NICTA to showcase latest ICT research at CeBIT Australia
Announcement posted by Data61 24 May 2013
Media Alert
NICTA to showcase latest ICT research at CeBIT Australia
NICTA, Innovation Partner at CeBIT Australia 2013, is taking its top research and business ideas to the CeBIT technology expo in Sydney next week, to show how information and communications technology is transforming industry in Australia. NICTA is also part of CeBIT’s exciting conference program, with experts in cyber security, big data, supply chain and logistics, sharing their knowledge with industry leaders.
When?
Tuesday 28 May – Thursday 30 May 2013
10am – 6pm
Where?
Hall 3
Stand D30
Sydney Exhibition and Convention Centre
Darling Harbour
Visit the NICTA stand to see technology demonstrations including:
Trustworthy software to protect critical systems | NICTA’s research project with the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), developing software to protect critical systems in unmanned vehicles from cyber attack. Demo involves one quadcopter equipped with NICTA-developed secure software and one with standard insecure software showing an in-flight hacker attack. |
Driving simulation showing effect of inattention and frustration on driving ability | This demo literally places you in the ‘driver’s seat’ and detects when your brain doesn’t focus enough on driving. |
Smart maintenance system for Sydney Harbour Bridge. | Showing how we can automatically and continuously obtain structural integrity information from a bridge, using sensors and advanced software. |
Saluda Medical – a start-up company developing superior pain relief implant technology | Novel neurostimulation and recording system to improve pain relief achievable from spinal implants. New electrodes using ultra-flexible, strong material and construction techniques. |
Streamline your businesses in the cloud with full disaster recovery options | Worried about cost and reliability of your online business? NICTA’s Yuruware BOLT technology lets you migrate your business from in-house data centres to the public cloud. This technology can also be used to automatically create a replica of your systems ensuring quick disaster recovery. |
Methods to determine profitability of transport fleets. | By analysing and understanding the interdependency of the profitability of each customer, overall company profitability can be improved. |
Portable Motion Analysis – assessing the movement of patients during stroke rehabilitation | NICTA’s in-home monitoring technology enables clinicians to better evaluate rehabilitation progress of patients recovering from stroke. The demo shows how the NICTA software interprets the movement of patients’ arms and legs while they are at home. |
.…and much more from NICTA’s four business teams – Broadband and the Digital Economy, Infrastructure Transport and Logistics, Health, Security and Environment. Senior NICTA researchers, business leaders and executives will be available for media interviews and photographs.
About NICTA
NICTA (National ICT Australia Ltd) is Australia’s Information and Communications Technology Research Centre of Excellence. NICTA develops technologies that generate economic, social and environmental benefits for Australia. NICTA collaborates with industry on joint projects, creates new companies, and provides new talent to the ICT sector through a NICTA-enhanced PhD program. With five laboratories around Australia and over 700 people, NICTA is the largest organisation in Australia dedicated to ICT research.
NICTA is funded by the Australian Government through the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy and the Australian Research Council through the ICT Centre of Excellence Program. NICTA is also funded and supported by the Australian Capital Territory, the New South Wales, Queensland and Victorian Governments, the Australian National University, the University of New South Wales, the University of Melbourne, the University of Queensland, the University of Sydney, Griffith University, Queensland University of Technology and Monash University.
For further information:
Dorothy Kennedy
Communications Specialist, NICTA
Ph: 02 9376 2098 or 0488 229 687