I had the pleasure of joining the IEEE Early Career Program Summit 2025 panel on โBridging Academia and Industry in Computing.โ It prompted me to reflect on two lessons I wish Iโd learned much earlier in my careerโbecause the conventional wisdom I heard early on turned out to be deeply limiting. ๐ปย ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ #๐: โ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ…
Did you know CSIRO’s Data61 open-source data catalog system, Magda https://magda.io/, powers data.gov.au and many other key infrastructure systems like national maps and digital twins across Australia โ and we recently launched a new version of it with in-browser LLM integration? But our research and engineering team (Jacky Jiang Chen Wang et al.) has also…
The newly released Auditor-General’s report on AI governance at the ATO is a good read. While I wonโt comment on the specific cases, the broader lessons for government entities (pages 13-14) are valuable and ring true. Given CSIRO’s Data61‘s contributions to the National Assurance Framework for Government Use of AI (released by DTA) and Australia’s…
The International Science Council has released a White Paper titled ‘Preparing National Research Ecosystems for AI,’ which examines how different nations are approaching AI opportunities through their research ecosystems. I contributed to the Australian Case Study, including the pivotal role of CSIRO in AI for Science, responsible and safe AI, and general research-driven AI innovation.…
I gave a lecture at an Executive MBA course on the interactions between regulations and standards in AI, data, and digital technologiesโboth globally and in Australia. Here are the key takeaways. I highlighted potential solutions to these challenges, including ongoing efforts in Australia to develop AI safety standards that are currently being established. Dropbox slides…
When I was writing my last two books, I kept wondering: would this be the last book I ever wrote? Why would people still seek knowledge from books when AI can synthesise information across diverse sources, delivering it in a personalised and conversational manner tailored to individual knowledge levels and interests? And to be honest,…
๐ฅ Why advance Quantum Machine Learning before we have million-qubit fault-tolerant quantum computers? ๐ค I get asked this a lot. The answer is multi-faceted:1๏ธโฃ ๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ โ Researching quantum ML now helps pinpoint which problems will benefit the most and steer quantum technology development in the right direction.2๏ธโฃ ๐๐ง๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ค๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ฌ โ Progress in one…
๐ Kicking off the new year with a big topic – “Europe’s Path in Artificial Intelligence”. I had the privilege of joining a stellar panel organised by Fraunhofer, with an online audience of ~500. I shared Australiaโs AI regulation status, including the pivotal role of the Voluntary AI Safety Standards in accelerating AI adoption with…
Worried about how AI value capture and redistribution can truly happen amidst the unbalanced power dynamics across the value chainโfrom data creators to labelers, to model creators, deployers, and users? Proud to share that the ๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง-๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ค๐๐ง๐ฌ (๐๐ ๐๐ฌ) ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐, ๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐, CSIRO’s Data61 researchers (Shiping Chen Xiwei (Sherry) Xu et al.) proposed has been recently…
๐ Exciting News! The ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก (๐๐๐๐) ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ is here! After a long journey, weโre thrilled to see it come to life with our great partner at Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML). Beyond the headline research topics, here are some of the key rationales behind our four research themes and how CSIRO’s Data61‘s…
