Advanced Surveillance
Applications for sensor technologies with a particular focus on cameras and CCTV, for the detection and analysis of safety and security threats.
AutoMap
Supporting the personal navigation markets rapidly growing data requirements using technologies and systems to automatically create and update maps.
Automated Data Analysis
Technology to automatically analyse, interpret and summarise large amounts of data common to domains like biology, medicine and the Internet.
Automated Microscopic Cell Tracking
Reducing the cost of doing biological experiments as well as the time taken to do them using tools that provide a more efficient way of extracting biologically relevant information from video sequences of live cells. Potentially this could lead to wider applications in the development of drug discovery and clinical screening.
Biomedical Text Processing
Saving time and costs for biomedical researchers and clinicians by developing techniques to provide easier and faster access to valuable information buried in biomedical texts which will help deliver better health outcomes.
Business Adaptation and Interoperation
Creates the understanding and technologies that let organisations work together effectively at both business and technical levels.
Cancer Genomics
Developing new techniques for extracting medical and agricultural knowledge from the vast volumes of data generated by new biological laboratory technologies such as genome sequencing and biomarker detection.
Cognitive and Organisational Systems Engineering
Improving how people and technology interact in mission-critical work environments, such as air traffic control and healthcare, by developing techniques and tools to identify interaction problems early in the system development lifecycle.
Constraint Programming Platform
Developing technologies to help organisations such as freight, logistics and transportation companies and local, state and federal governments to better utilise their assets, resources and infrastructure.
Cooperative Multi-Agent Formations and Networks
Using a set of scientific tools, such as shape and motion control, location estimation and sensor networks for applications such as defence, fighting bushfires and surveillance.
Decision Support for Incident Management
Increasing the efficiency of control centres, such as call centres and air traffic control centres, by developing techniques that can detect the load on the operators and take remedial action.
Distributed Game Platform
Delivering complex applications such as massively multiplayer online games over the Internet quickly and cheaply by using decentralised techniques to manage networks and data.
Goanna (Software Bug Detection)
Keeping product launch timetables on track and saving money using a fast, scalable and precise software solution that detects bugs and other software vulnerabilities automatically during the development process.
Human Performance Improvement
Small, smart devices to collect interpret, transmit and monitor biometric data reliably; supporting emergency services workers, athletes and defence personnel.
Implant Systems
There are estimates that one in five Australians will suffer a period of chronic pain in their lifetime. Many others will suffer from neurological disorders - such as Parkinson's Disease - which produce debilitating physical symptons. NICTA is developing small, sophisticated and inexpensive implantable therapies that will help these people.
Intelligent Fleet Logistics
Developing technology solutions to help organisations such as freight, logistics and transportation operators better utilise their mobile assets and resources under diverse constraints.
Service Delivery and Testbed Framework
Service delivery: Reducing energy costs and environment footprint of distributed service delivery platforms, such as TV set-top boxes by investigating schemes that minimise the energy cost.
Testbed framework: Facilitating future Internet research and increasing scientific rigor in the networking field by developing and deploying a unified framework to control, measure and manage federations of networking testbeds.
Smart Transport and Roads
Traffic managers and road users will be able to predict and respond to traffic conditions using technology that will increase the capacity of our roads infrastructure, make urban travel more predictable, efficient and environmentally friendly.
Spectral Imaging
Identifying potential threats to bio-security and plant health using cameras that capture imperfections invisible to the human eye.
Trustworthy Embedded Systems
The most trustworthy and reliable operating system kernel on the planet by providing ultimate mathematical assurance that the seL4 high-performance microkernel works correctly.
Ultra-high Speed Wireless Network
Ultra high-speed technology integrated on a single chip which promises to deliver up to ten times the data rate of today’s wireless systems at around one-tenth of the cost. It will remove the need for cables in the home and could be incorporated into multiple devices.
Visual Processing for the Bionic Eye
Helping to enable the development of a bionic eye using computer vision-based technologies for wearable visual assistive devices and visual prostheses for the visually impaired.
XML Query Technologies
Building software for super-fast searches of large XML data files supporting applications for life sciences, publishing and other fields that have large and complex XML data sets. | 
