Tag: CSIRO

Australian water tech goes global

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The CSIRO’s world-first ground to space water quality monitoring system will be trialled in California in a significant expansion for the national science agency mission. The $83 million AquaWatch...

National science agency spins up new AI workhorse

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The national science agency will launch its new $15 million high performance computing cluster on Friday to speed up research in areas like artificial intelligence, image processing and robotics....

CSIRO chief wants a ‘strategic middle ground’ on research

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The solution to Australia’s innovation struggles lies in a “strategic middle ground,” between large-scale moonshot missions and spreading limited resources too thin across a multitude of sub-scale programs, according...

Qld funds university-industry program for the regions

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A new $7 million program aimed at increasing research collaboration between regional universities and industry in Queensland will be delivered by CSIRO. Funded by the state government, the program...

Does GenCost match-fix Australia’s energy transition?

Posted on   |  by Sandy Plunkett
What are we to make of the increasing volume and intensity of competing ‘facts’ about Australia’s green energy transition, how to achieve it and at what cost? I mean,...

AI adoption centres finally unveiled

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Four artificial intelligence centres focused on helping small to medium-sized enterprises safely adopt the technology have been announced by Industry and Science minister Ed Husic. Sharing in $16.3 million,...

CSIRO chief scientist moves to UNSW

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
CSIRO chief scientist Bronwyn Fox is stepping down to become the University of New South Wales’ new deputy vice-chancellor for research and enterprise from mid-July. Professor Fox will join...

Investor framework bridges AI ethics and ESG

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian investors now have a toolkit for assessing the environmental, social and governance (ESG) implications of artificial intelligence as they gear up for a second wave of the technology....

Gig guide: CSIRO appoints deputy chief exec

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
CSIRO has appointed Kirsten Rose as deputy chief executive, around six months since her short stint as acting chief executive. Ms Rose has more than 25 years of senior...