Hats off to all AIML members who donned their robes and caps at the final UofA School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences graduation ceremony held this week on 16 March. A very warm congratulations to all graduates on this outstanding achievement and we wish you all the very best! 🎓

Congratulations to AIML members Townim Faisal Chowdhury, Huy Ta and Dr Zhibin Liao, on the acceptance of their paper titled "AR&D: A Framework for Retrieving and Describing Concepts for Interpreting AudioLLMs," at ICASSP2026 to be held in Barcelona from 4–8 May 2026. Read: arxiv.org/abs/2602.22253

Congratulations to AIML Chief Scientist Professor Anton van den Hengel on being named Chief AI Scientific Advisor at Space Machines Company (SMC). He will help guide AI strategy and scientific oversight for mission-critical systems, including the company’s AI-driven command platform, SolsticeOS. 🛰️

Applications are open for a CSIRO Industry PhD Scholarship at Adelaide University. The project will develop AI methods to improve detection and attribution of synthetic media, including deepfakes. Open to Australian, NZ citizens and PRs. Apply by 31 March 2026: adelaideuni.edu.au/research/gra...

On 8 March we celebrate International Women’s Day and reaffirm our commitment to gender equality in STEM. At AIML, more than 50 women across our community are leading, innovating and shaping the future of AI. Diverse perspectives help build fairer, more inclusive technologies. Happy IWD! 💜

An Australian-made AI tool predicting breast cancer risk from routine mammograms has been featured by ABC News. BRAIx, developed together with AIML researchers, analyses patterns in mammograms to estimate a woman’s likelihood of developing breast cancer within four years. Read: bit.ly/4racrJj

Congratulations to every AIML member whose papers were accepted to the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision 2026 (WACV) to be held in Tucson, Arizona on 6–10 March 2026. For a full list of accepted WACV 2026 papers, please visit: wacv.thecvf.com/Conferences/...

On 27 Feb, AIML hosted the 2026 Summer Grand Discovery Challenge awards, recognising top HDR and undergraduate teams from 30 participants. Teams applied machine learning to estimate lettuce biomass from images. Congratulations to all for their innovation, rigour, and technical excellence.

Join us in Adelaide on 28 March 2026 at Glenunga International High School for the Robotics for Good Youth Challenge – Australia National Final. Students will compete with autonomous robots tackling agriculture and food security challenges. Register: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/robotics-f...

Architectural drawings can span hundreds of pages across multiple files and formats, burying key details. In 2025, AU-NZ company XFrame partnered with AIML to explore whether machine learning could interpret and organise this information more efficiently. Read here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-b...

Can #AI help discover new medicines or design cleaner energy materials? In this Researcher Spotlight, Dr Xinyu Li (Henry), postdoctoral researcher in the Responsible AI Research (RAIR) Centre at AIML, shares how he is developing AI for scientific discovery. 🎞️ Watch here: youtu.be/-1GIBeRBW9w?...

Congratulations to AIML PhD student Lana Tikhomirov and co-authors on a new paper published in Nature Health on “silent trials” for medical AI. The study highlights the need for stronger evaluation processes before real-world clinical AI integration. Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

AIML is pleased to welcome a new addition to our family of robots: Booster K1. Booster K1 will be deployed across research, student projects, and outreach activities, allowing AIML to explore the potential of embodied AI systems in the real world. We look forward to seeing Booster K1 in action!

Congratulations to CSIRO's Data61 Research Director and AI System Evaluation for Safety Theme Lead at the RAIR Centre, Dr Qinghua Lu, who was named to the UN Independent International Scientific Panel on AI. She is the only Aussie on the panel. For the full list, visit www.un.org/independent-...

Congrats to AIML A/Prof Melissa McCradden and PhD student Humphrey Thompson on their recent publication in Nature Health, titled “COMPASS-GH is a consensus roadmap for defining standards for safe, accurate and equitable AI in general health queries.” Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Could a simple breath test help detect disease earlier and more safely? In this Researcher Spotlight, Madeleine Cochrane, PhD student at AIML and IPAS at Adelaide University, shares her work on developing a breathalyser designed to detect disease. Watch the interview here: youtu.be/JNfjLzXmTrs

We’re pleased to see AIML researchers represented at the 2026 Machine Learning Summer School in Melbourne. Dr Arpit Garg, Prof Dino Sejdinovic and Prof Anton van den Hengel presented their latest work to 50 of Australia’s top PhD students and early-career researchers in machine learning.

Congratulations to AIML Lecturer Dr Lia Song on receiving the Australasian AI Award: Emerging Research Contribution, awarded by the ACS (Australian Computer Society) at the Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2025 (AJCAI 2025) in Canberra. Well done Lia!

AIML has collaborated with Sparc Technologies to develop an AI driven software to modernise protective coatings performance assessment. Sparc and AIML’s AI approach will offer: ✔️ More accuracy ✔️ More consistency ✔️ More productivity ✔️ Better data For more ➡️ clients3.weblink.com.au/pdf/SPN/0305...

Can AI help wheat survive the heat? 🌾 As climate change threatens crop yields, AIML’s Aaron Peter Poruthoor is working with ANU and AAGI-AU to build AI that rapidly identifies heat-tolerant wheat varieties, helping safeguard a global staple crop and future food security. Read: lnkd.in/e22-aH7Y

We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for the second round of paper submissions to the inaugural Kingston AI Symposium. This round invites AI researchers based in Australia who were not students in 2025. Submit your paper by 8 Feb: form.jotform.com/253438272000...

Between 19–23 January, AIML hosted South Australia’s top-performing cohort of students from the Robotics for Good program as they trained to compete for the UN Robotics for Good Youth Challenge. The competition challenges youth to design and program autonomous robots to address real-world problems.

There are only a few days remaining for HDR students and recent graduates to submit their paper for consideration at the inaugural Kingston AI Symposium. The symposium will be held on Thursday, 19 March 2026, at Adelaide Oval in South Australia. Apply by 31 January: form.jotform.com/253438272000...

Congratulations to AIML Deputy Director, A/Prof Melissa McCradden, who has been named a Woman to Watch in Australia's AI landscape by Women's Agenda. For the complete list of Women to Watch in AI, please visit ➡️ womensagenda.com.au/tech/women-t...

AIML is home to world class AI researchers, but how does proximity to this knowledge affect the non-AI researchers in our midst? In this AIML Medium piece, AIML's Digital Content Officer, Dr Miguel Balbin, describes how working at AIML has increased his AI understanding. medium.com/@aiml_58187/...

Congratulations to former AIML postdoctoral researcher Dr Vu Minh Hieu Phan on joining Google as a Research Scientist in Sydney, working with the Bay Area team. Building on his AIML work in vision language models (VLMs) for medical imaging, he will continue advancing VLMs at Google. Congrats Hieu!

AIML and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CommBank) invite applications for The National Industry PhD Program Scholarships: CommBank Centre for Foundational AI Research; four, fully funded PhDs that advance transformers for financial services For more info ➡️ www.adelaide.edu.au/aiml/opportu...

Please join AIML Deputy Director Associate Professor Melissa McCradden, 10 January (ACDT) / 9 January (HST), for a talk titled “AI’s ‘canary in the coal mine’: how silent evaluations are critical to ethical translation.” Register: aiphi.shepherdresearchlab.org/event/affini...

Congratulations to AIML Deputy Director, Assoc Professor Melissa McCradden and her co-authors for their paper published in Nature, 'Connecting algorithmic fairness and fair outcomes in a sociotechnical simulation case study of AI-assisted healthcare.' To read, visit ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

As part of the transition to Adelaide University (AU), this page now represents the Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML) at AU. Thank you to everyone who has supported us at the University of Adelaide. We’re proud to continue sharing our work in this new chapter.

Congratulations to AIML’s Prof Simon Lucey and Dr Hemanth Saratchandran on securing funding for four PhD projects with CommBank Australia through the National Industry PhD Program. The projects apply AI to improve financial services in Australia. Learn more: adelaideuni.edu.au/research/aus...

AIML is pleased to announce a new partnership with multinational pharmaceutical and healthcare company Sanofi Australia to develop machine learning models aimed at identifying pre-symptomatic Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), helping to inform earlier clinical decision-making and preventative care strategies.

How can machine learning shape flavours people actually want to drink? 🍹 A recent InDaily article highlights SYNC, a sugar-free seltzer from Deep Liquid’s Denham D’Silva. SYNC traces its origins to D’Silva’s long-standing collaboration with AIML. Read more: www.indailysa.com.au/news/busines...

AI has dominated headlines, but is it delivering on its promise? AIML's Prof Anton van den Hengel warns against assuming rapid leaps to AGI. “The reality is that you get diminishing marginal returns from applying the same strategy repeatedly,” he says. Read more: www.afr.com/technology/w...

We are pleased to invite higher degree by research (HDR) students and recent graduates to join Australia’s leading AI research talent at the inaugural Kingston AI Symposium on Thursday, 19 March 2026, at Adelaide Oval, South Australia. Apply by 31 January 2026: form.jotform.com/253438272000...

AIML sends its thanks to Dr Andrew Charlton MP, Assistant Minister for Science, Technology and the Digital Economy, Steve Georganas MP, and Enrico Palermo, Head of the Australian Space Agency, for visiting the institute on 11 December to learn more about our work and capabilities.

Congratulations to AIML PhD student Jianqiao Zheng for receiving the Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral or Master by Research Thesis Excellence for his thesis, 'The role of rank in efficient learning.' The commendation recognises those whose theses demonstrate 'outstanding' levels of research.

How can forgetting information make AI systems safer, more private, and more trustworthy? In this Researcher Spotlight, Dr Arpit Garg, postdoctoral researcher at the Responsible AI Research (RAIR) Centre, explains his work in the emerging field of machine unlearning. Watch: youtu.be/vERlzDC9ncY?...

Last week, AIML co-hosted and presented two conferences, the 26th International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA 2025) and the Next Generation Responsible AI Symposium, ending 2025 on an incredible note. For more, visit www.adelaide.edu.au/aiml/news/li...

This week, AIML hosted reps from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Univ of the Philippines (UP). UP President Angelo Jimenez, and Professors Joel Joseph Jr Marciano, Pros Naval, and Rowel Atienza joined Emil Bolongaita and ByeongJo Kong from ADB to discuss opportunities for collaboration.

Last month, AIML launched the AI Roadmap Generator, a tool to help companies improve their efficiency using AI. In this Medium article, the tool's creators discuss what they're doing to incorporate user feedback to ensure it continues helping companies. To read, go to ➡️ medium.com/@aiml_58187/...

Launched in Dec '24, the Responsible AI Research (RAIR) Centre is an initiative between AIML, CSIRO's Data61, and the Gov of South Australia. The Centre has created the RAIR Education & Community Outreach Program to educate on AI's impact on society. For more ➡️ www.adelaide.edu.au/aiml/news/li...

Hope to see you at our Next Gen Interlink Networking Event on Tuesday, 2 December!

Last month, more than 120 AIML members converged on a picturesque farm in South Australia to celebrate AIML Community Day. Community Day is an opportunity for our members to have fun away from the office and provides our international members with an enriching experience of Aussie culture.

24-30 November is AI week in Australia, a national initiative celebrating Australia’s progress in AI. The theme of AI week 2025 is AI: Your next step in business To read about AIML's work helping businesses incorporate AI into their operations, visit www.adelaide.edu.au/aiml/our-key...

We'd like to inform attendees of next month's Next Generation Responsible AI Symposium that Dr Sue Keay will now serve as Keynote Speaker replacing Dr Cathy Foley. Dr Keay is Director of UNSW AI Institute and founder of Robotics Australia Group. To register, visit research.csiro.au/ads/events/n...

AI's ascendence has led many to ask, "if machines can make perfect decisions faster than we can, why not give them control?" In this Medium piece, AIML Director Prof Simon Lucey answers this question & explains the importance of humans and AI working in tandem. To read ➡️ medium.com/@aiml_58187/...

AIML and Adelaide University announce a new master’s course designed to bring math students into foundational AI. The post-graduate course, entitled Master of Mathematical Sciences specialising in Artificial Intelligence, will begin Feb 2026. Click for more ➡️ www.adelaide.edu.au/aiml/news/li...

AIML is proud to celebrate our community. Congrats to Dr Dayoub, Dr Oakden-Rayner, and Dr McCradden on becoming Associate Professors, and to Professor Lucey, Dr Garg, Associate Professor Wu, and Dr Wang on receiving ARC Discovery Project funding. Read more: www.adelaide.edu.au/aiml/news/li...

Final call to secure your ticket for #NextGenRAI2025 in Adelaide this Dec! Registrations close on 21 November. We are delighted to welcome Professor Jon Whittle, AI and Innovation Executive, as a panellist at the Next Generation Responsible AI Symposium. Register: events.csiro.au/Events/2025/...