Category: Impact

  • New Book: Engineering AI Systems
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    New Book: Engineering AI Systems

    ๐Ÿšจ Exciting news! Weโ€™ve just submitted the final manuscript for our upcoming book, โ€œEngineering AI Systems: Architecture and Devops Essentialsโ€ ๐ŸŽ‰ Itโ€™s been a fantastic journey working with three brilliant co-authors:โ€ข Qinghua Lu, Lead of CSIRO’s Data61โ€™s Responsible AI Science team and winner of the Asia Pacific Women in AI Trailblazer Award 2023!โ€ข Ingo Weber,…

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  • Developing Australia’s AI Safety Standard v1

    Developing Australia’s AI Safety Standard v1

    ๐ŸŽ‰ Itโ€™s finally here โ€“ the first version of Australiaโ€™s Voluntary AI Safety Standard! ๐Ÿš€ https://lnkd.in/gU694ScG led by National AI Centre Collaborating with the amazing teams at Gradient Institute and Human Technology Institute, I led the overall technical oversight of the standard with deep expertise from Data61’s responsible AI science team. The journey has just…

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  • Featured by APS Data Profession Spotlight

    Featured by APS Data Profession Spotlight

    I was recently featured in the latest Australian Public Service (APS) Data Profession Spotlight. I shared my journey in data (well before AI was the thing) and discussed the importance of data, AI, and the responsible engineering of data/AI-based systems. See pdf here

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  • Celebrating Quantum and CyberSecurity Wins

    Celebrating Quantum and CyberSecurity Wins

    Congratulations to our team’s wins in Victorian iAward! ๐Ÿ† โš› Muhammad Usman‘s Quantum Shield for Artificial Intelligence Systems won the Technology Platform category. The team designed and implemented novel quantum artificial intelligence systems that were extremely robust against attacks. The work established the integration of quantum into artificial intelligence that could lead the world to…

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  • Community Building: AI Trustworthiness Assessment

    Community Building: AI Trustworthiness Assessment

    For many who have followed my posts, you will know I have travelled the world recently to strengthen connections with many responsible AI and AI safety research organisations, including all the new AI Safety Institutes (AISI) and many national organisations/programs with a critical mass in responsible/safe AI. CSIRO’s Data61 has built active collaborations with organisations…

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  • 25 Years of Driving Standards: Reflections and Insights

    25 Years of Driving Standards: Reflections and Insights

    ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ŸŽ‰ I got a surprise recognition today from Standards Australia. Here are some reflections:1.ย ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. I started my involvement as a PhD student in industrial standards – LIXI for Australiaโ€™s lending industry, pushing for standards adoption by leading the creation of process/system reference architecture implementations. It was…

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  • Celebrating Responsible AI Impact Wins

    Celebrating Responsible AI Impact Wins

    ๐ŸŒŸ What a night! ๐ŸŒŸ Many speakers said Women in AI Asia Pacific (APAC) was their favourite AI event of the year, and I couldnโ€™t agree more. Seeing so many dedicated women delivering impactful AI innovations was truly inspiring. ๐Ÿš€ Iโ€™m thrilled to see that four finalists from CSIRO’s Data61 were recognised, with two winning…

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  • Transforming AI Assurance: The Role of Data61 in National and Global Contexts

    Transforming AI Assurance: The Role of Data61 in National and Global Contexts

    Itโ€™s great to see the โ€œ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญโ€ released. CSIRO’s Data61โ€™s work is โ€œin-focusโ€ in several places, such as the ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐€๐ˆ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž (Qinghua Lu) for risk mitigation https://lnkd.in/gkxVSKTz , and the ๐€๐ˆ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐†๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž (Prof Didar Zowghi Muneera Bano) https://lnkd.in/gKJqX4q7 . We continue to…

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  • India Trip Recap: Paving the Way for Responsible and Safe AI
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    India Trip Recap: Paving the Way for Responsible and Safe AI

    Just finished my India trip. This was my last stop on my journey to build a global research network for responsible and safe AI, having already connected with partners in America, Europe, the UK, Singapore, Japan, and Malaysia. On the government side, I met with the Principal Scientific Advisorโ€™s Office and the Department of Science…

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  • Our Pioneering AI Safety Work Featured in the Latest Scientific Report

    Our Pioneering AI Safety Work Featured in the Latest Scientific Report

    As foreshadowed in my last post, the most anticipated scientific report on the safety of advanced AI is out, led by Yoshua Bengio for the AI Safety Summit in Seoul. https://lnkd.in/gkmKEYUC It’s a balanced and thoughtful report. CSIRO’s Chief Scientist, Bronwyn Fox is on the Expert Advisory Panel, and I had the privilege of reviewing…

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Research Director, CSIRO’s Data61
Conjoint Professor, CSE UNSW

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