As Australia’s former chief scientist, you might be surprised to know that I had moments at university when I wondered: Can I do this and finish my degree? I...
Australia’s semiconductor industry is falling short of its economic potential, held back by gaps in its technology stack and the absence of a coordinated national strategy, according to a...
Twenty years ago, Australia made an unusually practical decision. Instead of expecting every university, government agency or company to buy and maintain its own expensive research equipment, we decided...
Australia’s innovation challenge is often described as a failure to turn research into industry. But at Bradfield City, on the doorstep of Sydney’s new 24-hour international airport, that problem...
Professor Kylie Walker will step down as chief executive of peak STEM sector body the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) in July after more than six...
Innovation hub operator Stone & Chalk has pulled off a recruitment coup de gras with the appointment of nationally prominent artificial intelligence leader and tech expert Stela Solar as...
While public attention has been fixed on artificial intelligence, another technology revolution has been quietly gathering momentum. Others have pointed out that the quantum era has arrived with much...
Former chief scientist Cathy Foley has been appointed the next president of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE), replacing outgoing president Katherine Woodthorpe. Dr Foley, a...
Former NSW chief data scientist Ian Oppermann has been appointed the federal government’s new Data Standards Chair for Digital ID and the Consumer Data Right in the first shakeup...
Australia’s chief scientist Dr Cathy Foley did not author the first-ever National Quantum Strategy, the Industry department has claimed, in an effort to keep the contents of an earlier...