Active Research Areas

1.      Grid-enabled research

o       SOM

o       Constraints and optimisation

o       Data clustering

o       Resource brokering with virtualisation

o       High-speed data transfers.

o       Instrument to grid integration and security

2.      Graph Neuron (GN). An adjacency computing paradigm with hierarchical and voting schemes.

o       Quine

o       Self-replicating CA

o       Obfuscated C

o       Spectral signal processing

Research Interests

  • Pattern Recognition (PR) algorithms for tiny devices
  • Wireless sensor networks (WSN)
  • Peer-to-peer (P2P) networks
  • Serverless (P2P) Applications
  • Parallel associative memory networks for autonomous agents and predictive systems.
  • Swarm applications for solving highly complex problems using a large number of minimal complexity applets.
  • Self-organising networks
  • Network routing optimisation using (self-learning) intelligent systems.
  • Wireless and Mobile protocols: hand-over and service discovery.
  • Reliable transport for Multicast protocols.

Research Grants Awarded

 

Australian research enabling environment (ARCHER), $4.545 million, 2006

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Department of Education, Science & Training

 

Data Grid -- Access Layer, 2006, $530,000

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Funded by Australian Research Council Linkage Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities Grant, Project Ref: LE0775582

 

Data Grid storage infrastructure for e-Research by UQ, Monash, JCU, and ANU, 2005, $800,000

(managed at UQ)

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Funded by Australian Research Council Linkage Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities Grant, Project Ref: LE0668445

 

Sun Matching Grid Grant 2005, $68,743 (ex GST) (nationally competitive in-kind grant)

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Sun Microsystems Australia

 

Dataset Acquisition, Accessibility and Annotation e-Research Technologies (DART), 2005, $3.2 million (personal component of $247,500)

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Funded by DEST Research Information Infrastructure Framework for Australian Higher Education

 

 

SunFire GRID Computing Grant 2004. $154,000 (nationally competitive in-kind grant)

 

Primary CI

Alphawest and Sun Microsystems Australia

 

"High Performance Computing for Marine Technology Research", from the Marine Technology Directorate Ltd (SERC). 1993-94, £67,334

 

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SERC UK ref: GR/J22191

 

"High Performance Adaptive Finite Element Computations for CAD of Offshore Structures using Parallel and Heterogeneous Systems", from the Marine Technology Directorate Ltd (SERC). 1993-94, £150,000

 

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SERC UK ref: GR/J54017

 

"High Performance Adaptive Finite Element Computations for CAD of Offshore Structures using Parallel and Heterogeneous Systems", from British Gas (Engineering Research Station) Newcastle in support of MTD/SERC. 1993-94, £25,000

 

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SERC UK ref: GR/J54017

 

"Domain Decomposition Methods for Parallel Finite Element Analysis", from Science and Engineering Research Council. 1993-94, £130,297

 

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ref: GR/J51634

 

"Supply of Windows version of P18 Weld Clarification Procedure", from British Gas plc. £2710

 

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British Gas plc.