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PROF DOREEN ANNE THOMAS



Contact Details

Organization: Mechanical Engineering
Position: PROFESSOR
Email:
Homepage: http://www.ee.unimelb.edu.au/people/doreen/
Work: 8344 6663
Fax: 8344 6678
Room: HOD Office
Level: 04
Building: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Optimal network design, Steiner tree problem, with applications in VLSI design, layout of underground mines Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United States University of North Carolina Research
United States University of Massachusetts Research
Denmark Copenhagen University Research, Technical Assistance/Training

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science Honours University of Witwatersrand 31-Dec-1971
Doctor of Philosophy University of Oxford 31-Dec-1977
Master of Science University of Oxford 31-Dec-1974

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Senior Member Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers 01-Feb-2006
Senior Member IEEE 18-Feb-2006
Member Australian Mathematics Society 20-Jan-2000

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Scholarship St Annes College, Oxford University 01-Jan-1976
Other (Award) University of Cape Town 01-Jan-1973
Scholarship University of Witwatersrand 01-Jan-1973
Scholarship University of Oxford 01-Jan-1973
Other (Award) University of Witwatersrand 01-Jan-1972
Scholarship CSIR South Africa 01-Jan-1970
Scholarship University of Cape Town 01-Jan-1969
Other (Award) University of Melbourne 01-Jan-2003

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Centre for Ultra-Broadband Information Networks Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Special Research Centres 01/01/2000
Design of large-scale interconnected dynamical systems Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2002
Decision tools for underground mine development Chief Investigator NEWMONT AUST,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL		 Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2004
Optimal Deployment of Wireless Sensor Networks Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2008
Rapid optimisation in underground mining network design Chief Investigator AMIRA INTERNATIONAL LTD,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL		 Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2008
Optimisation of underground mine designs Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Strategic Partnerships with Industry - Research & Training Scheme

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
TRANSURBAN CITYLINK CONTRACT WITH MUP Chief Investigator MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRIVATE 10/09/2002

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Decline design in underground mines using constrained path optimisation
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Mining Technology : IMM Transactions section A
    Volume: 117
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 93-99
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  • Equivalence, Indicators, Quasi-indicators and Optimal Steiner Topologies on Four Points in Space
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Fundamenta Informaticae
    Volume: 84
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 135-149
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Network modelling of underground mine layout: two case studies


    Year: 2007
    Journal: International Transactions in Operational Research
    Volume: 14
    Page numbers: 143-158
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  • Network optimization for the design of underground mines
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Networks
    Volume: 49
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 40-50
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Constrained path optimisation for underground mine layout
    Year: 2007
    Event name: The 2007 International Conference of Applied and Engineering Mathematics
    Conference Publication: The World Congress on Engineering 2007 (WCE 2007): Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science)
    Volume: II
    Page numbers: 856-861
    Publisher: Newswood Limited(Kwun Tong)
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  • Distributed self-localisation in sensor networks using RIPS measurements
    Year: 2007
    Event name: The 2007 International Conference of Wireless Networks
    Conference Publication: The World Congress on Engineering 2007 (WCE 2007): Lectures Notes in Engineering and Computer Science
    Volume: 2
    Page numbers: 1476-1481
    Publisher: Newswood Limited(Kwun Tong)
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  • Optimising Gradient Constrained Networks with a Single Steiner Point in 3-Space
    Year: 2007
    Event name: International Network Optimization Conference 2007
    Conference Publication: International Network Optimization Conference 2007
    Page numbers: 1-6
    Publisher: INOC 2007(Louvain-la-Neuve)
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  • Spike-timing dependent plasticity in recurrently connected networks with fixed external inputs
    Year: 2007
    Event name: 14th International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP 2007)
    Conference Publication: 14th International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP 2007)
    Page numbers: 1-1
    Publisher: ICONIP 2007(Kitakyushu)
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Canonical forms and algorithms for Steiner trees in uniform orientation metrics
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Algorithmica
    Volume: 44
    Page numbers: 281-300
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  • Locally minimal uniformly oriented shortest networks
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Discrete Applied Mathematics
    Volume: 154
    Issue: 18
    Page numbers: 2545-2564
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  • Minimum cost flow-dependent communication networks
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Networks
    Volume: 48
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 39-46
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Quasi-indicators and optimal Steiner topologies on four points in space
    Year: 2006
    Event name: The Seventeenth Australasian Workshop on Combinational Algorithms (AWOCA 2006)
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the Seventeenth Australasian Workshop on Combinational Algorithms (AWOCA 2006)
    Page numbers: 54-66
    Publisher: University of Ballarat(Ballarat)
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Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • Optimisation in the Design of Underground Mine Access
    Year: 2005
    Book: Orebody Modeeling and Strategic Planning - Uncertainity and Risk Management Models
    Publisher: The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy(Melbourne)
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Journal Articles

  • Cost optimisation for underground mining networks
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Optimization and Engineering
    Volume: 6
    Page numbers: 241-256
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(Dordrecht)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • A note on distance-based geolocation in wireless sensor networks
    Year: 2005
    Event name: ISCIT 2005: IEEE International Symposium on Communications and Information Technology
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of ISCIT 2005: IEEE International Symposium on Communications and Information Technology
    Page numbers: 681-684
    Publisher: IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers(Piscataway)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Exactly solvable and unsolvable shortest network problems in 3D-space
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Contributions to Algebra and Geometry
    Volume: 45
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 649-663
    Publisher: Heldermann Verlag
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  • Upper and lower bounds for the lengths of Steiner trees in 3-space
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Geometriae Dedicata
    Volume: 109
    Page numbers: 107-119
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers(Dordrecht)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Effective Feedback to Small and Large Classes
    Year: 2004
    Event name: 34th Annual ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 34th Annual ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference
    Page numbers: 9-14
    Publisher: Stipes Publishing LLC(Illinois)
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  • Optimisation in the design of underground mine access
    Year: 2004
    Event name: Orebody modelling and strategic mine planning: international symposium 2004
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of Orebody modelling and strategic mine planning: uncertainty and risk management: International symposium 2004
    Page numbers: 3-6
    Publisher: The Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy(Melbourne)
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  • The structure and flexibility of Steiner trees in uniform orientation metrics
    Year: 2004
    Event name: The sixth international conference on optimization: techniques and applications (ICOTA6 2004)
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the sixth international conference on optimization: techniques and applications (ICOTA6 2004)
    Page numbers: 1-11
    Publisher: University of Ballarat(Ballarat)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Optimising declines in underground mines
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Institution of Mining and Metallurgy Transactions - Section A: Mining Technology
    Volume: 112
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 164-170
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Enhancing diversity in engineering as part of an action plan - work in progress.
    Year: 2003
    Event name: 14th annual conference for australasian association for engineering education and 9th australasian women in engineering forum.
    Conference Publication: Proceedings from the 14th annual conference for astralasian association for engineering education and 9th australasian women in engineering forum.
    Page numbers: 563-572
    Publisher: Australasian Association for Engineering Education(Canberra)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • A network model to optimise cost in underground mine design
    Year: 2002
    Journal: The Transactions of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers
    Volume: 93
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 97-103
    Publisher: EE Publishers
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  • Forbidden subpaths for Steiner minimum networks in uniform orientation metrics
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Networks
    Volume: 39
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 186-202
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons(New York)
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  • Minimum networks for four points in space
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Geometriae Dedicata
    Volume: 93
    Page numbers: 57-70
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers(Dordrecht)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Constructing minimum cost flow-dependent networks
    Year: 2002
    Event name: Asia-Pacific Optical and Wireless Communications : Optical Switching and Optical Interconnection II
    Conference Publication: Network Design and Management : Proceedings of SPIE
    Volume: 4909
    Page numbers: 239 - 247
    Publisher: SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering(Washington)
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  • Engineering the benefits of staff diversity - a case study in implementation with a focus on gender
    Year: 2002
    Event name: L2 : Leadership in Learning, Learning in Leadership 13th Annual Conference for Australasian Association for Engineering Education and 8th Australasian Women in Engineering Forum
    Conference Publication: L2 : Leadership in Learning, Learning in Leadership
    Page numbers: 401-404
    Publisher: Australian Association for Engineering Education(Canberra)
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Publications in 2001

Book Chapters

  • Polynomial time algorithms for the rectilinear Steiner tree problem
    Year: 2001
    Book: Combinatorial Optimization : Steiner Trees in Industry
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers(Dordrecht)
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Journal Articles

  • A polynomial algorithm for a constrained traveling salesman problem
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Networks
    Volume: 38
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 68-75
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons(New York)
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  • Gradient-constrained minimum networks. I. fundamentals
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Global Optimization
    Volume: 21
    Page numbers: 139-155
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers(Dordrecht)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Modelling and optimisation of a weighted network in an underground mine design
    Year: 2001
    Event name: 3rd International Conference on Control Theory and Applications
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Control Theory and Applications
    Page numbers: 56456