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Smart phones, ‘seeing’ robots, sensor networks, unmanned vehicles. Research and development in information engineering helps to make these enabling technologies possible. Information engineering research is concerned with extracting and analysing useful information from signals and systems, or synthesising signals and building complex and information-rich engineering systems. Fundamental theory spans across traditional areas such as electrical and electronics engineering, computer science, mathematics and physics.
Our research in information engineering encompasses Acoustics and Audio, Computer Vision, Communications, Networked Systems, Quantum Cybernetics, Robotics and Signal Processing. Ground-breaking discoveries within these fields underpin countless applications in telecommunications, defence, aerospace, intelligent transportation, energy networks, medical engineering, consumer electronics and national security. Devices and machines such as quantum computers are still nascent, but they promise to surpass today’s most advanced technology.
Information engineering at ANU dates back to 1981 when Professor Brian Anderson and the late Professor John Moore established the Department of Systems Engineering. Our research has evolved through different faculties within ANU and NICTA. We have trained PhD students and academics who have become leaders in industry, government agencies and academia. Former staff and students have even founded successful companies, including Seeing Machines (Dr Alex Zelinsky) and Reposit Power (Dr Lachlan Blackhall).
Explore our available research projects below and if you’d like to discuss opportunities for collaboration or funding, please email us.
Acoustics and audio play vital roles in our lives. Our research focuses on spatial audio and acoustics for real-world applications in...
Communication technologies have reshaped the way society and digital economies operate—indeed they are essential to modern life. The increasing...
To 'see' not only involves taking an image, but also understanding that image: judging distances, interpreting facial expressions and anticipating...
The world is becoming increasingly connected, from Internet of Things and social networks, to ‘big data’ and cloud computing. Networked systems...
In 1948, when there was a fruitful cross-fertilisation of ideas related to control, communications, biology and computation, Norbert Wiener, one...
Over the past half century, robots have changed the way we live and work—particularly in structured environments such as factories. However, even...
Our research underpins many seemingly unrelated real-world applications through fundamental modelling and optimal processing of signals. ...
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