Tag: CSIRO

Research infrastructure is a time machine

Posted on   |  by Elanor Huntington
Wajarri Yamaji Country is a magical place. For tens of thousands of years its people have stood on and cared for Country. I’ve just been there to help break...

‘No signs of a slowdown’: AI adoption at record level

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Artificial intelligence is being used in nearly every research field around the world, with adoption at its fastest pace since the technology emerged more than half a century ago....

Ringing in the changes at CSIRO, by Larry Marshall

Posted on   |  by Larry Marshall
Around this time of year, Australia’s government agencies polish up their highlights and tally up their figures for the year to table their Annual Reports, then form an orderly...

CSIRO chief Larry Marshall to depart in mid-2023

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Dr Larry Marshall will depart the CSIRO at the end of June 2023 as the national science agency’s longest serving chief executive in 50 years, leaving the organisation in...

CSIRO, Google team for blue carbon AI project

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A new research project between national science agency the CSIRO and Google will seek to better understand blue carbon ecosystems in the Indo-Pacific and Australia through the use of...

Indigenous land agreement permits SKA telescope expansion

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A land agreement between Native Title Holders, the CSIRO, and Western Australian and Commonwealth governments means construction of the international Square Kilometre Array telescope can get underway. The SKA...

AI upgrade for CSIRO’s computing cluster

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The national science agency will upgrade from its current GPU cluster next year to a new high-performance accelerator computing system more capable of machine learning and artificial intelligence workloads...

Australia’s quantum opportunity upgraded to $6 billion

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The CSIRO has upgraded its economic forecast for quantum technology, predicting it will be a $4.6 billion industry in Australia by the end of the next decade and directly...