Research in Information Technology

Research in Information Technology is an interdisciplinary endeavour covering a wide range of topics centred on using information processing towards building systems that will guarantee a more intelligent future for society. Research is undertaken in conjunction with industry, government and community partners located within Australia and abroad.

Our Information Technology research projects are backed by highly qualified staff, dedicated research laboratories and a passion to explore a range of challenges, from advanced technologies to cultural issues. Staff are supported in the teaching and research programs by a range of industry specialists and adjunct academics to add technical depth and knowledge breadth to these activities

Information Technology Research Groups• Information Systems Research Group

http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/isrg/

• Intelligent Virtual Environment and Simulation (IVES) Research Group http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/ives/

• Networking and Security Research Group http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/nsrg/

• Applied Artificial Intelligence http://aai.murdoch.edu.au/

Staff are supported in the teaching and research programs by a range of industry specialists and adjunct academics to add technical depth and knowledge breadth to these activities.

For further informationhttp://www.murdoch.edu.au/School-of-Engineering-and-Information-Technology/Research/

or email SEIT@murdoch.edu.au

Research topics

Research topics predominantly relate to the following areas:

Our Computer Science research covers a range of topics including big data analytics, machine learning, computational intelligence, complex adaptive systems, 3D virtual environments and computer graphics. Distributed systems, information security, cyber security management and communication networks are also important research areas.

While our Computer Science research has a technological focus, our Information Systems research covers social, cultural and organisational aspects of IT. Our major research themes include end-user computing, computing education and decision support, HCI, multimedia and culture-specific developments.

Want to know more?School of Engineering and IT, Murdoch University 90 South Street, Murdoch, Western Australia, 6150 Telephone: (+618) 9360 6603 Website: www.murdoch.edu.auCRICOS Provider Code 00125J

The information contained in this publication was correct as at May 2016, but is subject to amendment without notice. The University reserves the right to cancel, without notice, any units or courses if the number of students enrolled in these falls below limits set by the University.

Research Areas

Information Technology researchers at Murdoch University undertake research in the following areas:

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS

• Big Data Analytics• Machine Learning• Computational Intelligence• Pattern Recognition• Virtual Reality and 3D Virtual

Environments• Augmented Reality• Human-Computer Interaction and

Interfaces• Serious Games

INFORMATION SYSTEMS

• Information security behavior• E-learning• Social media• Health information searching and

sharing• Impact of technology on society• Transnational education and IT

INFORMATION SECURITY AND APPLIED CRYPTOGRAPHY

• Home user information security• Cyber security management in

government organizations• Legal issues in Information

Technology• Covert channels

WIRELESS & WIRED NETWORKING

• Internet measurement, network traffic modeling and congestion control

• Wireless local area networks and wireless sensor networks

• E-health networking and social networking

• Mobile application

ROBOTICS AND SOCIAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

• Robotic Navigation & Steering• Cinematic CGI Crowd/Group/Flock

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Featured Research Projects

Research projects are conducted by researchers within research groups. The researchers within the research group are interdisciplinary with nearly all projects involving several staff investigators working closely with the students or external collaborators.

INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH GROUP

• Home user information security• Information security and privacy in

BYOD Environments• Social media in higher education• Flipped learning• Learning analytics• The IT teaching-research-industry-

learning nexus• Health information searching and

sharing

INTELLIGENT VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT AND SIMULATION (IVES)

• Cognitive and physical rehabilitation of stroke victims.

• Radiology simulations for the training of radiologists

• Computer analysis of EEG patterns for Dyslexia patients

• Data analytics for animal feed optimisation

• 2D/3D hand biometrics for person identification

• Biometrics data fusion• 3D shape analysis with applications

in graphics, biology and medicine• Advanced machine vision for

natural scene understanding• On-line behaviour analytics for

recommender systems

NETWORKING AND SECURITY RESEARCH GROUP

• Resource allocation/scheduling• Routing protocols• Network traffic modeling• Covert channels and TCP

performance• e-Health networking

APPLIED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

• Automation of AR Drones to conduct simple missions

• Automated psychotherapist using natural language agent

• Intelligent robotic application

Research Projects in Healthcare and Well-Being

There are emerging research projects relating to the healthcare and well-being in Information Technology. The main areas include: Neuroscience & Neuro-rehabilation, Medical Simulations, Data Analytics, Image Processing and Machine Vision, Human Behaviour and Human Interactions, and Networking for Healthcare

Some specific topics include the use of Virtual Realities, Augmented Realities, games and simulations for providing solutions in healthcare and rehabilitation. Research in this area includes the use of Natural User Interfaces (NUIs), biomedical interfaces as well as Brain Computer Interfaces (BCIs) to enhance the use of virtual reality for healthcare and well-being. Some of the research projects in healthcare are conducted in collaboration with medical professionals and practitioners, and psychologists.

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