Towards High-Order Structure Search on Large-Scale Graphs. High-order structure search over large-scale graphs has many applications including cybersecurity, crime detection, social media, marketing recommendation, and public health. The project aims to lay the scientific foundations and develop novel computing techniques for efficiently conducting structure search. The outcomes include novel computing paradigms, algorithms, indexing, incremental computation, and distributed solutions. The succe ....Towards High-Order Structure Search on Large-Scale Graphs. High-order structure search over large-scale graphs has many applications including cybersecurity, crime detection, social media, marketing recommendation, and public health. The project aims to lay the scientific foundations and develop novel computing techniques for efficiently conducting structure search. The outcomes include novel computing paradigms, algorithms, indexing, incremental computation, and distributed solutions. The success of the project will directly contribute to the scientific foundation of Big Data computation. It will also contribute to the development of local industry involving cybersecurity, social media based recommendation, network management, and E-business.Read moreRead less
Dynamic Semantic Interoperability for Business Processes. The integration of independently developed applications constitutes
one of the major bottlenecks in modern software development in
business, industry, and defense, in particular for a nation such as
Australia that is highly reliant on overseas trade. Technologies that
facilitate the smooth application integration promise significant
savings in software development. By offering automated support task,
this project offers the potenti ....Dynamic Semantic Interoperability for Business Processes. The integration of independently developed applications constitutes
one of the major bottlenecks in modern software development in
business, industry, and defense, in particular for a nation such as
Australia that is highly reliant on overseas trade. Technologies that
facilitate the smooth application integration promise significant
savings in software development. By offering automated support task,
this project offers the potential of significant cost savings, highly
beneficial to any industry with a major ICT component. Lessons learned
from the demonstration prototype can be directly carried over into
commercial tool development. The project strengthens links to high
quality European research laboratories.
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Special Research Initiatives - Grant ID: SR0354476
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$20,000.00
Summary
Intelligent Applications Through The Semantic Web. The primary aim of the proposed bid is to build a network of Australian researchers and their international peers for condresearch into the fundamental as well as applied aspects of the Semantic Web. By incorporating meaning of web-content in a form that can be accessed and processed by intelligent software agents, the Semantic Web will allow computers and humans to work in cooperation. This research will address the needs of both the Australian ....Intelligent Applications Through The Semantic Web. The primary aim of the proposed bid is to build a network of Australian researchers and their international peers for condresearch into the fundamental as well as applied aspects of the Semantic Web. By incorporating meaning of web-content in a form that can be accessed and processed by intelligent software agents, the Semantic Web will allow computers and humans to work in cooperation. This research will address the needs of both the Australian government and industry that provide and make smart use of information available on the Web. It will ensure Australian preparedness for the next-generation web technology.Read moreRead less
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
Service-oriented negotiation and coordination in multi-agent systems. Australia has a strong competitive advantage in the area of agent software. The outcomes of this project will provide an improved platform for services in application areas such as finance, e-commerce, tourism, and multi-platform media. More broadly, the work proposed here will enable the IT industry in Australia, and Melbourne specifically, to adopt and utilise agent-technology in developing the complex software that is inc ....Service-oriented negotiation and coordination in multi-agent systems. Australia has a strong competitive advantage in the area of agent software. The outcomes of this project will provide an improved platform for services in application areas such as finance, e-commerce, tourism, and multi-platform media. More broadly, the work proposed here will enable the IT industry in Australia, and Melbourne specifically, to adopt and utilise agent-technology in developing the complex software that is increasingly required to meet the needs of the software-driven knowledge economy of the 21st century.Read moreRead less
Flexible and Robust Protocol-Based Interaction between Agents in Open Systems. There has been much discussion of the importance of software agents for supporting a wide variety of interaction between businesses and individuals over the internet. Important applications include e-commerce and b2b applications. For the potential of software agents to be realised in open systems, issues of flexibility, robustness, and extensibility are critical. This project addresses the development of flexible ....Flexible and Robust Protocol-Based Interaction between Agents in Open Systems. There has been much discussion of the importance of software agents for supporting a wide variety of interaction between businesses and individuals over the internet. Important applications include e-commerce and b2b applications. For the potential of software agents to be realised in open systems, issues of flexibility, robustness, and extensibility are critical. This project addresses the development of flexible and powerful mechanisms for interaction, within the context of FIPA (Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents) standards. The project uses FIPA's Agentcities as a test bed, enabling us to build on and co-operate with a large European project starting mid 2001.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
Practical methodologies for agent-oritented conceptual modelling. Conceptual modelling involves using knowledge representation techniques to support the requirements engineering phase of the software life-cycle. Agent-oriented conceptual modelling is a relatively new technique that offers significant benefits in modelling complex organisational information systems. However, several problems need to be addressed with current agent-oriented conceptual modelling languages and methodologies. In the ....Practical methodologies for agent-oritented conceptual modelling. Conceptual modelling involves using knowledge representation techniques to support the requirements engineering phase of the software life-cycle. Agent-oriented conceptual modelling is a relatively new technique that offers significant benefits in modelling complex organisational information systems. However, several problems need to be addressed with current agent-oriented conceptual modelling languages and methodologies. In the context of a PhD dissertation, this project will develop an improved agent-oriented conceptual modelling framework and related requirements elicitation techniques drawing on advances in Artificial intelligenct, Requireents Engineering and Organisational Semiotics. The practical deliverables of this project will address the needs of a large complex government organisation.Read moreRead less
Structured natural language descriptions for semantic content retrieval of visual data. The richness of visual data complicates the task of indexing their content for database retrieval. Retrieval based on semantic content is more natural than retrieval based on textures or colours but the most common approach - keyword search - lacks precision, while a newer approach - automatic parsing of free-text descriptions - lacks accuracy. We propose a system of metadata and content descriptions, where c ....Structured natural language descriptions for semantic content retrieval of visual data. The richness of visual data complicates the task of indexing their content for database retrieval. Retrieval based on semantic content is more natural than retrieval based on textures or colours but the most common approach - keyword search - lacks precision, while a newer approach - automatic parsing of free-text descriptions - lacks accuracy. We propose a system of metadata and content descriptions, where content descriptions must be phrases composed of basic grammatical terms. Description components may be elements from external resources such as thesauri and databases, providing a rich superstructure for meaningful retrieval of visual data by semantic content.Read moreRead less
Efficient Prediction of Application Metrics for E-Services. Application Service Providers (ASPs) are one of the fastest growing classes of e-services and operate on the principle of renting software applications. This project aims to develop prediction techniques to estimate quality of service metrics for ASPs. The efficient prediction of the service levels that can be ensured is challenging given the dynamic nature of the Internet and the semantics of application metrics not being formally defi ....Efficient Prediction of Application Metrics for E-Services. Application Service Providers (ASPs) are one of the fastest growing classes of e-services and operate on the principle of renting software applications. This project aims to develop prediction techniques to estimate quality of service metrics for ASPs. The efficient prediction of the service levels that can be ensured is challenging given the dynamic nature of the Internet and the semantics of application metrics not being formally defined. The project will result in the development of a prototype system to support prediction of service levels. This system will be accessible to the Australian e-services industry via a web interface.Read moreRead less