Seminar: ICT Research in a Rapidly Changing World
By: Prof. Paul Strooper, the Head of School and a Professor in the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at The University of Queensland
Time: 15:00～16:30, December 3rd, Monday, 2012
Venue: Room 107, Shaw Science Building
All are welcome.
Abstract:
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) differs from other fields of science and engineering in that it is truly pervasive and affects every aspect of our lives. ICT research therefore offers opportunities to make contributions widely across economy and society. Accordingly, UQ ICT researchers are currently working to make discoveries to advance ICT knowledge and so to solve many important social and economic problems. In this presentation, we will outline a selection of UQ ICT research drawn from application areas such as the following.
- Health: electromagnetic and imaging technology to allow less-intrusive and easier-to-use medical imaging devices
- Environment: database and data capture technology to monitor the spread of harmful flora (algal bloom)
- Internet: data mining technology to allow genuine image- and video-based search
- Transportation: software engineering technology to make railway signalling more reliable and to avoid accidents
Short Biography:
Paul Strooper is the Head of School and a Professor in the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at The University of Queensland. He received the BMath and MMath degrees in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo, and the PhD degree in Computer Science in 1990 from the University of Victoria. His main research interest is Software Engineering, especially software verification and testing, and model-based approaches to software development and verification. He has had substantial interaction with industry through collaborative research projects, training and consultation in these areas. He was one of the General Chairs for the 2010 Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC) and the 2009 Australian Software Engineering Conferences (ASWEC), the program chair for APSEC in 2002 and ASWEC in 2004 and 2005. He is a member of the editorial board of the IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering and the Journal of Software Testing, Verification and Reliability, the chair of the Steering Committee for APSEC, and a member of the Steering Committee for ASWEC.
