Teaching Software Agents to Play. This project is fundamental to computational intelligence and human brain science. Both strongly impact on the community and the nation. They form the backbone of contemporary information science and are key to our National Research Priorities. This research is of great community benefit. Our results will enable everyone to rapidly search, analyse and interpret vast amounts of information that is irretrievable by current methods. They will also enliven interacti ....Teaching Software Agents to Play. This project is fundamental to computational intelligence and human brain science. Both strongly impact on the community and the nation. They form the backbone of contemporary information science and are key to our National Research Priorities. This research is of great community benefit. Our results will enable everyone to rapidly search, analyse and interpret vast amounts of information that is irretrievable by current methods. They will also enliven interactive entertainment by spontaneously creating unique, tailor-made music. In sum, we are making a leap forward in the crucial area of collaborative intelligence.Read moreRead less
Understanding cortical processing: Neuronal activity and learning in recurrently connected networks. This project addresses fundamental cross-disciplinary issues of information processing and control in large-scale biological neural systems. This is an area of research that is at the cutting edge of intelligent processing systems. An understanding of these mechanisms would have considerable implications in areas that span a range of complex biological and artificial neural systems, including the ....Understanding cortical processing: Neuronal activity and learning in recurrently connected networks. This project addresses fundamental cross-disciplinary issues of information processing and control in large-scale biological neural systems. This is an area of research that is at the cutting edge of intelligent processing systems. An understanding of these mechanisms would have considerable implications in areas that span a range of complex biological and artificial neural systems, including the rapidly growing fields of robotics, machine learning, and adaptive control, all with applications in diverse areas of economic importance. The project will provide students with training at an international level within Australia, thus helping ensure Australia maintains and extends its science and technology base.Read moreRead less
Statistical Methods of Model Fitting and Segmentation in Computer Vision. Electronic sensors such as cameras and lasers can provide a rich source of information about the position, shape, and motion of objects around us. However, to extract this information in a reliable, automatic, and accurate way requires a sophisticated statistical theory of the process. Example applications include: video surveillance (better automatic detection of moving people and vehicles and of characterising what those ....Statistical Methods of Model Fitting and Segmentation in Computer Vision. Electronic sensors such as cameras and lasers can provide a rich source of information about the position, shape, and motion of objects around us. However, to extract this information in a reliable, automatic, and accurate way requires a sophisticated statistical theory of the process. Example applications include: video surveillance (better automatic detection of moving people and vehicles and of characterising what those people and vehicles are doing), industrial prototyping and inspection (measuring the size and shape of objects), urban planning (laser scanning streetscapes to create computer models of cities), entertainment industry (movie special effects and games), etc. Read moreRead less
Unified Representations of Multimodal Biometrics for Robust Authentication and Identification. We propose two biometric systems based on two novel unified multimodal biometric representations. These systems will have a great potential impact on the national economy by reducing frauds related to identity, credit card transactions, and ATM withdrawals. Statistics show that these types of frauds are dramatically increasing in the U.S.A., the U.K., and Australia. Our systems will also have governmen ....Unified Representations of Multimodal Biometrics for Robust Authentication and Identification. We propose two biometric systems based on two novel unified multimodal biometric representations. These systems will have a great potential impact on the national economy by reducing frauds related to identity, credit card transactions, and ATM withdrawals. Statistics show that these types of frauds are dramatically increasing in the U.S.A., the U.K., and Australia. Our systems will also have government applications and will impact on the national security in areas related to immigration, passport and driver's license controls. Forensic applications include criminal identification, crime scene investigation and corpse identification (as in the case of the victims of the Asian tsunami 2004). Read moreRead less
Automatic Recognition of Human Activities in Surveillance Videos: Overcoming the Curse of Dimensionality. This project will deliver a technology capable of automatically recognising human activities of interest in surveillance videos. The project will tackle the challenging, huge complexity inherent in the recognition of human activities by novel statistical pattern recognition techniques. The outcome of this project will be an effective activity recognition technology that will help monitor the ....Automatic Recognition of Human Activities in Surveillance Videos: Overcoming the Curse of Dimensionality. This project will deliver a technology capable of automatically recognising human activities of interest in surveillance videos. The project will tackle the challenging, huge complexity inherent in the recognition of human activities by novel statistical pattern recognition techniques. The outcome of this project will be an effective activity recognition technology that will help monitor the security and safety of environments and support the further development of the Australian video surveillance industry.Read moreRead less
Advanced Interface Technologies for Computational Science & Simulation. The project will research novel computer vision technologies that enable the next generation of visualisation portals for scientific collaboration. The development of new computer vision tools is key to truly natural human-machine interaction. The research outcomes of this project directly align with National Research Priority 3: Frontier Technologies. It supports four of the five relevant priority goals - Breakthrough Scien ....Advanced Interface Technologies for Computational Science & Simulation. The project will research novel computer vision technologies that enable the next generation of visualisation portals for scientific collaboration. The development of new computer vision tools is key to truly natural human-machine interaction. The research outcomes of this project directly align with National Research Priority 3: Frontier Technologies. It supports four of the five relevant priority goals - Breakthrough Science, Frontier Technologies, Smart Information Use, and Promoting an Innovation Culture and Economy. Outcomes of this research are also relevant to Research Priority 4: Safeguarding Australia, and has direct applications to video surveillance technology. Significant commercial opportunities, including licensing and spin-offs exist.Read moreRead less
Dynamic Scheduling and Stochastic Control for Sensor Networks. Sensor networks are rapidly becoming important in applications from environmental monitoring, navigation to border surveillance. However, due to bandwidth constraints, even very simple networks have proven to be very complex to properly control. It is now necessary to efficiently allocate the 'limited available bandwidth' to sensors in order to share the most valuable data over the network. Therefore, this project proposes new techn ....Dynamic Scheduling and Stochastic Control for Sensor Networks. Sensor networks are rapidly becoming important in applications from environmental monitoring, navigation to border surveillance. However, due to bandwidth constraints, even very simple networks have proven to be very complex to properly control. It is now necessary to efficiently allocate the 'limited available bandwidth' to sensors in order to share the most valuable data over the network. Therefore, this project proposes new techniques using concepts of dynamic sensor scheduling and stochastic control to provide computationally feasible and near optimal solutions to the limited and varying bandwidth problem. This work will greatly enhance the operational performance of distributed sensor networks.Read moreRead less
Special Research Initiatives - Grant ID: SR0567196
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$55,000.00
Summary
Improved early detection of breast cancer enabled by grid-computing and advanced modelling and visualisation of MR images. This project will investigate the utility of grid computing in the detection of breast cancer from magnetic resonance (MR) images. The large quantity of data acquired using MR imaging is difficult for clinicians to review and the cost of missed or incorrect detection is high. To provide rapid visualisation and assessment of the acquired data, grid computing will be used in c ....Improved early detection of breast cancer enabled by grid-computing and advanced modelling and visualisation of MR images. This project will investigate the utility of grid computing in the detection of breast cancer from magnetic resonance (MR) images. The large quantity of data acquired using MR imaging is difficult for clinicians to review and the cost of missed or incorrect detection is high. To provide rapid visualisation and assessment of the acquired data, grid computing will be used in conjunction with interactive visualisation with haptic feedback. Grid computing experience and haptic device expertise will be achieved via Swedish collaborators. The successful outcome of this project will be software for the production of 3D colour-coded breast images in which suspicious regions are highlighted and can be physically interrogated using the haptic device.Read moreRead less
Intelligent Collaborative Care Management. The project will provide the basis for new models of consumer care in both social and commercial settings. In a commercial setting, customer care means looking after the customer, with the hope of retaining their business. By developing a formal model of evidence-based care, together with the information technologies to implement this model, the project will result in higher quality, safer, more efficient and more effective care. This will produce si ....Intelligent Collaborative Care Management. The project will provide the basis for new models of consumer care in both social and commercial settings. In a commercial setting, customer care means looking after the customer, with the hope of retaining their business. By developing a formal model of evidence-based care, together with the information technologies to implement this model, the project will result in higher quality, safer, more efficient and more effective care. This will produce significant economic and social benefits for Australia across a wide range of service industries. The project will also generate export opportunities for information technology services and products in health care and other service industries. In addition, it will drive collaboration with leading global businesses, providing new paths to market for Australian research, technologies and innovations.Read moreRead less
Automatic real-time detection of infiltrated objects for security of airports and train stations. Infiltrated objects represent a very high security threat in critical areas such as airports and train stations. In order to neutralise such a threat, this project will develop new automatic technologies capable of detecting infiltrated objects in sensitive areas in real time, analysing the movements of their original carriers in the nearby areas, and raising attention accordingly. The technologies ....Automatic real-time detection of infiltrated objects for security of airports and train stations. Infiltrated objects represent a very high security threat in critical areas such as airports and train stations. In order to neutralise such a threat, this project will develop new automatic technologies capable of detecting infiltrated objects in sensitive areas in real time, analysing the movements of their original carriers in the nearby areas, and raising attention accordingly. The technologies will be based on the automatic analysis of camera videos made by computers without the need for assessing or storing the identities of common passers-by. The potential of application is huge extending beyond airports and train stations to any public areas.Read moreRead less