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Artificial Intelligence

AI-powered tool predicts serious disease three months before official announcement

A new artificial intelligence-powered tool has predicted the 2014 Ebola epidemic three months before it was officially declared, with researchers currently applying it to assist in predicting the spread of the coronavirus in Australia. Developed by CSIRO’s Data61 in collaboration with University of NSW, the tool combines natural language processing, data science and statistical time series modelling to identify specific syndrome keywords and their...

Leadership Insights

Spotlight on Diversity at CSIRO’s Data61

To celebrate Harmony Day we are casting the spotlight on the rich diversity within CSIRO’s Data61. We are talking to Manali Rane and Rodolfo García-Flores, who tell us about their cultural backgrounds and why they chose Australia as their home. Tell us a little bit about yourself? My name is Manali Rane and I am the Finance...

How an algorithm could prevent the spread of misinformation and improve emergency response times

An algorithm that detects social bot activity on Twitter in real-time could prevent the spread of misinformation and make it easier for first responders to detect major events according to a Research Scientist at CSIRO’s Data61. The algorithm uses machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) to distinguish between genuine conversations and...

Robotics

D61 robots navigate nuclear power plant in international challenge

Small passages, sharp turns, stairs, large drops and steep climbs – these are some of the obstacles CSIRO’s Data61 robotics team faced in DARPA’s (the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency) latest challenge, with the team placing a well-earned fourth. Held this year in Washington, the second circuit of the challenge, the Urban Circuit, required participants to navigate an abandoned nuclear...

Visualisation

NSW Digital Twin launches

Launched late last month, the NSW Spatial Digital Twin will improve the state’s infrastructure, services, and economy. The Digital Twin will enable planners, policymakers and developers to make more informed decisions and reduce costs by creating new efficiencies, explained the Minister for Customer Service NSW, Victor Dominello, at the Sydney-held event. “With this technology, it changes everything,”...

Leadership Insights

2020 predictions from our data and technology experts

‘The only way you can predict the future is to build it.’ – Dr Alan Kay, American computer scientist and world-leader in personal computing and human-computer interface development. CSIRO’s Data61 is at the forefront of data and technology science, delivering ground-breaking research and technologies in machine learning, artificial intelligence, privacy preservation, cyber security, regulatory technology, blockchain,...

Visualisation

Making Machine Learning User Friendly

Nhung Nguyen, UX Designer at CSIRO’s Data61, on making graph machine learning a user-friendly experience. As a User Experience designer at CSIRO’s Data61, I analyse all aspects of a user’s interaction with a company, its services, its product, and online platform. What drives us is designing meaningful products that are intuitive, meet user needs, and...

Meet some of our researchers

We’re world leaders in data science research and engineering and trusted advisers to government, business and academia. Our researchers are renowned experts in their fields, and the calibre and depth of their work is what provides us with our competitive advantage. Meet: Dr Marthie Grobler, Senior Research Scientist and Supervisor of the Human Centric...

Australia wins international bid to bring prestigious online privacy preservation conference to Sydney

Australia has cemented itself as a global leader in privacy enhancing technologies after winning an international bid to bring the Privacy Enhancing Technology Symposium (PETS) to Sydney in 2021. A joint tender between CSIRO’s Data61 and The Optus Macquarie University Cyber Security Hub, both of which will be hosting the event, secured the conference, which comes...

Data Privacy Day: Here’s what you need to know

Hear from the experts on how organisations and individuals can protect themselves this Data Privacy Day, 28 January 2020 January 28th marks Data Privacy Day, “an international effort to create awareness about the importance of respecting privacy, safeguarding data and enabling trust”. There is currently a widespread shift in Australia towards increasing consumer rights around data...

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