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National Committee for Information and Communication Sciences

The National Committee for Information and Communication Sciences fosters information and communication sciences in Australia, links the Academy to scientists and practitioners in this area and to relevant scientific and professional societies, and links Australian and overseas scientists.

A strategic plan for Information and Communication Science, Engineering and Technology  in Australia was published in partnership with the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering in September 2019.

Governance

• Terms of reference (PDF, 33 KB)

Reports and activities

• Position Statement—Science and Australia’s Positive Future March, 2022
• Submission - Positioning Australia as a leader in digital economy regulation - Automated Decision Making and AI Regulation  May, 2022
• Preparing for Australia's digital future: A strategic plan for information and communication science, engineering and technology September, 2021
• Australia’s Digital Future—a nation of users or leaders?  September, 2021
• Submission - 2021 National Research Infrastructure Roadmap Exposure Draft December, 2021
• Submission – German Advisory Council on Global Change and Sustainable Development Solutions Network online charter ‘Our Common Digital Future’ January, 2020
• Submission—Protecting Critical Infrastructure and Systems of National Significance September, 2020

Go to the ‘Preparing for Australia’s digital future’ resource page

Members

• • The University of Sydney Business School, Professor of Systems and Information (Research Affiliate)
  • Research Expertise: Whole of government disaster management, health, small and medium enterprises
• • University of Melbourne, Department of Engineering and IT
  • Research Expertise: Security and privacy
• • Macquarie University, Deputy Dean (Research), School of Engineering
  • Research Expertise: Systems engineering, wireless communications, signal processing
• • CSIRO, Science Director and Deputy Director of Data61
  • Research expertise: Discreet Computing, Human-Computer Interaction
• • University of Western Australia, Computer scientist
  • Research expertise: designing systems to address environmental challenges, data mining
• The University of Sydney, ARC Laureate Fellow, Director of the Centre for IoT and Telecommunications, School of Electrical and Information Engineering
• Research expertise: : ICT, error control coding, wireless communication, mmWave communications.
• • University of Melbourne, Head of Electronic and Photonic Systems Research Group, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Research Expertise: Microwave photonics, optical communications, science and technology
• • The University of Queensland, Centre Manager, UQ Artificial Intelligence
  • Research Expertise: Data science