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Research is a dynamic and progressive facet of Bond University's School of Information Technology and is fully integrated with the learning environment. Students are given the opportunity to select from a number of research topics ranging from basic through to strategic and applied in nature. The current research interests encompass:
Health Informatics The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare estimates that ~80% of disease in Australia is attributable to chronic disease. Australians need to better manage their own health in the interests of their own wellbeing and to ensure the national health bill remains manageable and directed to more critical care needs. The challenges in achieving this outcome are (i) supporting prevention rather than treatment of symptoms (ii) enabling of early diagnosis, intervention and screening through evidence-based practice and decision support and (iii) providing the means of increasing patient engagement in care and prevention processes in order that behavioural (lifestyle) changes are achieved.
Our research focus is in areas critically important to the scenario articulated above, namely:- - development of innovative technical approaches to computer-mediated support for use of clinical guidelines and in the conduct of clinical trials
- enhancement in techniques for evidence-based practice and decision support at the point of care
- enhancement of patient engagement and monitoring through exploitation of Web2.0 and Social Media
- automation of clinical and care processes through improvements in technologies and systems
- clinical sensor management and applications of wireless technology for data collection
- design and analysis of clinical trials and development and analysis of protocols for patient and clinical pathway management
back to top of page The research in business intelligence and systems covers a broad range of topics relevant to information systems. In business intelligence the research focus is primarily in the areas of agent based distributed BI systems with applications in healthcare and dynamic pricing. The systems research includes - Supply/demand chains and intelligent products
- Case-based and experience based reasoning in business
- Philosophy of science as it pertains to information system design
- Theory development in design science research
- Development of collaborative learning environments using Web 2.0 technologies;
- Knowledge production in business and science disciplines using latent semantic analysis.
back to top of page Computational Finance is defined as "bringing the power of computers to bear on difficult problems in finance". The Bond University Computational Finance Research Group is primarily concerned with creating and enhancing financial trading strategies. The group is focused on augmenting current financial trading techniques with the use of AI (Artificial Intelligence, particularly Artificial Neural Networks). The group focuses on designing algorithmic (rules-based, mechanical) trading systems, and is involved in the research, design, and benchmarking of trading strategies for the equity, futures and options markets. The Bond University Computational Finance Research Group considers any and all aspects of trading systems to be within our remit. Further information about the group can be found at The Bond University Computational Finance Research Group website back to top of page Information systems are essential for the effective operation and continued competitiveness of all large organisations, and IT Governance frameworks ensure that information systems are delivered cost effectively and within acceptable levels of risk. Governments too are completely reliant on information systems and to use them to improve process efficiency and transform service delivery. However, increased government expenditure on information systems has resulted in strident public demands for transparency and accountability so IT expenditures now have to be justified across a wide range of parameters, especially their alignment with organisational goals. So-called strategic alignment is a key element of the emerging study of IT governance. Our present research is directed to IT governance in the public sector specifically: - Identifying processes that enable strategic alignment of IT projects
- The examination of IT projects’ alignment with Public values
- The development of an IT Management Framework to support Disaster Management and
- Value Realisation of IT projects.
back to top of page Computer networks have been growing explosively. Recent advances in wireless communication, Internet technology and mobile devices have created a new paradigm for information processing and formed a R&D area – Mobile Computing. There are many challenges in this area. In addition, network security becomes more and more important issue in network management and applications. The research of our group is focused on these two directions. The current research activities deal with (i) coordination protocol design for wireless sensor and actor networks; (ii) energy conservation and life prolongation schemes for distributed wireless sensor networks (iii) network security protocols and algorithms. back to top of page As we reach towards the limits and capabilities of machines, we find that the principle of diminishing returns is forcing scientists to turn their attention toward biology to provide practical solutions to problems in our increasingly complex world. The research undertaken here concentrates on the use of biological and evolutionary metaphors as computer simulations to solve real world optimisation problems. One of the major focus areas at present is the automated antenna design and evaluation for radio frequency identification (RFID) devices. back to top of page The research areas include developing mathematically based models to describe and test the behaviour of software systems. We are currently in a variety of application domains including security assurance (in web and mobile systems), security specification and analysis, and automatically testing large code bases. More information is available at The Centre for Software Assurance website. back to top of page Learning Introductory Programming remains the largest hurdle and stumbling block for IT students. Commercial programming languages and environments are inappropriate for novices to learn programming. Education research in the school is focussed on developing programming environments and tools specifically targeted at teaching novice programmers, while still facilitating transfer to more sophisticated environments. back to top of page SIE is an electronic journal devoted to the publication of quality refereed articles concerned with studies of the role that spreadsheets can play in education. Visit the SIE website for more details back to top of page
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