Professor Ian Atkinson is a Tropical Leader and Director of the eResearch Centre at James Cook University. His PhD studies were in chemical physics but nearly 20 years ago moved from experimental science into computational chemistry and high-performance computing.

Over the past decade the rapid expansion of the Internet, mass data storage and computing has impacted every area of research and academic activity. As Director of the JCU eResearch Centre he has the privilege of working with researchers to apply new and ever changing ICT tools and methods to their research and amplifying their impacts.

He has a long-standing interest in eResearch methods, tools, scientific data management and user interfaces for HPC tools. He is also actively involved in researching how new systems and software that connect the physical and virtual worlds, particularly focusing on environmental monitoring with sensor networks.

Interests

Research

• Sensor Networks and IoT
• Big Data Analytics
• eResearch
• Precision Agriculture

Research Disciplines

• Information Systems (0806)
• Distributed Computing (0805)
• Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing (0801)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Expanding Knowledge (9701)
• Communication Networks and Services (8901)

Awards

• 2016 - JCU Senior Staff 'Dugong Award'
• 2008 - University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellors Award for Knowledge Transfer with Professor Marimuthu Palaniswami, for Monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef using Distributed Sensor Networks.
• 2001 - RACI Ollé Prize for best treatise, writing or paper: Self-Assembly in Supramolecular Systems, Book, with Prof. L.F. Lindoy

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Mohring K, Myers T and Atkinson I (2018) Playing in traffic: an investigation of low-cost, non-invasive traffic sensors for street light luminaire deployments. International Journal of Grid and Utility Computing, 9 (4). pp. 333-344
• Baker S, Xiang W and Atkinson I (2017) Internet of Things for smart healthcare: technologies, challenges, and opportunities. IEEE Access, 5. pp. 26521-26544
• Zhang L, Xiang W, Atkinson I and Tang X (2017) A time-efficient pair-wise collision-resolving protocol for missing tag identification. IEEE Transactions on Communications, 65 (12). pp. 5348-5361
• Thomas B, Jurdak R, Zhao K and Atkinson I (2016) Diffusion in colocation contact networks: the impact of nodal spatiotemporal dynamics. PLoS ONE, 11 (8). pp. 1-21
• Thomas B, Jurdak R and Atkinson I (2016) Opportunistic content diffusion in mobile ad hoc networks. Ad Hoc Networks, 45. pp. 34-46
• Jalil S, Myers T and Atkinson I (2015) A meta-synthesis of behavioral outcomes from telemedicine clinical trials for type 2 diabetes and the clinical user-experience evaluation (CUE). Journal of Medical Systems, 39 (3). pp. 1-21
• Lee Y, Trevathan J, Atkinson I and Read W (2015) The integration, analysis and visualization of sensor data from dispersed wireless sensor network systems using the SWE framework. Journal of Telecommunications and Information Technology, 2015 (4). pp. 86-97

Conference Papers

• Mohring K, Myers T and Atkinson I (2018) A controlled trial of a commodity sensors for a streetlight-mounted traffic detection system. Proceedings of the Australasian Computer Science Week Multiconference. In: ACSW'18: Australasian Computer Science Week Multiconference, 29 January - 2 February 2018, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
• Mathiesen D, Myers T, Atkinson I and Vanderwal J (2016) TerrainVis: collaborative, interactive, visualisation tool for engaging residents in disaster preparedness. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization and Engineering. In: CDVE 2016: 13th International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization and Engineering, 24-27 October 2016, Sydney, NSW, Australia
• Mohring K, Myers T, Atkinson I, Vanderwal J and van der Valk S (2015) Sensors in heat: a pilot study for high resolution urban sensing in an integrated streetlight platform. Proceedings of 2015 IEEE Tenth International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing (ISSNIP). In: IEEE ISSNIP 2015: 2015 IEEE Tenth International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing, 7-9 April 2015, Singapore
• van der Valk S, Myers T, Atkinson I and Mohring K (2015) Sensor networks in workplaces: correlating comfort and productivity. Proceedings of 2015 IEEE Tenth International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing (ISSNIP). In: IEEE ISSNIP 2015: 2015 IEEE Tenth International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing, 7-9 April 2015, Singapore
• Jalil S, Hardy D, Myers T and Atkinson I (2014) But it doesn't go with the décor: domesticating a telemedicine diabetes intervention in the home. Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group. In: OzCHI 2014: Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group, 2-5 December 2014, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 80+ research outputs authored by Prof Ian Atkinson from 1988 onwards.

Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• A Flexible Wired Sensor Network System for Vineyard Microclimate Monitoring (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM)
• Smart Sensors, Low Cost Radio Network System and the Internet of Things to Improve Effluent Quality from Algal Waste Treatment Systems and Aquaculture (Masters , Primary Advisor/AM)
• Investigating the gap Between University and Industry for Information Technology Graduates in Regional and Metropolitan Australia, and Evaluating what could be done by both Universities and Industry to Bridge this Gap (PhD , Advisor Mentor)
• Investigation of Disabled Australian's Interaction with Online Security: A Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Step Towards First Class Digital Citizen (PhD , Advisor Mentor)
• Harnessing Innovation and Digital Disruption for Better Healthcare Outcomes (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• A Wearable Internet of Things (IoT) System for the Real-Time Monitoring of Critical Health and the Provision of Emergency Healthcare (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Use of Technology to Enhance Rehabilitation Services for Stroke Survivors in Rural and Remote Areas (PhD , Secondary Advisor/AM)
• Smart Streetlights: A Feasibility Study (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

Completed

• Clinical user-experience evaluation of type 2 diabetes patients using an in-home monitoring device: complementing a telemedicine clinical trial with HCI evaluation (2016, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• An interactive decision support tool for participatory pest management planning: combining local, regional and scientific knowledge through immersive, collaborative and interactive technologies (2017, PhD , Primary Advisor)
• High efficient tag identification protocols for large-scale RFID systems (2018, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Content diffusion between wireless mobile devices (2015, PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Virtual reality: an ethnographic study of sociality, being, and money in a multi-player online game-world (2014, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• The Analysis, Design, Implementation and Testing of a Smart Wireless Sensor Network System for Environmental Monitoring (2015, PhD , Primary Advisor)

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• Mohring, K. (2018) Streetlight traffic detection - preliminary test 3. James Cook University

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