Category: Talks

  • Zoho Fireside Chat on AI

    Zoho Fireside Chat on AI

    I never imagined I would one day share a speaking session โ€” and a speaker room chat โ€” with the ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต. Thanks to the Zoho event in Sydney, that happened. Speaking right after Hugh Watson Australia’s Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology also added a valuable global perspective to…

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  • Panels at WA Gov Innovation Week

    Panels at WA Gov Innovation Week

    I was glad to join the ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ, contributing to discussions on both AI and cyber. The event was buzzing with energy, sharp questions, and concrete use cases being shared. On cybersecurity, my key messages were:1. You donโ€™t need to copy-share data everywhereโ€”doing so only increases the attack surface. Analytics and compute…

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  • Designing Human Oversight

    Designing Human Oversight

    Double-header day on my favourite topic โ€” ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜.โ€ข Remote presentation at the Symposium on Responsible AI in Public Administration (organised by the wonderful Jason Grant Allen, bringing together law and AI experts in the same room in Singapore)โ€ข Fireside chat with Rasika Mohan at the AI Governance Summit Thereโ€™s a joke in the…

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  • Panel at DTA Government AI Showcase

    Panel at DTA Government AI Showcase

    At the Digital Transformation Agency AI Government Showcase, my badge listed my first name as โ€œDrโ€. I had fun introducing myself as ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟโ€”alas, no time machine, just discussions about the future of AI. I joined a fantastic panel with colleagues, including the former and current directors (Stela SOLAR Lee Hickin) of the National AI…

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  • Panel: AFR Government Services Summit

    Panel: AFR Government Services Summit

    A very enjoyable day at the AFR Government Services Summit yesterday. Minister Leighโ€™s keynote set the tone: ๐—”๐—œ-๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. This resonates deeply with me as a scientist viewing productivity growth and risk management through the…

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  • Defence AI Panel: ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป

    Defence AI Panel: ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป

    ๐˜ฟ๐™ค๐™š๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™–๐™ง๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™–๐™™๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™œ๐™šโ€”๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™ง?That tension was front and centre at the ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—œ panel at the Defence AI Research Network (DAIRNet) Defense AI and Industry Symposium (part of ADM Defence Summit). Here are some of the messages I was trying to deliver: ๐Ÿญ. ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ…

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  • AI in Government Keynote

    AI in Government Keynote

    ๐Ÿง  โ€œ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜โ€ is everyoneโ€™s magic bulletโ€”but nobody seems to know the magic sauce.I opened Day 2 of the AI in Government Conference with a keynote on some of the hardest questions in AI-enabled decision-making: โ€ข ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜บโ€”๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ช๐˜ต, ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง…

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  • Government Innovation NSW Panels

    Government Innovation NSW Panels

    Great to speak on two panels yesterday at the Government Innovation Week NSW on Cyber Security and AI alongside some great panelists such as The Hon. Victor Dominello and the NSW Privacy Commissioner Sonia Minutillo. Here are my four messages across the two panels: ๐Ÿ”น Everyone has an opinion on AI performance and riskโ€”but personal…

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  • PAKDD25 Talk on Scalable AI

    PAKDD25 Talk on Scalable AI

    ๐Ÿ’ก People often think scalable AI just means handling more transactions or bigger datasets. But scalability isnโ€™t about size. ๐™„๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™š๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฎ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ข ๐™ ๐™š๐™š๐™ฅ๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™™๐™š๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™™ ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™™๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก, ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™—-๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก, ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™˜๐™š๐™จ. ๐™‰๐™ค ๐™—๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™˜๐™ ๐™จ, ๐™ฃ๐™ค ๐™ง๐™š๐™™๐™š๐™จ๐™ž๐™œ๐™ฃ๐™จ. At the PAKDD AI Forum earlier today, I shared three dimensions of…

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  • APS Digital Professionals Talk: Reading in the Age of AI

    APS Digital Professionals Talk: Reading in the Age of AI

    ๐Ÿ“š How I Read Thousands of Papers In the Age of AI At a session for the Australian Public Service today, I gave a personal talk on how my reading life has transformedโ€”both professionally and personallyโ€”through deep AI integration. With AI, I now digest over 2000 academic papers a year, share detailed notes with my…

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About me – According to AI

Director/Head of CSIRO’s Data61
Conjoint Professor, CSE UNSW

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