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Dr Kerry Schott AO and Dr Marnie Shaw field questions at the second ANU Future of Neighbourhood Batteries Conference on 29 November 2023. Dr Shaw remarked is twice the size from last year.
Energy experts gather to plan future of neighbourhood batteries in Australia
Leaders in the field of renewable energy traveled from across...
Bandalang Studio advocates for Indigenous systems design
Indigenous engineers, practitioners and researchers gathered with friends and allies at the Australian National University (ANU) on 23 November to celebrate the launch of the Bandalang...

Andrea Do decided to go back to school for a Master of Computing after encountering bioinformatics as a medical researcher.
Computing internship leads to life, career change
Andrea Do was working as a medical researcher when she first encountered machine learning. She decided to enrol at the School of Computing, where an internship at a fast-growing tech company changed the course of her life...

Dr Bernardo Pereira Nunes tests out a new neon sign for the original ANU Escape Room, designed for teaching computer science. A $65,000 teaching grant will facilitate the creation of escape rooms for other domains across campus.
Escape Room wins funding to expand across ANU campus
Get your thinking caps on. The Escape Room is expanding. First unveiled in 2022, the original Escape Room invited School of Computing students to...

Dr Elizabeth T. Williams has been hired to stand up a Nuclear Systems major at the ANU College of Engineering, Computing & Cybernetics, which kicks off in semester 1, 2024.
Nuclear scientist takes questions on subs, safety, stewardship
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Joe Biden recently announced a partnership between the Australian National University (ANU) and the Los Alamos National Laboratory to “strengthen cooperation in nuclear...

Dr Doudou Zhang and her team at the School of Engineering are deploying machine learning (ML) simulations to identify the most effective fabrication and chemical makeup of a new generation of catalysts for green hydrogen production.
AI simulations catalyse green energy transition
Researchers at the College of Engineering, Computing & Cybernetics (CECC) have enlisted artificial intelligence (AI) to conduct simulated experiments that optimise the catalytic reaction that generates green hydrogen. ...

Professor Yuerui (Larry) Lu Professor Lu was chosen as the 2023 Physical Scientist of the Year for discovering interlayer exciton pairs, for engineering the world’s thinnest micro-lens, and for his work as a mentor and educator at the School of Engineering.
Yuerui (Larry) Lu wins Prime Minister’s Prize for Science
Professor Yuerui (Larry) Lu accepted the 2023 Malcolm McIntosh Prize...

Smiles abound at SolarPACES 2023 where the engineers behind a record-setting solar energy coating received the Technology Innovation Award. From L to R: Mr Yifan Guo, Dr Juan Felipe Torres, Dr Joe Coventry, Ms Kaoru Tsuda, and Ms Sahar Hosseini.
Black coating mimicking sea corals wins SolarPACES 2023 innovation award
An international team of engineers accepted the Technology Innovation Award at the 2023 Solar Power and Chemical Systems (SolarPACES) conference on 13 October. We spoke to Dr Juan Felipe Torres about how the structure of their new...

"People are not going to tolerate not being able to know what is real and what is not real," said Dr Sabrina Caldwell of the School of Computing. Reversing the chaos caused by manipulated images and video is the goal of her research and her work as co-chair of the the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) Trust group.
Computing scholar seeks to reverse chaos caused by fake images, video
Dr Sabrina Caldwell is in battle mode against deceptive images and deepfakes, and more specifically, the negative impacts that image manipulation and artificial intelligence generated content (AIGC) have on the public. “AIGC and...

Chunyi Sun is one of two inaugural recipients of the prestigious Pioneering Women Scholarship at the ANU College of Engineering, Computing & Cybernetics.
Pioneering woman launches PhD with ANU Computing
Chunyi Sun skipped a year of school during her youth in Nanjing, China and had started university a year early when a surprising swerve in her study interests led her to The Australian National University (ANU). ...
Dean’s Awards for Professional Staff procedure
The ANU College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics Dean's Awards for Professional Staff recognise the diverse skills, commitment, and dedicated efforts of CECC professional staff.

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr at the launch of the ACT Space Update 2023 hosted by ANU InSpace in Canberra (Photo: Carl Davies, CMDphotographics)
New support for ANU-led space technologies
Canberra is set to establish itself as Australia’s gateway to space, with a series of significant investments in its growing space industry and space technologies led by ANU

Dr Xiaoyu Sun was awarded the first Pioneering Women Lectureship after being hired as a Lecturer of Software Engineering.
Computing pioneer aims for impact as researcher, mentor
Dr Xiaoyu Sun is the first recipient of the Pioneering Women Lectureship, designed to address the need for more women in computing.
Medal-winning scholar takes machine learning to new heights
Edmund Hofflin recently accepted a PhD position at Oxford University. "This will be in mathematics, focused on the background theory of artificial intelligence," said the School of Computing's 2022 University Medal winner. In 2018...
Pioneering Women Scholarship welcomes computing standout from Sri Lanka
The School of Computing is addressing underrepresentation of women in computing through a new Pioneering Women Program. We spoke to inaugural scholarship recipient Sumayya Ziyad about the award, her study journey and path to ANU.
Solar racing team sets off for World Solar Car Challenge
The Australian National University (ANU) solar car team are ready to set off on an adventure, leaving Canberra on Saturday 30 September to drive all the way to Darwin for the Bridgestone World Solar Car Challenge 2023. ...
ANU engineering student experiment to be tested by ISS astronauts
An experiment proposed by an ANU engineering student will be carried out on the International Space Station (ISS).
Systems Engineering is future-fitted engineering
The ANU undergraduate engineering degrees are unique in Australia. We spoke to students, alumni, and academics to better define "future-fitted" engineering.
Educating engineers to safely steward nuclear systems
ANU is introducing new courses to train the next generation of engineers to work safely and securely in and around nuclear systems and shape Australia's approach toward nuclear stewardship.
ANU duo wins Eureka Prize for genomics software that armed humanity against COVID-19
Dr Minh Bui and Dr Robert Lanfear have been awarded the 2023 Eureka Prize for Excellence in Research Software for their genomics software IQ-Tree 2, which has the ability to synthesise enormous volumes of genetic data to map the...