Tag: CSIRO

$20m AI research centre set up in South Australia

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A new AI research centre has been set up in South Australia, bringing together experts from the CSIRO’s digital arm Data61 and the Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML)...

Renewables remain at half the cost of nuclear: CSIRO

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Renewables continue to be the cheapest new-build electricity-generating technology, while nuclear power is around twice as expensive and has “no unique cost advantages” from its long operational life, despite...

CSIRO maps $1.7b electrolyser manufacturing opportunity

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Realising Australia’s green hydrogen production targets could yield an electrolyser manufacturing opportunity worth more than $1.7 billion a year by 2050 if government delivers support for local procurement, according...

Innovative procurement can build our missing middle

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Government procurement policies are being underutilised as an innovation lever, according to experts, who warn Australia’s main program lacks scale and buying rules still aren’t optimised for industry growth....

ASCA inks $60m in contracts for long-term R&D

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator has awarded more than $60 million in long-term R&D contracts to local quantum and defence tech companies, universities and the CSIRO. Analog Quantum Circuits,...

Gig guide: Stela Solar steps down from National AI Centre

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The inaugural director of the National AI Centre Stela Solar will depart the organisation next week, six months after the government announced that the centre would shift from the...