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Coastal hazard assessment tool wins national environment and sustainability award

The Port Phillip Coast Hazard Assessment project, conducted by CSIRO’s Data61 in collaboration with the Victorian Department of Land, Water and Planning (DELWP), has received the Environment and Sustainability award at both the Victorian and National APSEA Industry Awards, held separately in March this year. 

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Spotlight on Women in Tech: Dr Monica Wen Chen

We’re speaking to Dr Monica Wen Chen, an award-winning AI research scientist in the Decision Making Under Uncertainty group within the Analytics and Decision Sciences Program here at CSIRO’s Data61. Dr Chen discusses her career path, what she’s currently working on, one of the biggest changes that needs to take place in the tech industry and her advice on breaking into the world of data science.

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AI-powered spinal segmentation technology could ‘save radiologists and surgeons thousands of hours of work’

A new AI-powered piece of medtech segments spinal vertebrae, partner Singular Health anticipates a 95% accuracy in two minutes, which could enable medical professionals to better plan their surgeries.

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Spotlight on Women in Tech – Dr Cecile Paris

We're talking to Dr Cecile Paris, Group Leader of the Knowledge Discovery and Management group at CSIRO's Data61, about her most impactful projects, career advice for anyone looking to break into the tech industry, and using natural language processing to study the emotional health of populations in real time.

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Spotlight on Women in Tech: Dr Mehwish Nasim

Meet Dr Mehwish Nasim, a computational social scientist and researcher within the Software and Computational program at CSIRO's Data61. We're talking to her about pursuing a career in tech, closing the gender gap in STEM, and modelling the spread of misinformation on social media.

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Spotlight on Women in Tech: Katrina Lo Surdo

Meet Katrina Lo Surdo - she's an Electrical and Computer Engineer in the Robotics and Autonomous Systems Group at CSIRO's Data61 and is a crucial member of our DARPA team, where she develops hardware and assists with the power and emergency stop circuitry for two robotic platforms.

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Improving ASEAN’s resilience through foresight in science, technology and innovation

Representatives from ASEAN nations came together to develop foresight skills in the areas of science, technology and innovation, to prepare for future challenges and capitalise on opportunities across the ASEAN region. The initiative is the result of a partnership between CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, and ASEAN Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation (COSTI). Director...

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This shape-changing robot can adapt to any outdoor environment

Described as the ‘Swiss army knife’ of robots, DyRET (Dynamic Robot for Embodied Testing) is thought to be the first quadruped that can morphologically adapt its structure insitu to efficiently traverse different outdoor environments. This novel capability could make DyRET a crucial tool in future search and rescue, monitoring and exploratory missions.

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Spotlight on Women in Tech: Dr Sisi Liang

We're talking to software engineer Dr Sisi Liang from the Robotics and Autonomous Systems Group at CSIRO's Data61 about what drew her to a career in tech, developing algorithms for computer vision applications, Industry 4.0, and how women can be encouraged from an early age to pursue an interest in STEM. 

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Australian Droid and Robot joins the Early Adopters Program

Since its launch late last year, the Early Adopters Program has been enabling Australian companies to trial and build upon low risk, affordable and customisable technologies, creating new efficiencies and competitive advantages. The CatPack perception pack and accompanying perception software Wildcat the first pieces of technology that have been made available as part of the EAP. The systems can be attached...