Tag: CSIRO

CSIRO’s Williams hails space deal

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The CSIRO’s most senior space sector executive Dave Williams has hailed the Australian Space Agency’s collaborative partnership with NASA and says the $150 million funding commitment from government deals...

Our billion-dollar AI opportunity

Posted on   |  by David McClure
Like electricity, artificial intelligence (AI) is a general purpose technology that has the potential to drastically alter societies through its impact on economic and social structures. The AI revolution...

High-value data is innovation driver

Posted on   |  by Mats Henrikson
As the world has become increasingly digitised, data is playing a critical role in almost every aspect of society. Data has the power to provide invaluable insights and drive...

Turner departs CSIRO’s Data61

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Data61’s inaugural CEO Adrian Turner will leave the CSIRO’s data arm next month after four years in the top job. CSIRO announced on Friday morning that Mr Turner had...

CSIRO’s Data61 and the sense of urgency

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The CSIRO’s specialist business unit Data61 celebrated its third birthday this week. It is worth noting the milestone. The organisation is structurally very different from its early days, and...

Building sovereign AI capability

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
The chief executive of the CSIRO’s Data61 unit Adrian Turner has called on Australia to build sovereign capabilities in ethical artificial intelligence, saying the technology has the potential to drive...

We are at risk of slow decline: CSIRO

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia is a risk of sliding into a period of slow economic, social and environmental decline unless governments and the business community tackle specific threats head-on, a new report...

Larry Marshall in Q&A controversy

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s commercialisation woes are more due to the private sector’s unwillingness to solve new problems rather than cultural issues at universities, according to Q-CTRL founder Michael Biercuk. On Monday...

The trust crisis in web standards

Posted on   |  by James Riley
New research from CSIRO’s Data61 unit has found that even the most popular and trusted websites are using chains of third-party scripts and services hidden from end users that make...