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Curated: Go8 Defence Capability 2019
Contents
Introduction 4
The University of Adelaide 6
The Australian National University (ANU) 12
The University of Melbourne 18
Monash University 24
UNSW Sydney 32
The University of Queensland 38
The University of Sydney 44
The University of Western Australia 52
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Introduction
As Group of Eight (Go8) The Go8, because of its consistent
global results and reputation has built
Chief Executive I take strong working relationships with
great pride in presenting to all sectors within the large area that
you the curated Defence is known by that amorphous word
“Defence”.
Capability of the eight
Go8 members, released But we want to do so much more, and
we want to ensure we work to have
in conjunction with the Defence better understand, have more
“Go8 Defence Summit” visibility of, what we can provide.
hosted by Go8 member Communication is key and while it is
the University of Adelaide excellent, we recognise it can be far
better than currently exists; hence the
on 9 April 2019. Defence Summit which comprises
representatives of our Defence
The Go8 is comprised of Australia’s
partners, industry, our researcher
leading research-intensive
and our commercialisation teams.
universities. Seven of our eight
members are ranked in the world’s From working with Defence to
top 100 universities – no mean feat educate and train its graduate entry,
in a nation of just 25 million people. we are also involved with workforce
Only the US and the UK can best planning. We understand the Defence
this result. emphasis on having access to the
right graduates for its needs, now
Over 99 per cent of the Go8’s research
and into the future.
is ranked as world class or above.
While research is at our heart, we We also well understand the Defence
are far more. With an ethos of quality emphasis on being able to work with
and a commitment to excellence, our research teams; and that has
we deliver Australia some 100,000 always begun with knowing what
quality graduates each year; the research capability and support
leaders of tomorrow. was available.
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We are not afraid to say we are home
to the best – and proud to be so.
Being the best, striving never to
be anything less, has enabled the
Go8 to build solid Defence research
partnerships, and problem solving
and advisory relationships, around the
world with Governments and industry.
We are a trusted partner, and
we have been at the forefront
of globally-defining Defence and
Security technology and systems
advances for many decades.
This curated capability statement
sets out who within the Go8 can
Being the best, striving never to
help and what we do.
be anything less, has enabled
the Go8 to build solid Defence
research partnerships, and
problem solving and advisory
relationships, around the world
Vicki Thomson
with Governments and industry.
Go8 Chief Executive
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The University
of Adelaide
The University of Adelaide Skills and capability
contact point:
The university has a proud history
Professor Michael Webb of defence sector collaboration. It
Director Defence and Security has worked extensively with both the
T: +61 409 770 925 Department of Defence and defence
industry to assist with workforce
E: m.webb@adelaide.edu.au
needs, to provide specialised
capabilities, and high-quality,
collaborative, research programs
combined with extensive experience
in transitioning research into practice.
Defence stakeholders include:
yy DST
yy Vice Chief of the Defence
Force Group
yy Defence Chief Information
Officer Group (CIOG), Deputy
Secretary Capability Acquisition
and Sustainment Group (CASG),
Australian Geospatial-Intelligence
Organisation (AGO), Australian
Signals Directorate (ASD)
yy US Air Force Office of Scientific
Research (AFOSR)
yy Direction générale de l’armement,
France
yy BAE Systems Australia
yy Lockheed Martin Australia
6 – CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019
yy Boeing Defence Australia robot control (Professor
Anton van den Hengel)
yy Dassault-Systèmes
yy Australian Submarine Corporation yy Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance (Professor
yy Naval Group (France) Anton van den Hengel)
The university is also a key member Cyber Security
of the South Australia’s Defence
Innovation Partnership. yy Side-channel attacks and
computer hardware limitations
Research strengths (Dr Yuval Yarom)
yy Provable Network Security
Photonics & Advanced Sensing (Dr Hung Nguyen)
yy Precision Clocks underpinning yy Human Aspects of Cyber Security
significant advances in radar (Dr Malcolm Pattinson)
capability (Professor Andre Luiten)
yy Cybercrime and Digital Forensics
yy Optical Material and Optical Fibre (Dr Matthew Sorell)
Sensing for sensing and fibre laser
applications (Professor Heike Distributed Software Systems
Ebendorff-Heidepriem) yy Complex Systems
yy Novel radiation detection (Dr Claudia Szabo)
capabilities (A/Professor yy Mission Critical Systems
Nigel Spooner) (Professor Ali Babar)
yy Standoff materials identification Defence Communications
for explosives sensing & Networking
(A/Professor Nigel Spooner)
yy Defence Communications Modelling
Machine Learning & and Simulation (Dr Matthew Britton)
Artificial Intelligence
yy Combat System Modelling
yy AI for Autonomous Systems (Dr Matthew Britton)
to analyse sensor data and
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The University of Adelaide
Distributed Multi-Agent Control Chemical, biological,
radiological incident response
yy Swarm Intelligence
(Professor Cheng-Chew Lim) yy Risk and evidence-based
decision-making on HAZMAT
yy Autonomous Multi-Robot
decontamination (Professor
Systems for UAVs
Dino Pisaniello)
(A/Professor Steven Grainger)
Applied Electromagnetics
Acoustics, Vibration & Control
yy Including Antenna engineering and
yy Submarine signature management
microwave passive components
(Professor Carl Howard)
(Professor Christophe Fumeaux)
Graphene Research
Physics Inspired Tracking
yy Enabled industry transformation,
yy Probability density function of
including electromagnetic
a target position and velocity
and acoustic shielding
(Professor Anthony Thomas)
(Professor Dusan Losic)
Pain blood test to assess psychology stress
to an individual’s state of resilience
Radar & Ionospheric Physics
Sonar Sensor Array
yy Detection, radar imaging, GPS Signal Processing
systems, passive radar systems, yy Signal processing for sonar
etc. (Dr Brian Ng) and operational systems
yy Ionospheric Physics relating (Professor Lang White)
to space situational awareness
Structural Health Monitoring
(Dr Andrew MacKinnon)
yy Including state-of-art ultrasonic
Directed Energy guided wave excitation and
yy Cryogenic solid-state laser measurement systems
approach (Professor Peter Veitch) (A/Professor Andrei Kotousov)
8 – CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019
Nanoscale BioPhotonics Traumatic Stress Studies
yy Pain blood test to assess yy Military health surveillance research,
psychology stress to an including bio-stress markers
individual’s state of resilience (Professor Sandy McFarlane)
(Professor Mark Hutchinson) Social Media Analytics
yy Light-based neuronal control yy Information dynamics on
for human machine interfaces networks and topic modelling
(Professor Mark Hutchinson) (Dr Lewis Mitchell)
Visual Physiology
& Neurobotics Research infrastructure
yy Bio-inspired autonomy In partnership with Government and
(Dr Steven Wiederman) industry the University has established
a number of world-class research
Human Factors institutes and centres to tackle state
yy Brain and cognition and national research priorities.
factors in Defence contexts Research infrastructure includes:
(A/Professor Anna Ma-Wyatt)
yy The Institute for Photonics
Military Law & Ethics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS)
with capabilities in the design,
yy Legal and policy issues relevant fabrication and implementation
to military and security matters of disruptive measurement
(Professor Dale Stephen CSM) technologies
yy International Space Law, yy OptofabNode, an Australian
“The Woomera Manual” National Fabrication Facility –
(Professor Dale Stephen CSM) the leading speciality glass and
optical fibre fabrication facility
yy Operational Commercial Law
in Australia for sensing and fibre
(Dr Colette Langos)
laser applications
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The University of Adelaide
yy The Prescott Environmental yy Centre for Nanoscale Biophotonics
Luminescence Laboratory with laboratories
world-leading radiation detection
yy Graphene Industry Transformation
and measurement capabilities for
Hub
population radiation exposure, and
forensic analysis of clandestine
Collaborations
radiological sites
yy The Visual Physiology and The University of Adelaide collaborates
Neurobotics Laboratory investigates with defence organisations and
visual processing from behavioural, defence industries:
computational and physiological Sapphire Clock
levels, with a multidisciplinary
team covering neuroethology, High Frequency and Phased Array
neurobiology, psychology, Radars have been identified by
computer vision and engineering Defence as a priority industry
capability. 20 years of leading-
yy The Australian Institute for edge fundamental research and
Machine Learning infrastructure, cutting-edge engineering, have
e.g. Visual Simultaneous delivered a disruptive technology
Localisation and Mapping to revolutionise the Jindalee Over-
yy High-Performance Computing The-Horizon Radar Network (JORN).
with a ‘Phoenix’ supercomputer This key defence surveillance asset
with storage capacity of 700 could be significantly enhanced by
terabytes and processing incorporating the Sapphire Clock;
speed up to 450 teraflops developed by the university’s Institute
for Photonics and Advanced Sensing.
yy A Distributed Multi-Agent
The Sapphire Oscillator (or Sapphire
Control laboratory
Clock) offers performance more than
yy High-powered laser laboratory 1000 times better (in the relevant
(for Directed Energy research) ranges) than the current JORN
10 – CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019technology. Defence has invested Lockheed Martin Australia
more than $4 million. The technology
Lockheed Martin Australia is the
also has potential benefits to ship-
first Foundation Partner with the
based phased-array radar and a
university’s Australian Institute
smaller and less expensive solution
for Machine Learning (AIML). The
is being developed for this much
strategic partnership will deliver
larger market.
world-leading machine learning
Autonomous robot platform research for national security, the
space industry, business, and the
Using behavioural,
broader community. Lockheed Martin
electrophysiological and
Australia will have a research team
morphological techniques, Medical
co-located in Adelaide.
Sciences researchers have developed
computational models that provide Dassault Systèmes
robust and efficient solutions to
Dassault Systèmes is to establish
target-detection and tracking.
its South Australian regional centre
This autonomous robot platform
at the university. It will have an
detects, selects and pursues moving
Adelaide-based team comprising
features in cluttered environments.
staff from France and India, and
The multidisciplinary collaboration
will host university interns.
across neurosciences, psychology,
engineering and computer vision
was established in collaboration with
Key personnel
Lund University and San Diego State Key contacts are:
University, and based on a $10 million
investment by the US Air Force Office Professor Michael Webb
of Scientific Research. The work is Director, Defence and Security
also contributing to Next Generation Professor Bruce Northcote
Technologies Fund projects, including Pro Vice-Chancellor,
the Grand Challenge of Countering Research Engagement
Improvised Threats.
CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019 – 11The Australian National
University (ANU)
ANU contact point: Skills and capability
Professor Michael Cardew-Hall The Australian National University
Pro Vice-Chancellor Innovation (ANU) has broad expertise
T: +61 2 6215 6260 applicable to Defence research
– the physical and mathematical
E: michael.cardew-hall@anu.edu.au sciences, chemistry, biological and
sarah.vandevelde@anu.edu.au health sciences, earth science,
environmental sciences, psychology
and engineering. There are also strong
arts and humanities research and
teaching programs that can provide
key input into complex defence
problems using deep knowledge of
culture, history, languages, geography
and geopolitics.
The university also has expertise via
the Strategic and Defence Studies
Centre and the National Security
College as well as with the Australian
Signals Directorate, through an
on-campus collaboration in research
and training to build domestic STEM
capability. The Master of Military and
Defence Studies is another example
of ANU-Defence collaboration through
the Australian Command and Staff
College of the Australian Defence
Force.
ANU also has the capability to bring
diverse expertise together to form
12 – CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019groups capable of addressing Humanising Machine
complex or wicked Defence problems Intelligence (MI)
that may benefit from areas as Professor Seth Lazar
disparate as the humanities, strategic The university has a significant
studies, science and engineering. cross-disciplinary program across
Through the ANU Defence computer science, philosophy and
Working Group, ANU is refining sociology. It involves Government,
its engagement mechanisms and Civil Society, Industry and Academia
is in the process of streamlining to design more ethical MI systems
access to ANU expertise. – by incorporating moral values into
machine decision-making, to ensure
Research strengths efficiency gains do not come at an
unacceptable moral cost
ANU boasts several areas of
Trusted Autonomous Systems
strengths in defence research,
Professor Jochen Renz;
including: Professor Hanna Kurniawati
3A Institute The AI group in the Research School
Professor Genevieve Bell
of Computer Science is developing
The Institute is researching critical mathematical principled frameworks
questions around Autonomy, Agency for robotics and designing the
and Assurance for cyber-physical associated software implementation.
systems (CPS). It is developing an The algorithms quantify uncertainty,
intellectual framework for designing, rather than exaggerate risks, and
building, managing, scaling and adapt the system’s strategies in real-
decommissioning AI-enabled time, based on additional and/or
technologies that have converged lack of additional information, taking
into CPS. It is prototyping the first into account errors in sensors and
curriculum in this new applied sensing. The algorithms are being
science. This includes a student who designed for large-scale decision
is a serving member of the Defence making in unpredictable physical
Force seconded to the project and non-physical environments
CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019 – 13The Australian National University (ANU)
Cyber Materials projects
Dr Lesley Seebeck
yy Next generation additive manufacture
yy Cybersecurity and statecraft in flow, explicitly directed at
yy Cyber criminology and regulation producing energetic materials
with a spatial functional gradient
yy Legal and statutory interpretation (Professor Nicholas Kanizaj)
of terrorism, cybercrime and
cyberwarfare yy Photochemical enhancement of
the energy content of renewable
yy Network science, social network hydrocarbons for generation of high-
analysis and cyber social research energy fuels for marine, terrestrial and
methods aerospace application, coupled with
yy Formal methods, computer security, the expertise in synthetic biology to
data analytics and physical layer optimise production of the terpenoid
security for the internet of things feedstock for such a process
(Professor Michael Sherburn)
Quantum Technologies
yy Functional solid-state nanopore-
yy Capability to generate ultra-high
membranes for chemical and bio-
bitrate unbiased random numbers,
sensors (A/Professor Patrick Kluth)
and encrypt, store and process
quantum data with absolute
security (Professor Ping Koy Lam,
Research infrastructure
Professor Matthew Sellars) yy The National Security College (NSC)
yy Capability in quantum inertial is a joint initiative of the Australian
sensing and quantum gravimetry Government and ANU, established to
(Professor John Close) address significant national security
policy questions and challenges that
yy Optical and infrared imaging confront Australia, the Indo-Pacific
and communication, space region and the world. Specific
debris monitoring and removal research capacity is generated in:
techniques (Professor Anna Moore,
Dr Francis Bennet)
14 – CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019»» counterterrorism and countering yy Other National facilities:
violent extremism
»» National Computational
»» cyber security Infrastructure
»» security futures (including the »» Australian National Fabrication
intersection of policy, global Facility (NCRIS funded)
change and technology)
»» national security policy and practice Collaborations
yy The Strategic & Defence Studies In addition to close collaborations
Centre (SDSC) is Australia’s largest with defence government partners
body of scholars dedicated to the such as ASD and companies such as
analysis of the use of armed force Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman,
in its political context Thales and Airbus, the university
has invested in several strategic
yy The ANU Cyber Institute has been
partnerships, both from a research
established to take a deep and long-
term perspective on cyber research and commercialisation aspect.
and activity DST
yy Defence Science Technology (DST) yy DSTG SEA1000 AO – development
investment in the National Space Test of an adaptive optics system
Facilities hosted at Mount Stromlo for a 0.5 m telescope for optical
yy The ANU Nonlinear Physics communications
Centre works with the ANFF to yy Defence Next Generation
fabricate and characterise a Technologies Fund (NGTF) –
microelectromechanical system- demonstration of free-space
based material – developing a quantum key distribution (QKD)
unified technology to manipulate with adaptive optics
infrared and terahertz waves. The
Centre also works with the ANFF yy Quintessence Labs – space
and NCI to fabricate and embed qualification of quantum technology
nanocrystals into glass and quantum repeater architecture
with DST-G
CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019 – 15The Australian National University (ANU)
yy Cyber NGTF – Mounting “simulated” The Carnegie Corporation
attacks on networked systems to of New York
find weaknesses is an important Strategic stability and submarine
tool in cyber security evaluation
detection technology.
and defence. The project aims to
automate some aspects of this yy Two-year grant awarded to the ANU
using AI planning techniques NSC to explore the interaction of
new technologies, maritime security,
DLR – German
submarines and nuclear strategy in
Aerospace Centre
the Indo-Pacific
yy QUOLLSat Mission – Aims to
develop technology which enables Key personnel
a global quantum secure network
with commercial applications. Professor Anna Moore Director
Partners include CSIRO, Tesat, InSpace Innovation Institute
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory – Space Lead
(JPL), DST, National Institute of A/ Professor Colin Jackson
Information and Communications Research School Of Chemistry
Technology (NICT) Japan – Cell-Free Protein Production And Detection
yy Free-space quantum memory Professor Daniel Shaddock Group
demonstration – expanding Lead, Space Instrumentation
on Defence NGTF funding – Optical Interferometry
aims to demonstrate quantum
communication between two Dr Francis Bennett Research School
remote sites using adaptive Of Astronomy & Astrophysics
– Secure Global Quantum Communication Network
optics and quantum memory,
as a stepping stone to the Professor Genevieve Bell, Director
QUOLLSat mission 3A Innovation Institute – AI Lead
16 – CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019Professor Jochen Renz Head Professor Michael Sherburn
Artificial Intelligence Group Research School Of Chemistry
– Trusted Autonomous Systems Solar High-Energy Fuels
Professor John Blaxland Head Professor Ping Koy Lam Director
Strategic And Defence Studies Centre ARC Centre For Quantum Computer
– Intelligence And Analysis Of The Use Of Armed And Communication Technology
Force In Its Political Context – Quantum Optics
Professor John Close Head, Defence Professor Rory Medcalf Head
Working Group – Quantum Sensors National Security College
– National Security Policy
Dr Jong Chow Group Lead Advanced
Sensing – High Performance Sensing Professor Sharon Dean Chief
Professor Ken Baldwin Head Energy Operating Officer National Security
Change Institute – Energy Change College – On Secondment From The Office
Of National Assessments
Professor Lachlan Blackhall Head
Professor Sylvie Thiebaux Associate
Battery Storage And Grid Integration
Dean Research Research School Of
Program – Battery Storage
Computer Science – AI-Based Control To
Professor Lesley Seebeck CEO Cyber Enhance Electric Grid Resilience
Institute – Cyber Lead
Professor Tim Senden Director
Professor Mark Knackstedt Director Research School Of Physics
ARC Training Centre For 3D Imaging And Engineering – Imaging Technology
– Modelling & Manufacturing Non-Destructive For Oil And Gas Exploration
Evaluation Technology For Additive Manufacturing
Processes Professor Brendan Sargeant
Strategic and Defence Studies
A/ Professor Matthew Sellars Laser – Security Policy/Intelligence
Physics Centre – Optical Quantum Processors
And Quantum Memories
CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019 – 17The University
of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne Skills and capability
contact point:
As a globally engaged, comprehensive
Professor Len Sciacca research institution, The University
Enterprise Professor of Melbourne works closely with
– Defence Technologies government and industry partners
T: +61 3 8344 6954 to deliver use-inspired research
outcomes to its defence stakeholders
E: len.sciacca@unimelb.edu.au
in Australia and overseas. There is
significant emphasis on progressing
cross-disciplinary, translational
research in emerging fields of defence
capability priority, such as advanced
multifunction antennas and sensor
systems, trusted autonomous
systems, medical countermeasures,
enhanced human performance,
quantum sensors, maritime and
aerospace technologies, cyber,
intelligence analytics and artificial
intelligence.
The university has established a
cross-faculty defence research
enterprise that has collaborative
research relationships with large
defence firms and several small-
and-medium enterprises to deliver
novel and high technology solutions
to complex defence problems. It has
a long history of collaboration with
Defence Science and Technology
18 – CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019Group, other leading universities and including the world’s largest wind-
industry with the Next Generation water interface, a high Reynolds
Technology Fund. number wind tunnel, and ice-structure
interaction tanks.
The university fosters a strong
engagement with US Defence The university’s defence science
agencies and leverages its Australian portfolio provides a breadth of insight
Research Council (ARC) funded and and expertise to analyse technological
US Defence program with Australian challenges, conceptualise solutions
defence use-inspired research and rigorously evaluate outcomes
projects. and provide robust industry-ready
solutions.
Research strengths The portfolio includes:
The university’s research has directly Trusted Autonomous Systems
impacted defence and national Professor Chris Manzie
security fields including advanced
Distributed agent control and multi-
materials for the blast protection of
modal autonomous systems. Human-
army vehicles and embassies, drag
centric autonomy and how humans
reduction of ships and submarines,
interact with autonomous systems.
helicopter landings on ships in high
Artificial intelligence including
seas, radar tracking and adaptive
planning and adaptive networks
radar and sonar systems for a number
of major defence projects. Enhanced Human Performance
Professor Peter Lee
The university fosters a strong Injury prevention, biomechanical,
engagement with US Defence cognitive and physiological modelling
agencies … and testing of soldiers and military
personnel and their associated
It has an international reputation systems and personnel protection.
in metocean and maritime research Developing a virtual soldier for
using unique research infrastructure advanced testing and development
CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019 – 19The University of Melbourne
Medical Countermeasures Maritime Research
Professor Sharon Lewin, Professor Professor Jason Monty
Michael Parker, Professor James McCaw
Wave-structure interaction including
Chemical and biological threat world class experimental facilities.
detection and mitigation. Health Turbulence and cavitation research.
preparedness, emergency response, Drag reduction for ships and
epidemiology for disease surveillance submarines. Hydrodynamic
and management, vaccines, point of modelling and metocean research
care testing, drug discovery, synthetic
Aerospace Research
biology, bioinformatics, environmental
Professor Ivan Marusic
modelling and monitoring
Drag reduction, acoustic modelling
Multidisciplinary Materials
and testing, turbulence modelling,
Professor Graham Schaffer
computational fluid dynamics
Integrated Computational Materials modelling and high Reynolds
Engineering, functional materials for number experimental facilities
ballistics protection and signature
Quantum Technology
management. Novel materials for
Professor Lloyd Hollenberg
hypersonic platforms, maritime and
aerospace applications including Nitrogen vacancy diamond based
advanced composites, metals sensors, quantum computers,
and polymers quantum sensing for gravitometers
and magnetometers. Quantum
Power and Energy
computer modelling, quantum
Professor Michael Brear
software engineering. Quantum
Smart grid technology for ships mathematics
and forward deployed forces.
Radar and Signal Processing
Optimising diesel engines and
Professor Rob Evans
diesel performance for submarines.
Alternative power and energy sources Antenna technology, adaptive radar,
including hydrogen-based fuel cells adaptive electronic warfare sensing.
20 – CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019Waveform design, multibeam Artificial Intelligence
synthesis, optimal antenna Professor James Bailey
synthesis for phased arrays. Natural language processing,
Electromagnetic modelling explainable AI, machine learning,
Sensor and Information adversarial machine learning, deep
Processing learning, data science, evolutionary
Professor Bill Moran computation, theory of mind, natural
language processing
Sensor design, tracking, detection,
matched filtering, optimal signal
processing, dynamic stochastic Research infrastructure
control and networked sensor yy Maritime and Aerospace Research
systems. Passive and active sonar Infrastructure, a world class ocean
signal processing and tracking. simulator 60m tunnel (Extreme
Dynamic resource allocation and Air-Sea Interaction Facility), Sea-
sensor scheduling ice-wave interaction facility, high
Cyber Defence Systems Reynolds number wind tunnel
Professor Chris Leckie
yy Melbourne Energy Institute,
Big data analytics, control systems, a smart grid hardware-based
cyber defence, security monitoring, simulator, gas turbines, optical
incident response and risk assessment engine, constant volume chamber,
plug flow reactor, transient engine
Intelligence Analytics
dynamometer and emission facility,
Professor Shanika Karunasekera,
octane rating engine
Dr Tim Van Gelder, Dr Richard De Rozario
yy Medical Countermeasure, 3-D
Big data, data stream analysis,
printing of materials, medical
social network analysis, data mining,
and bioengineering laboratories,
synthesis of decision-making and
microfluidic analysis, (point of care
amalgamation of decisions. Crowd
testing), X-ray crystallography, NMR,
sourcing intelligence analysis,
mass spectroscopy, proteomics
intelligence and cloud computing
CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019 – 21The University of Melbourne
yy Enhanced Human Performance, Collaborations
Australian-first state of the art
Virtual Reality biomechanical facility The university has several deep
to improve the understanding of strategic partnerships with large
human movement and how to treat defence firms as well as small and
medium enterprises. These include:
and prevent injuries. Used to predict
soldier performance in various DST
scenarios
Substantial research programs
yy The university’s Fishermans Bend in several areas
campus will be situated beside
BAESystems
Defence Science and Technology
Group and next to several major Control systems, autonomous systems
defence industries. The campus and aerospace platform design
is a $900 million investment and
Lockheed Martin
includes world class water tanks,
wind tunnels and autonomous Mission and intelligence, surveillance
systems laboratories. More than and reconnaissance systems, sensor
1000 engineering and IT students systems, resource scheduling
and academics will collaborate
Tectonica
with defence industry and
government there Grand challenge project and
unattended ground sensor systems
yy The university’s Melbourne
medical research precinct is one DefendTex
of the largest in the world with Electromagnetic modelling and
several institutes and research autonomous systems
hospitals. The defence Medical
Countermeasures program can The university has a major role in
draw on the research capacity the newly formed Defence CRC in
Trusted Autonomous Systems and
and capability of this precinct
collaborates with several companies
in Aerospace and Land projects
22 – CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019The university has significant Professor Rob Evans – Radar and
collaborations with international Signal Processing Research Leader
universities including National
Professor Bill Moran – Sensor and
Defence University, Princeton,
Signal Processing Research Leader
University of Southampton,
University of Rhode Island and Professor Sharon Lewin – Medical
several US Defence agencies. Countermeasures Research leader
Director of Doherty Institute
Key personnel Professor Michael Parker
Enterprise Professor Len Sciacca – Director Bio21 Institute
Enterprise Professor Defence Professor Michael Brear –
Technologies Power and Energy Research Leader
Professor Chris Manzie – Trusted Director Melbourne Energy Institute
Autonomous Systems Research Professor Ivan Marusic –
Leader Head of Department Electrical Aerospace Research Leader
and Electronic Engineering, Deputy Dean Research,
Professor Peter Lee – Enhanced Melbourne School of Engineering
Human Performance Research Leader Professor Jason Monty –
Professor Graham Schaffer Maritime Research Leader Head of
– Multidisciplinary Materials Department Mechanical Engineering
Research Leader Professor Chris Leckie
Professor James Bailey – Artificial – Cyber Research Leader
Intelligence Research Leader Professor Shanika Karunasekera –
Professor Adrian Pearce – Artificial Intelligence Analytics Research Leader
Intelligence Co-Research Leader Dr Richard De Rozario –
Professor Lloyd Hollenberg Biosciences, IARPA Swarm Project
– Quantum Technologies Dr Tim Van Gelder –
Research Leader Biosciences, IARPA Swarm Project
CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019 – 23Monash University
Monash University Skills and capability
contact point:
Monash University engages in
Professor Chris Davies defence-related research across all
Head of Mechanical and platforms: land, air, maritime and
Aerospace Engineering personnel. The university has a long
E: Chris.davies@monash.edu history of engagement with DST
Group, the RAAF, Veterans’ Affairs,
the Office of Naval Research – Global
(ONR-G) – and directly with ONR in
the US – and with the AOARD.
Engineering materials and
manufacturing are significant
strengths, spanning all defence
platforms. Fluid – structure
interactions form another significant
area of capability, with multiple
projects on hydrodynamics of
submersed hulls; aerodynamics
and turbulence combustion. These
projects are both computational and
experimental. Robotics, decision-
making and unmanned autonomous
systems all support defence
efforts, as do expertise in asset
management and protection, cyber
security and the CAVE2 immersive
visualisation environment. Medical
expertise includes biomed – implants,
biomaterials and imaging; research
into mental health and trauma, drug
24 – CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019discoveries, anti-infective research, yy Modelling, Optimisation,
regenerative medicine and medical Immersive Analytics/Visualisation,
interventions. Augmented/Virtual Reality
supporting decision making,
The Power Engineering Advanced
particularly human-in-the-loop
Research Laboratory (PEARL) has a
particular focus on control and design yy Machine Learning for surveillance,
of maritime and shipboard islanded monitoring and assistance systems;
microgrids. PEARL possesses behavioural modelling; information
capabilities and expertise in electrical retrieval
power systems design, optimisation,
yy Artificial Intelligence: Bayesian
monitoring, and control, and also the
techniques; Dialogue Research Lab
real-time simulation of such systems
dedicated to building and evaluating
using various platforms such as RTDS
dialogue systems based on a variety
and Opal RT.
of AI systems; User modelling
In addition, the IT faculty has the
largest group of data scientists Research strengths
of any research institution in the
Asia-Pacific region. As the only Metals and alloys
designated IT faculty in an Australian Research ranges from light alloys,
University to have state-of-the-art brass to advanced steels. It is focused
research infrastructure on site, there on thermomechanical processing,
is a substantial scale and high-risk microstructural characterisation
tolerance to promote innovation. using electron microscopes and the
Key capabilities aligned to defence synchrotron, evaluation of mechanical
include research in: and corrosion properties, modelling
of phase transformations and
yy Cybersecurity: cryptographic microstructure-property relationships,
algorithms, including for quantum and constitutive modelling of
computing; trusted computing; mechanical properties of metallic
block-chain; information privacy materials
to users
CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019 – 25Monash University
Additive manufacturing eddy simulation to predict turbulence-
generated noise
Research across the additive
manufacturing value chain including Decision-making
engineering design, process control,
Informed decision-making is a major
alloy design and processing, surface
determinant of mission success.
finishing, and qualification and testing
The Monash Institute of Cognitive
aims to stronger, lighter and more
and Clinical Neuroscience (MICCN)
cost-effective components with
improved efficiency and performance undertakes research into how
real-world decision-making can be
Fluid structure interactions enhanced and protected from the
Unparalleled research and testing impact of challenging operational
capabilities through our horizontal conditions, including sleep deprivation
and vertical test tunnels, water jet and circadian misalignment. It also
facility, wind tunnel, gas supersonic investigates how AI, virtual and
jet visualisation facility and heat jet augmented reality, or brain-computer
facility. The experimental capability interfaces can be used to support
is complemented by direct numerical effective decision making, automation
simulation of turbulence, and large- and performing advanced reasoning
26 – CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019Research infrastructure Be Active Sleep Eat (BASE)
Monash University operates a network Advances the science of nutrition,
of over 30 Technology Platforms. sleep and activity. It pioneers the
These core facilities provide specialist integration of nutrition, sleep, exercise
interdisciplinary infrastructure, service physiology, and physical therapy from
and expertise to researchers across research into practice
both academia and industry. These Multi-modal Australian
facilities include: Sciences Imaging and
Visualisation Environment
Monash Centre for Electron (MASSIVE)
Microscopy (MCEM)
Australia’s specialised high-
A world class centre for multi-scale
performance computing facility for
characterisation of materials that can
imaging and visualisation. It provides
determine the composition, structure
hardware, software and expertise to
and bonding of materials down to
drive research in biomedical sciences,
the atomic scale. It researches the
materials research, engineering and
development and application of
geosciences – with particular focus
electron microscopy methods and
on neuroscience and molecular
provides advanced instrumentation,
imaging
expertise and teaching in electron
microscopy Monash Wind Tunnel
Centre for Additive Manufacturing Australia’s leading low speed
(MCAM) automotive aerodynamic test facility.
It supports aerodynamic and wind
Home to some of the world’s most
noise research and development
advanced Additive Manufacturing
of full-scale production vehicles
equipment takes fundamental research
for Australian and international
and applies it to manufacturing
markets. It also provides research
challenges. It works with its partners
and development capabilities for
to invent bespoke solutions to unique
industries
manufacturing challenges
CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019 – 27Monash University
The Monash Institute for Monash Maintenance Technology
Medical Engineering (MIME) Institute (MTI)
Focus on translational MedTech Provides comprehensive industry
research. Clinical research areas focused research and development
include neuroscience and vision, which achieves optimum plant and
cardiovascular and pulmonary equipment performance across
and therapeutics and regenerative Australia and overseas
medicine
Monash Infrastructure (MI)
Monash Energy Materials and
Develops cutting-edge solutions to
Systems Institute (MEMSI)
make the world’s existing and new
Develops solutions to enable infrastructure more cost effective,
sustainable generation, storage, smarter, resilient, productive and
distribution and use of energy sustainable
28 – CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019The Monash Immersive of ethics are increasingly central to
Visualisation Platform (MIVP) the design of better, responsible and
Operates advanced, immersive and ethical futures
large-scale visualisation facilities, to
enable IT researchers and Defence Collaborations
leaders to nascent display and
Monash has worked with DST and
interaction technologies, changing
international partners to investigate
the way big data is visualised and
factors impacting propulsion
analysed
energy (e.g. Turbulent boundary
Monash Centre for Data Science layers) in sea and air defence
platforms. Experimental and
Focussed on developing effective
computational research has been
data-driven solutions in data
directed at addressing the stealth
governance, data management
of both moving submerged and
and data archiving, data analytics
full merged underwater vehicles
and visualisation
and understanding the signatures
Sensilab produced by submarines to minimise
detection.
A purpose-built research laboratory
incorporating immersive visualisation Recent collaborations include:
systems, sound and imaging
IARPA CREATE
studios, fabrication areas, robotics Crowdsourcing Evidence, Argumentation,
and electronics maker spaces, Thinking and Evaluation
integrated with advanced computing
infrastructure the university received two IARPA
(Intelligence Advanced Research
The Emerging Technologies Lab Projects Activity) research program
Investigates an emerging grants in 2017 from the US office of
technological environment where National Intelligence with a combined
automation, AI, data and the question value of US$6.1 million
CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019 – 29Monash University
CREATE BARD Project inspecting Powder Bed Fusion
2017–2018 components in-process in real-time
BARD (Bayesian Argumentation via In-situ health monitoring
Delphi) has been developed with of Defence platforms in
US$5.7 million US Government harsh environments
funding. Lead by Monash in
investigating emergent techniques
collaboration with three UK
for the inscription of fibre optic strain
Universities, the BARD project
sensors through the protective coating
focused on researching and designing
of the fibre to achieve enhanced fibre
new means of building and interacting
strength and fatigue life
with causal Bayesian networks to
improve reasoning and generate Advanced flow diagnostics
causal explanations, and improve for aeronautical research
intelligence analysis Developed and implemented
CREATE SWARM Project laser-based 3-dimensional multi-
2017 – present component velocimetry methods
in aeronautical flow research
A joint collaboration between
Monash and Melbourne University Coalition warfare program
and Imperial College London and
to reduce weight and improve
Stanford University, this project
durability of contemporary military
conducts research into harnessing
equipment including naval vessels,
the wisdom of crowds to improve
armour plate for land and air, and
intelligence analysis
a number of vehicles, by utilising
Additive Manufacturing corrosion resistant weldable
Powder bed fusion aluminium alloys that are also tough
aims to develop monitoring and
control systems which can quantify Key personnel
the part variance and significantly Manufacturing Optimisation
reduce the risk of AM by applying Dr Andrey Molotnikov
a newly developed method of & Professor Chris Davies
30 – CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019Structural health monitoring Machine Learning
Professor Wing Kong Chiu Professor Geoff Webb –
Data science, bioinformatics,
Materials technology
data mining
Professor Chris Hutchinson
Professor Dinh Phung –
Hydrodynamics
Deep learning, data science,
Professor Julio Soria
representation models
& Dr Callum Atkinson
Dr Francois Pettijean (ARC DECRA)
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Professor Murray Rudman – Data analysis, data modelling,
earth satellite applications
Energy storage
Professor Kiyonori Suzuki Cybersecurity
A/Professor Carsten Rudolph
Electro-Photonics Director Oceania Cyber Security
Professor Arthur Lowery Centre and Monash Cybersecurity
Software Defined Lead – Trusted computing,
Telecommunications security protocols, digital forensics,
Professor Emanuele Viterbo security engineering and verification
Microwave, Antennas HCI & Immersive Analytics
/ RFID and Sensors Professor Kimbal Marriott –
A/Professor Nemai Karmakar Immersive analytics, optimisation,
accessible graphics
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Professor Ann Nicholson – Bayesian Professor Sharon Oviatt –
and causal reasoning, intelligence Human computer interaction,
decision support (both DST and IARPA) mobile and ubiquitous computing,
multimodal interfaces
Professor Phil Cohen – A world
leading expert in artificial intelligence A/Professor Tim Dwyer –
Immersive analytics, information
Professor Ingrid Zukerman – visualisation, visual analytics
User modelling, Natural language
generation, Explainable AI (IARPA)
CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019 – 31UNSW Sydney
UNSW Sydney contact point: Skills and capability
Ms Heather Nicoll UNSW has expertise, facilities and
Institute Manager infrastructure in professional and
UNSW Defence Research Institute scientific fields including business
T: +61 2 6268 8404 and management, human and
social sciences, medical and health
E: Heather.Nicoll@dri.unsw.edu.au sciences, law and ethics, science
and engineering, and IT and cyber.
The university has an enduring
relationship with the Australian
Defence Force (ADF) founded on:
yy The delivery of undergraduate
and postgraduate education to
ADF personnel at the Australian
Defence Force Academy (ADFA)
for over 50 years
yy Technical Staff Officer training
at the Capability & Technology
Management Centre (CTMC) –
formerly ATSOC – since 1992
yy Impactful research collaborations
with ADF Services and Groups
including DST Group
The university can offer its research
partners:
yy Broad and deep understanding of
the global defence and security
research context
32 – CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019yy Access to world class researchers, Research strengths1
technologies, and infrastructure
including the T-ADFA Hypersonics UNSW is at, above or well above
Laboratory; a cyber range co- world standard in several key defence-
designed with CSIRO for teaching, related research areas including:
training and research; and one of Autonomous Systems
the largest UAV flight laboratories
in Australia Trusted Autonomy is a game-
changing area of Defence research
yy Access to national and global centred on understanding and
research partners including Go8 engineering the interaction space
members, DST Group and the between humans and machines.
PLuS Alliance UNSW brings a combination of
yy Dedicated organisational units skills in robotics, AI, simulation
– the UNSW Defence Research and ethics with focus on trusted
Institute, and UNSW Knowledge human-autonomy learning and
Exchange in the Division of cyber-physical systems.
Enterprise – are committed to Key Contact:
leading engagement with the
Defence sector across government A/Professor Matt Garratt
and industry Deputy Head of School (Research),
School of Engineering and IT
yy Highly effective collaboration
mechanisms including T: +61 2 6268 8267
sophisticated research strategy E: m.garratt@unsw.edu.au
advice and support to maximise the
impact, mutual benefit and value
The university has an enduring
of research collaborations and,
relationship with the Australian
from 2021, a Defence and Security
Defence Force …
Innovation Precinct in Canberra
1 Read more at: www.dri.unsw.edu.au/defence-research-at-unsw/capability-portfolio.
CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019 – 33UNSW Sydney
Communication, Quantum, Hypersonics
Digital and Cyber
UNSW’s hypersonics capabilities
The digital domain represents an include propulsion systems; high-
increasing and persistent threat to speed free-flight test facilities;
global stability, and an opportunity control method testing and
to develop leading edge digital analysis; experimentation facilities
capabilities. UNSW is a leader and diagnostics to test structural
in a number of technology fields performance of materials and
including quantum computation and components at supersonic and
communication technologies; cyber hypersonic speeds; and hypersonic
security, operations, law and ethics; sensor design including optics,
sensors, signal processing and data electronics and communication
fusion; IoT analysis and applications technologies.
with a focus on data mining and deep
Key Contacts:
learning, human activity recognition,
information filtering and brain- Professor Andrew Neely
computer interfaces. School of Engineering and IT
Key Contacts: T: +61 2 6268 8251
Professor Michelle Simmons Director E: a.neely@unsw.edu.au
Centre for Quantum Computation &
A/Professor Sean O’Byrne
Communication Technology
School of Engineering and IT
T: +61 2 9385 9584
T: +61 2 6268 8353
E: admin-cqc2t@unsw.edu.au
E: s.obyrne@unsw.edu.au
Ms Dianne Ferguson
Space
Centre Manager UNSW Cyber
UNSW has Australia’s largest space
T: +61 2 6268 8350
engineering capability, able to
E: d.ferguson@unsw.edu.au support mission planning, and space
34 – CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019craft design, manufacture, testing Research infrastructure
and operation. The university has
collaborated with DST Group and In addition to the facilities mentioned
RAAF to successfully launch two above, UNSW hosts the Mark
satellites, with two more missions Wainwright Analytical Centre
with committed launch contracts. (MWAC). MWAC manages major
Key facilities include the Australian instrumentation used by researchers
National Concurrent Design Facility for the study of the structure and
(ANCDF), supporting integrated composition of biological, chemical
mission conceptualisation, planning and physical materials. Facilities are
and space craft design; a Class accessible to external researchers,
10,000 clean room for space craft government and industry users.
assembly and integration; and a Please see https://www.analytical.
satellite ground station supporting unsw.edu.au/ for links to specific
space missions and space situational facilities including Electron
awareness. Microscope Unit, Nuclear Magnetic
Key Contacts: Resonance Facility and Spectroscopy
Laboratory.
Professor Russell Boyce
Chair for Space Engineering UNSW hosts a number of unique
UNSW Space defence related facilities including:
T: +61 2 6268 8056 yy Cyber range that provides war
gaming, training and exercising
E: russell.boyce@adfa.edu.au co-designed with CSIRO for
A/Professor Robert Malaney School teaching, training and research
of Electrical Engineering and yy One of 12 telescopes as part of
Telecommunications the Falcon Telescope Network
T: +61 2 9385 6580 for monitoring fast moving space
debris and satellites for space
E: r.malaney@unsw.edu.au situational awareness
CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019 – 35UNSW Sydney
yy The fastest two-stage gas-gun in being seen. DST Group has engaged
the Southern Hemisphere, able to Professor Nicole Kessissoglou and
fire projectiles to 4.5 km/s Dr Paul Croaker of UNSW’s School
of Mechanical and Manufacturing
yy T-ADFA hypersonics laboratory,
Engineering to undertake fundamental
a combination of a free-piston
research into the generation and
driven shock tunnel with multi-
propagation of flow-induced noise
mode laser-based flow diagnostics
at sea and to study how this noise
yy One of the largest indoor UAV flight interacts with structures immersed
laboratories in Australia in the flow. The research focus is
yy The most developed Mössbauer to develop robust, well validated
spectroscopy laboratory in numerical techniques that can
Australia accurately predict underwater
flow-induced noise.
Collaborations High performance optical
telemetry system for ocean
UNSW is committed to using monitoring
knowledge, capability and technology
to engage with industry, government The goal of a recently completed
and the community. UNSW has a UNSW CRC Project led by spin
flexible approach to collaboration and off company Zedelef, partnering
looks to maximise value and mutual with Thales, was to develop the
benefit for partners. next generation of distributed
sonar arrays using UNSW-based
Three current examples are: photonics technologies and resulted
Work on metamaterials in a successful demonstration of
The way acoustic coatings on submarine the technology.
hulls can assist them remain quiet while
also evading sonar detection from other Space
marine vessels. UNSW Space’s current missions
Stealth is as much about the art of collaborating with Defence include
not being heard as it is about not Buccaneer, jointly developed with
36 – CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019Defence Science and Technology Key personnel
Group (DSTG), along with an
additional two cubesat missions Ms Heather Nicoll Institute Manager,
(M1 & M2) with the Royal Australian UNSW Defence Research Institute
Air Force. These missions play a role T: +61 2 6268 8404
in growing Australia’s experience and
space contribution, as well as building M: 0412 092 703
UNSW’s capability to train for future E: Heather.Nicoll@dri.unsw.edu.au
Defence skills needs.
CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019 – 37The University
of Queensland
The University of Queensland Skills and capability
contact point:
The University of Queensland (UQ)
Mr Joe McLean Director has numerous research and research
Research Partnerships collaborative strengths, with capability
T: +61 7 336 53559 embedded in several faculties and
institutes. The breadth extends from
E: director.partnerships new lightweight materials for weapon
@research.uq.edu.au systems and vehicles to vaccines;
from hypersonic flight to legal issues
impacting the autonomous combat.
UQ is a founding member of the
Defence Materials Technology Centre
and recently reached agreement with
DST on a number of initiatives aimed
at boosting Australia’s hypersonics
capability. UQ is Australia’s leading
knowledge transfer facilitator as
measured by start-ups created and
licensing revenue generated.
UQ’s greatest concentration of
relevant expertise is in the Intelligence,
Surveillance and Reconnaissance,
Space, Electronic Warfare and Cyber
Security capability area outlined
in the 2016 Defence White Paper.
However, UQ is also particularly
strong in underlying technologies that
contribute across capability areas
such as nanoscale engineering and
in areas such as human factors that
ensure our Defence personnel are
operating at optimal effectiveness.
38 – CURATED: GO8 DEFENCE CAPABILITY 2019Research strengths Quantum and Photonic
Sensing Technologies
Hypersonics
UQ has strong research strengths
Through UQ’s Centre for Hypersonics, in quantum and photonic sensing
UQ collaborates with DST on technologies, housed within the
the Hypersonic International Australian Centre for Engineered
Flights Research Experimentation Quantum Systems and the UQ
(HIFiRE) program to investigate the Precision Sensing Initiative within the
fundamental science of hypersonic School of Mathematics and Physics.
technology and its potential for next These next generation sensing
generation aeronautical systems. technologies will impact future defence
UQ’s School of Mechanical & Mining capabilities in position, navigation and
Engineering (SMME) and its HyShot timing, and situational awareness.
Group has enabled UQ to build
advanced scramjet prototypes and
undertake prolonged flight tests. UQ UQ is a founding member of the
researchers conducted the first ever Defence Materials Technology
successful test flights of a scramjet Centre …
in 2002.
CyberSecurity Ethics and legal issues in
Trusted Autonomous Systems
UQ has established a world-class
research group on cybersecurity within Work on ethics and legal issues in the
the School of Information Technology development of trusted autonomous
& Electrical Engineering. It focuses systems is a new collaboration
on understanding how security involving UQ and UNSW beginning
vulnerabilities arise in complex, in the Defence CRC on Trusted
interconnected software systems Autonomous Systems (DTAS) in
and developing tools to assist identify 2019. This collaboration will involve
and analyse them. An emphasis on several post-docs and PhD students
automation will ensure the tools are examining the legal and ethical issues
usable by non-specialist programmers. posed by autonomous systems.
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