Grants
Recent Research Grants
1. 2008-2013 (54 months) Early recognition, Monitoring and Integrated management of emerging, New Technology related Risks (iNTeg-Risk) project, just granted by the European Commission under Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).
Grant agreement no: CP-IP 213345-2
15Meu, NMP-2007-3.1-3, coordinating: A. Jovanovic, O.Salvi;
Duty: International advisory board member.
2. 1/2008-12/2010, Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Grant
‘A Comprehensive Platform for Dynamic Decision Support in Warning Systems through Better Uncertain Information Management’, The Ministry of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, A$191,000
Duty: First Chief Investigator
3. 1/2005—12/2009, ARC Discovery Grant
‘Generalizing multi-level decision support handling multi-objective, multi-follower and uncertainty for critical resource planning’, The Ministry of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, A$559,453
Duty: First Chief Investigator
4. 1/2005 –12/2007, ARC Discovery Grant
‘Uncertain information processing for situation awareness and dynamic decision- making in emergency management’. The Ministry of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, A$195,557
Duty: First Chief Investigator
5. 1/2002---12/2004, ARC Discovery Grant
'Group decision support systems for fuzzy multi-objective decision problem', The Ministry of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, A$190,000,
Duty: First Chief Investigator
6. 7/2006-7/2007 Australian Academy of Science
‘Dynamic decision making with uncertain information processing in emergency management’, Australian Academy of Science, The Scientific Visits to Europe Program. A$6800
7. 7/2007 – 6/2009 Australian Teaching & Learning Council (Carrick Institute)
‘Strategies and approaches to teaching and learning cross cultures’ A$149,500,
Duty: Leader
8. 7/2005---7/2006, UTS Partnership Grant
‘Optimised Calibration of Internal Combustion Engines Using Neural Networks’
Team: A/Prof. N Zhang, Prof. G Dissanayake, A/Prof. J Lu, Dr. G Zhang, Mr F Will
Collaborating Organisation/s: Ford Motor Company of Australia Ltd. (Emission
and Environmental Laboratories), A$30,000
9. 1/2007-12/2008 UTS Challenge Grant
‘Power Management of Hybrid Powertrains for Minimising Environment Impacts’
Nong Zhang, Gamini Dissanayake, JianGuo Zhu, Jie Lu, GuangQuan Zhang, Jeku Jeyakumaran, Youguang Guo, Haiping Du, Jun Ma, Frank Will, Richard Tamba
A$50,000
10. 1/2002---7/2003, Australian Technology Network (ATN) Grant
'Group decision support systems under fuzzy preference and fuzzy majority for multi-objective problems', A$15,000,
Duty: Sole Chief Investigator
11. 1/2007-12/2008 UTS Early Career Researcher Grant
‘Development of fuzzy attitudes based software agents for automated auctions’
(with Madhu Goyal), A$25,000
Duty: Advisor
12. 1/2007-12/2008 UTS Early Career Researcher Grant
‘Logical Inference based Information Verification and Integration for Intelligent Systems’, with (Jun Ma), A$24,499
Duty: Advisor
13. 1/2002---7/2003, Internal Research Grant (IRG)
‘An evaluation model for E-commerce applications’, A$17,000
Duty: Sole Chief Investigator
14. 1/2004-1/2005, Internal Education Grant (ITED)
‘Strategies catering for cross-cultural teaching and learning’, A$10,000.
Duty: Investigator, Project Leader
15. 1/2001---1/2002 Seed Fund UTS
‘Development a multiple criteria model to assess electronic commerce development success in Tourism/travel/accommodation organizations’, A$10,000
Duty: Sole Chief Investigator
16. 5/2000--- 5/2001 TOPNZ Grant
‘A model for assessing the impact of Electronic Commerce in businesses of New Zealand’, NZ$12,100
Duty: First Chief Investigator
17. 2/1996-4/1996 and 10/1996-3/1997
Database systems ‘FILU’ for FINUDA (physical nuclear detector), The National Laboratory in Frascati, Rome, Italy
18. 3/1992-3/1994 Science & Technology Grant
Song Dynasty information retrieval system, RMB 20,000, The Education Committee of Hebei Province, China
Duty: Project Leader
19. 3/1991-3/1994 Science and Technology Grant
Theoretical research on quantified representation of fuzzy information and fuzzy database', RMB 10,000, The Science and Technology Committee of Hebei Province, China
Duty: Project Leader
20. 8/1993-7/1994 Linkage Project:
'The adult education management information system', RMB 38,000, The Faculty of Adult Education, Hebei University
Duty: Project Leader
21. 7/1988-7/1989 Linkage Project
'The design and implementation of a bank management information system', RMB 8,000, Agriculture Band of China, Zheng Ding
Duty: Project Leader
22. 7/1987-7/1988 Linkage Project
'The design and implementation of a cost calculation system', RMB 3,000, Bao Ding Pharmaceutical Factory, China
Duty: Project Leader
Educational Grants
23. 7/2007---6/2009
Carrick Competitive Grant "Strategies and approaches to teaching and learning cross cultures", $140,095
1. 2008-2013 (54 months) Early recognition, Monitoring and Integrated management of emerging, New Technology related Risks (iNTeg-Risk) project, just granted by the European Commission under Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).
Grant agreement no: CP-IP 213345-2
15Meu, NMP-2007-3.1-3, coordinating: A. Jovanovic, O.Salvi;
Duty: International advisory board member.
2. 1/2008-12/2010, Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Grant
‘A Comprehensive Platform for Dynamic Decision Support in Warning Systems through Better Uncertain Information Management’, The Ministry of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, A$191,000
Duty: First Chief Investigator
3. 1/2005—12/2009, ARC Discovery Grant
‘Generalizing multi-level decision support handling multi-objective, multi-follower and uncertainty for critical resource planning’, The Ministry of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, A$559,453
Duty: First Chief Investigator
4. 1/2005 –12/2007, ARC Discovery Grant
‘Uncertain information processing for situation awareness and dynamic decision- making in emergency management’. The Ministry of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, A$195,557
Duty: First Chief Investigator
5. 1/2002---12/2004, ARC Discovery Grant
'Group decision support systems for fuzzy multi-objective decision problem', The Ministry of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, A$190,000,
Duty: First Chief Investigator
6. 7/2006-7/2007 Australian Academy of Science
‘Dynamic decision making with uncertain information processing in emergency management’, Australian Academy of Science, The Scientific Visits to Europe Program. A$6800
7. 7/2007 – 6/2009 Australian Teaching & Learning Council (Carrick Institute)
‘Strategies and approaches to teaching and learning cross cultures’ A$149,500,
Duty: Leader
8. 7/2005---7/2006, UTS Partnership Grant
‘Optimised Calibration of Internal Combustion Engines Using Neural Networks’
Team: A/Prof. N Zhang, Prof. G Dissanayake, A/Prof. J Lu, Dr. G Zhang, Mr F Will
Collaborating Organisation/s: Ford Motor Company of Australia Ltd. (Emission
and Environmental Laboratories), A$30,000
9. 1/2007-12/2008 UTS Challenge Grant
‘Power Management of Hybrid Powertrains for Minimising Environment Impacts’
Nong Zhang, Gamini Dissanayake, JianGuo Zhu, Jie Lu, GuangQuan Zhang, Jeku Jeyakumaran, Youguang Guo, Haiping Du, Jun Ma, Frank Will, Richard Tamba
A$50,000
10. 1/2002---7/2003, Australian Technology Network (ATN) Grant
'Group decision support systems under fuzzy preference and fuzzy majority for multi-objective problems', A$15,000,
Duty: Sole Chief Investigator
11. 1/2007-12/2008 UTS Early Career Researcher Grant
‘Development of fuzzy attitudes based software agents for automated auctions’
(with Madhu Goyal), A$25,000
Duty: Advisor
12. 1/2007-12/2008 UTS Early Career Researcher Grant
‘Logical Inference based Information Verification and Integration for Intelligent Systems’, with (Jun Ma), A$24,499
Duty: Advisor
13. 1/2002---7/2003, Internal Research Grant (IRG)
‘An evaluation model for E-commerce applications’, A$17,000
Duty: Sole Chief Investigator
14. 1/2004-1/2005, Internal Education Grant (ITED)
‘Strategies catering for cross-cultural teaching and learning’, A$10,000.
Duty: Investigator, Project Leader
15. 1/2001---1/2002 Seed Fund UTS
‘Development a multiple criteria model to assess electronic commerce development success in Tourism/travel/accommodation organizations’, A$10,000
Duty: Sole Chief Investigator
16. 5/2000--- 5/2001 TOPNZ Grant
‘A model for assessing the impact of Electronic Commerce in businesses of New Zealand’, NZ$12,100
Duty: First Chief Investigator
17. 2/1996-4/1996 and 10/1996-3/1997
Database systems ‘FILU’ for FINUDA (physical nuclear detector), The National Laboratory in Frascati, Rome, Italy
18. 3/1992-3/1994 Science & Technology Grant
Song Dynasty information retrieval system, RMB 20,000, The Education Committee of Hebei Province, China
Duty: Project Leader
19. 3/1991-3/1994 Science and Technology Grant
Theoretical research on quantified representation of fuzzy information and fuzzy database', RMB 10,000, The Science and Technology Committee of Hebei Province, China
Duty: Project Leader
20. 8/1993-7/1994 Linkage Project:
'The adult education management information system', RMB 38,000, The Faculty of Adult Education, Hebei University
Duty: Project Leader
21. 7/1988-7/1989 Linkage Project
'The design and implementation of a bank management information system', RMB 8,000, Agriculture Band of China, Zheng Ding
Duty: Project Leader
22. 7/1987-7/1988 Linkage Project
'The design and implementation of a cost calculation system', RMB 3,000, Bao Ding Pharmaceutical Factory, China
Duty: Project Leader
Educational Grants
23. 7/2007---6/2009
Carrick Competitive Grant "Strategies and approaches to teaching and learning cross cultures", $140,095
