Victoria University of Technology

http://www.vu.edu.au/research.html

Victoria University has significant expertise in researching issues of importance and working with a range of government, semi-government and industry across several key areas. These include a number of designated Research Centres that undertake focussed research activities and have achieved significant external support from industry and government.

The Computer Aided Learning Centre undertakes the research and development of new computer and multimedia technologies for their application in teaching at the primary and secondary school level and for tertiary education. The Centre also conducts major collaborative activities for the development of computer technologies for use in the government and business sectors.

Activities of the Centre for Telecommunications Technologies and Services include research, development, technology transfer and training in the area of mobile communications hardware and software, base station designs, optical data transmission and systems development for telecommunications, internet, multimedia and consumer electronics.

Office for Research
Victoria University of Technology

Faculty of Business and Law

Department of Information Systems
http://www.business.vu.edu.au/Schools/InfoSysResearch.htm
[ Australian Science at Work Entry ]

Electronic commerce in Australia/Victoria: Industry structure, technical requirements, business benefits and challenges and effectiveness metrics: (An extension of a US study)
Chief Researcher: Singh Dr M
Current Status: Ongoing
Descriptor: ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
Research Field Classification: 280106 Interorganisational Information Systems

An investigation into the development techniques used by small business in the design of user interfaces for web and electronic commerce: (E-commerce sites)
Chief Researcher: Fisher Assoc Prof J
Current Status: Ongoing
Descriptors: E-COMMERCE; WEB SITE DESIGN
Research Field Classification: 280105 Interfaces and Presentation (excl. Computer-Human Interaction)

Delivery of local government services via the internet - Impact on users
Chief Researcher: Ramp A (PhD)
Supervisor: Fisher Assoc Prof J
Current Status: Ongoing
Descriptors: E-COMMERCE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Research Field Classification: 280107 Global Information Systems

Faculty of Engineering and Science

School of Communication and Informatics
http://cams.vu.edu.au
[ Australian Science at Work Entry ]

Efficient storage and retrieval methods for multimedia information
Chief Researcher: Tse Kwok Chung P (MBCS)
Supervisor: Leung Prof C
Duration: -1999
Descriptors: MULTIMEDIA DATA PLACEMENT; HIERARCHICAL STORAGE; PIPELINING; CONSTANT DENSITY RECORDING; PERFORMANCE MODELS
Research Fields Classification: 280103 Information Storage, Retrieval and Management
280305 Multimedia Programming

Content-based image indexing and retrieval for visual information systems
Chief Researcher: So S
Supervisor: Leung Prof C
Duration: -1999
Descriptors: IMAGE HASHING; COMPOSITE BITPLANE SIGNATURE; DESCRIPTIVE TERMS
Research Fields Classification: 280103 Information Storage, Retrieval and Management
280305 Multimedia Programming

Element-based image indexing and retrieval
Chief Researcher: Sutano D
Supervisor: Leung Prof C
Duration: -2000
Descriptors: IMAGE SEMANTICS; CONCEPT-BASED IMAGE RETRIEVAL; INDEX EXPANSION
Research Fields Classification: 280103 Information Storage, Retrieval and Management
280305 Multimedia Programming

Representation and self-adaptation in evolutionary algorithms
Chief Researcher: Hinterding R (BSc)
Supervisors: Leung Prof C, Michalewicz Prof Z
Duration: -1999
Descriptors: GENETIC ALGORITHMS; EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION
Research Field Classification: 280213 Other Artificial Intelligence

3-D structure recovery of indoor scene objects using mobile robotic vision
Chief Researcher: Wingate M (PhD)
Supervisors: Shi Dr H, Sek Assoc Prof M
Current Status: Ongoing
Descriptors: MACHINE VISION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOBILE ROBOTS
Research Field Classification: 290301 Robotics and Mechatronics

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