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Research projects in Information Technology

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AI-augmented coaching, reporting and its assessment

This project will develop general cutting edge generative AI and natural language processing methods to advance AI-augmented human-in-the-loop coaching and associated training planning and outcome reporting.

Supervisor: Dr Levin Kuhlmann

Brain network mechanisms underlying anaesthetic-induced loss of consciousness

This project focuses on brain network mechanisms underlying anaesthetic-induced loss of consciousness through the application of simultaneous EEG/MEG and neural inference and network analysis methods. In this work we study the effects putative NMDA antagonists xenon, a potent anaesthetic, and nitrous oxide, a weak anaesthetic, on anesthetic-induced changes in brain mechanisms and networks.
Supervisor: Dr Levin Kuhlmann

Model-based depth of anaesthesia monitoring

This project involves model-based depth of anaesthesia monitoring using autoregressive moving average modelling and neural mass and neural field modelling of the electroencephalographic (EEG) signal. This will be achieved through frequency domain and time domain state and parameter estimation techniques to infer model states and parameters in real time to simultaneously track the anaesthetic brain states while inferring underlying physiological changes.
Supervisor: Dr Levin Kuhlmann

Epileptic Seizure Prediction

Seizure prediction algorithms will be developed using the one-of-a-kind ultra-long-term human intracranial EEG dataset obtained from the Neurovista Corporation clinical trial of their Seizure Advisory System, or data from other implantable or wearable devices. This involves consideration of both feature-based machine learning or data science approaches and neural mass parameter estimation approaches to classify the EEG and predict seizures. Recent approaches focus on critical slowing as a marker for seizure susceptability and the influence of brain rhythms.

Supervisor: Dr Levin Kuhlmann

Securing Generative AI for Digital Trust

Project description: Generative AI models work by training large networks over vast quantities of unstructured data, which may then be specialised as-needed via fine-tuning or prompt engineering. In this project we will explore all aspects of this process with a focus on increasing trust in the model outputs by reducing or eliminating the incidence of bugs and errors.
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End-to-End Prediction and Optimisation for Neuro-Symbolic Artificial Intelligence

Optimisation methods, such as mixed integer linear programming, have been very successful at decision-making for more than 50 years. Optimisation algorithms support basically every industry behind the scenes and the simplex algorithm is one of the top 10 most influential algorithms. Major success stories include rostering nurses in hospitals, managing chains of organ transplants, planning production levels for manufacturing, routing delivery trucks for transport, scheduling power stations and electricity grids, to name just a few.

Supervisor: Dr Edward Lam

Branch-and-Cut-and-Price Algorithms for Computing Cost-Effective and Time-Efficient Delivery Routes for Trucks and Drones

Transport and logistics businesses today use a large fleet of trucks and vans to deliver packages widely across a city. Deciding which package should be loaded on to which vehicle and deciding which package should be prioritised are surprisingly difficult computational tasks. State-of-the-art high-performance algorithms are used to calculate routes for the vehicles in order to minimise costs and maximise efficiency.

Supervisor: Dr Edward Lam

Recordkeeping for Empowerment of Marginalised Communities in Australia

This PhD project will explore how individuals in a marginalised community in Australia access, create, and manage information and their preferences for oral, written or digital tools to preserve information for the medium to long-term. The emphasis of the project will be to support and strengthen community-based initiatives and to investigate the factors that influence the choice of tools by different groups and the longevity and sustainability of recordkeeping practices.

LLM models for learning and retrieving software knowledge

The primary objective of this project is to enhance Large Language Models (LLMs) by incorporating software knowledge documentation. Our approach involves utilizing existing LLMs and refining them using data extracted from software repositories. This fine-tuning process aims to enable the models to provide answers to queries related to software development tasks.

Supervisor: Aldeida Aleti

Information Visualisation: the design space of experimental methodologies

Empirical studies in Information Visualisation research have become more commonplace in the past two to three decades. While formerly the research focus was primarily on utilising the power of novel technologies for presenting data and information in innovative ways, perspectives have changed over time so that evaluating the worth of visualisations (for user, for task, for context) is now considered a crucial stage of the research process.