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Spotlight on Women in STEM: Dilusha Weeraddana

We’re talking to Dilusha Weeraddana from CSIRO’s Data61’s Data City on how her love of mathematics brought her to a career in AI, how her work is creating impact, and what change she thinks needs to happen to bring more women into STEM.

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Spotlight on Women in tech: Claire Mason

We’re talking to Claire Mason from CSIRO’s Data61’s Inclusive Socio-Technical Innovation team on how social science ties into technology, why gender diversity is important in STEM, and the advice she’d give to someone wanting to pursue a career in STEM.

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Spotlight on Women in tech: Dr. Claire Naughtin

We’re talking to Dr. Claire Naughtin from CSIRO’s Data61’s Insight team on what she loves about working in STEM, how her career began, and how women can be better supported and enabled to enter STEM fields.

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Spotlight on Women in tech: Dr. Marthie Grobler

We’re talking to Dr. Marthie Grobler from the CSIRO's Data61's Human Centric Security group on her career journey, why she pursued career in tech, and the advice she'd give to someone wanting to pursue a career in STEM.

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The Early Adopters Program

CSIRO's Data61’s Early Adopter Program (EAP) makes low risk, affordable and customisable technologies available for Australian companies to trial and build upon, for use in potentially improving production efficiency and building new competitive advantages or markets. What makes the EAP program unique is its focus on providing Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies to deliver production efficiency enhancements for businesses in a range of industries.

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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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Telehealth in Australia during COVID-19 and beyond: Insights

Telehealth has traditionally been used as a mechanism to improve access to healthcare services in rural and remote areas where such services are difficult to access in person. It can reduce the distance that people need to travel for healthcare services and expand the reach of specialist and allied health services, which are less accessible...

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The Power of AI

This article first appeared in May issue of Company Director, the member magazine for the Australian Institute of Company Directors.   We are seeing extraordinary collaborative efforts to help find a COVID-19 vaccine as the global scientific community shares valuable scientific data and intellectual property. Artificial intelligence has become a key tool in this battle, write...

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Data61’s Dr Stefan Hajkowicz on the new normal with Bloomberg News

“This is a great reset, which also means there’s a chance to start doing things better.” – Dr Stefan Hajkowicz. How has the COVID-19 pandemic changed our world? Data61’s Dr Stefan Hajkowicz sharing his strategic insights with Bloomberg News, explaining that there’s plenty of silver lining.   What does the new normal look like? Data61’s...

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Q&A with Professor Jon Whittle, the new Director of CSIRO’s Data61

Professor Jon Whittle has been announced as the new Director of CSIRO’s Data61 after a competitive international search. Professor Whittle is a world-renowned expert in software engineering and human-computer interaction, with a particular interest in IT for social good, AI research in health sciences and sustainable development. He will begin his leadership of Data61 on...