News and events

As a leading AI research centre, the AAI@MQ research centre organizes various events such as Conferences, Workshops, Hackathons, Tutorials, Seminars, and Meetups, including:

- Centre for Applied AI, End of Year Workshop at Google, 2023: CLICK HERE

- Centre for Applied AI, End of Year Workshop at IBM, 2022:  Click HERE

• Keynote and Tutorial
  • Keynote: "Understanding the Transformative Power of Generative AI in Modern Communication and Information Security, IEEE ICSPIS 2023 Conference, Dubai, UAE, Nov 2023.
  • Keynote: "New Horizons in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Postgrad Event, October 2023, Macquarie University, Australia.
  • Speaker: "The Future of AI: Linking Cognitive, Social, and Data Science, September 2023, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
  • Panelist: "Generative AI: reshape the future of education and industry, Institute of Applied Technology, Microsoft, 4 September 2023, Sydney, Australia.
  • News Interview: "Deepfake dread: The Increasing Prevalence of Hyper-Realistic Synthetic Pornography Utilizing Personal Images", The Daily Telegraph Interview, Sydney, Australia, August 2023.
  • Panelist: "Generative AI: Opportunities and Ethical Considerations, AI4Diversity, ACM, Databricks, Atlassian, 24 August 2023, Sydney, Australia.
  • Keynote: "Future of Business Process Management in the Age of Generative AI, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Innovation Lab, 18 August 2023, Sydney, Australia.
  • Keynote: "Revolutionizing Health and Cancer Care: Unleashing the Power of Generative AI, Cancer Innovations Conference 2023, 1 August 2023, Sydney, Australia.
  • Keynote: "Empowering Generative AI with Knowledge Base 4.0: Towards Linking Analytical, Cognitive, and Generative Intelligence, IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS), SDE Symposium, 2-8 July 2023, Chicago, Illinois USA.
  • Keynote: "Transforming Health Processes with Generative Artificial Intelligence, International Conference on Nano-Bio Intelligence (ACNBI2023), 16th and 18th June 2023, Sydney, Australia.
  • Radio Interview: "Automated Exam Marking", Sydney Radio (2SER) Interview, Sydney, Australia, 25 May 2023.
  • Speaker: "Internet of the Future: Exploring the Possibilities of Web 3.0", TCS Forum- Thought Leadership Conversations, LA, USA, 11 April 2023.
  • Podcast: "The Rise of Generative AI", SAP ANZ, Australia, 27 February 2023.
  • Panellist: "Digital Government: The Age of Generative AI", City of Ryde Council, Australia, 14 February 2023.
  • Speaker: "Knowledge Base 4.0: The Age of Generative AI, Dubai University, UAE, February 2023.
  • Keynote: "Collective Learning and Artificial Intelligence", Tata, Annual Technical Architects Conference (TACTiCS), India, 8 December 2022.
  • Keynote: "Personalization in the Age of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence"
    IEEE CSDE Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, 14-16 Dec 2022.
  • Keynote: "Knowledge Base 4.0: Towards Intelligent Knowledge Bases in the Age of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence"
    13th International Conference on Information and Knowledge Technology, 20-22 December 2022.
  • Panellist: "AI @MQ Think Tank"
    Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. 21 Nov 2022.
  • Panellist: "Launch your Career in Big Data"
    TAFE NSW, Sydney, Australia. 20 Oct 2022.
  • Keynote: "AI-enabled Processes: The Age of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data"
    The 6th International Conference on Smart Cities, Internet of Things, and Applications (SCIOT 2022), 14-17 Sep 2022.
  • Keynote: "AI-enabled Security"
    IBM Tech Summit & Hackathon Sydney, Australia, 8-9 Sep 2022.
  • Keynote: "Future of the Work in the Age of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence"
    Macquarie University Postgraduate Expo, Sydney, Australia, 17-19 May 2022.
  • Keynote: "Engineering the Next Wave of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence"
    30th International Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE 2022), Tehran, Iran, 17 May 2022.
  • Speaker: "AI-enabled Cyber Security"
    Faculty of Defense Technology, Republic of Indonesia Defense University Indonesia, April 2022.
  • Panellist: "Identifying and Solving Toughest Problems with Data"
    Government Data and Analytics Conference, Canberra, Australia, Feb 2022.
  • Tutorial: "Making Sense of The Internet of Things: The Big Data Perspective"
    " EEE International Conference on Big Data", USA, December 2021.
  • Tutorial: "AI-enabled Processes: The Age of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data"
    "International Conference on Service Oriented Computing (ICSOC)", [ERA Rank A], Dubai UAE, November 2021.
  • Tutorial: "Towards Scalable Blockchains Using Service-Oriented Architectures"
    "International Conference on Service Oriented Computing (ICSOC)", [ERA Rank A], Dubai UAE, November 2021.
  • Talk: "Data-centric AI: Foundation for Process Automation and Cognitive Augmentation"
    NSW Defence Innovation Network Sydney, Australia, October 2021.
  • Keynote: "AI-enabled Assessment Marking"
    Microsoft Hackathon Sydney, Australia, July 2021.
  • Panellist: "UNSW - industry engagement"
    University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia, May 2021.
  • Keynote: "AI-enabled Banking"
    TCS/Westpac Hackathon Sydney, Australia, December 2020.
  • Panel Chair: "Role of AI in Banking"
    TCS/Westpac Hackathon Sydney, Australia, December 2020.
  • Keynote: "AI-enabled Education"
    IBM Hackathon Sydney, Australia, March 2020.
  • Invited Lecture: "Team Building and Leadership"
    Leadership in Science, Sydney, April 2020.
  • Tutorial: "Intelligent Knowledge Lakes: The Age Of Artificial Intelligence And Big Data"
    Web Information System Engineering (WISE) Conference [ERA Rank A], Hong Kong, Jan 2020.
  • Panellist: "Analytics with Big Data on Web: Is there any AI?"
    The Hong Kong Polytechnic University - WISE, Hong Kong, Jan 2020.
  • Talk: "From Data Lakes to Intelligent Knowledge Lakes"
    University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jan 2020.
  • Talk: "Intelligent Knowledge Lakes"
    University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Dec 2019.
  • Speaker & Panelist: "Intelligent Knowledge Lakes as the foundation for big data analytics."
    Advancing APS Data Analytics Conference Canberra, Australia, October 2019.
  • Keynote: "AI-Enabled Policing Processes"
    Emerging Risk - Artificial Intelligence Conference, Australia Federal Police Canberra, Australia, July 2019.
  • Panel Chair: "AI-enabled Policing"
    Intelligence-Led Policing Hackathon Sydney, Australia, July 2019.
  • Keynote: "Intelligence-led policing in the age of AI and Big Data"
    Intelligence-Led Policing Hackathon Sydney, Australia, July 2019.
  • Talk: "Intelligence-led Big Data Analytics in a 5G World"
    5G Business Summit Sydney, Australia, June 2019.
  • Panel Chair: "How to leverage your data to enable AI success."
    AI Summit NSW, Sydney, Australia, May 2019.
  • Talk: "Successful AI Strategy in Data-Driven and Knowledge-Intensive Government Processes"
    Artificial Intelligence for Government Conference Canberra, Australia, February 2019.
  • Panel Chair: "Measuring the Value of University (Computer/Data Science) Research"
    Australasian Computer Science Week (ACSW), Sydney, Australia, January 2019.
  • Tutorial: "From Data Lakes to Knowledge Lakes: The Age of Big Data Analytics"
    Web Information System Engineering (WISE) Conference [ERA Rank A], Dubai UAE, November 2018.
  • Keynote: "Knowledge Lakes in the Age of Big Data"
    Big Data & Analytics Innovation Summit, Sydney, Australia, September 2018.
  • Keynote: "Blockchain and the Future of our Economy"
    Blockchain Hackathon, Sydney, Australia, September 2018.
  • Keynote: "AI for Education: Cognitive Assistance to Help Students and Teachers."
    NSW Schools Teacher's Workshop, Sydney, Australia, July 2018.
  • Panel Chair: "The Value of Computer Science Education in Schools"
    NSW Schools Teacher's Workshop, Sydney, Australia, July 2018.
  • Keynote: "Big Data and the Future of Our Kids"
    Big Data Hackathon, Sydney, Australia, July 2018.

• Conferences, Workshops, and Hackathons:
  • The 4th International Workshop on AI-enabled Process Automation (AIPA), ICSOC Conference, Nov 28 – Dec 1, 2023. Rome, Italy.
  • AI-Enabled Health Hackathon (Sponsors: NavigatorGroup, DataX, AI Centre), September 2023
  • 10th IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics (DSAA' 2023), Special Session, DSAA, 9-13 October 2023, Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Social Network Computation for Online Intelligence, Special Session, IJCNN, 18-23 June 2023, Gold Coast, Australia
  • TechAthon: Exploring Future Technology Trends and Telstra Academy Opportunities Workshop,
  • Online Intelligence and Trust Computation in Large-scale Dynamic Networks, IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI), 18-23 July 2022. Padua, Italy
  • The 3rd International Workshop on AI-enabled Process Automation (AIPA), ICSOC Conference, Nov 29 – Dec 2, 2022. Sevilla, Spain
  • AI-Enabled Security Hackathon and Tech Summit (Sponsors: IBM, Illumio, AIP Research Centre), September 2022
  • The 2nd International Workshop on AI-enabled Process Automation (AIPA), ICSOC Conference, Nov 22-25 2021, Dubai, UAE
  • The 1st International Workshop on AI-enabled Policing and Law Enforcement (AI-PLE), IEEE EDOC Conference, Oct 25-26 2021, Gold Coast, Australia
  • AI-Enabled Assessment Marking Hackathon (Sponsors: Microsoft, ITIC, Yirigaa), July 2021
  • The 1st International Workshop on AI-enabled Process Automation (AIPA), ICSOC Conference, December 14-17 2020, Dubai, UAE
  • AI-Enabled Banking Hackathon (Sponsors: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS); Participants: Westpac), Dec 2020
  • AI-Enabled Education Hackathon (Sponsors: IBM, ITIC, AIP Research Centre), March 2020
  • School of Computing Industry Event (Sponsor: ITIC), Nov 2019
  • Intelligence-led Policing Hackathon (Sponsors: ITIC, TCS, SAS, AWS, Engenesis), July 2019
  • Australasian Computer Science Week (ACSW) (Sponsors: ITIC, AWS, Analytirics, Daton Data), Jan 2019
  • Blockchain Hackathon (Sponsors: Agate, AWS, SAS, Engenesis), Sep 2018
  • Big Data Analytics Hackathon (Sponsors: SAS, Yellowfin, Microsoft, Engenesis), July 2018