Swinburne University of Technology

ARC National Competitive Grants · FY 2021 · 2021-01

A new energy absorption system for brain injury mitigation. This research aims to propose and investigate a next generation high-energy absorbing helmet pad that will protect the Australian Defence Force soldiers against both ballistic and blast threats. New fundamental knowledge in the area of high-energy absorbing metamaterials will be obtained by using numerical modelling and experimental studies. The expected outcomes of the project include the development of a new wearable energy absorbing pad which can be used as the next generation combat helmet liners and accessories. The novel high-performance energy absorption system will have a wide range of direct applications in future personal armour, as well as sports gears and elderly healthcare products. Field of research: 0905 - Civil Engineering This project aims to develop energy-absorbing materials to be used in Australian Defence Force headgear. This will provide a significant benefit for Australian soldiers, protecting them from traumatic brain injury, and contribute to Australia’s defence. The research will also further strengthen Australia’s position in defence capability and military injury biomechanics, which can provide diplomatic and economic benefits on the world stage. Furthermore, the fundamental concepts of this energy absorption system are not limited to military applications. The knowledge generated can be extended to sporting bodies and the elderly healthcare sector, while the technology can be extended to sports gear and injury mitigation products, providing both social and commercial benefits for Australia.

ARC National Competitive Grants · FY 2021 · 2021-01

Dynamic Properties of Mechanical Metamaterials: Optimization and Experiment. The aim of this project is to develop novel mechanical metamaterials through topology optimization for manipulating the propagation of elastic and acoustic waves. Mechanical metamaterials achieve exotic dynamic properties, which have many applications ranging from noise management and vibration control to defence. The computational tool and optimization algorithms to be developed will seamlessly integrate with additive manufacturing to enable the end-users to characterize, design and fabricate the next generation of mechanical metamaterials in an effective way. The outcomes of this project offer significant benefits for the long-term and sustainable development of knowledge-based economy in Australia. Field of research: 0913 - Mechanical Engineering This project aims to develop new techniques and solving outstanding problems in the design, fabrication and application of artificial structures called mechanical metamaterials. These metamaterials can be used to create and improve innovative engineering structures and devices, ranging from noise management and vibration mitigation tools to medical instruments and defence equipment. The findings in this project will not only significantly expand Australian researchers’ knowledge base at the world-leading level, but also help Australian industries become more competitive on the world stage. The new opportunities in the design and fabrication of the next generation of metamaterials will thus provide significant industrial and economic benefits for Australia.

ARC National Competitive Grants · FY 2021 · 2021-01

Exploding massive stars and their implications for gravitational waves. This project aims to perform simulations of core-collapse supernovae, the explosive death of massive stars, to better understand their explosion properties, remnant properties, and gravitational wave emission. This project expects to produce gravitational wave emission predictions in previously unexplored areas of the supernova progenitor parameter space. The expected outcomes of this project include novel gravitational wave data analysis tools, and a better understanding of the birth properties of neutron stars and black holes. This should provide significant benefits, such as improving our understanding of the astrophysics behind core-collapse supernovae, and improving our understanding of neutron star and black hole populations. Field of research: 0201 - Astronomical and Space Sciences This project will ensure that Australia plays a leading international science role in the rapidly emerging field of gravitational wave physics, recognised as important in the Australian Astronomy Decadal Plan. The research, which will be undertaken on high performance computers, will substantially enhance our astronomical and technical software capabilities, further promoting Australia's standing as an international leader in high-performance computing. This has application in industry sectors including space science, engineering, medicine, manufacturing and resource management. The findings will also cement Australia’s lead in understanding the big questions of astronomy, informing new discoveries that add to the scientific and cultural wealth of the country and providing a return on the Australian government’s investment in astronomical science. The astrophysics problems solved in this project will excite and foster an interest in science in all age groups, and help inspire more young Australians to take up careers in science and technology.

ARC National Competitive Grants · FY 2020 · 2020-01

Controlled Ca release in biowaste polymer binder for green infrastructure. With the advances in biopolymer and green chemistry, Ca-activated zeolite-based binder materials have become possible for eco-friendly infrastructure with high performance, low carbon footprint and low energy consumption. In this project, next generation binder materials will be designed and fabricated to cater for stringent environmental requirements for civil infrastructure. In collaboration with world leading experts, the newly developed binder will be tested in various engineering scenarios to understand nanoscience-based working mechanisms. It is expected that the novel binder will potentially reduce the use of conventional cement/concrete materials, contribute to a circular economy and help to mitigate climate change. Field of research: 0905 - Civil Engineering The key objective of the project is to develop a sustainable binder system for civil infrastructure via integration of biomineralisation processes with polymer waste, to contribute to a national circular economy and to tackle global climate change. The research outcomes will advance knowledge in: 1) crystal growth strategy using zeolite mineral as the source of calcium and nucleation sites; 2) multifunctional blending of biopolymer and biofibres; 3) crystal growth and distribution in the proposed heterostructure and the subsequent change in the structure; and 4) the effect of novel functional materials in field use. The project will potentially create new revenue streams for construction materials and train a workforce with cutting-edge knowledge and engineering skills. The newly developed binder materials will lead to future construction applications in the harsh Australian conditions that call for stringent requirements for infrastructure applications and other industry sectors.

ARC National Competitive Grants · FY 2020 · 2020-01

Searching Cohesive Subgraphs in Big Attributed Graph Data. The availability of big attributed graph data brings great opportunities for realizing big values of data. Making sense of such big attributed graph data finds many applications, including health, science, engineering, business, environment, etc. A cohesive subgraph, one of key components that captures the latent properties in a graph, is essential to graph analysis. This project aims to invent effective models of cohesive subgraphs and efficient algorithms for searching and monitoring cohesive subgraphs in big and dynamic attributed graphs from both structure and attribute perspectives. The methods, techniques, and prototype systems developed in this project can be deployed to facilitate the smart use of big graph data across the nation. Field of research: 0804 - Data Format With the rapid development of information technology, huge volumes of digital data are accumulated with entities involving complex relationships, such as Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Amazon, Bitcoin OTC, and Wikipedia. This results in a huge repository of big and dynamic attributed graph data. Efficiently finding attributed cohesive subgraphs from these graphs is essential for providing insights and values of big graph data, e.g., finding the right groups for marketing, research or business collaboration, detecting potential criminal groups. This project will contribute to big data analytics of important information from large and dynamic attributed graphs. We will develop a complete framework for modelling, searching, and monitoring attributed cohesive subgraphs. The techniques, algorithms, and prototype systems developed in this project can be deployed to facilitate the smart use of big graph data. The success of this project will bring considerable economic and social benefits to Australia in many advanced real applications across the nation, including business, society, government, education, research.

ARC National Competitive Grants · FY 2020 · 2020-01

Biocementation of recycled sand and demolition wastes for pavements. This project aims to develop biocements with recycled sand and demolition wastes as road construction materials. The usage of these low-carbon waste materials in pavement projects can significantly reduce carbon emissions and costs. This research expects to generate new knowledge on the performance of recycled wastes in roads, when subjected to high traffic loads using experimental, numerical approaches and field trials. Expected outcomes include evaluating and modelling the performance of biocements and demolition materials in roads, and building enduring collaborations with industry. Benefits include: diversion of wastes from landfills, reduction in carbon emissions and the potential commercialisation of recycled wastes for road projects. Field of research: 0905 - Civil Engineering This project will benefit Australian waste management and road construction industries by opening new markets for recycled sand, washed demolition materials and biocement as road construction materials. This project will offer alternative, ‘environmentally friendly’ road construction materials incorporating demolition waste by-products and an environmentally-friendly biocement binder, with significantly reduced carbon footprint and longer lifespan than traditional road construction materials. National benefits arising from this research include: (a) carbon savings by the diversion of 20 million tonnes of demolition wastes annually from Australian landfills, (b) further environmental preservation by reducing 50% of carbon emissions with the usage of novel biocement as an alternative pavement binder, (c) significant reduction in the need for quarry materials, (d) economic benefits in terms of cost savings by eliminating long-haul transportation of depleting quarry resources (~ $ 48 million/annum), and (e) opening new markets for Australia’s waste management and road construction industries.

ARC National Competitive Grants · FY 2020 · 2020-01

Maturing design-led innovation processes with motivational models. This project aims to bring together design innovation with software engineering ensuring software is engaging, utilising methods and processes from design. Engaging software is important if it is to be taken up by the intended users. The outcome of the proposal will be new methods such as emotional goal models guiding key stages of the software engineering lifecycle, especially requirements elicitation, software design, implementation and evaluation, with a focus on assessing adoption over time. The benefit of the research is intended to be threefold: increased digital inclusion by more Australians engaging with the digital economy; better acceptance of developed software by consumers; and new methods for Australian software developers. Field of research: 1203 - Design Practice and Management There are four intended impacts. (i) More Australians to participate in the digital economy, thereby increasing digital inclusion. (ii) Better economic outcomes for Australian software developers who will have innovative methods to make their software successful by engaging positively with the emotions of their customers. (iii) Happier consumers who will interact with the digital world more productively through technology adoption. (iv) shared methods between multidisciplinary teams of designers and software developers.

ARC National Competitive Grants · FY 2020 · 2020-01

Surf sounds: predicting the valuable data of bubble sound emissions. This project aims to predict natural bubble sounds. These audio signals contain data on the bubble size, which controls oxygen absorption, and thus product quality, in minerals, food, pharmaceuticals and water industries. Bubbles also control ocean carbon-dioxide absorption. Such gas absorption is almost impossible to monitor with laboratory sensors. In the ocean, sensors are quickly blocked by algae. In industry, liquids are opaque or too hot. However, the easily-measured sounds get through. Experiments and computer simulations would allow the sound volume as well as frequencies emitted by bubbles to be predicted. This would enable valuable data to be interpreted from complex sounds, transforming industrial and environmental measurements. Field of research: 0913 - Mechanical Engineering The formation of bubbles makes sounds familiar to everyone, from that of a drip of water to the roar of ocean surf. But these sounds also contain data on bubble sizes - valuable data because the bubble size controls the rate with which oxygen or other gases are absorbed by water or other liquids. Bubble size matters in oxygenation-critical Australian industries whenever air is pumped into liquid, such as processed-food and pharmaceuticals manufacturing, and rare-earth metals refining and recycling. Bubbles due to breaking ocean waves dissolve a very large fraction of global carbon emissions in the ocean, but this fraction is poorly-known, adding to uncertainty in climate-change models. At present, measuring bubble size is virtually impossible in most practical environmental and industrial situations. Expected project outcomes would allow instruments to monitor these processes, permitting their ultimate control. Australian instrument manufacturers would gain a potential new product and Australian minerals, food, pharmaceutical and environmental-monitoring industries would be the first to benefit.

ARC National Competitive Grants · FY 2020 · 2020-01

Electro-Optical Primers for Safe Use and Clean Manufacturing. Conventional primers contain a mechanically-sensitive primary explosive that is used to detonate the more stable propellant in a bullet. This project aims to address the health and environmental impacts of heavy metals in current primers by replacing them with benign, electrically or optically activated silicon-based materials. Modern semiconductor fabrication techniques will be used to develop safe and clean primers through cost-effective doping and deposition protocols. The expected outcomes of the project include a sovereign primer manufacturing capability for Australia. This will provide a significant strategic advantage and health benefits for law enforcement and defence personnel during live fire training and firing range exercises. Field of research: 1007 - Nanotechnology This project will generate new knowledge and intellectual property in electronically- and optically-initiated primers. Outcomes of the project include the fabrication of novel primers for defence, law enforcement, and industrial applications, based on high volume, low cost semiconductor manufacturing techniques. Safe and clean primers will provide significant health benefits for law enforcement and defence personnel during live fire training and firing range exercises. A sovereign manufacturing capability for cost-effective primer products will reduce our dependence on overseas suppliers and provide Australia with an important strategic advantage. It will also open up new export opportunities for industry partner Defendtex in the US$19 Billion global ammunition market. This will in turn drive employment growth in the sector. This project will cement a strong collaborative relationship between Swinburne and Defendtex, supported by the training of PhD students and a postdoctoral researcher who will help to translate our fundamental scientific and technological discoveries into new products.

ARC National Competitive Grants · FY 2020 · 2020-01

Walk-quality: A multi-criteria design platform to facilitate active travel. This seminal cross-disciplinary study aims to combine key ‘walk-quality’ urban design factors: pedestrian accessibility, slope, thermal comfort, pedestrian risk, and pollution, into a design decision platform to enable systematic evaluation of precincts and test ‘what-if’ future scenarios. With 60% of Australians not meeting recommended physical activity targets costing taxpayers billions of dollars annually, the project envisions development of acutely lacking spatio-temporal analysis and design tools to help prioritise urgently needed active transport infrastructure investment. Anticipated ‘walk-quality’ improvements to facilitating active journeys have vital foreseeable community benefits through increased incidental physical activity. Field of research: 1205 - Urban and Regional Planning This project will address an urgent need for ‘walk-quality’ focused e-infrastructure tools for local governments, built environment professionals and researchers, as well as the broader community to make more informed, integrated and effective planning policy decisions. The iterative industry-tested development approach will ensure two-way knowledge transfer between the research team and Partner Organisations and promote strong uptake in industry. The expected insights gained will make a substantial contribution to empowering design and policy decision-makers to facilitate active modes of travel. The project provides a wide range of anticipated benefits including community health - through foreseeable increases in active travel (walking and cycling); economic - through improved efficiency of industry processes and smart prioritisation of active travel infrastructure investment; environmental - by improving ‘walk-quality’ and increasing low-emission transport, reducing car dependency; and social - through improving inclusive accessibility for people with mobility impairments, older adults, women and children

ARC National Competitive Grants · FY 2020 · 2020-01

Next-generation Intelligent Explorations of Geo-located Data . This project aims to build a next-generation intelligent exploration framework over massive geo-located data, varying from points-of-interest to areas-of-interest data, in order to dramatically enhance user experiences when interacting with various forms of geo-located data over maps. Expected outcomes include novel exploration models, efficient and scalable algorithms for retrieving and visualizing the exploration results, online updating of personal preferences during the life cycle of exploration, as well as a prototype system to evaluate and demonstrate practical value of the research. It will complement existing map services and significantly benefit many location-aware services, e.g., logistics, health services and urban planning. Field of research: 0806 - Information Systems Data exploration is an iterative and interactive process, where users may have different degrees of knowledge on the data, query expertise and/or intention clarity, and they are called to navigate through massive amounts of data that are available nowadays. The outcomes of this project will provide individuals, businesses and governmental agencies with the abilities to unleash the key values in the overwhelming volume and variety of geo-spatial data, ranging from points of interest data to area of interests data, while offering them personalized, interpretable and interactive data exploration experiences that have not been supported by any existing map services. The ultimate goal of this project is to boost the national pool of research expertise in the new but vital field of data exploration while maintaining Australia's international leadership role in the field of big spatial data management. Many application fields ranging from retail and urban planning to logistics and health services planning may greatly benefit from the outputs of this project.

ARC National Competitive Grants · FY 2020 · 2020-01

Cost-effective App Service Management in Edge Computing Environment. This project aims to deliver a framework and a suite of approaches for cost-effective app service management in the edge computing (EC) environment facilitated by the 5G mobile network. Edge computing offers great promises for rapidly advancing mobile and IoT apps in many active domains in Australia, e.g., self-driving cars, medical services, etc. Using a variety of optimization techniques and game theory, this project attacks the new challenges in the deployment, delivery and adaptation of app services in the EC environment. The outcomes of this project will significantly promote new mobile and IoT apps over Australia's 5G mobile network by allowing app vendors to manage their services cost-effectively with ease in the EC environment. Field of research: 0805 - Distributed Computing With the world’s first 5G precinct in Gold Coast, Australia is one of the few countries around the world that are leading in the rollout of 5G mobile network. This makes Australia a land of opportunities for advances in conventional and new mobile and IoT apps, e.g., self-driving cars, healthcare, etc. From the app vendor's perspective, the major obstacle to their services in the edge computing (EC) environment facilitated by 5G is how to manage their applications in a cost-effective manner. As a result, this project will produce a new and highly-accessible framework with integrated approaches to assist app vendors in deploying, delivering and adapting their applications in the edge computing environment over the 5G mobile network. The success of this project will significantly promote Australia's 5G market and attract both domestic and international app vendors. It will also tackle specific issues that challenge Australia's cybersecurity - one of the main national priorities - in the EC environment, providing fault-tolerant technologies for applications over the 5G mobile network.

ARC National Competitive Grants · FY 2020 · 2020-01

Control and filtering of distributed systems with communication-scheduling. This project aims to develop an analysis and design framework to enhance the reliability of the next-generation advanced manufacturing systems with security vulnerability and communication scheduling. Reliable control and filtering of distributed systems is an emerging area of automation and control engineering in the tide of the 4th industrial revolution. Expected outcomes of this project include obtaining analysis criteria uncovering the effect from communication scheduling and cyber-attacks, and developing a novel framework based on co-design perspective to realize the distributed system design, while being applied in the cooperative control of various robots or manipulators in unmanned factories. Field of research: 0913 - Mechanical Engineering

ARC National Competitive Grants · FY 2020 · 2020-01

AIM-GWM: Afterglow Imaging and Modelling of Gravitational-Wave Mergers. This project aims to capitalise on the dawn of the era of gravitational wave astronomy by studying the radio afterglows that result from gravitational wave merger events in minute detail. By comparing ultra-high resolution images to sophisticated computational models, we anticipate recovering information about the merger events that cannot be obtained from the gravitational wave data alone. In doing so, we expect new insights into not just of the extreme and unique physics in the aftermath of a violent neutron star merger, but also about the fundamental nature of the Universe, namely the speed at which it is expanding. This knowledge will provide significant benefits to astronomers studying the Universe at all wavelengths. Field of research: 0201 - Astronomical and Space Sciences The proposed research has the potential to answer one of the most fundamental questions known to humankind: what is the nature of the Universe? By revealing how fast the Universe is currently expanding, this project has the potential to inspire a generation of students to study in STEM, a highly desirable outcome given the future needs of Australia's workforce. The results of our project are perfectly suited to emerging visualisation technologies such as virtual reality and augmented reality, which can used to connect more effectively with the Australian public and potential students. Moreover, our data will also provide an excellent testbed for the development of scientific visualisation on these platforms, which could then be applied to other data-intensive science and industrial fields. Finally, by highlighting the excellence of Australia's research facilities in astrophysics, we can raise the profile of Australia as a destination for doctoral and postdoctoral astrophysics research and attract and retain the best and brightest researchers (domestic and international) to Australian institutions.

ARC National Competitive Grants · FY 2020 · 2020-01

Deeper, Wider, Faster program: Detecting the fastest bursts in the Universe. This Project aims to progress a novel collaboration of worldwide facilities operating at all-wavelengths to discover and rapidly follow up the fastest bursts in the Universe (those lasting only milliseconds to hours). This Project aims to increase the program's scientific output that searches an unexplored time regime and aims to uncover new phenomena and physics. The challenges of 'real-time' identification of the fast-fading events, including supercomputer data processing and sophisticated data visualisation and sonification techniques, offer an ideal platform to test and accelerate Big Data analyses in science, medicine, and industry, and increase public STEM participation, including the blind and visually-impaired community. Field of research: 0201 - Astronomical and Space Sciences The Project will continue a newly established successful program to search an unexplored time regime that aims to significantly advance knowledge regarding the physics and nature of the fastest explosions in the Universe. The Project, led by Australia, leverages an immense worldwide collaboration of cross-discipline and sub-discipline communities, top-tier universities, along with over 50 astronomical facilities toward a common scientific goal, with the aim to place Australia as the world leader in this burgeoning research area. The nature of the Project provides an ideal platform for 'real-time' testing and advancement of data science techniques that have direct applications in the medical field, industry, and all science research programs that transfer and process Big Data and that require fast and multi-parametric data analysis. The Project aims to advance our web-based tools and citizen science program, that will enable young scientists, the general public, and the blind and visually-impaired communities to participate in scientific research and discovery and to improve their STEM career employability.

ARC National Competitive Grants · FY 2020 · 2020-01

Developing Adversary-Aware Classifiers for Android Malware Detection. Smartphones have become increasingly ubiquitous in people’s everyday life. However, it was reported that one in every five Android applications were actually malware, considering that Android has taken 88% market share of mobile phones. As an effective technique, machine learning has been widely adopted to detect Android malware. However, recent work suggests that deliberately-crafted malware makes machine learning ineffective. In this project, we propose to develop a series of new techniques, such as 1) Android contextual analysis, 2) wrapper-based hill climbing algorithm, and 3) ensemble learning, to solve this problem. The outcomes will help Australia gain cutting edge technologies in adversarial machine learning and mobile security. Field of research: 0806 - Information Systems Australia is a remarkably cyber-dependent country, where securing cyberspace is a national priority. The capability that will be gained through this project is essential to our national cybersecurity and stability. The techniques developed in this project will safeguard Australian infrastructure for information communication, particularly the mobile operating system 'Android' that many Australians use every day, by enhancing the currently vulnerable classification based on machine learning. Billions of dollars have been spent to recover from the damage caused by mobile malware due to the ubiquitous use of mobile devices. This project has the potential to stop the adversarial problem in mobile malware detection, and prevent large financial losses in people, companies, organisations, and governments.

ARC National Competitive Grants · FY 2020 · 2020-01

Molecular design of complex lubricants to reduce friction. We will investigate the molecular level design of friction modifiers for a new generation of industrial lubricants. The goal is to dramatically reduce friction between moving mechanical parts, hence increasing energy efficiency in machines and reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. We will design and test these new friction modifiers by a combination of theoretical and computational methods based in statistical mechanics and nonequilibrium molecular dynamics and directly compare results with experimental measurements. Our investigations will pave the way to develop new cost-effective friction modifiers without the need for traditional and costly trial and error laboratory based experimentation. Field of research: 0307 - Theoretical and Computational Chemistry This project aims to develop new and powerful predictive technologies to improve machine lubrication and minimise energy losses to the environment due to frictional heating. The work, based on designing at the molecular level a new generation of friction modifiers for lubrication, will help to significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions whilst simultaneously improving the efficiency of industrial machinery and vehicle transportation. By doing this, the technologies developed from this project can benefit the economy by significantly reducing the cost of operating industrial and transport machinery in a way which can substantially reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

ARC National Competitive Grants · FY 2020 · 2020-01

Optimising the roles of online communities in rural resilience . This research will use data from online communities to identify roles they do, and could play, in rural resilience. It uses social media analytics and spatial methodology to taxonomise and map service topics and social resilience from online communities. Governments call for rural service innovation. To date, robust evidence about online versus local services needed, is lacking. This is partly due to lack of data about diverse consumers' priorities and gaps. Social media could offer latent insights, but ethical methodology producing useful de-identified policy insights has been lacking. This study exemplifies applying social media data analytics at scale to address policy problems and will produce up-to-date co-designed data use guidelines. Field of research: 1605 - Policy and Administration The study provides social benefits as it informs investment in online communities by governments, NGOs and service providers through establishing evidence about whether, when and how these online services enable rural resilience, a national social challenge. The study engages rural people in a case study of social data science that can inspire entrepreneurial ideas about deploying data science to grow rural economies. It thus addresses a gap in rural data literacy cited by CSIRO as hindering growth of rural jobs involving data and technology. The project will advance Australian social media analytics capability by demonstrating how they can be used for social good and to support the design of up-to-date ethical data use guidelines. The project offers economic benefits by informing design of more targeted and thus efficient rural services. Social innovation and rural policy development is currently hindered by gaps in data about citizens’ priorities and their experiences of service gaps, filled by this study.

ARC National Competitive Grants · FY 2020 · 2020-01

Data Co-operative Platform for Social Impact and Wellbeing. The Data Cooperative (Co-Op) Platform for Social Impact and Wellbeing aims to make data-driven research and decision-making in the social sciences more effective and efficient by developing infrastructure to support data integration and harmonisation of diverse data resources. Social research relies on a vast array of data types and sources, both open and confidential, making data analysis complex and time-consuming. This project will drive innovation across a range of critical social issues that require integrated data for research and social innovation including healthcare, better outcomes for disadvantaged and vulnerable groups, resilient urban, rural and regional communities, and increasing our capacity to respond to climate change. Field of research: 1605 - Policy and Administration The Data Cooperative (Co-Op) Platform for Social Impact and Wellbeing contributes to Australia's national interest by building research and community data analysis and decision-making tools based on data from Australian research, government and community organisations. The platform will help to address critical social, environmental and economic issues facing the nation including models for healthcare, better outcomes for disadvantaged and vulnerable groups, effective technologies for resilient urban, rural and regional infrastructure and enhancing Australia’s capacity to respond to climate change impacts. The infrastructure developed will provide more efficient ways to curate, analyse, store and apply public, research and community data from Australian organisations thereby increasing the return on investment for the community, and providing access to quality evidence for use across Australian research, policy, industry and civil society sectors.

ARC National Competitive Grants · FY 2020 · 2020-01

Towards full lifecycle privacy protection on cloud. Privacy protection in user data on cloud is now at risk throughout all stages of user information lifecycle facing significant challenges such as stage adaptive protection, across-system protection, privacy invasion tracing and prediction. Current approaches mainly focus on a specific case at certain stage, hence cannot address those challenges properly by considering all stages. This project aims to systematically investigate those challenges and expects to establish innovative research and solutions for enabling full lifecycle privacy protection on cloud. The project outcomes will help to safeguard Australian community in fast-growing online cyber world, and benefit to fast-growing privacy sensitive data hosting and applications on cloud. Field of research: 0803 - Computer Software This project, which focuses on full lifecycle data privacy protection for cloud data, is on important Australian national Cybersecurity priority because data privacy is a type of data security in Cybersecurity area. Privacy is now an increasingly worrying issue to the Australian community due to the increased volume of personal user data being hosted on cloud networks. Breach of user privacy such as identity leakage can cause serious economic, commercial, social and cultural consequences such as cyber bullying or fraud. As such, this project aims to develop full lifecycle privacy protection on the cloud. This will lead to a significant reduction or avoidance of privacy invasion events. In turn, this will bring significant economic, commercial, social and cultural benefits to Australian community, which otherwise can be lost by the breach of user privacy. This project will help to safeguard Australian community in fast-growing online cyber world.

ARC National Competitive Grants · FY 2019 · 2019-01

Simulation of exponentially complex quantum technologies. This project aims to develop computational tools to study exponentially complex many-body systems, and use them to model novel quantum technologies. Physics has a deep and broad impact on our modern lives, via computing, the internet, mobile telephones, GPS, space travel and medical technologies. This project will demonstrate the potential of quantum devices, with significance and impact both inside and outside physics. The project will simulate quantum systems ranging from quantum circuits for early universe simulation to boson sampling devices using Bose-Einstein condensates and plasmonic systems. Through modelling recent advances, and proposing robust, ultra-sensitive interferometers as one application, the project expects to enhance capability and understanding of quantum science. Field of research: 0206 - Quantum Physics

ARC National Competitive Grants · FY 2019 · 2019-01

Human-Robot Experience: diversifying social relationships with robots. This Fellowship aims to diversify social relationships with robots by rethinking how a robot becomes a social agent. The project seeks to generate new knowledge in human-robot interaction through an interdisciplinary arts-led approach, bringing together creative robotics, performance techniques and participatory design. Outcomes will include innovative methods for knowledge transfer that engage stakeholders in the design of 'robot-assisted living and working' to promote greater quality and diversity. This research has potential for significant social impact by engaging the public in social robot design. Promoting co-production of knowledge across academic, public and industry sectors will significantly benefit Australia’s robotics industry. Field of research: 1902 - Film, Television and Digital Media

ARC National Competitive Grants · FY 2019 · 2019-01

Transforming fast radio bursts into an astrophysical tool. This project aims to determine what causes fast radio bursts by utilising the revolutionary capabilities of the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder. Fast radio bursts remain one of the most poorly understood astronomical objects; only the localisation of a large population will resolve the origin of their enigmatic emissions. This project will deliver a catalogue of localised fast radio bursts, pinpointed to host galaxies and an explanation for how and what produces the bursts. This will demonstrate the capabilities of novel Australian technology, and deliver benefit, underpinning a plan for surveys for next generation radio telescopes such as the Square Kilometre Array. Field of research: 0201 - Astronomical and Space Sciences

ARC National Competitive Grants · FY 2019 · 2019-01

Australian television in the smart TV ecosystem. This project aims to investigate the cultural impacts of smart TVs in Australia. A majority of Australian adults now use an internet-connected (smart) TV set or streaming device, fundamentally changing the way content is discovered, accessed and experienced. This project expects to advance policy knowledge of the smart TV platforms built into these devices; their effects on public access; and how they structure users' viewing choices. Expected outcomes of the project include improved understanding of the cultural, consumer and competition implications of emerging television technologies. Expected benefits include informed decision-making and improved policy options for government, consumers, public-service media and local screen industries. Field of research: 2001 - Communication and Media Studies

ARC National Competitive Grants · FY 2019 · 2019-01

iHUB: a smart urban research-synthesis-engagement platform for decision making. This project aims to establish the first phase of a nationally networked research collaboration to support smarter urban planning, design and management. The iHUB facility will provide an integrated digital infrastructure platform for built environment research, synthesis and engagement targeting a wide range of city stakeholders and end-users previously constrained by bespoke data analytics and visualisation facilities. The project will also create novel processes for government agencies, practitioners and citizens to engage in more effective decision-making in the planning, design, construction and monitoring of Australia’s rapidly growing metropolitan regions, at scales ranging from cities, towns, and precincts to buildings. Field of research: 1205 - Urban and Regional Planning