The recent global IT outage due to an update from CrowdStrike taught us some interesting insights. While we could blame upstreams, why can certain organisations recover within hours while others may need weeks? Why are the most heavily regulated industries (health, finance, airlines) hit the hardest? ๐ค I answered these questions in the opening panel…
I had the great pleasure of chairing a panel (Penten CEO Greg Barsby, QuintessenceLabs founding CTO John Leiseboer, Services Australia CIDO Charles McHardie AM, and Danesh Jogia from Australian Signals Directorate) on post-quantum cybersecurity and data management resilience at the “Quantum Meets Public Service” event. The event was amazingly organised by Cathy Foley‘s Chief Scientist…
Had a great evening at this Responsible AI for Investors event, deep-diving into our collaborative work with Alphinity Investment Management – The intersection of Responsible AI and ESG: A Framework for Investors. I hope I didnโt scare people with the conundrum of governing and controlling AI that might be smarter in some aspects, and that…
Congratulations to our team’s wins in Victorian iAward! ๐ โ 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…
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…
๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ I got a surprise recognition today from Standards Australia. Here are some reflections:1.ย ๐๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. I started my involvement as a PhD student in industrial standards – LIXI for Australiaโs lending industry, pushing for standards adoption by leading the creation of process/system reference architecture implementations. It was…
It was a pleasure to deliver a talk last week at The Future Generation Enterprise Architecture (FGEA) Symposium hosted by ACS (Australian Computer Society) and organised by Asif Gill. I focused on data trust at scale, challenging some conventional views on data quality in distributed, at-scale, AI-amenable environments. Some lessons come from CSIRO’s Data61 technology…
๐ What a night! ๐ Many speakers said Women in AI Asia Pacific (APAC) was their favourite AI event of the year, and I couldnโt agree more. Seeing so many dedicated women delivering impactful AI innovations was truly inspiring. ๐ Iโm thrilled to see that four finalists from CSIRO’s Data61 were recognised, with two winning…
Itโs great to see the โ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญโ released. CSIRO’s Data61โs work is โin-focusโ in several places, such as the ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ (Qinghua Lu) for risk mitigation https://lnkd.in/gkxVSKTz , and the ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ (Prof Didar Zowghi Muneera Bano) https://lnkd.in/gKJqX4q7 . We continue to…
I thoroughly enjoyed the fireside chat with Stela SOLAR at the National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia (NATA) Annual Conference – Accreditation Matters. https://nata.com.au/events/accreditation-matters-2024/ We delved into Measuring Safe and Responsible AI โ The Practice and the Frontier. We discussed what safe and responsible AI truly means and how we can assess its achievement. The…
