This project will examine the current state of the art with respect to protecting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of cloud based computing including specific applications such as file sharing and collaborative work. It will address near term and far term threats and propose security features to mitigate or prevent those threats. It may consider from a high level legal and regulatory issues e.g. the effect of the cloud residing in a different jurisdiction from some of the users. A complete security model and architecture should be developed. Threats and Countermeasures Related to Cyberterrorism This project will examine threats to critical infrastructure such as utilities, medical facilities and transport from state and non-state actors. It will propose administrative (i.e. policy related), physical and technical countermeasures for prevention, deterrence and detection of organised attacks. Wireless Networking Projects Wireless Sensor Networking This project will research different routing protocols associated with wireless sensor networks and select the most appropriate candidates for a specific application such as home automation, agriculture, medical monitoring or perhaps an application that is very appropriate to Australia e.g. mining or coral reef monitoring. The various candidate protocols can be compared through simulation for such metrics as energy efficiency, latency and robustness. Wireless Networking for Driverless Truck Convoys in Australia This project will address the unique requirements and design of Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) for control of driverless truck convoys in Australia. Challenges such as navigating tunnels in urban areas and poor road standards in some rural areas will be addressed. Both vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-toroadside (V2R) communication can be considered. Simulations of various operating scenarios might be included to validate the designs. Design of a "Clean Slate" or "Green Field" Internet This project will address the requirements, design and modelling of some aspect of a "clean slate" Internet for the needs of today which include: - Human oriented applications such as browsing, streaming, online gaming - A wide range of Machine-to-Machine applications - Mobility - Secure transactions - A wide range of access networks For example, it might consider the design of a new network layer or transport layer protocol to meet these requirements, or it might look at the performance and scalability of the routing process. The original internet protocols and processes were designed in a very different context and so it can be expected that many differences would exist if were were designing with a clean sheet of paper. Models can be developed and the performance difference between the "clean slate" internet and today's internet analysed. Although this is a hypothetical project dealing with revolution rather than evolution, it involves a wide range of research skills and can possibly be expanded upon year by year by new groups of students.