Please join us in celebrating the UNSW AI Institute Launch and have the opportunity to hear from and network with prominent AI academics and leading AI industry experts.
UNSW AI Institute is a new flagship University-wide research institute that supports the activities of over 300 UNSW academics working in artificial intelligence (AI), data science, and machine learning or applying them in their respective domains.
The program includes:
• Opening address by UNSW Vice Chancellor Professor Atilla Brungs
• Introduction to UNSW.ai
• Keynote by Stela Solar (Director of National AI Centre)
• Panel discussions and research talks by world-leading experts in the field of AI
• Demo of UNSW’s world-leading RoboCup team
• Poster exhibitions presented by UNSW.ai researchers
• Lunch and networking
We hope you can join us for this milestone occasion and hear from the UNSW Vice Chancellor, industry leaders and notable academics in artificial intelligence.
Provisional Programme:
9.30am: Registration, Coffee & tea served
9.50am: Welcome to Country
9.55am: Opening address by the UNSW Vice Chancellor Professor Atilla Brungs
10.05am: A welcome message from The Honourable Victor Dominello MP
10.08am: Address by Dr Ian Oppermann (Chief Data Scientist, Department of Customer Service)
10.18am: Introduction to the UNSW AI Institute by A/Professor Haris Aziz, the interim Director and Professor Toby Walsh, the Chief Scientist of UNSW AI Institute
10.25am: UNSW research speakers
- A/Professor Lina Yao
- Professor Hussein Abbass
10.45am: Keynote by Stela Solar (Director of National AI Centre)
11.05am: Research keynote by Professor Peter Bartlett (Head of Google Research Australia)
11.25am: Coffee break, Showcase Posters, Professor Toby Walsh’s bookstall, and demo by UNSW’s world-leading RoboCup team, led by Professor Claude Sammut.
11.50am: Industry leaders presentations introduced by Professor Flora Salim (UNSW AI Institute's Deputy Director - Engagement)
- Dr. Grace Chung (Head of Research and Engineering Site Lead, Google)
- Dr. Tomasz Bednarz (Director of Strategic Researcher Engagement, NVIDIA)
- Dr. Peter Bailey (ML lead, Search and Recommendations, Canva)
- Angela Kim (Analytics & AI Director, Deloitte)
12.25pm: Panel discussion with Industry Leaders chaired by Professor Flora Salim (UNSW AI Institute's Deputy Director - Engagement)
1.00pm: Closing remarks. Lunch and drinks / Networking
2.00pm: Event finishes
COVID-19 Event Information
We are monitoring the status of COVID-19 infections and have decided to make this event hybrid and with limited physical capacity. We may update this to being online only if the situation worsens. If you are attending this event physically please:
- respect social distancing requirements
- wearing a face mask is encouraged
- use hand sanitiser
- DO NOT ATTEND if you have any Covid-19 symptoms
- consider taking a RAT test before attending
For any registration or dietary requirements, please contact ai.admin@unsw.edu.au.
