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SUMMARY:DSI Seminar - Human potential for digital sciences
DESCRIPTION:DSI Seminar Series – This session will be organised as a mini panel discussion \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented by Prof. Alistair McEwan\, Prof. Jen Smith-Merry\, A/Prof. Shane Clifton and Dalal Baumgartner \n\n\n\n\n\n\n12pm-1pm\, Wednesday 11th Sept 2024\nVenue: Rm 277\, Sydney Knowledge Hub\nA Zoom link can be provided upon request. Please contact dsi@sydney.edu.au \nAbstract\n\n\n\n\nWe are missing out on at least 20% of human potential by not including people with disabilities in our workplaces and in our digital algorithms. Innovations like accessible keyboards\, phones\, closed captions and the Internet are useful for balancing out some of the barriers to participation for people with disability\, but unemployment remains high and support budgets are overtaking those of health\, aged care and defence.  \n Our panel will discuss the disability and care policy and economy of Australia\, our region and the world. We will introduce solutions through true user led co-design\, communication and cognitive assistive technologies and the vital role of digital sciences \n\n\n\n\nAbout the speakers \n\n\n\n\nAlistair McEwan is Professor and Chair of Engineering and Cerebral Palsy works on Gadigal country and is passionate about growing and strengthening capacity in technology for disability research.  As an expert in rehabilitation engineering they are first Australian to be recognised with a Microsoft Future Fellowship for developing electronic devices to detect heart attack and stroke early. With teams in engineering and health\, Professor McEwan is developing cognitive assessments for people with cerebral palsy and investigating improved methods of mobility and communication using bionics\, robotics and artificial intelligence to help people with cerebral palsy stay better connected to their communities. \nJen Smith-Merry is Professor of Health and Social Policy and Australian Research Council Industry Laureate Fellow (2024-2029) in the University of Sydney School of Health Sciences. Jen is Director of the Centre for Disability Research and Policy\, a multi-disciplinary centre whose mission is to make life better for people with disability by translating research to policy and practice. Her research focuses on disability and mental health policy\, particularly in relation to the National Disability Insurance Scheme. She also has a strong interest in disability policy and practice in South-East Asia. Jen works closely with people with lived experience of disability and has a strong interest in critical theoretical approaches to policy analysis. \nDalal Baumgartner is the Founding Director of SATB2 Connect\, a national patient organisation dedicated to supporting families and their loved ones diagnosed with the ultra-rare genetic condition\, SATB2 Associated Syndrome. With a Bachelor of Management in Construction and a Master in Education\, Dalal brings a unique interdisciplinary approach to her work; project management coupled with a deep commitment to education and advocacy. She is currently furthering her expertise by pursuing a Family Engagement in Research certificate from McMaster University\, delivered by Healthy Trajectories. \nDalal’s leadership at SATB2 Connect is marked by a proactive approach to identifying and addressing the unmet needs of the SATB2 community. She emphasises the importance of collaboration\, working closely with universities and global SATB2 organisations. Her efforts are focused on empowering people living with chronic complex conditions and rare diseases and providing the support necessary to enhance quality of life. \nModerator \nShane Clifton is an Associate Professor of Practice in the School of Health Sciences and deputy director of the Centre for Disability Research and Policy at the University of Sydney. He is also president of the board of Spinal Cord Injuries Australia and a member of the board of directors of The Disability Trust. His research focuses on the well-being\, inclusion and leadership of people with disability. He lives with a spinal cord injury (quadriplegia). \n\n\n\n\nProf. Alistair McEwan\nProf. Jen Smith-Merry\nDalal Baumgartner\nA/Prof. Shane Clifton\n  \n 
URL:https://dsi.sydney.edu.au/event/dsi-seminar-human-potential-for-digital-sciences/
LOCATION:Rm 277\, Sydney Knowledge Hub
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240830T120000
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SUMMARY:DSI Seminar - Prof. Fabio Ramos
DESCRIPTION:Probabilistic Robotics 2.0: Leveraging Differentiability and Parallelism for Diversity in Planning and Perception under Uncertainty \n\n\n\n\nPresented by Prof. Fabio Ramos \n\n\n12pm-1pm\, Wednesday 30th Aug 2024\nVenue: Rm 277\, Sydney Knowledge Hub\nAbstract\nMuch has been said about the need for diversity in robotics. From diverse datasets for training large vision-action models to diverse planners that can infer multi-modal trajectories\, the word ‘diversity’ has been a common theme in the last few years of robotics research. But how do we define or even measure diversity in robotics? In this talk\, I will provide a probabilistic interpretation for ‘diversity’ and show that modern tools designed for deep learning such as differentiable programming languages and parallel computation in GPUs can be conveniently utilized for large-scale probabilistic inference that naturally captures the notion of diversity. Specifically\, I will describe a powerful nonparametric inference method that uses both differentiability and parallelism to provide nonparametric posterior approximations for problems such as model predictive control\, motion planning\, state estimation\, simulator parameter estimation and more. Finally\, I will define diversity in trajectory planning in terms of a new mathematical tool–signature transforms–and how it can lead to novel planning methods in the future.  \nAbout the speaker \nFabio Ramos is a Professor in robotics and machine learning at the School of Computer Science at the  University of Sydney and  Principal Research Scientist at NVIDIA. He received the BSc and MSc degrees in Mechatronics Engineering at University of Sao Paulo\, Brazil\, and the PhD degree at the University of Sydney\, Australia. His research focuses on statistical machine learning techniques for large-scale Bayesian inference and decision making with applications in robotics\, mining\, environmental monitoring and healthcare. Between 2008 and 2011 he led the research team that designed the first autonomous open-pit iron mine in the world. He has over 150 peer-review publications and received Best Paper Awards and Student Best Paper Awards at several conferences including International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)\, Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation (ACRA)\, European Conference on Machine Learning (ECML)\, and Robotics Science and Systems (RSS).  \n \n 
URL:https://dsi.sydney.edu.au/event/dsi-seminar-prof-fabio-ramos/
LOCATION:Rm 277\, Sydney Knowledge Hub
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240619T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240619T130000
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SUMMARY:DSI Seminar - Keeping up with the Joneses - an insight into the comparative dynamics of the regulation of AI
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Dr. Jose-Miguel Bello Villarino\n\n\n12pm-1pm\, Wednesday 19th June 2024\nVenue: Rm 277\, Sydney Knowledge Hub\n\n\n\nAbstract \nRegulation of disruptive technologies is always a challenge. Yet\, from Brazil to the EU\, and from China to the US\, the last three years have seen a race to regulate AI\, based on a combination of hard regulation\, procurement rules and not-so-voluntary technical standards that finally seem to be crystallising. The presentation will cover the underlying dynamics\, alignments and divergences as a subjective but evocative narrative. \nAbout the speaker \nJose-Miguel Bello Villarino (PhD\, MA\, LLM\, DEA\, Lic Law\, Lic Pol Sc) is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Sydney Law School and a Research Fellow at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (ADM+S). He is a member of the Diplomatic Corps of Spain (on leave) and previously worked in different capacities for the European Union. His current research focuses on regulatory approaches to ADM and Artificial Intelligence (AI)\, especially on how to deal with risks derived from the operation of AI systems from a comparative approach. In 2023 he received the  Rita and John Cornforth Medal for Research Excellence at the University of Sydney\, for outstanding achievement in research; in 2022 the Scotiabank Global AI + Regulation Emerging Scholar Award (joint award) and in 2021 he was a Fulbright-Schuman scholar at the Harvard Law School. He is an ARC Discovery Project (co-CI\, AI in education) and ARC ECR Industry Fellowship (lead investigator\, AI for anticorruption) recipient.
URL:https://dsi.sydney.edu.au/event/keeping-up-with-the-joneses-an-insight-into-the-comparative-dynamics-of-the-regulation-of-ai/
LOCATION:Rm 277\, Sydney Knowledge Hub
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240603T120000
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SUMMARY:Can AI help mathematicians solve tough problems?
DESCRIPTION:12pm-1pm\, Wednesday 27th September 2023 \n\n\n\nCan AI help mathematicians solve tough problems?\n\n\n\nPresented by Prof Geordie Williamson \n\n\n\nVenue: Carslaw Seminar Room 351\, F07 \n\n\n\nAbstract: In many applications of AI\, one only cares about getting the answer right (or right most of the time). If a self-driving car doesn’t crash we are happy. However\, for applications in mathematics (and science more broadly) one cares much more about the “why?”. Interpretability is a massive issue in modern AI. Since 2020 I have been working with DeepMind on applications of machine learning in mathematics. I’ll try to discuss some success stories\, and the (major) hurdles that remain.
URL:https://dsi.sydney.edu.au/event/can-ai-help-mathematicians-solve-tough-problems/
LOCATION:Carslaw Seminar Room 351\, F07
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240603T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240604T010000
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SUMMARY:Collaborative Human-AI Systems for Databases\, Diplomacy\, and more
DESCRIPTION:12pm-1pm\, Wednesday 13th Sept 2023 \n\n\n\nCollaborative Human-AI Systems for Databases\, Diplomacy\, and more\n\n\n\nPresented by Dr. Jonathan Kummerfeld \n\n\n\nVenue: J12 Board Room 124\, Computer Science Building \n\n\n\nAbstract: No task in NLP is perfectly solved\, even by the latest language models\, between intrinsic ambiguity and subtle edge cases. Meanwhile\, generative models hallucinate\, reproduce bias\, and do not justify or explain their outputs. In order to effectively incorporate NLP models into deployed systems\, we will need to design them with the interface between people and AI in mind. In this talk\, I will describe several projects that aim to improve results by following this human-AI centered approach. First\, I will describe how we improved text-to-SQL conversion by introducing human-editable explanations generated with a direct mapping from the natural language explanation back to SQL. Second\, I will present work on developing a bot to play Diplomacy\, a board game that requires rich communication in natural language between players to form alliances\, make plans\, and negotiate on strategies. I will conclude with a lightning round of highlights from other work going on in my group in the broad space of human-AI systems.
URL:https://dsi.sydney.edu.au/event/collaborative-human-ai-systems-for-databases-diplomacy-and-more/
LOCATION:J12 Board Room 124\, Computer Science Building
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240603T110000
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SUMMARY:The Return of the Crypto Wars
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Professor Bart Preneel\, University of Leuven\nThe ongoing encryption debate\, commonly known as the “crypto wars\,” revolves around the delicate balance between preserving individual privacy and meeting the demands of law enforcement in our increasingly digital world. The previous crypto wars primarily centred on key escrow for end-to-end encrypted communications\, exemplified by the Clipper Chip in 1993\, and access to a confiscated device in the high-profile Apple vs. FBI San Bernardino case in 2015. However\, the current battle has shifted its focus to the detection of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) on devices\, emphasizing client-side scanning. \nFrom a law enforcement perspective\, their core mission is to safeguard society\, and they argue that technological advancements should not obstruct their ability to access information through legal warrants. Conversely\, civil society and academic circles contend that introducing intercept capabilities could compromise overall security and potentially lead to misuse by non-democratic entities. \nThis presentation will delve into the technical intricacies of this ongoing debate and shed light on the broader policy implications. It aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the challenges and implications surrounding the encryption debate\, particularly in the context of CSAM detection\, which has become a focal point in the current iteration of the crypto wars.
URL:https://dsi.sydney.edu.au/event/the-return-of-the-crypto-wars/
LOCATION:J12 Board Room 124\, Computer Science Building
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240603T110000
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SUMMARY:Digital Science in Healthcare: CFD\, FEA\, SPH\, FSI and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:11am-12pm\, Wednesday 16th August 2023 \n\n\n\nDigital Science in Healthcare: CFD\, FEA\, SPH\, FSI and Beyond\n\n\n\nPresented by Adjunct Prof. David Fletcher \n\n\n\nVenue: J07.Mechanical Engineering Building\, Seminar Room 2 S226 \n\n\n\nAbstract -The advances in healthcare taking place are nothing short of miraculous\, whether it be in diagnosis\, drug discovery\, prevention or the response to a pandemic. Traditionally\, advances are made by experimentation\, long term trials or testing\, and then release for patient use. Such a processes is slow and costly\, with many years of market opportunity lost. Across engineering\, computer simulations are being used to design aircraft\, optimise chemical reactors and design artistic bridges. Use of these simulation tools\, whether they be CFD\, FEA\, DEM\, SPH or FSI is now prevalent in biomedical applications. However\, their uptake in both regulatory approval and personalised medicine has been slow. There are obvious concerns around validity of models and the competence of users but these can be and are being addressed. An important path to greater uptake is via the use of simulations made by experts with the capture of the information using AI\, so that it can be generalised and reused for different geometries or flow conditions. Digital twins also have role to play.
URL:https://dsi.sydney.edu.au/event/digital-science-in-healthcare-cfd-fea-sph-fsi-and-beyond/
LOCATION:J07.Mechanical Engineering Building\, Seminar Room 2 S226
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240529T083000
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SUMMARY:DSI Colloquium on Digital Transformation
DESCRIPTION:The Digital Sciences Initiative(DSI) is hosting a Digital Transformation Colloquium to be held on Wed 29th of May 2024 in line with the strategic focus of bringing together researchers and industry partners to cross-pollinate ideas across different disciplines and explore innovative solutions in the digital space. The focus areas will be digital transformation in agriculture\, health and society\, exploring how digital technologies can contribute to building a more sustainable and resilient future.  The colloquium will comprise talks from experts both from the University as well as industry. It will feature a poster session and lightning talks (1 min pitch) highlighting some of the outstanding work being undertaken by our students and post-docs across the faculties. \nTheme:  Digital Transformation \nDate: Wednesday 29th May 2024 \nTime: 8.30am – 3.30pm \nOur colloquium promises to be a dynamic forum for sharing insights\, fostering collaboration\, and exploring the frontiers of Digital Transformation. Here’s what you can expect: \nPresentation Sessions – Listen to presentations from esteemed DSI colleagues and industry leads highlighting recent findings\, challenges\, innovative approaches\, and emerging trends in Digital Transformation. \nPoster session – Engage with our students and post-docs as they present posters covering a diverse range of current and exciting digital topics. \nPanel Discussion– Join a panel of experts to explore key challenges\, opportunities\, and future directions under two themes – Navigating Digital Transformation in Agriculture and Health and Digital Transformation for Sustainable Futures \nNetworking Opportunities – Connect with fellow attendees\, exchange ideas and participate in the discussions. There will be ample opportunities for networking and collaboration among attendees\, fostering new connections and partnerships. \nLaboratory Tours – Visit our state-of-art labs where groundbreaking research and collaborative activities take place. \nColloquium Speakers:\n\nProf. Emma Johnston – Deputy Vice-Chancellor\, Research\nProf. Willy Zwaenepoel – Dean\, Faculty of Engineering\nProf. Stefan Williams – Director\, DSI\nDr. Frances Foster-Thorpe – Executive Director of Shaping Futures and Digital Insights\, The Cabinet Office (NSW)\nDr. Tim Fountaine – Senior Partner\, McKinsey & Company\nProf. Salah Sukkarieh – Lead of Digital Agriculture\, DSI\nProf. Jinman Kim – Lead of Digital Health Imaging\, DSI\nDr. Steven Farrugia – Chief Technology Officer\, Nanosonics\nProf. Willem Vervoort – Director ARC Training Centre DARE\nProf. Benjamin Eggleton – Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research)\nProf. Steve Blackburn – Google DeepMind\nMr. Tom Goerke – Managing Director\, Trestle Digital\nProf. Kalervo Gulson – Co-lead of Digital Society\, DSI\nProf Jennifer Whyte – Lead of Digital Transformation\n\nTo find out more about our speakers\, Click here \nRegistration is required for attendance. If you are interested in attending the event please contact dsi@sydney.edu.au
URL:https://dsi.sydney.edu.au/event/dsi-colloquium/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240508T120000
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SUMMARY:Unravelling missing secrets of coronary artery disease with large scale clinical\, advanced imaging\, and “omics” data
DESCRIPTION:12pm-1pm\, Wednesday 8th May 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n \nPresented by Prof. Gemma Figtree. Gemma  is a Professor in Medicine\, The University of Sydney\n\n\nVenue: Rm 277\, Sydney Knowledge Hub\n\n\n\nAbstract \nIdentification of the four standard modifiable cardiovascular risk factors (SMuRFs)-diabetes mellitus\, hyperlipidaemia\, hypertension\, and cigarette smoking-has allowed the development of risk scores. These have been used in conjunction with primary and secondary prevention strategies targeting SMuRFs to reduce the burden of coronary artery disease (CAD). Recent studies show that up to 25% of heart attack patients do not have any SMuRFs. Understanding individual susceptibility and resilience to developing CAD is key for developing new diagnostic tools\, new drugs\, and new clinical pathways to prevent heart attack. Important disease pathways remain to be discovered\, and there is renewed enthusiasm to discover novel biomarkers\, biological mechanisms\, and therapeutic targets for atherosclerosis. Here we present the novel design of the BioHEART study\, and discuss opportunities made possible by technological and data science advances. Developments in network analytics and machine learning algorithms used in conjunction with large-scale multi-omic platforms have the potential to uncover biological networks that may not have been identifiable using traditional approaches. These approaches are useful for both biomedical research and precision medicine strategies. \nAbout the speaker \nProfessor Gemma Figtree AM [MBBS; DPhil (Oxon); FRACP; FAHA] is a physician/scientist\, and Professor in Medicine and Chair of the Cardiovascular Initiative at the University of Sydney\, and an Interventional Cardiologist at Royal North Shore Hospital. With an international track record in diverse research areas\, she focuses on preventing heart attacks by innovating silent coronary artery disease (CAD) detection and treatment. Gemma leads a team exploring mechanisms related to heart attack susceptibility and response\, from bench research to clinical trials. Her lab’s discoveries are published in leading journals\, with over 220 publications. Gemma holds grants exceeding $42 million\, 1 awarded patent\, and 5 provisional patents. She is the Chief Medical Officer for Prokardia and leads CAD Frontiers\, a non-profit venture integrating clinicians\, researchers\, and industry for translational impact. \nGemma’s accolades include NHMRC Excellence Award\, Ministerial Award for Cardiovascular Research Excellence\, 2023 Member of the Order of Australia\, and CSANZ RT Hall Prize. She serves on the editorial boards of Circulation and Cardiovascular Research and is an Associate Editor for Heart\, Lung\, and Circulation. As President of the Australian Cardiovascular Alliance\, Gemma secured Federal commitment to the $220 million MRFF Mission for Cardiovascular Health\, which she now Chairs. This mission fosters collaboration between researchers and policymakers. Gemma guides diagnostic strategy implementation as Chair of the Heart Foundation Heart Health Committee and advises NSW OHMR and NSW Health. She co-authored the Lancet Commission for Women and Cardiovascular Disease and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors\, serving as a non-executive Director on multiple community Boards.
URL:https://dsi.sydney.edu.au/event/integrating-large-scale-clinical-imaging-and-molecular-omics-data-to-unravel-secrets-of-coronary-artery-disease-and-drive-novel-strategies-of-heart-attack-prevention/
LOCATION:Rm 277\, Sydney Knowledge Hub
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240410T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240410T130000
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SUMMARY:Time for Trust? Scale and relationality in understanding trust relations between people\, technologies and institutions
DESCRIPTION: \n12pm-1pm\, Wednesday 10th April 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n \nPresented by Prof. Terry Flew\, ARC Laureate Fellow and Professor of Digital Communications\, The University of Sydney\n\n\nVenue: Rm 277\, Sydney Knowledge Hub\n\n\n\nThis talk will provide an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of trust research\, considering how both the scale of interactions (local\, national\, global) and the manner in which technologies mediate communications shape developments in trust over time. With case studies based around trust in news media\, trust in digital platforms and trust in artificial intelligence (AI)\, it will consider the opportunities for collaboration between the science\, engineering and technology fields and research in the humanities and social sciences. Importantly it will emphasize that consideration of “trusted systems” needs to incorporate an institutional dimension so that questions of accountability\, transparency and governance receive appropriate scholarly attention. \nAbout the speaker \nTerry Flew is Professor of Digital Communications and Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate Fellow at the University of Sydney. His books include The Creative Industries\, Culture and Policy (SAGE\, 2012)\, Global Creative Industries (Polity\, 2013)\, Media Economics (Palgrave\, 2015)\, Understanding Global Media (Palgrave\, 2018)\, Regulating Platforms (Polity\, 2021)\, and Digital Platform Regulation: Global Perspectives on Internet Governance (Springer\, 2022). He was President of the International Communications Association (ICA) from 2019 to 2020\, and is an ICA Fellow\, elected in 2019. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA). In 2011-12 he chaired a review of the Australian media classification system for the Australian Law Reform Commission. Organisations he has advised include the OECD\, Australian Communication and Media Authority\, Cisco Systems\, Special Broadcasting Service\, Meta and Telstra. His ARC Laureate Fellowship is a five-year study (2024-2028) of Mediated Trust: Ideas\, Interests\, Institutions\, Futures.  
URL:https://dsi.sydney.edu.au/event/ai-and-the-future-of-trust/
LOCATION:Rm 277\, Sydney Knowledge Hub
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240313T120000
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SUMMARY:(Differential) Privacy: What\, Why\, How\, and When?
DESCRIPTION:12pm-1pm\, Wednesday 13th March 2024\nPresented by Dr. Clement Canonne\n\nVenue: Rm 277\, Sydney Knowledge Hub\nAbstract:\nThis talk will provide an overview of differential privacy\, one of the leading approaches to data privacy\, with a focus on what guarantees it provides\, why these guarantees are meaningful and necessary\, how to understand and think about its “privacy parameters\,” and when to use (or not!) differential privacy. While this talk does not pretend to provide any definitive answer to these questions\, the hope is that it can serve as a basis for practitioners and policymakers interested in the application and deployment of differential privacy. \nAbout the speaker\nClément Canonne is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Computer Science of the University of Sydney\, an ARC DECRA Fellow\, and a 2023 NSW Young Tall Poppy. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2017 from Columbia University\, before joining Stanford as a Motwani Postdoctoral Fellow\, then IBM Research as a Goldstine Postdoctoral Fellow. His research interests span distribution testing and learning theory; focusing\, in particular\, on differential privacy\, and the computational aspects of learning and statistical inference subject to resource or information constraints.
URL:https://dsi.sydney.edu.au/event/differential-privacy-what-why-how-and-when/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240214T120000
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SUMMARY:Machine Learning with Noisy Labels
DESCRIPTION:12pm-1pm\, Wednesday 14th Feb 2024\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented by A/Prof. Tongliang Liu\n\n\n\nVenue: Rm 277\, Sydney Knowledge Hub\n\n\n\nAbstract: With the rise of large AI models\, data assets have gained increasing importance. Understanding how to identify and correct label errors in our datasets is crucial. This is because label errors are pervasive in the era of big data\, and rectifying them can significantly enhance our knowledge. Moreover\, large AI models are prone to overfitting label errors\, which hinders their ability to generalize. In this talk\, we will present typical approaches to handle label noise\, such as extracting confident examples (indicating likely correct/incorrect labels) using deep network properties. Additionally\, we will explore methods that focus on directly modelling the label noise\, providing theoretical guarantees for designing statistically consistent algorithms. By illustrating the intuitions behind state-of-the-art techniques\, we would equip researchers and practitioners with valuable insights into effectively managing label noise. \nAbout the speaker\nTongliang Liu is an Associate Professor with the School of Computer Science and The Director of Sydney AI Centre at the University of Sydney. He is broadly interested in the fields of trustworthy machine learning and its interdisciplinary applications\, with a particular emphasis on learning with noisy labels\, adversarial learning\, causal representation learning\, transfer learning\, unsupervised learning\, and statistical deep learning theory. He has authored and co-authored more than 200 research articles including ICML\, NeurIPS\, ICLR\, CVPR\, ICCV\, ECCV\, AAAI\, IJCAI\, JMLR\, and TPAMI. He is/was a (senior-) meta reviewer for many conferences\, such as ICML\, NeurIPS\, ICLR\, UAI\, AAAI\, IJCAI\, and KDD\, and was a notable AC for NeurIPS and ICLR. He is an Associate Editor of TMLR and is on the Editorial Boards of JMLR and MLJ. He is a recipient of CORE Award for Outstanding Research Contribution in 2024\, the IEEE AI’s 10 to Watch Award in 2023\, the Future Fellowship Award from Australian Research Council (ARC) in 2022\, and the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) from ARC in 2018.
URL:https://dsi.sydney.edu.au/event/machine-learning-with-noisy-labels/
LOCATION:J12 Board Room 124\, Computer Science Building
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SUMMARY:The Art and Science of Causal Discovery
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Professor Sally Cripps\nDate: 12pm-1pm\, Wednesday 29th Nov 2023\nVenue: F23 Michael Spence Building Auditorium (2) 105 \nUnderstanding and identifying which factors impact outcomes is at the core of scientific discovery. Graphical models and the Bayesian paradigm are useful frameworks to describe and analyse these cause-and-effect relationships however\, they are not without challenges and limitations.  This talk demonstrates the potential and pitfalls of such methods with reference to applications in the physical and social sciences. \nAbout the speaker \nSally Cripps is an internationally recognized scholar and leader in Bayesian Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). In addition to her role as Director of Technology at the Human Technology Institute\, she is a Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at the UTS. Sally was also cofounder and co-director of the University of Sydney’s Centre for Translation Data Science (CTDS)\, founder and Director of the Australian Research Council’s Industrial Transformation Training Centre (ARC ITTC) Data Analytics for Resources and Environments (DARE). Most recently Sally was Research Director of Analytics and Decision Science and Science Director of the Next Gen AI Training Programme in CSIRO’s Data61. Sally’s research focuses on the development of new foundational methods in AI to address global challenges. In recognition of the quality of her research\, Sally was awarded an ARC Future Fellowship and a visiting scholar fellowship to the Alan Turing Institute in the UK.
URL:https://dsi.sydney.edu.au/event/the-art-and-science-of-causal-discovery/
LOCATION:F23 Michael Spence Building Auditorium (2) 105
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SUMMARY:AI Regulation in Australia: Where are we at\, and where next?
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Professor Kimberlee Weatherall  \nThe discussion over “regulation of AI” is at an interesting juncture\, with Australia in the midst of a Commonwealth-government led process aiming to identify what\, if any changes need to be made to our legal and regulatory system to ensure human and societal interests are protected in the race to extend the use of artificial intelligence and related technologies. Among the many interesting questions and challenges being raised in this discussion\, two of the most immediate are: what changes do emerging technologies and uses of AI and automation bring that require us to perhaps rethink not the way we regulate these technologies. And the second is: if we are convinced that problems are emerging\, how\, within the practical constraints of Australia’s parliamentary democracy and regulatory system\, do we address them? If we can’t get to perfect\, what would be good enough?
URL:https://dsi.sydney.edu.au/event/ai-regulation-in-australia-where-are-we-at-and-where-next/
LOCATION:J12 Board Room 124\, Computer Science Building
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SUMMARY:Where to next for digital health in the post Pandemic World?
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Professor Tim Shaw\nDate: 12pm-1pm\, Wednesday 25th Oct 2023\nVenue: J02\, PNR Learning Studio 315 \nHealthcare is in the midst of a digital disruption which has been accelerated by the COVID-19 Pandemic. This talk will explore how digital technologies are being used in health care\, what are the key barriers to digitisation and where do the opportunities for research and innovation lie.
URL:https://dsi.sydney.edu.au/event/where-to-next-for-digital-health-in-the-post-pandemic-world/
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SUMMARY:Data-Centric Engineering: A Robotics-Centric Perspective
DESCRIPTION:12pm-1pm\, Wednesday 6th Sept 2023 \n\n\n\nData-Centric Engineering: A Robotics-Centric Perspective\n\n\n\nPresented by Professor Ian Manchester\n\n\n\nVenue: J12 Board Room 124\, Computer Science Building \n\n\n\nAbstract: This talk will provide both an overview of robotics research at Sydney\, as well as some personal perspectives on data-centric engineering. It will discuss some past and on-going research with a data-centric flavour at the Australian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR) and present the vision of the new Australian Robotic Inspection and Asset Management Hub (ARIAM)\, which is centred on the concept of a digital twin with robotic systems as mediators between the cyber world and the physical world. Beyond the robotics-centric aspects\, the talk will also offer some perspectives on the roles of data\, feedback\, and models in robust engineered systems more broadly.
URL:https://dsi.sydney.edu.au/event/data-centric-engineering-a-robotics-centric-perspective/
LOCATION:J12 Board Room 124\, Computer Science Building
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