Have you ever stopped to think about where all the digital services you use each day physically reside, or what powers them? Whether you access them on your mobile,...
The Industry Papers
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| by Adrian Turner
The global food system is a $10 trillion dollar per year complex, dynamic web of people, processes and geographies engineered to feed the eight billion people on the planet...
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Our brains are our most precious asset, the literal font of innovation. Viewing our collective brains as an invaluable resource should be a national priority. They are the crucial...
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If we are to create the new innovative industries that will solve problems and create innovative products, services, and jobs, then we need to include people with disabilities who...
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Science is about making the world clearer and more understandable. By classifying the world into observable, repeatable, verifiable phenomena we move towards a shared sense of reality rather than...
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We have all seen the headlines – Australia is one of the lowest R&D-funded OECD countries, coming in below 1.6 per cent of GDP and falling, more than a...
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I attended school and university under the old social contract; do your best at school, complete your homework, study for exams, get a good final score, go to university,...
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Change must start at the top, with upskilling of Australian executives and leaders. As consumers, Australians are world-leading in adopting new technologies. But our businesses, and their corporate boards,...
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The rapid advancement of generative AI is challenging long-held notions of expertise and mastery. The traditional belief, epitomised by Malcolm Gladwell’s “10,000-hour rule” – that expertise demands extensive practice...
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| by Alexei Domorev
In any organisation, time series forecasting remains a fundamental problem that has a tremendous impact on a vast range of activities covering anything from resource planning to budgeting. Time...
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Australia has had a competitively thinning economy over the last 30 years. Australian corporates have reduced inhouse research and development – Telstra Research, Comalco Research, Wormald Research are just...
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The National Quantum Strategy contains a truly audacious claim: that Australia will build the world’s first error-corrected quantum computer. Is this possible? Australia doesn’t even manufacture conventional computers. Can...
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Any casual conversation about Australian invention usually starts with the humble Hills Hoist – a simple mechanical system known for its practicality and durability. The conversation often progresses to...
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When one thousand self-confessed map, data and tech nerds from 90 countries gathered in the Dutch city of Rotterdam in mid-May, it really drove home to me the advanced...