Social good projects

At Monash IT, we believe everyone deserves the chance to participate in STEMM. That's why Dr Kirsten Ellis has created an innovative project to enable those with sensory, significant motor or cognitive disabilities to make their own technology.

Enhancing COVID-19 diagnoses, our researchers have helped to create an AI-driven medical report generation method.

In 2019, 21-year-old Joseph Sinclair visited his girlfriend’s family in New Zealand. Using ‘honesty boxes’, they were sharing their homegrown produce with neighbours – sparking the idea for Joseph’s free and popular app, Sprout.

Through AI technology, we're investigating the causes of hospital readmissions to deliver better patient outcomes – and reduce the burden on our healthcare system.

The COVID-19 Case Tracker Australia is a not-for-profit project run by a passionate team of volunteers. Led by Monash IT expert Dr Chunyang Chen, the platform was created to support a country in crisis – and hungry for information.

Supported by a $1.36 million government grant, Monash University and Ambulance Victoria are working hard to improve cardiac arrest survival rates.

Indaba is an innovative video program that is empowering some of the world’s most remote communities. Using its cutting-edge features, locals are able to share their stories and bring attention to critical issues.

Monash University and Eastern Health’s Turning Point are using a $1.2 million (AUD) grant from Google to address major mental health challenges in society.

By creating a crowd-sourced map, we'll be able to identify factors that are collectively pushing UK households into food insecurity – and design effective methods to match.

We aim to develop time series technologies to draw maximum value from Earth Observation programs and data – benefiting many sectors in Australia, including agriculture, tourism, mining and water.

Collaborating with local organisations, we're developing a sustainable model that uses volunteer mentors to enhance the social and economic wellbeing of Indonesians living with disabilities.

Partnering with Dementia Australia, we've designed an app that illustrates the brain, its functions and which areas are affected by dementia. A deeper understanding of dementia offers greater support for affected people and their carers.

Supported by our researchers, the Interactive Auslan Coach takes advantage of mainstream gaming technology to drive how people learn Australian Sign Language (Auslan).

Our researchers are using satellite images of our planet to create maps that can help predict the spread of bushfires and floods.

Joining forces with the Australia Federal Police, we’ve launched a new initiative designed to help officers scan through thousands of confronting files faster – with lower levels of emotional distress.

We've partnered with Indigenous communities across Australia to create an interactive, engaging tool that preserves and celebrates Indigenous languages and cultures.

Partnering with Turning Point and the Eastern Health Foundation, we're using a Google grant to help us develop a national suicide monitoring system.

This US$50 million program empowers research driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI) – research that’s vital to our sustainable future.

Our IT experts have discovered what motivates activity deep within the darkest corners of the internet, which could pull the plug on cybercriminals worldwide.

The Operationalising Values in Software (OVIS) project and lab aim to develop software methodologies, tools and guidelines that allow software engineers and innovators to embed human values into technology.

We're researching and developing the independent Living Archive of the Child to help vulnerable communities and drive historical justice and reconciliation.

We're providing over 20,000 people in rural Bangladesh with mobile information services – to allow locals to answer agricultural queries, send environmental alerts and contribute their expertise to regional issues.

Angkor Wat is the largest religious monument on earth. Through digital simulations, we’re delving deeper into how this complex used to operate – thereby enhancing education and enriching historical knowledge.

Through computer simulations, we’re revealing how climate change may impact the evolution of plants and our pollinators. Critical to agriculture, our insights are informing decisions around the sustainability of these resources.

Working with the vision impairment community, we've developed accessible objects – such as 'intelligent' 3D maps and learning aids – to create greater engagement in education, interactive tactile maps for Vision Australia and more.