2023 ARC funding for GBDTC research
The success continues for GBDTC as two researchers are awarded ARC funding for projects.
Congratulations!
The Australian Research Council (ARC) recently announced the latest round of funding for 2023 with GBDTC being awarded two Discovery Projects (DP). ARC-funded research delivers real cultural, economic, commercial, social and environmental benefits to all Australians. The DP scheme supports excellent basic and applied research and research training by individuals and teams. Congratulations to our successful researchers, Professor Darryl Veitch and Dr Peiyuan Qin!
Discovery Projects
‘Internet Timing for the Ages: Establishing the New Timekeeping System’, $457,079
UTS Researcher: Professor Darryl Veitch
Summary: Computers need to know the time. This is achieved by software communicating with time servers over the Internet, but the current system has limitations including low accuracy, a lack of trustworthiness and transparency, and an over-reliance on satellite systems like GPS, which are increasingly vulnerable to attack. This project will reengineer the Internet timing system, to deliver time to Australia’s computers and devices that can be trusted.
The outcomes of the project include a detailed system design, associated software, and a nation-spanning prototype, open to the public, whose performance will be authoritatively benchmarked. It will be established with the cooperation of trusted peak Australian standards bodies invested in the public good, including the National Measurement Institute and AARnet, which provides a pathway toward a permanent sovereign timekeeping capability, immune to GPS failures.
The availability of highly accurate, reliable and trusted network time will decrease costs and enhance productivity across the digital economy, reduce download delays, and minimise timing-based cybersecurity threats.
‘Multi-beam Transmitarrays for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Communications’, $402,000
UTS Researcher: Dr Peiyuan Qin
Summary: This project aims to develop fundamental technologies for multi-beam conformal transmitarrays for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communications. It is expected to generate scientific breakthroughs in many aspects of antenna research and enable UAVs to leverage big data technologies by transmitting/receiving large amounts of data, thus serving as a powerful tool for emergency management and for transforming many industry sectors, such as agriculture, food and water.\
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