ARC Complex Open Systems Research Network

Prof David Green

 

Professor of Information Technology Research Monash University Address: David G. Green Professor of Information Technology Research Faculty of Information Technology Monash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Phone: +61 3 9905 3912 Fax: +61 3 9905 5146 Email: david.green@infotech.monash.edu.au Webpage: http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~dgreen/ Research Node: VIC-2

 

Role in Network

COSNet Management Committee Member - Node Coordinator VIC-2
Academic - Researcher

COSNet Research Themes

1. Irreversibility and Emergence in Nonequilibrium Systems
2. Turbulence and Coherent Structures, Control and Computation
3. Dynamics and Statistics of Multi-Scale Systems
4. Network Theory
5. Cellular Automata, Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation

COSNet Application Areas

1. Complex Physical Systems
2. Complex Biological Systems
3. Complex Computational Systems
4. Complex Socio-Economic Systems

 

Research Topics

# Emergent modularity and computational complexity
Modular organization, which emerges spontaneously in many systems, reduces computational complexity. The aim is to apply insights about processes that form modular structure to problem-solving and data exploration.
# Theoretical foundations
An attempt to create a coherent, theoretical framework for data mining, and other methodologies involving complex systems, consistent with other areas of computer science.
# Evolution and adaptation in agent networks and swarms
Investigates new methodologies in which populations sort and transform information.
# Natural computation
Applies insights from natural systems to derive new or more effective search algorithms. (eg. the Cellular Genetic Algorithm)
# Spatial data mining with intelligent agents
Applies ideas from all the above to reveal spatial patterns and relationships.
# Intelligent, adaptive approaches to Bioinformatics
Applies ideas from all the above to interpret structure and function in the genome.  

Publications

1. Green, D.G. (2004). The Serendipity Machine. Allen and Unwin, Sydney.
2. Green, D.G. and Bossomaier, T.R.J. (2002). Online GIS and Spatial Metadata. Taylor & Francis, London.
3. Clapham, N. T., Green, D. G. and Kirley, M. (2001). Emergent information systems - the role of adaptive agents. Australian Journal of Intelligent Information Processing Systems 7, 3/4, 96-101.
4. Kirley, M., and Green, D.G. (2000). An Empirical Investigation of Optimisation in Dynamic Environments Using the Cellular Genetic Algorithm. In D. Whitley et al. (eds) The Proceedings of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2000). pp. 11-18.Morgan Kauffman.
5. Green, D.G. and Bossomaier, T.J. (eds.) (1993). Complex systems: From Biology to Computation. IOS Press, Amsterdam. 390pp.  

Professional or Public Outreach Activities

Editorial Positions

* Editor in Chief of the journal Complexity International since 1994.
* Editor of Theme 6.48 Hierarchy, Complexity and Agent Models for UNESCO's Encyclopaedia of Life Support Systems

Keynote Speeches

Invited keynote speaker at relevant international conferences including:

* Tokyo 2000, 2002;
* Complex Systems 2000 (Dunedin)
* 1st Joint Australia-Korea Conference on Evolutionary Computing (Taejon 1996),
* Computing 97 (Brasilia 1997)
* Resource Technology 98 (Finland)
* IALE (2003).

Program Committee Memberships:

Member of program committees for relevant conferences, including:

* Complex Systems 1992 (co-chair), 1994, 1996 (chair), 1998, 2002, 2002 (co-chair)
* ALIFE 7 (Portland 2000)
* ALIFE 8 (Sydney 2002)
* SEAL2000 (Nagoya 2000)
* AI2002
 

Grants

Year Short Title Funding
2004-2006 ARC Discovery (Self-organisation in networks) $165k
2001 ARC Leading Edge Research Centre (Complex Systems) $4,515k
2003 ARC Linkage (Spatial Data Mining with Intelligent Agents for E-commerce) $204k  

Membership/Fellowship of Key Organisations

IOPI - International Organisation fdor Plant Information
AMS - Australian Mathematical Society
ESA - Ecological Society of Australia
IAS - International ALIFE society