Griffith's School of Information and Communication Technology specializes in research in a diverse array of fields related to information technology. Students have access to a broad selection of resources and material in both undergraduate and postgraduate areas.
The School of Information and Communication Technology brings together research from a wide range of disciplines in information and communication technology. Computing equipment provides excellent infrastructure for our current and intended research programs. The following brief descriptions highlight the major research activities being pursuded in the School.
Artificial intelligence
Researchers from the School are studying a range of artificial intelligence issues which will contribute to the development of more intelligent information systems. They are investigating both the use of logical and symbolic systems to develop a foundation for sophisticated knowledge representation and reasoning systems, and also the use of artificial neural networks.
Our artificial intelligence researchers have developed a number of expert systems for practical applications and are studying improved techniques for the development of such systems, are studying the fundamental nature of creativity, and are investigating cognitive issues in problem solving and natural language processing.
Database systems
Research in the field of advanced database systems has produced internationally recognized work in a variety of areas. Research has been carried out in the fields of design and analysis of deductive database systems and the development of architectures for enterprise integration.
The current focus is now on the design of distributed database systems, the foundations of deductive object-oriented database systems, the foundations of temporal and spatial database systems, parallel algorithms for database operations, and the development of standards for enterprise integration architectures through relevant IFIP/IFAC committees.
Imaging and visualisation
The graphics and image processing researchers are studying both basic algorithms and applications for image processing and scientific visualisation using distributed and parallel computing.
Information systems
Our school's Information systems research has made major contributions to understanding the role individuals and organizations play in the effective specification, implementation, and application of computer-based information systems. This research has contributed to structured systems methodologies and applications of operations research for the analysis and development of information systems, and to the analysis of ethical issues in the application of information systems.
Internet computing
Internet computing researchers in the School have produced internationally recognized work in a variety of areas. This work includes the research, design, and implementation of Internet-based interactive and collaborative computing systems, Internet-based collaborative software design tools and environments, Internet-based collaborative visualization systems for scientific and engineering computation, Internet-based multi-player games, web-based collaborative e-commerce systems, software tools and systems for supporting development, delivery, and maintenance of web-based education materials, mobile computing systems, distributed operating systems and communication networks, computer vision, and real-time and embedded systems.
Software engineering
Research in the area of software engineering centres on the Australian Software Quality Institute located within the School. It is concerned with the investigation of processes and standards for improving the quality of software, especially commercial, safety-critical software. Techniques being investigated include the use of formal methods for specifying and deriving software, the experimental analysis of fault characteristics of current commercial software, and the development of standards for software process assessment.