Robert J. Bignall

Robert Bignall holds a BSc(Honours) and PhD from the Flinders University of South Australia. He also holds postgraduate qualifications in further education and computer science. He has served as a senior lecturer and then as an associate professor at Monash University since 1990. In 1995 he was appointed as the foundation head of the Gippsland School of Computing and Information Technology at Monash University; he served in that role for five years. He was also acting director of the Monash Centre for Electronic Commerce in 1998 and 1999. He took up his current position as pro vice-chancellor of Monash University Malaysia at the start of 2000. Professor Bignall’s research interests include electronic commerce systems and multimedia technologies. He has also published a number of papers on algebraic and multiple-valued logic and their applications in computer science.

Publications

Network Intrusion Tracking for DoS Attacks
Network Intrusion Tracking for DoS Attacks
Mahbubur R. Syed, Mohammad M. Nur, Robert J. Bignall. © 2005. 8 pages.
In recent years the Internet has become the most popular and useful medium for information interchange due to its wide availability, flexibility, universal standards, and...
Text-to-Speech Synthesis
Text-to-Speech Synthesis
Mahbubur R. Syed, Shuvro Chakrobartty, Robert J. Bignall. © 2005. 7 pages.
Speech synthesis is the process of producing natural-sounding, highly intelligible synthetic speech simulated by a machine in such a way that it sounds as if it was produced by a...
Internet Commerce and Software Agents: Cases, Technologies and Opportunities
Internet Commerce and Software Agents: Cases, Technologies and Opportunities
Syed Mahbubhur Rahman, Robert J. Bignall. © 2001. 420 pages.
The Internet is revolutionizing retail merchandising and shopping. Software agents are capable of automating the more routine, tedious and time-consuming tasks involved in the...
Software Agent-Mediated Internet Trading Framework
Software Agent-Mediated Internet Trading Framework
Xun Yi, Syed Mahbubhur Rahman, Robert J. Bignall, Chee Kheong Siew, Xiao Feng Wang. © 2001. 23 pages.
In recent years Internet trading has seen explosive growth and will have a major impact in shaping future markets. It will certainly be very advantageous if Internet trading can...