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About IBES

The Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society (IBES) is a cross-disciplinary research institute dedicated to products, services, and innovations that maximize the benefit of new broadband technologies to Australian society. The Institute's activities cover a wide range of fields including content creation and delivery, delivery of remote health services and education, social networking, entertainment and broadband technology. Read more

Test Bed

IBES incorporates a test-bed laboratory using state-of-the-art broadband passive optical network (PON) and wireless to demonstrate triple-play operation of fully-loaded realistic broadband operation. The test-bed laboratory provides a vehicle for assisting industry players with network design and planning, product development and improvement, customization of products to Australian conditions, conformance testing, system integration, etc. The needs of SMEs are accommodated through the provision of incubator opportunities. Through a partnership with AARNet, the test-bed laboratory will be linked to other universities and research institutions.

In addition to providing a valuable resource to industry, the test-bed laboratory is a focus for research across the full spectrum... Read more

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News and Events

  1. 7 New IBES Research Projects Announced

    IBES has annouced seven new research projects. These projects are from our health, education and community themes.

    Connecting Hospitalised Children to their School and Family - connecting children in the Royal Children's Hospital with their schools and families through tablet technology.

    Exploring teacher professional learning in a virtual environment - design, development and trial a proof-of-concept virtual environment for the professional learning of mathematics teachers.

    Interpreter mediated cognitive assessments using video conferencing software - trialling video conferencing for interpreters in cognitive assessments for older people from cultu…

  2. 2012 PhD Top-up Scholarships

    IBES is providing a limited number of Top-Up Scholarships for graduate research students undertaking research within IBES. The scholarhips are worth $5,000 per annum to support PhD students with their research.

    A diverse range of projects have been supported by the scholarship, project details are available here. 

    Further information about the scholarship is available here.

  3. Call for applications: indigenous education and community building

    The Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society is calling for seed funding applications, focused on indigenous education and community building. Successful applications will develop research proposals that:

    • make use of broadband infrastructure, for example through the provision of applications, that drive educational outcomes and community building in one or more indigenous communities across Australia; or
    • add to understanding of how broadband technologies are used by indigenous communities to enhance educational outcomes and community building.

    IBES will fund a large multidisciplinary project up to the amount of $100,000 but will consider applications for smaller projects of $30,000 to $50,000. 

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