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NICTA tests social TV recommendation engine
Australian research institute NICTA is trialling a technology that recommends media to consumers, based on their friends’ own media consumption. The technology may be used in future packages from service providers, Merri Mack reports.
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A passion for high performance and high availability
The challenge for Steve Maddocks, AARNet’s Director of Operations, is to keep AARNet’s vital network in an optimal state, which means high performance and high availability that meet the service level agreement of 99.999%. Achieving this gives him an immense sense of satisfaction. Maddocks explains to Voice&Data’s Merri Mack that the key to success is a strong emphasis on measurement.
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NICTA wins international award for face recognition technology
Face recognition technology that improves the speed and accuracy of identifying faces in CCTV footage has won NICTA an international ICT award.
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Social media bringing ambivalent returns
A global study into the business value of social media strategies has found that there are as many failures as successes when it comes to organisations attempting to foster fans on social media sites like Facebook.
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Comms Alliance and IBES launch digital economy research project
The Communications Alliance has teamed up with University of Melbourne's IBES to look into the effect of changes in the telecommunications and media industries on regulation in the digital economy.
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Anue joins IBES Industry Partner Program
Anue Systems is helping drive research through the Industry Partner Program at the University of Melbourne’s Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society (IBES).
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IBM gets the deal for the Synchroton research facility
The Australian Synchrotron and Monash University have selected IBM technology for a new research facility.
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Road test for traffic incident management system
NICTA and the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) have reaffirmed a research agreement under which they are developing new systems to improve the management of traffic incidents on the state’s roads. The agreement is part of the RTA’s ongoing commitment to improve incident responses, consistent with the Moroney Report on the F3 traffic incident in April 2010.
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NSW Government tips in $6 million for innovative ICT initiatives
The tourism and retail sectors will be the first to benefit from a new $6 million NSW Government fund to develop innovative new-to-market information communication technology initiatives.
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World-first smartchip for chronic pain developed in Sydney
NSW Treasurer and Minister for State and Regional Development Eric Roozendaal has announced Sydney researchers are preparing for human trials of a world-first smartchip designed to treat chronic pain by implanting it near the spinal cord.
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Centre for Broadband Innovation open for action
The Australian Centre for Broadband Innovation (ACBI) was launched this week on the CSIRO campus in Marsfield. The ACBI is a joint initiative between the NSW Government and research organisations CSIRO and National ICT Australia (NICTA). The centre will help NSW capitalise on the National Broadband Network (NBN).
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HP's new approach to R&D
Ovum's Principal Analyst Roy Illsley comments on the change of culture at HP when it comes to R&D.
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iiNet opens R&D lab
iiNet has opened an R&D lab to drive innovation.
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University of Wollongong gains R&D centre
Indian outsourcing company MphasiS sets up on University of Wollongong campus.
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NICTA spin-off chalks up a billion mobile handsets
Software from NICTA spin-out company Open Kernel Labs has secured one million mobile handsets.
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Innovation R&D lab for Melbourne
Tellabs will create an innovation solutions research lab in Australia which is expected to generate up to 25 jobs by the end of 2011.
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IBM chooses Gold Coast for new software team
In a coup for the city, the Gold Coast has ‘outgunned’ rival cities to lure international IT specialist IBM to establish a new software development team.
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IBM to establish R&D lab at University of Melbourne
Under a new agreement with the Victorian Government, IBM will create a new research and development laboratory at the University of Melbourne.
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NICTA names new CEO
Australian research institute NICTA has announced that its new CEO is Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte, a robotics expert from the University of Sydney.
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Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society attracts new partner
Clarity, an Australian software company dedicated to simplifying the operation and management of telecommunications networks, has joined the Industry Partner Program at the University of Melbourne’s Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society (IBES).
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Aussie universities join IBM's clean water research program
University of Sydney and Monash University will work with China’s Tsinghua University and global academics to improve water quality.
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Pulsed laser will speed up information highway
Silicon chips may soon be able to transmit and process information at extremely high speeds using light, with help from a University of Sydney invention.
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Warren & Brown Technologies joins University of Melbourne (IBES) team
Australian-owned telecommunications product developer and manufacturer Warren & Brown Technologies (WBT) has become the latest company to join the Industry Partner Program at the University of Melbourne’s Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society (IBES).
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Energy-efficient reseach centre for communications industry
Bell Labs, University of Melbourne and the Victoria state government are teaming up to open an eco-oriented research centre in Australia. The AU$10 million centre will focus on researching energy-efficient technology for the communications industry.
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AARnet and Southern Cross Cable extend partnership
Southern Cross Cable Networks (SCCN) has given Australia’s research and scientific community a boost by extending its sponsorship agreement with AARNet, Australia’s Academic and Research Network for the Southern Cross Trans-Pacific Optical Research Test bed (SXTransPORT).
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High-speed, untappable communications on drawing board
QuintessenceLabs, a leader in quantum communications technology for networking, communications, national security and defence, has teamed up with researchers at RMIT to develop quantum-optic encryption in a silicon photonic chip.
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AARNet reaches 20-year milestone
AARNet, the pioneer of the internet in Australia, has launched a book to commemorate its historical milestones. It is still going from strength to strength and will not rest on its so far admirable achievements, with a role to play as a testbed for the NBN and ensuring the regional blackspots, such as between Geraldton and Perth in Western Australia, are covered.
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CSIRO sells search engine
CSIRO has announced the sale of its Funnelback search engine technology company to content management company Squiz.
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Technologies aid early disease diagnosis
E-health research is making headway in early diagnosis aided by ICT technologies.
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CA's R&D lab reorganised
CA has found it has a duplication of R&D skills after acquisitions.
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Government 'innovation review' receives 630+ submissions
An Australian government review of the country's 'innovation system' received more than 630 submissions.
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