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AI at CSIRO

Applying AI to tackle Australia's greatest challenges

For more than 100 years, CSIRO has been using innovative science and technology to tackle national challenges.

Today, we are continuing that tradition by harnessing the power of digital transformation to amplify and accelerate our science, open new frontiers and deliver benefits for Australia. Across the globe, AI is transforming the way we work, socialise and deliver services such as healthcare.

CSIRO is home to one of the largest applied AI capabilities in the world, with more than one thousand researchers working on a diverse range of AI and data science projects. Our researchers are using AI to tackle challenges from bushfire management to boosting agricultural productivity, improving cybersecurity and protecting our environments including the Great Barrier Reef.

We are working with industry partners to apply AI, for example helping manufacturers use computer vision to increase production and ensure safety on the factory floor.

We are also developing the frameworks and capability to lead the world in the ethical and responsible use of this powerful set of technologies.

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National Artificial Intelligence Centre

Coordinating Australia's expertise and capabilities for a strong, collaborative and focused AI ecosystem that benefits all Australians.

AI for environmental health and monitoring

Protecting our world for future generations through innovative AI-powered technology that enables Australia to better understand, respond to and prepare for environmental events and emergency situations.

Spark: Predicting bushfire spread

Spark is a toolkit for the end-to-end processing, simulation and analysis of bushfires, with AI playing a key role.

This AI-powered platform can identify insect and snake species from photo

‘Is it venomous?’ is arguably one of the most common questions asked in Australia, home to 170 species of snakes and 2,000 species of spider. Dubbed Critterpedia, the platform will enable the user to take a photo of a snake or spider from any smart device before a trained algorithmic system classifies it, providing information on the family, genus or species.

Emergency Situation Awareness

Our Emergency Situation Awareness (ESA) software detects unusual behaviour on Twitter and quickly alerts the user when a disaster event is brewing.

AI for health and wellbeing

AI-powered monitoring and medtech solutions such as wearable devices and smart vision is changing the way individuals live and breathe as they take ownership of their own health outcomes.

Trillion data points to identify disease-causing genes

Researchers from CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, have accomplished a world-first by processing one trillion points of genomic data through VariantSpark, an artificial intelligence-based platform, which can help pinpoint the location of specific disease-causing genes in the human genome.

Vision processing for the bionic eye

By extracting and conveying key visual information about the world, the quality of life of bionic eye users can be improved. The project aims to restore functional vision for the blind by developing a bionic retinal prosthesis system that delivers visual information to the brain.

How machine learning is detecting seizures in people with traumatic brain injuries

Traumatic brain injuries affect over 69 million people worldwide, with roughly 700,000 of those Australians. 30% of those Australians are likely to develop chronic epilepsy as the result of their injury, but a small and powerful piece of data-driven medtech could change that.

AI for infrastructure management

Using innovative AI technology to ensure our future cities are sustainable, resilient and liveable, and working to take these Australian-made innovations to the world.

Machine learning reveals new insights about energy consumption in Australia

With the majority of Australian households not equipped with smart metres that measure electricity use, and barely any that record gas usage, obtaining the required amount of data to make accurate inferences is challenging.

Water pipe failure prediction

We're using data-driven techniques to improve prediction of pipe failures for water utilities, saving the industry millions of dollars in maintenance costs.

NSW Spatial Digital Twin

The NSW Spatial Digital Twin is a powerful interactive live data sharing, collaboration and visualisation tool that captures 3D and 4D spatial data to model the urban environment.

Artificial Intelligence Roadmap

Seizing the $22.17 trillion AI opportunity

Artificial Intelligence: Solving problems, growing the economy and improving our quality of life outlines the importance of action for Australia to capture the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI), estimated to be worth AU$22.17 trillion to the global economy by 2030. The roadmap identifies three high potential areas of AI specialisation for Australia based on the opportunity to solve significant problems at home, export the solutions to the world and build on Australia’s existing strengths.

AI for industry innovation

Digital twins, predictive analytics and continuous monitoring technologies are just some of the ways we are using AI to improve the way we work and live.

Mixed Reality Lab

The Mixed Reality Lab at CSIRO’s Data61 will enable manufacturing and other industries to create ‘Digital Twins’, or virtual replicas of physical objects and systems.

Reducing waste through ASPIRE

Your trash is someone else's treasure. ASPIRE is a collaborative marketplace for waste management.

AI-led crop forecasting global

PARTNER RELEASE - Recognised by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, as one of its breakthrough innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) over the past five years, Graincast™ technology rapidly and remotely predicts hectares planted for over 20 plus crops, as well as forecasts yield for wheat, barley and canola – with more crop types to come.

Ensuring AI is ethical

When developed and used appropriately, AI has the potential to transform the way we live, work, communicate and travel. That's why we're researching and developing human-centred and ethical technology to catalyse the discussion around how AI should be used and developed in Australia.

AI for Environmental and Social Good

The combination of historical tools and cutting edge technology has created a plethora of new opportunities. With the availability of vast quantities of data and the high-powered tools required to understand it, new pathways to accelerate and optimise every aspect of the future have been created.

Artificial Intelligence: Australia’s Ethics Framework

Discussion paper 'Artificial Intelligence: Australia's Ethics Framework' identifies key governance principles and measures that can be used to achieve the best possible results from AI, while keeping the well-being of Australians as the top priority.

AI Indigenous Knowledge a powerful tool posing critical questions

The introduction of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool paired with Indigenous Knowledge is improving adaptive management, and in one wetland, the magpie geese population has increased from 50 to 1800 birds.

Responsible use of drones and AI in Kakadu

Responsible use of drones

Through an Indigenous-led project in Kakadu, we’ve helped enable the development of protocols for the responsible and ethical use of drones and other technologies on Indigenous-owned and managed Country.

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