CSIRO, NICTA merger could cost 200 jobs
[1] The proposed merger of science and research bodies NICTA and CSIRO could cost as much as 200 jobs. [2] The proposed merger was announced in February this year to help the federal government cut co...
CSIRO opens $6 million 3D printing centre
[1] Australia’s national science agency CSIRO has opened a new innovation centre to hasten adoption of metal 3D printing in Australia. [2] The $6 million facility named ‘Lab 22’ allows Austr...
IT Security gets an educational boost with new partnership
[1] Australia’s academic and research network (AARNet) and computer emergency response team (CERT), AusCERT, have partnered to provide a range of IT and network security support services to the rese...
CSIRO, AARNet part of ‘breakthrough’ global open SDN project
[1] A new partnership between CSIRO and Australian not-for-profit research network AARNet has successfully deployed of an Open Networking Operating System-based software-defined peering router. [2] In...
CSIRO nanotechnologist wins top science prize
[1] A CSIRO nanotechnologist Dr. Amanda Barnard has become the first Australian and the first woman to win one of the world’s top science prizes. [2] She was named one of the two winners of the 2015...
Australia’s Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) tackle rainforest weeds with drones
[1] A biosecurity project has been started by CSIRO to survey the vast rainforest locations near Cairns for invasive weeds, by use of unmanned drones. [2] The project uses sophisticated imaging techno...
Australia’s first i-manufacturing hub launched
[1] Australia’s national science agency CSIRO and META, a collaborative network of high potential manufacturing businesses and researchers, have launched Australia’s first i-manufacturing hub ...
Tight purse-strings thwart tech research
[1] Australia’s ICT research community is undergoing a major crisis. [2] Hugh Durrant-Whyte resigned as CEO of NICTA after disagreements on budget cuts and the research centre’s merger wi...
National ICT rules out CSIRO merger
[1] The resignation of Hugh Durrant-Whyte’s has surprised the IT, science and education industries last Friday. [2] His resignation happened after the revelation that he strongly disagree with the N...