ICT Research Capacity and Collaboration University of Wollongong

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ICT Research Capacity and Collaboration_at_
University of Wollongong

• By
• Professor Joe F. Chicharo,
• Dean, Faculty of Informatics

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Introduction Background

• Faculty of Informatics _at_ UoW
• School of Information Technology and Computer
  Science (SITACS)
• School of Electrical, Computer and
  Telecommunications Engineering (SECTE)
• School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics
  (SMAS)
• The Telecommunications and Information Technology
  Research (TITR) Institute
• A Research Focused Faculty
• Faculty of Informatics accounts for 6.6 of
  Australias ICT Students studying at University

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Research Capacity - Existing

• TITR Institute
• Telecommunications Research Centre (25)
• Broadband (Smart) networks
• Multimedia Engineering and Applications
• Wireless and Mobile Networks
• Centre for Information Security (9)
• Multimedia Security
• Wireless LAN Security
• RILE (Faculty of Education) (21)
• Others AI, SE, e-XXX,
• Photonic Sensors
• Digital Media Centre

75P/Gs
142 P/Gs
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UoW Partnerships - Track Record
Telstra
CSIRO
WinTV
Motorola
Ericsson
Nortel Networks
SBS
HP
Vodafone
BHP IT
Switchview
SITA
Canon
Alcatel
AWA
Xylan
ABC
SUN
MCIWorlcom
Panasonic
DSTO

• International RD Alliances Asia, Europe
  USA

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Existing Example MPEG-21 RD Activity

• ISO/IEC SC29WG11 MPEG activities (A/Prof Ian
  Burnett)
• Chair of the Multimedia description Schemes
  subgroup
• Leaders in MPEG-21 standardisation activities
• Currently Head of Delegation for Australia
• UoW IP
• Two filed US patents on MPEG-21 technologies
• Both technologies are embedded into the MPEG-21
  standards
• One filed US Patent on Business Model built
  around MPEG-21
• Start-up company
• Offering new solutions for multimedia delivery
• initially targeting music industry
• New software in final stages of development

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Existing Example Sun Centre of Excellence in
Digital Media

• Next Generation models of interactive television
  delivery and use
• Developing iTV authoring capabilities through
  support of open standards (ie MHP)
• Designing iTV applications using next gen.
  software Development Kits
• Advanced technologies and educational designs for
  e-learning (using MPEG-21 framework)
• Innovative applications of Broadband Technologies
• Delivery of multimedia content across future
  networks using SUN technologies

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RD Capability - New

• UoW has acquired approximately 20 of Motorola
  Australia Research Centres Staff as a result of
  its recent closure. This includes two of their
  best high performing teams as follows
• Wireless Technology Lab (8)
• Centre for Visual Information Processing and
  Content Management (4)

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Wireless Technologies Laboratory (8)

• Lab Members
• Eryk Dutkiewicz
• Xiaojing Huang
• Kwan-Wu Chin
• Raad Raad
• Darryn Lowe
• Ricardo Gandia
• Marc Salem
• Son Nguyen

• Team Core Competencies
• Wireless Mesh Networking
• Ultra Wideband Communications
• Wireless Quality of Service
• Prototyping and Tech Transfer
• IEEE Wireless Standards

• Teams Highlights from Motorola
• Wireless PHY and MAC algorithms
• Wireless sensor network
• Technology transfers
• Public safety, broadband and semiconductor
  business units
• Successful DARPA application

• Current Flagship Project
• UWB Mesh Network for public safety, military and
  consumer markets

• 45 Publications 35 Patents during last 4 years

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UWB Mesh Network Project The Concept
Video Support, Personal Location, Biometric
Sensing
Location x,y Vital signs O.K.
Fireman J. Smith
Video Feed, Location, Vital Signs
Rapidly Deployable UWB Mesh Network
Command Centre
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Centre for Visual Information Processing and
Content Management (4)

• Team Core Competencies
• Image and Video Coding
• Image and Video Scene Analysis
• Content Based Image and Video Retrieval
• Digital Camera Image Processing
• Biometrics
• Prototyping and Tech Transfer
• MPEG-7 standard

• Centre Members
• Philip Ogunbona, PhD
• Igor Kharitonenko, PhD
• Wanqing Li, PhD
• Lei Ye, PhD

• Current Flagship Project
• Automatic Semantic Annotation for Image
  Databases
• Biometric Cryptosystem

• Teams Highlights from Motorola
• Content Management Framework for Broadband Home
  Devices
• Video Surveillance for Homeland Security
• Technology transfers
• Content management framework
• Motion Direction Estimation
• Image Scaler for Video Monitor Chipset

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50 Publications 15 Filed Patents during last 4
years
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Generic Content Management Workflow

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Other Major Programs of Activity

• Existing
• RD Provider for the Smart Internet CRC RD and
  program leadership
• Example Immersive Network Games and Virtual
  Spaces Telstra Service Trial
• RD Provider for the Desert Knowledge CRC
• New Possibilities ?
• National Digital TV Test and Conformance Centre
• Member of Telcore CRC bid
• Member of CRC for Security Risk and Data
  Intelligence bid
• ... ?

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UoW - Key Strengths

• A long and well established track record of RD
  collaboration with industry international
  reputation
• Leading edge ICT research activities
  multidisciplinary research culture
  collaborative outlook
• International players in the wireless and
  multimedia space, active involvement with major
  international standards MPEG, JPEG, IEEE802.xx
• New infrastructure facilities - Innovation
  Campus _at_ UoW Strongly supported by State
  Government as a major regional development
  initiative

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Questions Open Discussion

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