The MeG team build upon an extensive track record in delivery of highly successful research-oriented IT projects across a variety of disciplines. Wherever possible we build directly upon the results of these projects from a software perspective, but more importantly from a software engineering perspective to support the development and rollout of software solutions. We summarise the current portfolio of projects here and some of the previously completed projects involving the MeG staff to give an idea of the depth and breadth of research-oriented IT that we build upon. Many of these projects are for University of Melbourne researchers. This is made possible through an internal grant scheme funded through the Melbourne Collaborative Research Infrastructure Program (MCRIP) program to support a research software-oriented platform: Platform for Research Software Systems (PRESS). Where funding allows, the MeG team work across and support PRESS projects.
RIGOR
Reproducibility assessment in IDEA Groups for Open Research (RIGOR) has been funded by the Defence Advance Research Platform Activities (DARPA) to explore the repeatability of science through an online collaborative platform. This is a large-scale collaboration with the School of Biosciences at the University of Melbourne.
Capacity Planning/725 Squadron
Capacity Planning/725 Squadron is a commercial project funded by the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) that runs from September 2018 to May 2019. The focus of this work is in extensions and refinements of a scheduling system for training and tracking of the defence force personnel in Australia. This provides an Australia-wide system that can support current and future training needs and demands of personnel in the army, navy and airforce. This work also includes support for mobile applications.
SCIS Phase 2
School of Computing and Information Systems Teaching and Learning Support (SCIS) Phase 2 – is a project to extend a range of applications supporting the teaching and learning needs of the School of Computing and Information Systems. This includes mobile applications; web applications and back end databases.
HATS PHASE V
Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) Infrastructure Development Phase V is a commercial project funded by the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) that runs from September 2018 to May 2019. The focus of this work is in extensions and refinements of a scheduling system for training and tracking of helicopter pilots required by the defence forces of Australia. This will provide an Australia-wide system that can support current and future training needs and demands of helicopter pilots in the army, navy and airforce. This work also includes support for mobile applications.
Unforgettable Me
Unforgettable Me is a project to develop an iOS mobile application to capture samples of the locations of individuals. This is a collaboration with researchers in the School of Psychological Sciences and builds on the Unforgettable.Me app.
SEMA3 – mobile application for social science surveys
SEMA3 – mobile application for social science surveys is a project to develop mobile applications and associated web application and back end database for delivery of survey instruments. This is a collaboration with researchers in the School of Psychological Sciences.
AURIN Phase V
Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN) Phase V. AURIN is a large national project funded by the federal government Department of Education (it was formerly funded by the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science (also formerly known as DIISRTE/DIISR) through the Education Investment Fund (EIF) and the National Collaboration Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) activities. AURIN provides a unique data rich environment for accessing “definitive data” from urban settlements. It provides single-on, secure programmatic access to (at present) almost 4000 live data sets from many major organisations across Australia including the likes of the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Department of Health Victoria and many others. A unique feature of AURIN is that (wherever possible) it provides access to remote data sets rather than seek to establish a local data warehouse. The system has over 10,000 regular users. AURIN Phase V is a five year extension of the AURIN work.
SCIS
School of Computing and Information Systems Teaching and Learning Support (SCIS) is a project to extend a range of applications supporting the teaching and learning needs of the School of Computing and Information Systems. This includes mobile applications; web applications and back end databases.
First 1000 Days (F1000Days)
First 1000 Days (F1000Days) is a project with researchers in the the School of Population Health. This work involves development of a web and mobile application and associated data infrastructure to track the first 1000 days of indigenous families in Australia. This is a longitudinal study that is expected to run for many years.
Enabling a living lab for urban mobility and adaptive space use (LUMAS)
Enabling a living lab for urban mobility and adaptive space use (LUMAS) is a project involving several groups around the University to provide secure, privacy-oriented access to data collected from the University wifi network. This will allow patterns of use around the University to be exploredm, e.g. crowd trajectory patterns, in a secure and privacy-oriented manner