I had the pleasure of joining the IEEE Early Career Program Summit 2025 panel on “Bridging Academia and Industry in Computing.” It prompted me to reflect on two lessons I wish I’d learned much earlier in my career—because the conventional wisdom I heard early on turned out to be deeply limiting. 🔻 𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐄 #𝟏: “𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭…

I gave a lecture at an Executive MBA course on the interactions between regulations and standards in AI, data, and digital technologies—both 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…

🎉 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 Australia’s AI regulation status, including the pivotal role of the Voluntary AI Safety Standards in accelerating AI adoption with…

🔥 Excited to have joined the AJCAI panel on responsible and safe AI, focusing on operationalising Australia’s AI Safety Standard! As a key author of the standard, I shared some insights about the motivations behind it and how it fits with other international standards. Here are a few key points: 🛡️ AI Safety Standards: 🤖…

It’s my great honour and pleasure to deliver the opening keynote at the Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2024. https://ajcai2024.org/ 🎙️ In this keynote, I reflected on the journey and challenges of trustworthy AI: from models to systems to agents. 🚀 Although you might be familiar with much of the work CSIRO’s Data61 do…

Just wrapped up my talk at the DAIRNet AI Symposium 2024, diving into Generative AI and its applications in cybersecurity and decision-making. Great discussions and a thought-provoking exchange of ideas! Slides: Dropbox Link

📚 It’s incredible how much has changed in just a year! When I delivered the opening talk at last year’s Generative AI for Government Summit, we were still experimenting cautiously and exploring the technology’s potential. This year, in the second installment of the conference, I had the chance to share CSIRO’s Data61 lessons learned from…

First, on 30th October (11:00 am to 12:00 pm AEDT), I’ll dive into “𝑼𝒏𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑨𝑰 𝑺𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒕𝒚: 𝑨𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒂’𝒔 𝑨𝑰 𝑺𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒅”, hosted by National AI Centre. Having contributed to its development, together with other panellists, I’ll share how Australia’s work aligns internationally, from high-level principles and frameworks to concrete practices, and how Australia is leading many…