CSIRO to launch 'sailing drones' to monitor Southern Ocean
A fleet of unmanned autonomous sailing drones will be launched from Hobart, to monitor the notoriously treacherous, Southern Ocean.
A fleet of unmanned autonomous sailing drones will be launched from Hobart, to monitor the notoriously treacherous, Southern Ocean.
The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre has confirmed it is searching for a new executive director, with current chief Neil Stringfellow vacating the role.
An Australian start-up launched this week is working to address the issue with a suite of controls that can stabilise fragile quantum systems, and “effectively turn back the clock” on decoherence.
A new guide from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is intended to help organisations effectively de-identify their data.
The CSIRO’s Data61 group is preparing to commercialise the Cross-Domain Desktop Compositor (CDDC), an alternative to a KVM that offers users to ultra-secure access multiple networks while offering the benefit of a single desktop-style user interface.
The CSIRO’s new supercomputer — dubbed ‘Bracewell’ after astronomer and engineer Ronald N. Bracewell — has gone live.
Data61 – the government’s digital innovation network – has celebrated its first birthday, bringing to a close what its CEO has called a “transition year”.
As one Australian Securities and Investments Commission employee put it at a RegTech event in Sydney earlier this week: “If fintech start-ups are tech rich and the banks are data rich then I think it’s fair to say that ASIC is text rich. Our regulatory guidance is all text based.”
Researchers are vying to be early adopters of Pawsey Supercomputing Centre’s new Advanced Technology Cluster, Athena.
A new technique of creating ultra-thin electronic circuits has been discovered by researchers at RMIT’s School of Engineering.
The CSIRO has invited tenders for a replacement of its BRAGG supercomputer cluster, with the organisation hoping to have a new petaflop-capable system up and running in the first half of next year.
The British Museum’s A History of the World in 100 Objects exhibition is coming to the National Museum in Canberra next month, where there’ll be an extra, Australian object added to the collection.
CSIRO scientists, working with RMIT University and Queensland University of Technology, have now found a way to extend the life of lithium batteries, potentially removing the ‘range anxiety’ surrounding electric cars.
Liberal Member for Lindsay, Fiona Scott gave a buzz-word laden speech to the Australian technology press on the importance of digital innovation but when it came to the actual detail, Scott refused to be drawn.
Adrian Turner is only six months into his tenure as Data61’s chief executive, and while he says he is still “drinking from a fire hose” it hasn’t stopped the Silicon Valley veteran laying out an ambitious program for the organisation.