Defence Trailblazer extends a sincere thank you to all attendees of DTECH26, which took place in Canberra on 24 March.
Our flagship event celebrated Defence Trailblazer’s achievements and impact in bolstering national security, developing disruptive new technologies and upskilling the current and future defence industry workforce.
DEWC Services is contributing to the development of Australia’s future Defence workforce through co-funding from Defence Trailblazer’s Workforce portfolio.
Two recent interns, Adelaide University computer science and engineering graduates Hard Patel and Matthew Fowler, have now transitioned from student placements to full time roles at DEWC, where they are delivering Defence-aligned work.
Associate Professor Steven Wiederman is an interdisciplinary researcher working across the fields of sensory neuroscience, computational neuroscience and autonomous systems.
“Over my entire research career, I have worked within defence collaborations,” says Associate Professor Wiederman, who heads the Visual Physiology and Neurobotics Laboratory at the University of Adelaide.
We’re thrilled to celebrate a major milestone in our Combat Systems Engineering Micro-credentials program: our first cohort has completed their professional upskilling journey with 15 learners, over half the cohort, successfully finishing all six micro-credentials.
That’s more than 300 hours of university-level study completed alongside demanding professional roles, which is an incredible achievement in lifelong learning and defence capability development.
Professor of Data Science at the University of Adelaide, Lewis Mitchell’s research lies at the intersection of data science, computer science and mathematical modelling.
“I’m interested in how information flows over social networks and studying how online posts can lead people to influence each other on social networks,” says Professor Mitchell, who leads two Defence Trailblazer industry projects.
Associate Professor Sushmita Ruj is the Faculty of Engineering Lead at the UNSW Institute for Cybersecurity (IFCYBER). With expertise in cryptography and privacy enhancing technologies, her interest in research for Defence developed organically.
“Through my involvement with Defence Trailblazer, I am building stronger relationships with defence organisations and exploring options to develop sovereign capabilities for Australian defence,” says Associate Professor Ruj.
The University of Adelaide has been named as a winner in the Financial Review Higher Education Awards’ Research Commercialisation category for its partnership with QuantX Labs.
Professor Tat-Jun (TJ) Chin has forged his career around developing state-of-the-art solutions for Space using innovative Artificial Intelligence techniques.
As the University of Adelaide Theme Lead for Defence Space Technologies, he contributes his foundational research expertise to uplift the Australian defence space industry and achieve commercial impact.