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Former NSW minister to head up new UNSW-UTS hub driving trustworthy digital
May 01, 2023Victor Dominello will lead the Trustworthy Digital Society Hub to advance digital services prioritising security and ethical considerations.
opens in a new windowARC Research Hub for Resilient and Intelligent Infrastructure Systems opens
May 01, 2023The new research hub will deliver technologies to address Australia’s critical infrastructure needs.
opens in a new windowOPINION The defence review fails to address the third revolution in warfare
May 01, 2023AI is going to fundamentally transform how nations wage far. By failing to address it, the defence review leaves Australia unprepared for the future of war.
Professor Flora Salim wins competitive Cisco Research Gift
April 24, 2023Prof Salim received a Cisco Research Gift for her research into Mobility Question Answering (Q&A) for Natural-Language-based Spatio-Temporal Forecasting
opens in a new windowOPINION: Have you given away secrets on ChatGPT?
April 18, 2023Curious about how ChatGPT can help you at work? Be careful what company information might be given away while experimenting, warns a UNSW Business School professor.
International Women's Day in AI and STEM Celebration – Cracking the Code
April 13, 2023On International Women’s Day 2023 (Wednesday 8 March), the UNSW Artificial Intelligence (AI) Institute, the Women in AI Australia network and the UNSW Data Science Hub (uDash) organised an event titled the ‘International Women's Day in AI and STEM Celebration – Cracking the Code’.
opens in a new windowAAUT 2022 Awards recognise two outstanding UNSW academics
March 07, 2023Congratulations to Associate Professors Ang Liu and Michael Kasumovic for each being awarded a Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, as part of the 2022 Australian Awards for University Teaaching (AAUT), a highly competitive and prestigious national accolade.
opens in a new windowUNSW academics awarded more than $1.6m for joint Australian-US artificial i
February 20, 2023Researchers will develop solutions to tackle challenges relating to drought, environmentally harmful emissions and infectious diseases.
opens in a new windowBard, Bing and Baidu: how big tech's AI race will transform search results
February 10, 2023Today, if you want to find a good moving company, you might ask your favourite search engine – Google, Bing, or DuckDuckGo perhaps – for some advice.
opens in a new windowOne of the next big AI disruptions could be in music
February 07, 2023The past few years have seen an explosion in applications of artificial intelligence to creative fields. A new generation of image and text generators is delivering impressive results. Now AI has also found applications in music, too.
opens in a new windowChatGPT: Amazing AI engineering can be beneficial - but needs to be used in
February 03, 2023UNSW Sydney experts in computer science, business, and arts and media explain why ChatGPT can be valuable technology, if treated with caution.
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An AI named Cicero can beat humans in diplomacy
November 28, 2022In a rare piece of good news from Meta, artificial intelligence researchers at the company have just announced a scientific breakthrough. Their AI program named Cicero can now play the board game Diplomacy at a human level.
opens in a new windowUNSW Researchers Awarded the Google Inclusion Research Funding
November 25, 2022UNSW Researchers working on enhancing the learning experience of students with cognitive deficits have received the Google Inclusion Research Award.
opens in a new windowUNSW Alumni Awards celebrate 50 years of tremendous achievements
November 10, 2022UNSW Sydney has announced its 2022 Alumni Award winners at a gala event, celebrating 50 years since the presentation of the first Alumni Awards.
Engineers light the way to bionics of the future
October 26, 2022A multi-disciplinary team at UNSW has found a way to convert nerve impulses into light, opening the way for more scalable neural implants.
How shoring up drones with AI helps surf lifesavers spot sharks
October 28, 2022Discerning whether that dark splodge in the water is a shark or just, say, seaweed isn’t always straightforward.
UNSW Sydney’s ground-breaking innovations on display at Research Expo
October 26, 2022One hundred life-changing UNSW innovations and capabilities were exhibited at the inaugural UNSW Research Translation Expo held on Tuesday 25 October at the Roundhouse.
'Killer robots' will be nothing like the movies show
October 18, 2022'Killer robots' will be nothing like the movies show – here’s where the real threats lie. The sentient, murderous humanoid robot is a complete fiction, and may never become reality. But that doesn’t mean we’re safe from autonomous weapons – they are already here.
Two UNSW academics recognised as Fellows by ATSE
October 19, 2022UNSW academics are named Fellows by the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering for their innovative work in solar technology and geotechnical engineering.
opens in a new windowArtificial intelligence may improve suicide prevention in the future
October 06, 2022Machine learning algorithms could be more accurate and reliable than conventional methods of predicting suicide risk.
AI is creeping into the world’s courts. Should we be concerned?
September 28, 2022Artificial intelligence can improve access to justice, but could come into conflict with important legal values and even cause harm, new research finds.
opens in a new windowUNSW academics receive $3.3m to help endometriosis sufferers and improve...
September 28, 2022UNSW academics receive $3.3m to help endometriosis sufferers and improve clinical registries Obstetrician and gynaecologist Jason Abbott and health data expert Louisa Jorm have been awarded two Research Data Infrastructure grants from the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources.
opens in a new windowUNSW launches Artificial Intelligence (AI) Institute
September 13, 2022The new flagship university-wide research institute will support the activities of over 300 UNSW researchers working across AI.
New inexpensive Wi-Fi system improves fire detection
August 23, 2022A Sydney Harbour Tunnel explosion showcases the work of UNSW researchers using wireless signals and artificial intelligence to more accurately identify dangerous fire situations.
UNSW researchers named as 2022 Eureka Prize finalists
July 27, 2022Six UNSW Sydney projects chosen as finalists for Australia’s leading science awards.
The AI, Cyber, Modelling and Simulation for SME growth Symposium
June 07, 2022The AI, Cyber, Modelling and Simulation for SME growth Symposium was organised in person at the Powerhouse Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS) in Sydney, on 2 and 3 May 2022. The event was organised by CSIRO, UNSW AI Institute, and the Powerhouse Museum.
UNSW AI Institute organises an event on AI and Medicine
June 03, 2022The UNSW AI Institute organised the first in-person event on campus after the official establishment of the centre. The event was organised in conjunction with the Faculty of Medicine and Health on 31st May at the Design Next Studio Ainsworth Building.
