Honoured to be named a finalist at the #AFRAIAwards for our Responsible AI work at CSIRO’s Data61. ๐ It was a fantastic night celebrating Australiaโs vibrant AI community โ and inspiring to see so many collaborators, alumni, and peers leading the charge on impactful AI innovation. At CSIRO, our ambition is simple: ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง…
๐ 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 transformedโboth professionally and personallyโthrough deep AI integration. With AI, I now digest over 2000 academic papers a year, share detailed notes with my…
๐ค ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐? ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐? At the NZ Government Data Summit, I shared three important, often overlooked insights from real-world AI deployments:– AI alone…
A great day at the WWW conference where I had the chance to present at the special event onย ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐-๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ. A central, and perhaps contrarian, view I shared: ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฌ. Increasingly, humans will converse with agents, and those agentsโnot humansโwill interact with the…
I donโt usually fall for AIโs ego-flattery, but I couldnโt resist trying out ChatGPTโs new memory feature by asking it to describe me based on all the chat history. A few gems stood out: Apparently, I resemble a ๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฐ, and thatโs what makes me great. Since AI clearly sees itself as the peak…
๐ Whatโs the hottest trend in AI agents right now?Itโs not the traditional workflow-based or API-calling agents. The most interesting agents today are ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ โ ones that see what you see on the screen. They donโt just execute calls behind the scenes โ they observe, interpret, and interact with visual interfaces just like human…
I had the pleasure of joining the IEEE Early Career Program Summit 2025 panel on โBridging Academia and Industry in Computing.โ It prompted me to reflect on two lessons I wish Iโd learned much earlier in my careerโbecause the conventional wisdom I heard early on turned out to be deeply limiting. ๐ปย ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ #๐: โ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ…
Did you know CSIRO’s Data61 open-source data catalog system, Magda https://magda.io/, powers data.gov.au and many other key infrastructure systems like national maps and digital twins across Australia โ and we recently launched a new version of it with in-browser LLM integration? But our research and engineering team (Jacky Jiang Chen Wang et al.) has also…
The newly released Auditor-General’s report on AI governance at the ATO is a good read. While I wonโt comment on the specific cases, the broader lessons for government entities (pages 13-14) are valuable and ring true. Given CSIRO’s Data61‘s contributions to the National Assurance Framework for Government Use of AI (released by DTA) and Australia’s…
The International Science Council has released a White Paper titled ‘Preparing National Research Ecosystems for AI,’ which examines how different nations are approaching AI opportunities through their research ecosystems. I contributed to the Australian Case Study, including the pivotal role of CSIRO in AI for Science, responsible and safe AI, and general research-driven AI innovation.…
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