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Spotlight on Women in Tech: Dr Maisie Li

Dr Maisie Li develops innovative tools, powered by machine learning and artificial intelligence (ML/AI), to help us get to the bottom of biology faster and with greater accuracy. We caught up with her to find out more and discover her gene-ius ideas for improving diversity in the AI workforce.

Spotlight on Women in Tech: Dr Hansi Weeratunge

Since high school, Dr Hansi Weeratunge was fascinated by the power of science and maths and complex problems they could solve. She’s now applying that curiosity at CSIRO’s Data61, where she’s developing robotic solutions that could improve farming techniques and manufacturing processes.

Spotlight on Women in Tech: Dr Eromanga Adermann

As someone who enjoys pondering the mysteries of the universe, it's no surprise that Dr Eromanga Adermann choose CSIRO's Data61 to solve them. A quantum physics enthusiast, Dr Adermann is developing next-generation tech to enable quantum computing.

Spotlight on Women in Tech: Dr Petra Kuhnert

Statistician Dr Petra Kuhnert loves solving gnarly problems. Her work enables decision-makers to make fast, informed decisions under volatile and dynamic conditions. This International Women's Day, we spoke with Petra about how she is harnessing data and AI to improve the quality of decisions made about Australian agriculture and the environment.

Summer of Science: Meet three of our vacation students

Hear first-hand what spending your summer at CSIRO’s Data61 is like from three of our vacation students. Taj Wedutenko, Olivia Dry and Cedar Lett are part of a cohort of 50 undergraduates working alongside our world-leading researchers to tackle some of our most pressing digital challenges.

Welcome Dr Gary Delaney, Research Director of Analytics and Decision Sciences

Meet Dr Gary Delaney, the new Research Director of Analytics and Decision Sciences at CSIRO's Data61. Here, he shares his career journey, the areas of opportunity he'll pursue in his new position, what you should know about artificial intelligence (AI) and his advice on the art of interdisciplinary collaboration.

Welcome Professor Aaron Quigley

Welcome Professor Aaron Quigley, the new Deputy Director and Science Director of CSIRO’s Data61. Here, the newest member of the Data61 leadership team discusses how he got into tech, his areas of specialisation, career highlights, and favourite piece of advice.

Two robots, one modern and one older looking, talking to each other

Can AI decide my New Year’s resolutions?

I asked two AI chatbots to set my New Year resolutions. Their responses highlight how far we are from AI “sentience.”

Our 2022 Year in Review highlights

It’s been an extraordinary year. Uncertainties and challenges have remained, but so too has perseverance, innovation, and successes. We’re proud of the science excellence, adaptive transformation and future building that CSIRO’s Data61 has achieved this year. Here are our highlights for 2022.

The Future of Australian Sport report

Commissioned by the Australian Sports Commission and developed by CSIRO's Data61, The Future of Australian Sport report identifies six megatrends that will reshape Australian sport on the Green and Gold decade to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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