services in remote or rugged areas 3) protocols for sensor networks, allowing remote monitoring and control of many environmental factors. Read moreRead less