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Officially launching at The University of Queensland (UQ) on Friday 25 November, the Australian Research Council (ARC) Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Information Resilience (CIRES) is building the systems and workforce required to lead a secure data revolution.

The School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering have hosted their annual Innovation Showcase event, which highlights a range of premier end-of-year and capstone student projects.

Explainable AI for Coral Identification in the Sustainability and Environmental Solution category

The University of Queensland (UQ) will develop a new testing platform for hybrid solar farm pre-commissioning that will transform how large energy projects connect to the grid.

The project has received a $498,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) as part of ARENA’s Advancing Renewables Program, and a further $156,916 from industry partner, EPEC Group. UQ will also be contributing $160,000 of its own funding towards this project.

In partnership with regional and international organisations, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) hosted the first-ever International Cybersecurity Challenge (ICC), a Cyber World Cup event which concluded on Friday 17th June. Team Oceania, led and coached by members of the UQ Cyber Security initiative claimed 4th place.

The School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering have hosted their annual Interaction Design Exhibit, highlighting the next generation of user experience design professionals through this well-loved, playful and hands-on event that was open to visitors of all ages.

The University of Queensland has announced a partnership with Fourier Intelligence. This partnership will combine Fourier Intelligence’s exoskeleton technology EXOPS™ and UQ’s expertise in the fields of neuro-engineering, rehabilitation, medical robotics, and artificial intelligence, to deliver research on personalised robotic therapy for the restoration of walking function post-stroke.

The social media spending trends of candidates seeking to secure votes in the upcoming Federal election will be highlighted by a data dashboard created by University of Queensland academics.

A Brisbane startup company founded using patented technology designed at UQ’s School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering to monitor the health of electricity network transformers has been acquired by French multinational Schneider Electric in a multi-million-dollar deal.

In partnership with regional and international organisations, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) will host the first International Cybersecurity Challenge (ICC), a Cyber World Cup. UQ Cyber is proud to be hosting the Oceania Regional Qualifiers as a two-part round.

UQ experts explain the soaring prices at the pump, the history of energy wars in Australia and options for a secure energy future.

This Pama Language Centre (PLC) and UQ project aims to create a suite of AI-powered, automated, immersive language learning tools that support First Nations people to establish fluency and literacy in their ancestral tongues.

One of the most impactful ways groups can mark International Women's Day is by championing their own IWD campaign within their community. Whether deliberate or unconscious, bias makes it difficult for women to move ahead. Knowing that bias exists isn’t enough, action is needed to level the playing field. Together we can forge women's equality. Collectively we can all #BreakTheBias.

Professor Howard is the co-founder of fast.ai, a research institute dedicated to making deep learning more accessible, and has been appointed as an Honorary Professor at the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (ITEE).

Professor Tapan Saha has been recognised by Engineers Australia for his exceptional and longstanding contributions to electrical engineering.

Researchers have worked out a way to interact with virtual reality using facial expressions.

The UQ AI Collaboratory had recently hosted its inaugural Summer Internship Program showcase event which highlighted the projects and achievements of its first group of summer interns.  

The University of Queensland and ARM Hub have announced a partnership focussed on lifting cybersecurity among Australian manufacturing businesses.

Developing heat shields to enable the exploration of planets beyond Mars, combatting antibiotic resistance, and investigating sustainable large-scale hydrogen production, are just some of the exciting research projects to get underway this year thanks to funding from the Australian Research Council's (ARC) Discovery Projects 2022 Scheme.

As part of an inaugural Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) funded initiative, team UQ Cyber were proud to have delivered two separate workshop series with partners from Korea University and Blue Inc. (Tokyo) in late 2021.