/newsroom/ en /newsroom/news/list/2024/09/17/five-year-partnership-to-boost-foundational-ai-research-in-australia Today, Wednesday, 18 September the ³ÉÈË´óƬ has announced a new strategic partnership with the Commonwealth Bank and the creation of the CommBank Centre for Foundational AI to advance research and bolster Australia’s AI capability. September 18 2024 Crispin Savage /newsroom/news/list/2024/09/17/five-year-partnership-to-boost-foundational-ai-research-in-australia /newsroom/news/list/2024/05/08/aiml-receives-state-government-funding-boost The ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML) has received $6 million from the state government to strengthen its work and expand domestic artificial intelligence (AI) capability. May 08 2024 Rhiannon Koch /newsroom/news/list/2024/05/08/aiml-receives-state-government-funding-boost /newsroom/news/list/2023/02/08/drone-ai-counts-waterbirds-in-the-murray-darling Innovative drone technology and artificial intelligence (AI) software is providing more accurate monitoring of waterbirds across the Murray–Darling Basin – and could be used to monitor other wildlife in the future. February 09 2023 Eleanor Danenberg /newsroom/news/list/2023/02/08/drone-ai-counts-waterbirds-in-the-murray-darling /newsroom/news/list/2022/04/13/ai-for-space-research-delivers-back-to-back-success-in-global-satellite South Australia’s leadership in space innovation has been recognised, with a ³ÉÈË´óƬ-led team securing first place in a global AI competition organised by the European Space Agency. April 13 2022 Crispin Savage /newsroom/news/list/2022/04/13/ai-for-space-research-delivers-back-to-back-success-in-global-satellite /newsroom/news/list/2021/11/27/university-experts-take-top-honours-in-science-excellence The ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s Professor Shizhang Qiao has been named as SA Scientist of the Year in this year’s Science Excellence and Innovation Awards. November 27 2021 Elisa Black /newsroom/news/list/2021/11/27/university-experts-take-top-honours-in-science-excellence /newsroom/news/list/2021/09/28/students-honoured-in-nasa-robotics-challenge A team of undergraduate and honours students from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ has been awarded third prize and US$75,000 in the NASA Space Robotics Challenge, as well as an Innovation Award for its work on critical challenges in the competition. September 28 2021 Crispin Savage /newsroom/news/list/2021/09/28/students-honoured-in-nasa-robotics-challenge /newsroom/news/list/2021/09/07/microsoft-joins-forces-with-australian-institute-for-machine-learning-to-soar Microsoft has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Australian Institute for Machine Learning, to jointly explore how advanced cloud computing, AI, computer vision and machine learning can be applied in space, beyond Earth’s surface. September 09 2021 Crispin Savage /newsroom/news/list/2021/09/07/microsoft-joins-forces-with-australian-institute-for-machine-learning-to-soar /newsroom/news/list/2020/10/08/20-million-budget-boost-for-world-leading-ai-research Australia’s position as one of the world leaders in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning will be further boosted thanks to $20 million announced in the Federal Budget towards a new national centre, to be based at the ³ÉÈË´óƬ. October 08 2020 Crispin Savage /newsroom/news/list/2020/10/08/20-million-budget-boost-for-world-leading-ai-research /newsroom/news/list/2020/02/17/new-home-for-world-leading-innovation-on-lot-fourteen The ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s world-leading Australian Institute for Machine Learning – the largest research group of its kind in the nation – has today officially opened its new research and learning space at Adelaide’s innovation precinct, Lot Fourteen. February 17 2020 Crispin Savage /newsroom/news/list/2020/02/17/new-home-for-world-leading-innovation-on-lot-fourteen /newsroom/news/list/2019/10/24/driverless-cars-could-lead-to-more-traffic-congestion Driverless cars could worsen traffic congestion in the coming decades, partly because of drivers’ attitudes to the emerging technology and a lack of willingness to share their rides. October 24 2019 David Ellis /newsroom/news/list/2019/10/24/driverless-cars-could-lead-to-more-traffic-congestion