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The impact of
visual intelligence: keeping you safe and secure
The secret to fighting crime is staying one step ahead. Professor Michael Brooks and his team at the
University of Adelaide have found a way of using artificial intelligence to outwit criminal intent. Mike
and his team know that the number of surveillance cameras is not the problem. The difficulty in keeping
us safe is that there can never be enough people to monitor the videos for suspicious behaviour.
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The impact to help the world
with a growing problem
According to the United Nations, 850 million people across the world are hungry and this problem is growing.
According to Professor Mark Tester at the University of Adelaide, we can make a difference. Professor
Mark Tester and his team are part of a global effort to help people feed themselves. A major problem
is that the level of salt in the world’s rivers is increasing at an alarming rate. Our own Murray
River, for example, is becoming increasingly saline.
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The impact to turn cancer from
a sentence into a word
A cure for cancer may be a long way off but Professor Shaun McColl and his team at the University of
Adelaide are working towards preventing 90% of cancer related deaths. Imagine the impact of being able
to prevent the growth of secondary cancers. A key to combating these insidious complications lies in
understanding what controls cell movement through the body - a long term project of the University of
Adelaide's Professor Shaun McColl.
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Australia's
cultural revolution
In June 2005, the University of Adelaide and the Australian Ballet signed a memorandum of understanding,
the aim of which was to increase collaborative endeavour and relations between the two organisations.
The Memorandum follows the receipt of a major ARC Linkage Project grant awarded to the University of
Adelaide, the Australian Ballet and the National Library of Australia.
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Commercialising
insulin-like growth factors
Insulin-like Growth Factors (IGF-I and IGF-II) are small, highly-related proteins which stimulate
the growth and differentiation of a wide variety of cell types. Professor John Wallace from the School
of Molecular and Biomedical Science, is an expert on IGFs, which are produced by the liver and circulate
in the blood.
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Increasing
road safety, preventing injuries
Research in road safety and injury control at the Centre for Automotive Safety Research at the University
of Adelaide, contributes to the reduction of the human and economic costs of road crashes. The Centre
began life in 1973 as the Road Accident Research Unit (RARU) with the planning and undertaking of an
in-depth study of road accidents in the Adelaide metropolitan area.
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Lighting
flames for a greener future
Combustion is the very foundation of the world's industrial society. It underpins the current standard
of living in the industrial world as well as being a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. The
Turbulence, Energy and Combustion (TEC) group at the University works with industry and international
collaborators to develop environmentally responsible, cost-effective energy technologies for industries.
The group's members are drawn from the Schools of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering.
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Reducing
foam waste, making great savings
TRC Mathematical Modelling has worked together with the Dunlop Foams Group to reduce the foam wastage
in processing operations. Foam is produced in large blocks that are subsequently converted into smaller
products, such as cushions and mattresses.
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Reducing
the risk of complications in late pregnancy
The Research Centre for Reproductive Health and the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, through
Dr Claire Roberts and Professor Gus Dekker, is receiving $2.37m from the Premier's Science & Research
Fund to further their work on Screening for Pregnancy Endpoints (SA SCOPE).
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Saving
water to make wine
In the 1990s basic research at the University of Adelaide, CSIRO Plant Industry and South Australian
Research and Development Institute (SARDI) through the Cooperative Research Centre for Viticulture on
plant hormone responses in drought situations led to the development in the late 1990s of an innovative
irrigation technique known as "partial root zone drying" (PRD). |
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Transforming cereals and farming
industries
Wheat, barley and oats are the three cereals crops on which South Australia's dryland farming
industries are based. Their farm gate value is over $1 billion with over 80% exported and the rest substantially
value-added. University of Adelaide plant breeders, Dr Tony Rathjen, Mr Gil Hollamby, Dr David Sparrow
and Professor Andy Barr, have collectively bred, developed and commercialised varieties of wheat and
barley that occupy over 90% of the South Australian area sown. |
