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March media wrap-up

This month, our work across robotics and blockchain took the spotlight. Media highlights: News of our Robotics Innovation Centre was covered extensively. Have a look at some choice pieces from the Australian Financial Review, Courier Mail, 4BC and CIO Magazine. Our CEO, Adrian Turner, gave a keynote at the ADC Global Blockchain Summit in Adelaide...

Making the virtual real: hypersonic flight and self-healing cars

Below is an extract of Data61 CEO Adrian Turner’s latest op-ed in the Australian Financial Review, examining the potential for advanced manufacturing and artificial intelligence in an Australian context. Read the full piece here. Making the virtual real: hypersonic flight and self-healing cars Hypersonic flight is here. It’s defined as flight at Mach...

How data science can help you beat traffic congestion

Transport is a trending topic, with Lyft and Uber looking to file for 'initial public offerings' (IPOs) shortly and companies putting out new products every other day to address various problems in transport – and it is about to get even hotter

D61+Live 2018 – Building robust AI

While artificial intelligence can undertake some tasks more efficiently than humans, there are other tasks it cannot adequately replicate. What happens if an autonomous vehicle interprets a tampered stop sign as a speed limit?

D61+Live 2018 – CSIRO’s Chief Scientist, Dr Cathy Foley

Economic and social prosperity depends on change. Behind every breakthrough technology that drives change is science.CSIRO's Chief Scientist shares her experience on achieving breakthroughs in science over her 33 years at CSIRO, and what it takes to succeed.

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February 2019 wrap-up

February was a busy month, which we spent getting back into the swing of things. Here's a wrap-up of the big stuff.

D61+Live 2018 – New frontiers in privacy preserving technology

Is absolute privacy a myth? Can we create value out of data sets while still ensuring anonymity? How can we keep data secure and private? At a time when data privacy is making headlines for all the wrong reasons, our experts explored new frontiers in privacy.

A powerful genie – The Gradient Institute on ethical AI

"We’ve so far built a genie that is powerful but naively obedient. As we grant it more power, it is critical that we also make it wiser"

2018 wrap-up – culture, tech news and Data61’s achievements

2018 in big tech news, and Data61's biggest achievements

Adrian Turner’s latest op-ed – Autonomous vehicles as the pinnacle of the fourth industrial revolution

"The software and platform wars for cars have not been won"