Welcome to an exceptional event showcasing higher degree research from across Charles Sturt University’s academic disciplines.
This conference provides opportunities to highlight Charles Sturt’s existing networks while encouraging new research connections within our Higher Degree Research community. This event also provides an excellent opportunity to demonstrate the Innovation, Industry Partnerships and Research Commercialisation.
Join us at HDR conference 2022 to hear from our distinguished keynote speakers, research leaders, research support teams and learn about the great research projects being undertaken by Higher Degree Researchers, and don’t miss the chance to connect with the broader regional community.
Dr Eburn is the leading researcher in the area of emergency services, emergency management and the law. He is the author or co-author of three books and has made over 80 other contributions as book chapters, journal articles, professional publications and conference and professional development presentations. His blog, Australian Emergency Law, is widely read and respected throughout the sector. He has been a principal researcher on projects on law and governance funded by the Bushfire, and then the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRCs.
Michael has been an invited expert on disaster law at events hosted by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Kuala Lumpur and Geneva and an invited guest of the International Disaster Law project hosted by Roma Tre University and the University of Bologna in Italy.
Professor John Rossiter is a recognized world expert in the field of advertising and consumer behavior and is also the inventor of a new system of social science measurement.
In the advertising field, John Rossiter is best known for his advertising and marketing communications textbooks: Rossiter and Percy (1987, 1997); Rossiter and Danaher (1998); Rossiter and Bellman (2005); and Rossiter, Percy and Bergkvist, a book due for publication in 2018. He has also published regularly in all the major advertising journals.
12.00 pm – 12.30pm | Lunch | |
12:30pm – 1:15pm (45 mins) | A/Prof. Ramudu Bhanugopan | Sub-Dean (Graduate Studies), Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences Prof. Lewis Bizo | Executive Dean, Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences Prof. Mark Morrison | Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences A/Prof. Jason White | Director, Research Services and Dean of Graduate Studies | Introduction Opening and Acknowledgement of Country |
1:15pm – 1:55pm (40 mins) | Keynote Speaker 1 Prof. Michael Eburn | Leading researcher in emergency services law | Cascading disasters – a challenge for emergency management and for law |
1:55pm - 2:35pm (40 mins) | Keynote Speaker 2 Prof. John Rossiter | World expert in advertising & consumer behaviour | The Main Things I've Learned from My Long Career as an Academic and Applied Researcher |
2:35pm – 3:05pm (30 mins) | Keynote Speaker 3 Hon. Michael McCormack MP | Member for Riverina | Regional development and research funding |
3:05pm – 3:15pm | Afternoon Tea Break (10 mins) | |
3:15pm – 3:30pm (15 mins: remote) | Prof. Mark Evans | Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) - Online | Publishing from your doctoral thesis |
3:30pm – 5:30pm (15 minutes for each presentation) | Research Clinic | |
A/Prof. Val Ingham | Emergency Management | Distinguishing a Professional Doctorate from a PhD | |
Prof. Anthony Saliba | Professor of Perceptual Psychology | Considering mixed methods | |
Dr. Lachlan Brown | School of Social Work and Arts (SSWA) and Laura Longmore | Centre for Law and Justice - Online | Academic Integrity and Plagiarism | |
Prof. Mark Morrison | Associate Dean (Research) | Citations - Why they matter and how to increase them | |
Dr. Anwaar Ulhaq | Senior Lecturer and Deputy Leader, Machine Vision and Digital Health Research Group | Writing your thesis: LaTeX vs Microsoft Word | |
Sarah Rosetta | Division of Library Services Lauren Brumby | Division of Library Services | Approaches to a successful systematic literature review | |
5:30pm – 6:10pm (40 minutes) | Paul Shaw | Manager, Graduate Research | Office of Research Services and Graduate Studies Panel Discussion Sub Dean Grad Studies, HDR Coordinators, GSLOs & HDR Manager | HDR policies and procedures Discussion and Q&A |
7:30pm | Dinner & Drinks | |
Please familiarise yourself with the latest information and follow Government advice relevant to your location: New South Wales | Victoria| Australian Capital Territory | Queensland
8:30am – 8:45am | Arrival and welcome of participants | ||
8:45am – 9:10am (15 mins) | A/Prof. Ramudu Bhanugopan | Sub-Dean (Graduate Studies), Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences | Day Two Opening and Welcome Navigating the HDR Examination Process | |
9.15am – 9:30am (15 mins) | Australian Postgraduate Research Intern (APR.Intern) A division of the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) Mark Ovens | Business Development Manager, NSW/ACT Glen Sheldon | Deputy National Program Manager and Business Development (QLD, SA, WA) - Online | HDR APR Intern Program | |
9.35am – 12:30pm | HDR Candidate Presentations | ||
12.35pm – 1:00pm | Conference Finish – Presenter Awards | ||
Computing and Mathematics | Session Chairs Dr Quazi Mamun and Prof Manoranjan Paul | |
9:35am | Dr Quazi Mamun | Introduction |
9:40am | Peter Dodds | Writer-Reader relationships |
10:00am | Anne Chidgey | Accelerating the value of AIOps to server support in a managed services provider: a mixed methods, case study |
10:20am | Ehtesham Ferdous - Online | AI based SDN network operation centre |
10:40am | Scott Atkinson | Non-haptic user interfaces in a post-covid environment |
11:00am | Dristi Datta | Regression model performance analysis for soil nitrogen prediction with remote sensing data |
11:20am | Jamil Ispahany | Machine learning techniques to detect ransomware: a brief review |
11:40am | Ramin Ghorashi | An evaluation of organisation’s data sharing and privacy risks |
12:00pm | Mahir Habib | Cattle information events - extending data schemas to meet the needs of the Australian red meat industry |
12:15pm | Selahattin Hürol Türen - Online | Analysing the forum activities inside the dark web |
12:30pm | Return to main auditorium (Mirage Room) | |
Computing, Mathematics and Engineering | Session Chairs Dr Michael Bewong and Dr Anwaar UlHaq | |
9.35am | Dr Michael Bewong | Introduction |
9:40am | MD Ershadul Haque | A hybrid approach to represent and compress quantum image |
10.00am | Demogene Smith - Online | Identifying the role Information technology plays in the disconnect in operational delivery in public healthcare |
10:20am | Muhammad Rafiqul Islam | Video deraining by combining physical features and data-driven network |
10:40am | Muhammad Rana | A Key Management Scheme for Lightweight Block Cipher |
11:00am | Peter Padiet | Malicious insider threats to data integrity |
11:20am | Mehedi Tajrian | Misinformation analysis |
11:40am | Gnanakumar Thedchanamoorthy | Privacy-preserving data collection for statistical aggregation |
12:00pm | Faranak Tohidi | Effective Video-based point cloud compression |
12:30pm | Return to main auditorium (Mirage Room) | |
Business and Customs and Excise | Session Chairs Prof Branka Krivokapic-skoko, Dr. Elizabeth Dunlop and A/Prof. Mikhail Kashubsky(PhD - Doctor of Philosophy; DBA - Doctor of Business Administration) | |
9.35am | Prof Branka Krivokapic- skok | Introduction to the session |
9:40am | Sonia Diab | Confirmation of Candidature Many cooks enrich the broth? Distributed leadership and its effect on psychological safety, group affective tone, role stressors and organisational effectiveness in Australian health networks (DBA) |
10:20am | Gavin Ritz | Confirmation of Candidature Understanding early-stage high technology start-ups, User-centric appraisal of technological inventions (DBA) |
11:00am | Abdul Quddus Wazirzada | Sustainable Mobility Solutions, Using Intelligent Transport Systems (DBA) |
11:18am | Iswandi Iswandi (Customs) | International Regulatory Framework and Initiatives in Combatting Counterfeit Trade at Cross-borders (PhD) |
11:36am | Emily Webster | Preparing for Drought (PhD) |
11:54am | Pham Duy Anh | Data collection insights - conducting interviews overseas during the pandemic (PhD) |
12:12pm | Victoria Erskine | Communication in a Collective impact - moving the needle on health outcomes for Australians (PhD) |
12:30pm | Return to main auditorium (Mirage Room) | |
Graduate School Policing and Security & Psychology | Session Chairs Professor Anthony Saliba, Dr Tyson Whitten and A/Prof Valerie Ingham (PhD - Doctor of Philosophy; DPS - Doctor of Public Safety) | |
9.35am | Prof Anthony Saliba | Introduction to the session |
9:40am | Dr Emma Colvin | Publishing opportunity |
9:45am | Craig Shepherd | Confirmation of Candidature (DPS) Developing a Multi-Aerial Platform Operating Model to enable multi-agencies to operate helicopters, planes and drones safely and cohesively within uncontrolled airspace above disasters. |
10:25am | Andrew Williams | Emergency Management Planning for Domestic Family Violence (DPS) |
10:45am | Stewart Duncan | Private sectors contribution to community resilience and sustainability (DPS) |
11:05am | Sarah Smorhun | Challenges of finding research participants in public safety (DPS) |
11:25am | Genevieve d'Ament | Psychology A holistic understanding of the co-created cellar door experience: Staff and customer perspectives (PhD) |
11:45am | John Moy | A new sustainable volunteer emergency services model (DPS) |
12:05pm | Nicholas McFadyen | Psychology How Early Life Stress Effects Visual Attention and Behavioural Inhibition in Adults (PhD) |
12:30pm | Return to main auditorium (Mirage Room) | |
Please familiarise yourself with the latest information and follow Government advice relevant to your location: New South Wales | Victoria| Australian Capital Territory | Queensland
