I never imagined I would one day share a speaking session — and a speaker room chat — with the 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵. 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…

I was glad to join the 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁’𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸, 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 don’t need to copy-share data everywhere—doing so only increases the attack surface. Analytics and compute…

Double-header day on my favourite topic — 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁.• 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)• Fireside chat with Rasika Mohan at the AI Governance Summit There’s a joke in the…

At the Digital Transformation Agency AI Government Showcase, my badge listed my first name as “Dr”. I had fun introducing myself as 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿—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…

A very enjoyable day at the AFR Government Services Summit yesterday. Minister Leigh’s keynote set the tone: 𝗔𝗜-𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝘀𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. This resonates deeply with me as a scientist viewing productivity growth and risk management through the…

𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚—𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧?That tension was front and centre at the 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗜 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: 𝟭. 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲…

🧠 “𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁” is everyone’s magic bullet—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: • 𝘋𝘰 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺—𝘰𝘳 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵, 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧…

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: 🔹 Everyone has an opinion on AI performance and risk—but personal…

💡 People often think scalable AI just means handling more transactions or bigger datasets. But scalability isn’t about size. 𝙄𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙧 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙗𝙮 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡, 𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙪𝙗-𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡, 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙨. 𝙉𝙤 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙠𝙨, 𝙣𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙨. At the PAKDD AI Forum earlier today, I shared three dimensions of…

📚 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 transformed—both professionally and personally—through deep AI integration. With AI, I now digest over 2000 academic papers a year, share detailed notes with my…