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Development of a culture based fishery for giant freshwater prawn in Sri Lankan reservoirs (Old ID 23638)
Giant freshwater prawn (GFWP) - Macrobrachium rosenbergii is a high value aquaculture species suited to culture-based fishery stocking into reservoirs in Sri Lanka. The project will develop a science based stocking strategy of hatchery reared juvenile prawns, to improve the yields of GFWP in reservoirs and design and use of fishing gear that will prevent damage to the animals. Socio-economic research will lead to a better understanding of the value chain to enable further improvements to the fishery. The research will ensure the fishery is profitable, efficient and sustainable in the long term. The research is part of an ACIAR Small Research Activity (SRA) that will form the basis of a larger, full four year project to follow on in 2019.
Leveraging GenAI in Enhancing Professional Scepticism in Auditing
An individual auditor’s professional scepticism is considered to be the epitome of the auditing profession. Research highlights the crucial role of regulators, professional bodies, and educators in actively fostering professional scepticism among junior auditors and students, particularly given the increasing complexity of business and financial reporting, as well as the technological developments impacting business. Increasing expectations from regulators and other stakeholders for auditors to demonstrate professional scepticism further emphasise the need for educators to enhance awareness of these essential skills and cultivate the necessary attitudes. Given the global accounting community's sustained interest in professional scepticism, it is crucial to understand how AI mechanisms can enhance the skills that enable junior auditors and students to apply professional scepticism appropriately and sufficiently. GenAI can significantly enhance am abstract concept like professional scepticism among junior auditors and students by providing tools and methodologies that promote critical and logical thinking, rigorous analysis, and objective evaluation of evidence. GenAI achieves this through sophisticated machine learning algorithms that identify patterns, anomalies, and trends in large datasets. By exposing junior auditors and students to these AI-driven tools, helps students to develop a critical mindset, encouraging them to question and investigate unusual patterns in financial data, evaluate evidence appropriately, thereby enhancing their level of professional scepticism. This project will entail training a custom GPT on the OpenAI platform before using the OpenAI wrapper API and a web based front end to create a virtual avatar for junior auditors and students to interact with. This methodology aims to create an interactive and personalised training and learning experience for users, supported by AI-driven virtual assistance tailored to their needs.
Virtual Reality Approach to Improve Public Speaking
Interdisciplinary Research in Affective Computing focusing on investigation of voice analysis techniques for development of real-time Stress Detection Model (SDM) and its implementation for VR public speaking training
Macroalgal removal for reef restoration (Old ID 26442)
This project investigates the potential for restoration of reef ecosystems around Magnetic Island. It aims to remove macroalgae at varying frequencies and monitor changes in coral recruitment to develop best practices for the large-scale implementation of the technique to restore coral reefs impacted by macroalgal phase shifts. This grant is to support the project funded by Earthwatch Australia by increasing funds for field work.