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Innovate and prosper: ensuring Australia's future competitiveness through university-industry collaboration
No full textExecutive summary
The continuation of Australia’s economic growth is under threat. In order to sustain the levels of prosperity we have previously experienced, we have to build on our competitive edge in key industries to remain globally competitive. Alongside these developments, Australia’s higher education system is under increased pressure to become more productive and develop courses that address employability. Innovation represents the most reliable and sustainable solution to transition into a high value, high wage economy. Yet Australia ranks 29th out of 30 in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in terms of the proportion of large businesses and small to medium enterprises (SMEs) collaborating with higher education and public research institutions on innovation.
This report acts as the next level of detail to publications such as the Department of Industry’s Boosting the Commercial Returns from Research report and the Business Council of Australia’s Building Australia’s Comparative Advantages, which have highlighted Australia’s poor performance in collaborative innovation.
We present five recommendations that are a call to action to universities, industry and Government to take the necessary steps to build an innovation economy. They are not a call for additional funding from Government, rather a more effective way of using our existing resources. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) have engaged with leading figures from industry, including the Australian Industry Group (Ai Group), and partnered with the ATN to develop this five point action plan for Government, the university sector and industry 5 that will provide incentives and impetus for collaboration.
Our recommendations include:
Rebalance the national research agenda to underpin Australia\u27s economy and future prosperity
Create incentives for university-industry collaboration
Train researchers for diverse careers
Enhance career mobility between industry, academia and government
Provide incentives for co-investment in research infrastructure between universities, industry and state and federal government
Each recommendation contains a number of practical strategies for consideration by Government, universities and industry. The hope is that the report will encourage dialogue between the three groups and prompt bold policy changes in the coming 12 months and beyond.
 
Open access survey June 2014
No full textIn the first few months of 2014 Taylor & Francis carried out a worldwide survey, with the aim of exploring journal authors’ views on open access.
Having previously conducted a survey on open access in 2013, we have been able to see how authors’ opinions have developed, and whether the discussion and debate on open access has helped to inform and shape views.
With responses to both the 2013 and 2014 survey given side-by-side, you can easily see how attitudes have changed. Alongside this, the 2014 survey explores many new areas and gives a fascinating insight into authors’ current perceptions of open access.
The survey asked authors a series of questions on their perceptions of open access; their attitudes, values and understanding of it; and what they believe the future of research to be. The report offers some intriguing shifts in opinions, with responses from the 2014 survey placed next to those from 2013 to show how views have changed, and to what degree.
Positivity towards open access continues to grow, with significant increases in the proportions strongly agreeing that open access offered a wider circulation than publication in a subscription journal (from 38% to 49%), and that it offered higher visibility (27% to 35%). 70% of respondents also disagreed or strongly disagreed with the statement ‘There are no fundamental benefits to open access publication’, an increase of 10% year-on-year and a strong indicator that open access continues to be viewed as a force for good. Authors also gave their views on the value of types of peer review when publishing open access, on repositories, their future intention on open access publishing, and on licensing.  
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Proposal and verification of rip current detection using AI
No full textThere are from 2,000 to 3,000 rescues including those of unconscious people every year on the beaches of Japan, as shown in Fig. 1. The occurrence of drowning accidents is mainly caused by the rip current (Ishikawa et al., 2014), it accounts for 48 % of drowning accidents, as shown in Fig. 2. Also, in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom, more than 50 % of rescue accidents are caused by rip currents (Brighton et al., 2013). In order to reduce the rip current accidents, beach users need to recognize rip currents, then they have to avoid them using risk assessment. However, it is the difficulty of risk recognition and judgement under the momentary change in natural phenomenon for beach users. Especially, almost all beach users understand the risk in the case of high wave conditions due to easy visual understanding, whereas they cannot understand rip currents the same way. On the other hand, swimming areas along the shore are very limited, however the number of lifeguards is small at around 1 lifeguard compared to the thousands of beach users. In addition, beach users sometimes enter unpatrolled areas outside the swimming areas. Therefore, we developed a new technology that can automatically detect the rip currents by the Artificial Intelligence (AI), and notify beach users and lifeguards using the Internet of Things (IoT). In this study, we verified the accuracy of the rip current detection by the AI, using a field measurement, an image analysis and a numerical simulation. Also, we examined the log data of 2019 that was actually operated
Average annual percentage change in the RIP, 2001–2014.
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Managing open access (OA) workflows at the University of St Andrews: challenges and Pathfinder solutions
No full text© 2014. Janet Aucock. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use and distribution provided the original author and source are credited.This article arose out of a presentation given to the UKSG seminar on ‘Managing Open Access: pain points and workflows’. It presents a case study on the workflows in place at the University of St Andrews and how these are developing to meet funder compliance policies and the challenge of the new HEFCE Research Excellence Framework (REF) open access (OA) policy. The case study describes the research environment at St Andrews and in particular the challenges faced and how these may be answered. Since the seminar in May 2014, the Open Access Research Publications Support Team has engaged in a ‘Lean’ exercise to evaluate and streamline workflows within the institution. St Andrews is also now a partner in the LOCH project, one of the Jisc Pathfinder projects. The paper gives an update on recent activities and looks at strategies and practical ideas for improving workflows and removing pain points.Publisher PD
Rencana Induk Pengembangan (RIP) Penelitian dan Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat 2021-2041
No full text172 HalamanRencana Induk Pengembangan (RIP) Penelitian dan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat
Universitas Medan Area (RIP-PPKM) UMA 2021-2041 (5 kali periode Rektorat), adalah sebuah
perencanaan yang menitik beratkan uraian kebijakan institusi dalam hal Penelitian dan Pengabdian
kepada Masyarakat. Rencana tersebut memiliki tujuan jangka panjang, jangka menengah dan
jangka pendek, serta mempunyai ruang lingkup yang luas. RIP-PPkM ini juga sebagai pedoman
bagi pelaksanaan penelitian unggulan dan strategis yang telah digariskan oleh Universitas Medan
Area dalam rangka mendukung akselerasi peningkatan mutu Universitas Medan Area menuju
pencapaian visi Universitas Medan Area.
Pengambilan keputusan dalam pengelolaan penelitian Universitas Medan Area dilakukan
oleh Rektor Universitas Medan Area. Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian Masyarakat (LP2M)
UMA adalah pelaksana Keputusan Rektor Universitas Medan Area di bidang Penelitian dan
Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat. RIP-PPkM UMA sebagai acuan penelitian dan pengabdian
kepada masyarakat yang dilakukan oleh peneliti/dosen UMA, tidak lepas dari Rencana Induk
Pengembangan UMA 2015 - 2043, Rencana Strategis UMA 2016-2025, yang telah disahkan oleh
Rektor UMA.
Peta jalan Penelitian dan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat Universitas Medan Area di
rencanakan secara bertahap oleh LP2M UMA mencakup semua topik Penelitian dan Pengabdian
kepada Masyarakat setiap Fakultas dan Pascasarjana. Peta jalan direncanakan selama 5 tahapan
yaitu: tahapan I kurun waktu 4 tahun (2021-2025), tahap ke 2 (2025- 2029) tahapan 3 (2029-2033)
tahapan 4 tahun (2033-2037), dan tahap ke 5 tahun (2037-2041). Peta jalan penelitian dan
pengabdian kepada masyarakat dapat dilihat pada Lampiran 1. Perumusan Topik penelitian dan
pengabdian kepada masyarakat setiap Fakultas dapat dilihat pada Tabel 4.3.1 sampai 4.4.8
CLASSIFICAÇÃO MORFODINÂMICA DE PRAIAS OCEÂNICAS POR MEIO DA ANÁLISE VISUAL DE IMAGENS DE SATÉLITE MULTITEMPORAIS DA COSTA SUDESTE DO ESTADO DE SANTA CATARINA
No full textTCC(graduação) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas. OceanografiaO presente trabalho apresenta uma classificação morfodinâmica entre as praias e setores da Pinheira (Palhoça) e do Farol de Santa Marta (Laguna), localizadas(os) no litoral sudeste do estado de Santa Catarina, por meio da análise visual de imagens de satélite multitemporais (2003 à 2015). Para isso, os parâmetros geométricos (comprimento da praia e do arco praial, distância entre dois promontórios rochosos, grau de embaiamento e orientação da praia) e morfodinâmicos (número e tipo de bancos submersos, ocorrência e espaçamento entre as cúspides praiais, ocorrência e espaçamento entre correntes de retorno, ocorrência de correntes topográficas e megacorrentes de retorno, largura da zona de surfe e largura da zona de espraiamento) foram identificados e quantificados utilizando 356 imagens de satélite disponibilizadas gratuitamente no software Google Earth Protm. Observou-se uma extensão total de ~80 km ao longo de 32 praias analisadas. O grau de embaiamento médio da região foi de 0,6, apresentando uma distância mínima entre dois promontórios de ~2,4 km e um comprimento de arco praial de ~3,4 km. A orientação média em relação ao norte foi de 97°. Em relação aos parâmetros morfodinâmicos, verificou-se um predomínio de praias dissipativas (55%, ~43 km) seguida de praias intermediárias (25%), intermediárias-dissipativas (20%) e refletivas (1%). A maior ocorrência de cúspides (48%) foi observada nas praias dissipativas, apresentando um espaçamento médio de ~60 m. Em relação as correntes de retorno, observou-se um predomínio de 37% nas praias do intermediárias-dissipativas, com espaçamento médio de ~176 m. Observou-se um predomínio de correntes topográficas e megacorrentes de retorno nas praias intermediárias (161) e dissipativas (16), respectivamente. Verificou-se também um predomínio de bancos submersos de alta energia nos bancos mais afastado da costa e de baixa energia nos bancos mais próximos à costa. Conclui-se assim que a interpretação visual de imagens de satélite multitemporais é uma ferramenta eficiente na coleta de dados e na classificação dos estados morfodinâmicos de praias oceânicas. Ressalta-se a importância de se incorporar dados hidrodinâmicos e sedimentológicos como forma de melhorar o entendimento morfodinâmico das mudanças temporais e espaciais de cada praia e/ou setor da região
Augmented learning roads for internet routing
No full textAs the Internet continues to establish itself as a utility, like power, transport or water, it becomes increasingly important to provide an engaging educational experience about its operation for students in related STEM disciplines such as Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. Routing is a core functionality of the global Internet. It can be used as an example of where theory meets practice, where algorithms meet protocols and where science meets engineering. Routing protocols can be included in the Computer Science curriculum in distributed systems, computer networking, algorithms, data structures, and graph theory. While there is a plethora of computer networking textbooks, and copious information of varying quality about the Internet spread across the Web, there is still an essential need for exploratory learning facilities of the type that support group work, experimentation and experiential learning. This paper reports on work using open virtual worlds to provide a multi-user interactive learning environment for Internet routing which exemplifies the capabilities of emerging immersive education technologies to augment conventional practice. The functionality of the learning environment is illustrated through examples and the underlying system which was built to support the routing simulations is explained
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