CSIRO working on national bushfire-prediction tool Thursday February 4, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology The CSIRO and the National Council for Fire and Emergency Services have partnered to develop a bushfire modelling and prediction capability that will support emergency…
CSIRO begins global search for new Data61 chief, Adrian Turner calls time Tuesday August 6, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal The CSIRO is on the hunt for a technologist to replace Data61 chief executive Adrian Turner, who will leave the role on September 12.
Premium Interviews 'Licensed to operate differently' ― How Adrian Turner achieves large-scale digital innovation with porous boundaries and multi-disciplinary teams Saturday July 20, 2019 By Stephen Easton Features "We have the potential here to create a new model, a new global network ... to solve not only Australia's but some of the world's…
Data61 an international exemplar of public sector 'digital innovation' done right Monday April 15, 2019 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology Data61 is pleased as punch to be presented as a world-leading example of how a public body can contribute to national "digital innovation" through a new…
Conference catch-up: data integration in the public sector Tuesday November 7, 2017 By The Mandarin Communications & Technology Public servants flocked to Friday's short conference about the potential and the barriers to "unlocking the value of Australia's public data" but anyone who didn't…
Data61's partnership model: riding a wave of R&D disruption Monday September 4, 2017 By Victoria Draudins Features A year since the former NICTA lost its funding base and became Data61, part of the CSIRO, it continues to develop valuable intellectual property while…
CSIRO plots new market-based road map Wednesday June 28, 2017 By Tom Burton Communications & Technology Opening the Data61 Live conference in Melbourne, Larry Marshall said we can look for someone to blame for shifts, "and we see that a lot…
Data 61 fits release valve to BlockChain hype bubble Thursday June 8, 2017 By Julian Bajkowski Economy & Industry The CSIRO's Data 61 unit has reality checked BlockChain evangelists. Will Australian FinTech ever be the same?…
The future of digital health in Australia: a social policy discussion Friday February 3, 2017 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social As Australia moves towards a digital health system, important social policy discussions are needed about how future developments will affect Australians. Join us and a…
Smart systems, smart policy solutions: the cognitive approach Wednesday July 20, 2016 By Tom Burton Career Advice FEATURE: From false fire alarms to litter to life-and-death health diagnosis, data analytics combined with cognitive systems are delivering better policy outcomes. But leadership…
Australia's Data61 teams up with UK's CyLon to 'accelerate' cybersecurity Monday April 4, 2016 By Stephen Easton News The CSIRO's data-focused digital research unit, Data61, has joined forces with a like-minded organisation in the United Kingdom in hopes Australia can grow a world-leading…
