Contact Details
| Organization: | Computer Science and Software Engineering |
| Position: | ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR |
| Email: | |
| Homepage: | http://www.csse.unimelb.edu.au/~sb |
| Work: | 8344-1361 |
| Fax: | 9348-1184 |
| Room: | 6.07 |
| Level: | 06 |
| Building: | 111-117 Barry St. |
| Campus: | Parkville |
Research Expertise and International Linkages
Research Expertise
| Research Interest | Key Words | Country of Expertise |
|---|---|---|
| Language Technology; Linguistic Databases; Digital Archives | Natural Language Processing; Computational Linguistics; Language Documentation | Australia, United States of America, Cameroon |
International Linkages
| Country | Establishment | Collaboration |
|---|---|---|
| United States | University of Pennsylvania | Research |
| United Kingdom | The University of Edinburgh | Research |
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards
Qualifications
| Title | Institution | Date Awarded | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Associate of Music Australia | Victorian College of the Arts | 31-Dec-1983 | |
| Bachelor of Science (honours) | University of Melbourne | 31-Dec-1986 | |
| Master of Science | University of Melbourne | 31-Dec-1987 | |
| Doctor of Philosophy | The University of Edinburgh | 31-Dec-1991 |
Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
- Information Storage, Retrieval and Management (INFORMATION SYSTEMS) (280103)
- Interfaces & Presentation (excl. Computer-Human Interaction) (INFORMATION SYSTEMS) (280105)
- Database Management (INFORMATION SYSTEMS) (280108)
- Conceptual Modelling (INFORMATION SYSTEMS) (280111)
- Computer Graphics (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND SIGNAL AND IMAGE PROCESSING) (280202)
- Text Processing (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND SIGNAL AND IMAGE PROCESSING) (280205)
- Other Artificial Intelligence (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND SIGNAL AND IMAGE PROCESSING) (280213)
- Data Structures (DATA FORMAT) (280501)
- Data Storage Representations (DATA FORMAT) (280502)
- Data Format not elsewhere classified (DATA FORMAT) (280599)
- Computational Linguistics (LINGUISTICS) (380202)
- Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics) (LINGUISTICS) (380205)
- Ling. Structures (incl Gram, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantic) (LINGUISTICS) (380207)
- Linguistics not elsewhere classified (LINGUISTICS) (380299)
- Archival Studies (CURATORIAL STUDIES) (400302)
- Performing Arts not elsewhere classified (PERFORMING ARTS) (410199)
- Aboriginal Languages (LANGUAGE STUDIES) (420103)
- Language Studies not elsewhere classified (LANGUAGE STUDIES) (420199)
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
- Application packages (COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND SERVICES) (700101)
- Application tools and system utilities (COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND SERVICES) (700102)
- Information processing services (COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND SERVICES) (700103)
- Computer software and services not elsewhere classified (COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND SERVICES) (700199)
- Library and related information services (OTHER INFORMATION SERVICES) (700201)
- Preserving movable cultural heritage (HERITAGE) (750802)
- Communication across languages and cultures (COMMUNICATION) (751005)
- Managing collections (COMMUNICATION) (751006)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AN INTELLIGENT SEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE FOR LANGUAGE RESOURCES ON THE WEB | Chief Investigator | AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL | ARC Special Research Initiatives E-Research | 01/01/2005 |
| PARADISEC- PACIFIC AND REGIONAL ARCHIVE FOR DIGITAL SOURCES IN ENDANGERED CULTURES: ACCESSIBILITY & DECENTRALISATION | Chief Investigator | UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY | Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) | 01/01/2005 |
| Dynamic personalisation for assisted navigation of information rich, physical environments | Chief Investigator | AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL | Discovery Projects | 01/01/2007 |
| Online linguistic exploration: deeper, faster, broader language documentation | Chief Investigator | AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL | Discovery Projects | 01/01/2009 |
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.