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A Self-aligning Interferometer Suitable for White or Monochromatic Light Consisting Solely of a Mirror and a Reflection Grating

J Mod Optic, 1987

Electric and magnetic mirrors and grating for slowly moving neutral atoms and molecules

Those atoms or molecules which happen to have positive Stark or Zeeman energies (by virtue of the... more Those atoms or molecules which happen to have positive Stark or Zeeman energies (by virtue of their internal quantum state) are repelled by regions of high electrostatic or magnetostatic energy density, respectively. Using electrostatic or magnetostatic fields, which are periodic in a plane, it is possible to construct mirrors and gratings for slowly moving atoms and molecules. The theory of

Using Large Group Displays to Support Intensive Team Activities in C2

Abstract: The use of Large Group Displays (LGDs) is becoming widespread in Command and Control (C... more

An electrostatic mirror for neutral polar molecules

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 1992

An electrostatic mirror for neutral polar molecules has been constructed using an array of electr... more An electrostatic mirror for neutral polar molecules has been constructed using an array of electrodes of alternating polarity between which a high potential was applied. This configuration produces an exponentially evanescing electric field that interacts with polar molecules by the Stark effect. The spatial gradients of the Stark energies produce forces which were used to reflect a pulsed beam of chloromethane (CH3Cl) molecules with a reflectivity of 25% at grazing angles of incidence of around 5 mrad. Reflections have also been produced with applied voltages as low as 100 V or with grazing angles greater than 20 mrad. This type of device could be useful for the manipulation of slow molecular beams and would permit the construction of optical elements for the de Broglie waves of molecules.

A Self-aligning Interferometer Suitable for White or Monochromatic Light Consisting Solely of a Mirror and a Reflection Grating. II. Experimental Results

Journal of Modern Optics, 1992

The performance of the self-aligning interferometer constructed solely from a mirror and reflecti... more The performance of the self-aligning interferometer constructed solely from a mirror and reflection grating is experimentally investigated. The observations show good agreement with calculations using both the exact optical theory, and agreement at the level expected with the leading order terms in a convenient approximation.

Dynamic Agent Systems in the CoAX Binni 2002

ABSTRACT The goal of the international CoAX (Coalition Agents eXperiment) program was to demonstr... more

The FOCAL point-multimodal dialogue with virtual geospatial displays

Proc. SimTecT 2005, 2005

Abstract. The Future Operations Centre Analysis Laboratory (FOCAL) at Australia's Defence Sc... more Abstract. The Future Operations Centre Analysis Laboratory (FOCAL) at Australia's Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) is aimed at exploring new paradigms for situation awareness (SA) and command and control (C2) in military command centres, making use of new technologies developed for simulation, virtual reality, and real-time 3D animation. Recent work includes the development of a multimodal user interface to aid natural interaction with a virtual geospatial display using the combination of spoken ...

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Conversing with Franco, FOCAL’s virtual adviser

Conversation Characters Workshop, Human Factors 2002, 2002

This paper presents the current dialogue capabilities of a Virtual Conversational Character (VCC)... more This paper presents the current dialogue capabilities of a Virtual Conversational Character (VCC) named Franco, which is an integral part of the Future Operation Centre and Analysis Laboratory (FOCAL). The VCC is used in a “Virtual Adviser”(VA) role to present multimedia information from pre-generated marked up scripts, and to engage in unscripted conversation with human users. The Virtual Adviser can run and control other applications within the virtual environment, allowing a “natural” interface between the user and ...

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Presenting the Story Behind the Data: Enhancing Situational Awareness using Multimedia Narrative

MILCOM 2007 - IEEE Military Communications Conference, 2007

... Lambert likens object assessment with establishing the data, and higher-level information fus... more

Generating multimedia narrative for virtual humans

Proceedings of the Australasian Computer Science Week Multiconference on - ACSW '16, 2016

In this paper we describe a prototype capability we have developed for creating and presenting mu... more In this paper we describe a prototype capability we have developed for creating and presenting multimedia presentations using virtual humans to provide narrative. The multimedia presentations are structured using Rhetorical Structure Theory to describe the narrative relations between each part of the presentation, so that different versions of the presentation can be automatically presented to suit given constraints such as time available or the prior knowledge of the audience. This approach allows reuse of the presentation material while ensuring that these different versions remain coherent. To simplify authoring of these presentations we have developed a web-based presentation editor and preview capability. Categories and Subject Descriptors • Information systems~Multimedia content creation • Information systems~Document structure • Information systems~Web interfaces • Information systems~Multimedia and multimodal retrieval • Human-centered computing~Interaction paradigms • Human-centered computing~Graphical user interfaces • Computing methodologies~Natural language processing

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Electric and magnetic mirrors and gratings for slowly moving neutral atoms and molecules

Applied Physics B-lasers and Optics, 1992

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An electrostatic mirror for neutral polar molecules

Journal of Physics B-atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, 1992

A Self-aligning Interferometer Suitable for White or Monochromatic Light Consisting Solely of a Mirror and a Reflection Grating

Journal of Modern Optics, 1987

Situation Awareness Using A Virtual Adviser

Dynamic agent systems in the CoAX Binni 2002 experiment

The goal of the international CoAX (Coalition Agents eXperiment) program was to demonstrate how a... more The goal of the international CoAX (Coalition Agents eXperiment) program was to demonstrate how agent systems could be used to provide agile and flexible command and control systems for coalition operations, and facilitate rapid integration of national C2 systems. The CoAX experiments modelled a coalition C4ISR system as a distributed, heterogeneous agent network using the DARPA CoABS (Control of Agent Based Systems) Grid infrastructure based on Java JINI technology. This paper outlines the CoAX Binni experiment which was held in October 2002 at the US Naval Warfare College, Newport RI. It describes the technology used in this experiment and the role of the ATTITUDE multi-agent architecture in the Australian component of the experiment. This involved logistics planning (and dynamic replanning) for a casualty evacuation from an Australian ship using BDI agents developed in the ATTITUDE architecture, and included interactions with Coalition medical and planning agents. Distributed agents were used to represent the various organisational entities involved in a simplified logistics model, and agent interactions with the Coalition C4ISR system were mediated by human operators using I-X Process Panels. This provided a semi-autonomous system, where human approval initiated further autonomous interactions between Coalition and Australian agents.

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Presenting the Story Behind the Data: Enhancing Situational Awareness using Multimedia Narrative

... Lambert likens object assessment with establishing the data, and higher-level information fus... more

A Coalition Approach to Higher-Level Fusion

The panel session presents collaborative work undertaken between Australia, Canada, the United Ki... more The panel session presents collaborative work undertaken between Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States on higher-level information fusion through The Technical Cooperation Program panel on Information Fusion. The session outlines developments that have been undertaken by the different nations and features a demonstration of different nation&amp;amp;amp;#39;s products running collectively on the Coalition Distributed Information Fusion Testbed. The

Agents in Logistics Planning - Experiences with the Coalition Agents Experiment Project

Military logistics planning is a complex process, involving many calculations, satisfaction of co... more Military logistics planning is a complex process, involving many calculations, satisfaction of constraints, and cooperation amongst many organisational entities that provide services in order to achieve military logistics goals. Multi-Agent Logistics Tool (MALT) is a project aimed at supporting military logistics planning. MALT is being developed using agent technology, where agents represent the organisations within the logistics domain, and model their logistics functions, processes, expertise, and interactions with other organisations. Agents are a suitable technology for modelling organisations within MALT, due to the similarity in characteristics between organisations and agents. A component of MALT was implemented within DARPA's Coalition Agent Experiment (CoAX) project. We discuss the CoAX implementation of MALT, and lessons learnt. We discovered that implementing a centralised agent planning approach within MALT, and hence the decentralised military (operational) logistics planning domain, may not always be appropriate, and that a decentralised agent planning approach may be more suitable. Some of our observations regarding the future of agents for military logistics planning are discussed.

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A Self-aligning Interferometer Suitable for White or Monochromatic Light Consisting Solely of a Mirror and a Reflection Grating

J Mod Optic, 1987

Electric and magnetic mirrors and grating for slowly moving neutral atoms and molecules

Using Large Group Displays to Support Intensive Team Activities in C2

Abstract: The use of Large Group Displays (LGDs) is becoming widespread in Command and Control (C... more

An electrostatic mirror for neutral polar molecules

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 1992

A Self-aligning Interferometer Suitable for White or Monochromatic Light Consisting Solely of a Mirror and a Reflection Grating. II. Experimental Results

Journal of Modern Optics, 1992

Dynamic Agent Systems in the CoAX Binni 2002

ABSTRACT The goal of the international CoAX (Coalition Agents eXperiment) program was to demonstr... more

The FOCAL point-multimodal dialogue with virtual geospatial displays

Proc. SimTecT 2005, 2005

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Conversing with Franco, FOCAL’s virtual adviser

Conversation Characters Workshop, Human Factors 2002, 2002

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Presenting the Story Behind the Data: Enhancing Situational Awareness using Multimedia Narrative

MILCOM 2007 - IEEE Military Communications Conference, 2007

... Lambert likens object assessment with establishing the data, and higher-level information fus... more

Generating multimedia narrative for virtual humans

Proceedings of the Australasian Computer Science Week Multiconference on - ACSW '16, 2016

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Electric and magnetic mirrors and gratings for slowly moving neutral atoms and molecules

Applied Physics B-lasers and Optics, 1992

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An electrostatic mirror for neutral polar molecules

Journal of Physics B-atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, 1992

A Self-aligning Interferometer Suitable for White or Monochromatic Light Consisting Solely of a Mirror and a Reflection Grating

Journal of Modern Optics, 1987

Situation Awareness Using A Virtual Adviser

Dynamic agent systems in the CoAX Binni 2002 experiment

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Presenting the Story Behind the Data: Enhancing Situational Awareness using Multimedia Narrative

... Lambert likens object assessment with establishing the data, and higher-level information fus... more

A Coalition Approach to Higher-Level Fusion

Agents in Logistics Planning - Experiences with the Coalition Agents Experiment Project

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