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Are you ready for the next wave of digital innovation?

Economic crises provide a rare opportunity to refresh the policy context, change direction and build new sources of wealth generation. Digital technology will be central to the rebuild of the Australian and global economies.

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‘Tech will accelerate in dark times, says CSIRO’s Data61 boss’

Jon Whittle, the new boss of CSIRO’s Data61, the national science agency’s data and digital specialist division, believes some serious innovation will emerge from the dark economic times induced by the coronavirus. He believes technology will be at the core of Australia’s economic revival on the way out of the pandemic. “History shows that economic...

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The industries and actions crucial to Australia’s COVID-19 economic recovery: Insights

The policy question for strategists trying to regenerate the embers of our dampened economy is which industries can provide an immediate boost to employment and which can sustainably boost employment into the future but require re-skilling and investment?    

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Our data-driven role in tackling COVID-19 in Indonesia

Complex problems require sophisticated solutions, and when it comes to adapting to a global pandemic, capturing and making sense of vast amounts of data is critical to help mitigate societal and economic impact. Also, intelligently using non-traditional source of data such as social media and integrating it with traditional sources such as telecommunications and surveys to improve spatial and temporal granularity is extremely...

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How to accelerate problem-solution fit with discovery sprints

Any founder, product manager or user experience (UX) designer will tell you that the key to building products that people want is to first find the right problem to solve.  Many of the product and design frameworks that have come to life over the past decade concentrate on human-centred design, and begin with a customer problem. But...

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How machine learning is revolutionising genomic research

Have you ever wondered why you are as tall as you are? Or how you inherited a physical trait that your sibling didn’t? What about why some people are more susceptible to disease? The answer lies in our biological make-up, the human genome.   By comprehending how human traits and diseases are driven at a gene level, we can not only better understand ourselves, but how we can...

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Adelaide’s new hub for security data science

It’s perhaps best known for producing some of the nation’s top wine, but last July, Adelaide landed on the CSIRO’s Data61 map as a hub for cyber and national security expertise. The new Security Data Science (SecDS) team, who are part of the Distributed Systems Security (DSS) research group, focus on developing and applying techniques...

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Machine learning reveals new insights about energy consumption in Australia

Energy prices often increase as the temperature fluctuates, but did you know that homes further inland tend to have higher levels of use regardless of the season? Or that households with higher incomes use more gas? And that when the temperature rises above 13 degrees, gas consumption drops to some of its lowest levels?  These insights are crucial when planning household energy distribution, pricing and infrastructure, and avoiding issues such as power surges and black outs.  ...

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Ribit finds new home at Stone & Chalk

Ribit, our student job and internship matching platform, has been acquired by its anchor client, Australia’s largest emerging technology incubator and impact network, Stone & Chalk. Not-for-profit Stone & Chalk brings together founders, talent, investors, industry, corporate and government stakeholders to drive growth, advocacy and commercialisation. Ribit was launched in February 2016 by CSIRO’s Data61 to...

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Achieving blockchain adoption: the skills mix that will drive Australian blockchain development

Blockchain technology will be worth over US$175 billion by 2025, and in excess of US$3 trillion by 2030, according to the Australian Government’s National Blockchain Roadmap.    Australia must seize this opportunity to become a world-leader in digital technology and bolster the economy, but despite its potential, there is significant uncertainty regarding future adoption of blockchain technology locally.  CSIRO’s Data61 researchers have identified a particular set of workforce...