Malicious Spam Emails Developments and Authorship Attribution
- Authors: Alazab, Mamoun , Layton, Robert , Broadhurst, Roderic , Bouhours, Brigitte
- Date: 2013
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Proceedings - 4th Cybercrime and Trustworthy Computing Workshop, CTC 2013 p. 58-68
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- Description: The Internet is a decentralized structure that offers speedy communication, has a global reach and provides anonymity, a characteristic invaluable for committing illegal activities. In parallel with the spread of the Internet, cybercrime has rapidly evolved from a relatively low volume crime to a common high volume crime. A typical example of such a crime is the spreading of spam emails, where the content of the email tries to entice the recipient to click a URL linking to a malicious Web site or downloading a malicious attachment. Analysts attempting to provide intelligence on spam activities quickly find that the volume of spam circulating daily is overwhelming; therefore, any intelligence gathered is representative of only a small sample, not of the global picture. While past studies have looked at automating some of these analyses using topic-based models, i.e. separating email clusters into groups with similar topics, our preliminary research investigates the usefulness of applying authorship-based models for this purpose. In the first phase, we clustered a set of spam emails using an authorship-based clustering algorithm. In the second phase, we analysed those clusters using a set of linguistic, structural and syntactic features. These analyses reveal that emails within each cluster were likely written by the same author, but that it is unlikely we have managed to group together all spam produced by each group. This problem of high purity with low recall, has been faced in past authorship research. While it is also a limitation of our research, the clusters themselves are still useful for the purposes of automating analysis, because they reduce the work needing to be performed. Our second phase revealed useful information on the group that can be utilized in future research for further analysis of such groups, for example, identifying further linkages behind spam campaigns.
Tracking academic regional workforce retention through author affiliation data
- Authors: Kitt, Sharon
- Date: 2013
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Proceedings of ISSI 2013 - 14th International Society of Scientometrics and Informetrics Conference Vol. 2, p. 1746-1758
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- Description: Academic mobility is considered a standard requirement for the development and progression of an academic research career. However, this career mobility is at odds with the drive to recruit and retain professionally-qualified workers in regional Australia, to ensure future generations of regional Australians have capacity to access higher education in their home region. To date, little work has been completed regarding the retention of active research staff in regional Australia. The purpose of this paper is twofold: to determine the viability of using author affiliation data as listed on publications to track an institutional cohort of authors by their affiliation; also, to determine if data analysed using this method revealed any insights regarding the retention of academic staff. Whilst using author affiliation data was found to be viable, it required extensive data manipulation and cleansing. Once analysed, the data revealed intriguing insights into the retention and movement of active academic researchers. Implications for regional higher education will be discussed.
Drying and perceptions of climate change: Insights from a Riverina site in the Southern Murray-Darling Basin
- Authors: Golding, Barry
- Date: 2010
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at AVETRA Conference 2010
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- Description: This paper is based on an analysis of interview data about learning to cope with drier times in the southern Murray-Darling Basin in Australia. Its specific focus is about whether the protracted drying might be related to climate change, based on adult interviewee perceptions in one site in the New South Wales Riverina, The data were collected in 2009 as part of a larger, collaborative, four-site Learning to be drier project. The Riverina site study, from which the data analysed here derive, examined transcript evidence from Hay and Booligal, on the Murrumbidgee and Lachlan Rivers respectively. It looked at how adults in these river-dependent communities have learned to make sense of and cope with significantly diminished rainfall, lower river flows and less water allocations in the past decade. The aim of this particular paper is to investigate how (and whether) adults think about the causes of drier times, in particular about climate change. The paper raises questions about whether lifelong and lifewide mechanisms and processes post-school, particularly in rural, irrigation-dependent communities, are able to properly prepare, train and educate adults to deal with the complex, insidious and often debilitating risks and consequences of a predicted warmer and drier climate associated with climate change. It concludes that new mechanisms and models of learning are required to help adults in Australia to understand, bear the risks and mitigate the impacts of predicted climate change and further drying of the Basin. It argues that radically new ways of learning are required to reach and properly inform the most climate-sensitive sector, agriculture, to make an informed choice about the risks of 'staying on the land' (or not).
Curriculum renewal in exercise science : AAESS session
- Authors: Selig, Steve , Coombes, J. S. , Otago, Leonie , Pascoe, Deborah , Raymond, J. , Torode, M. , Groeller, H.
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at 2009 Australia Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport, Seventh National Physical Activity Conference, Sixth National Sports Injury Prevention Conference, Be Active '09, Brisbane, Queensland : 14th-17th October 2009
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- Description: We are conducting a Project “Curriculum Renewal in Exercise Science” (funded by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council and AAESS) with major aims to investigate the broad range of roles of Exercise Scientists in workplaces now and in the future, and to use these to align university education and work/ practical experiences to scopes of practice. The Project is using investigative tools comprising focus groups, benchmarking of this and related professions, literature reviews, surveys of practitioners and academics, and expert panels. A forum organised at “be active’09” will serve as informal focus group, and participants will have ample opportunity to have input into both the scope of practice, and possible links to university curricula and work experience. Participants will have their identity protected as all outcomes from the Project are de-identified as to the source of the information. We encourage you to attend and participate in this forum on “Curriculum Renewal in Exercise Science”.
The development of guidelines for using synthetic surfaces in Australian football and cricket
- Authors: Twomey, Dara , Otago, Leonie , Saunders, Natalie
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at 2009 Australia Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport, Seventh National Physical Activity Conference, Sixth National Sports Injury Prevention Conference, Be Active '09, Brisbane, Queensland : 14th-17th October 2009
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- Description: Given the current climatic conditions, synthetic surfaces have been explored as a viable option for Australian football/cricket ovals in drought regions in Australia. The aim of this paper is to describe the processes required prior to the installation of a synthetic surface to ensure player safety, and challenges in the development of criteria for a multi-sport surface. Artificial surfaces have been used for many sports worldwide for decades, but it is only since the late 1990s that the “third generation” turf surfaces made of long and more widely spread fibres of propylene or polyethylene filled with rubber granules have been adopted. These surfaces have proved satisfactory for some football codes and have grown in popularity in many parts of the world. Sports, such as, soccer, rugby union and hockey have developed specific criteria for synthetic turf manufacturing companies to satisfy prior to the installation of a field. In these instances, although it may be used by other sports after installation, the product is only obliged to meet the requirements set by one governing body. In Australia, however, the majority of Australian football ovals are used for cricket during the football off season. Therefore, in the development of criteria for player safety and to maintain the characteristics of the games on natural turf both Australian football and cricket had to be duly considered. A study was undertaken in 2008 to establish a set of criteria which would enable artificial surfaces to replicate the playing performance of natural turf for Australian football and cricket. Testing was undertaken on natural playing surfaces from elite to community level. Tests included hardness, traction, friction, abrasion, ball rebound, ball roll, angled ball behaviour and the establishment of a critical fall height. Australian football and cricket ball were used in the ball interaction tests and the studs/cleats used in both sports were tested for rotational traction. A climatic chamber was also used to determine the effects of different temperatures on the playing characteristics. Data from previous research employing the same protocols for surface characteristics were also considered in the development of a set of criteria. This research highlighted the important factors that need to be optimised for synthetic playing fields to be to be safe and suitable for use. This criteria has now been accepted by the Australian Football League and Cricket Australia and the use of synthetic surfaces for Australian football and cricket is imminent.
What are the pros and cons of gaining qualifications through work?
- Authors: Smith, Erica , Smith, Andy
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at 5th International Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning Conference : Lifelong Learning Revisited : What Next?, University of Stirling, Scotland : 23rd-26th June 2009
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- Description: An important plank in lifelong learning policy in both the UK and Australia has been the opportunity for workers to gain qualifications through work. In Australia this opportunity has often been provided through the traineeship system which is a form of ‘modern apprenticeship’ that has now been in place for twenty years. Two national Australian research projects on the delivery of qualifications through work have been undertaken over a five-year period by the authors and colleagues. Both projects involved research with workers, managers, training providers, industry bodies, and relevant officials at State and national level. The 2003 project surveyed 400 companies that provided qualification-based training at work and also included twelve enterprise case studies. The 2008 project involved six indepth industry case studies, each of which involved interviews with relevant senior stakeholders and two enterprise case studies, as well as in-depth interviews with senior policy officials, employer peak bodies and trade unions. The studies showed that many advantages accrue to workers as well as to employers from the delivery of qualifications through work. However there are also some disadvantages and problematic areas for workers, some of which may become more apparent as the global financial crisis affects employment. In the discussion, some parallels are drawn between the Australian and the UK approach to delivering qualifications to lower-level workers through work.
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Closing the loop between research and sustainable regional development
- Authors: Schwarz, Imogen , McRae-Williams, Pamela
- Date: 2008
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at 12th SEGRA Conference 2008 : Creative Solutions - expect them to be different, Albury, New South Wales : 18th-20th August 2008
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- Description: There is continued debate between researchers, policy makers and regional communities on the effectiveness of research in identifying and engaging with regional issues and transferring this research to facilitate polices and initiatives that are adaptive and relevant. This paper reviews these current trends in thinking and describes a model of regional engagement where researchers, decision makers and community are beginning to work together to establish an effective framework to facilitate adaptive decision making, social learning and participatory research initiatives at a regional scale. The paper describes the evolution of the Water in Drylands Collaborative Research Program (WIDCORP) in Western Victoria. The model provides insights and highlights difficulties in converting research into creative solutions for sustainable regional development. Co-location, bridging partnerships across disciplines to deliver regional research needs, and developing good communication are key elements of this model. It also suggests that models of this type may be a stepping stone to integrate research into regional development decision making.
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Literature on image segmentation based on split - and - Merge techniques
- Authors: Faruquzzaman, A. B. M. , Paiker, Nafize , Arafat, Jahidul , Ali, Mortuza , Sorwar, Golam
- Date: 2008
- Type: Text , Conference proceedings , Conference paper
- Relation: ICITA 2008, Cairns, Qld., 23-26 June, ICITA, published in Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Information Technology and Application pp. 120-125.
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- Description: Image segmentation is a feverish issue due to drastically increasing the use of computer and the Internet. Various algorithms have been invented on this aspect. Among them, split-and-merge (SM) algorithm is highly lucrative now-a-days due to its simplicity and effectiveness in the sector of image processing. Numerous researchers have performed their research work on this algorithm to triumph over its drawbacks for its sustainable and competent implementation. This paper has consolidated the useful consideration and proposal of various researchers to formulate a strong base of knowledge for the future researcher. It has also tinted few unsettled drawbacks of SM algorithm which will open the casement of brainstorming as well as persuade them for future research on SM algorithm, thereby allow SM algorithm to attain a globally optimal algorithm for image segmentation.
- Description: 5th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications, ICITA 2008
What do senior figures in Australian VET think about traineeships?
- Authors: Smith, Erica
- Date: 2008
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: 11th Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association (AVETRA) Conference
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- Description: This paper reports on the perceptions of key Australian stakeholders who were interviewed about the controversial issue of quality in traineeships. Interviews were carried out with thirteen people holding senior positions in State and national government departments, major employer and employee organisations, and peak bodies of intermediary organisations. The process was the initial phase of a national NCVER-funded project on identifying the features of high-quality traineeships. The interview transcripts were then analysed to draw out key themes. Themes included issues to do with pedagogy both on and off the job, workplace arrangements and work organisation, relationships between employers and training providers, progression to higher level qualifications and within careers, the intended strategic use of trainees by organisations, and the use of traineeships for equity purposes. On the whole, strong support was expressed for the traineeship system although there were some dissenting views. The research provided a useful backdrop for the fieldwork in the remainder of the project.
Courage and hope : Towards an evolving paradigm of inclusive and transformational dis/ability research
- Authors: Marks, Genee
- Date: 2007
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at 7th International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, Amsterdam, The Netherlands : 3rd-6th July 2007
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- Description: It has been argued by researchers in the field of dis/ability research that it is not possible for participatory research to be both inclusive and transformational, let alone emancipatory. In this paper I challenge that notion, and posit that in order for such research to be emancipatory, researchers and theoreticians in the field must develop new and eclectic ways of framing the problem, so that rather than losing hope and courage in our desires to be inclusive, our work is truly transformational. This paper addresses constructions of difference, drawing on a wide range of perspectives and theories, including Foucault's heteropia, Mestizaje and Borderland Theory (Anzaldua, 1987; Pallotta-Chiarolli and Lubowitz, 2003), Pagtatanong-tatong (Pe-Pua, 1989), Probin's (1996) work on "outside belonging" Freire's (1994) work on a pedagogy of hope, and the more recent work of Zournazi (2002) on hope as a new philosophy for change. Through this diversity of perspectives, I works towards presenting a new paradigm that, while applying specifically to dis/ability research, may be generalised to wider contexts of diversity, difference and culture. It is my intention to propose such a model, drawing on post-structuralist notions and critical theory within a post-modern milieu, and argue that participatory research with people with dis/ability as co-researchers may be both inclusive and emancipatory, rather than transformational research having the potential to be disempowering. I will contend that as researchers, we need to maintain hope, and indeed courage (Walkerdine, 2003) in our persistence to develop research paradigms and theories that have the potential to be emancipatory.
A leadership enrichment program for research higher degree students : An experiential learning approach to leadership training
- Authors: Barron, Deirdre , Zeegers, Margaret
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at Australian Association of Research in Education (AARE) Conference 2006, Adelaide, South Australia : 26th-27th November 2006
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- Description: Enrichment programs for Research Higher Degree (RHD) students are an endeavour undertaken by all Australian Universities. Most of these enrichment programs have in the main been centred on the generic skills required to expedite the research program, for example software skills, information gathering and collating skills, language development programs and seminars on various methodologies. There are some examples where enrichment programs have focused on leadership. These programs often assume not only that leadership can be taught, but also that a traditional seminar/lecture approaches to such a curriculum is a practical, efficient and effective approach to leadership education. This paper questions these assumptions by arguing for a more experientially-based approach to leadership education at the RHD level. This approach has demanded a consideration of pedagogical approaches outside, or peripheral, to the traditional approaches of RHD training. A specific example of a leadership program that incorporates experiential learning in is presented. The paper delineates a brief overview of experiential approaches to education, followed by a more specific review of the potential role these approaches can play in leadership education.
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Action research and network development : Creating actionable knowledge
- Authors: Braun, Patrice
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at 7th ALARPM and 11th PAR World Congress, Groningen, Netherlands : 21st August, 2006
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- Description: To make a valuable contribution to our society today, knowledge must be relevant, applicable and actionable. On the side of managers it calls for collaborative approaches to knowledge creation and knowledge transfer between their organisations and knowledge institutions. On the side of academics, it calls for engaged scholarship aimed at knowledge transfer and knowledge contribution to the practical know-how of managers and organisations. Action researchers have long advocated collaborative knowledge creation processes as the way forward, despite the fact that working within an environment that aspires for knowledge to be become applicable and actionable can be complex and challenging. This paper discusses actionable research methods with a focus on networks and learning in a regional development context.
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- Description: 2003001943
The political economy R & D
- Authors: Courvisanos, Jerry
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at the International Symposium Knowledge, Finance and Innovation 2006, Dunkerque, France : 26th - 30th September, 2006
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- Description: This paper aims to examine the political economy role of R & D in the context of the innovation dilemma between its roles as a knowledge generating processes and the entrenched power that such knowledge creates.
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- Description: 2003001826
Underpinning practice-based creative research with quality supervision
- Authors: Mann, Allan , Button, Loris , Sillitoe, Jim
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at Thinking the future: Art, design and creativity Conference, Melbourne : 26th - 29th September, 2006
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- Description: In the past few years, there has been some interestingdebate on the notion of postgraduate research by the exegesis route, which is currently the most favoured approach to higher degree qualification in the creative arts arena. The production of an artwork, which is accompanied by scholarly written exposition, has become a well-accepted way in which cultural and social knowledge is generated within the creative disciplines. Some problems, however, still remain with the quality supervision of creative arts postgraduate students because of the concurrent requirements of having a supervisor with a significant reputation in the student's field of creative endeavour and the skills to advise on the preparation of the scholarly document that expounds on the creative work. In addition, because of the recent history of the exegesis route to higher degrees, there are relatively few experienced research staff in creative arts departments. At the University of Ballarat's Arts Academy, we have been developing an approachto the supervisionof creative Masters and Doctoral exegeses in the context of small staff numbers, a wide variety of practice areas, and a relatively large number of enrolled students. Results to date have been encouraging, and this paper will report on the way in which we are attempting to provide each studnet with the best educational experience possible and produce world-class creative higher degree graduates within a school that has a limited financial and personnel resource base
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- Description: 2003002054
Measuring imagery : From validation to application
- Authors: Spittle, Michael
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at the 11th World Congress of Sport Psychology, Sydney : 15th August, 2005
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- Description: Since the 1970's, when Suinn (1972) proposed early systematic applications of imagery in posrt, including Visuo-Motor Behaviour Rehearsal (VMBR), imagery has been a central focus of research and practice in sport psychology.
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- Description: 2003001100
Skill based modified sports programs for younger participants : The risk of boredom and drop out
- Authors: Eime, Rochelle , Payne, Warren , Casey, Meghan
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport Vol. 8, no. 4 Supplement (2005), p. 79
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- Description: Sport in Australia has recognised that children are not 'little adults'. Initially, responses included modifications to: equipment; playing surface size; some rules. In recent years many sports have developed structured, skill-based, age specific developmental programs for younger participants. The aim of this study is to investigate why participants become involved, and to find out what they enjoy most and least about these programs. Program coordinators/coaches and parents of participants (5-7 years) of two modified sports programs were interviewed. Questions included thoughts about: the program structure and resources; why participants became involved; what the participant likes/dislikes most; how the program could be improved. Behavioural theories are utilised in the discussion of these combined program results. Common themes were found between the thoughts of the program participants and "drop outs";. A main finding was that children join these sports programs to have fun, and when it ceases to become fun they get bored. Participant enjoyment was associated with game and match like activities. Many program coordinators reported altering the program structure to include more game and match like activities. The repetition of the program over two years for the participant was also a common barrier reported. In conclusion, it is recommended that sports programs for young participants are age specific and that they are modified to the full adult version. However, modify the programs to suit the needs and the desires of the children or face high drop out rates.
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The public health care cost of physical inactivity in a regional city of Australia
- Authors: Dassanayake, Jayantha , Payne, Warren , Liya, T. , Turville, Christopher
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport Vol. 8, no. 4 Supplement (2005), p. 84
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- Description: 2003006002
Changing the business research supervision paradigm
- Authors: Van Beveren, John
- Date: 2004
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at the 4th Teaching, Learning and Research Conference (IERA), Ballarat, Australia : 22nd - 25th November, 2004
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- Description: 2003000809
Inseparability of self and self awareness in research
- Authors: Hall, Janet
- Date: 2003
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at Discovery: Discovering research, discovering teaching and learning, discovering self. Women in research conference 2003, Rockhampton, Queensland : 13th November, 2003
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- Description: As a qualitative researcher, the process of designing and undertaking an ethnographic study commenced with intellectual curiosity to enhance understanding about the nature and meaning attached to patient-nurse interactions in nursing culture. This endeavor drew my attention to the role of one’s self in research, from methodological and philosophical perspectives. The following discussion explores my personal experience of learning how self is an inherent part of research and the ongoing nature of self-discovery throughout the research process. Two areas are addressed: the delicate methodological interplay of participant-researcher reciprocity; and research authenticity by declaring ones beliefs, values and life experiences. Disclosing one’s self, your own story and sharing your discovery of self, facilitates disclosure and openness by participants. Giving of one’s self is risky, yet in addition to enhancing the authenticity of the research, there are personal challenges, rewards and cathartic benefits in becoming aware of, and acknowledging, the interconnection between one’s personhood, one’s research and research participants.
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- Description: 2003000403
What is evidence-based practice anyway? A rural survey
- Authors: Murphy, Angela
- Date: 2003
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at the 7th National Rural Health Conference, Canberra : 1st - 4th March, 2003
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- Description: Health service system developments in recent decades have, both nationally and internationally, been increasingly focused on quality service delivery and the attainment of improved health outcomes. Evidence-based practice (EBP) has been promoted as a central mechanism through which to achieve improved quality and safety in health service delivery (World Health Organisation, 1999; Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council,1996).
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