John has had an extensive career in wireless, signal processing and radiophysics in both research and commercial contexts. At CSIRO he led research projects in signal processing and wireless communications which, among other outcomes, led to key technologies underpinning the now WiFi wireless networking. His career has extended also to roles in various companies ranging from large (News Corp and Cisco) to several technology startups (Radiata, G2, Taggle). He returned to technology research for radio astronomy with CSIRO on the Australian pathfinder for the next generation international Square Kilometer Array radiotelescope. He is the winner of the 2009 Australian Prime Ministers Prize for Science, the 2012 European Inventors Award, the 2010 Clunies-Ross medal, the 2009 CSIRO Chairman's medal and 1992 CSIRO Medal and the 2013 MA Sargent award. He is a Fellow of the IEAust, Australian Academy of Science and Australian Academy of Technological Science and Engineering.
The invention by CSIRO scientists of technology which is now found in some 2 billion WiFi devices worldwide was made some 21 years ago. CSIRO has successfully licensed that invention, raising in excess of $200 million to date. This talk looks at how this invention came about with a team of researchers and engineers who had worked in various areas ranging from radio astronomy, physics, mathematics as well as hardware and software engineering. A series of experiments aiming to detect radio pulses from exploding black holes turned out to be one important trigger and a desire to turn the skills developed in response to demanding challenges in pure science to more commercial goals was another.
Event Manager: Mitchell Piercey
Phone: (02) 6201 9462
John has had an extensive career in wireless, signal processing and radiophysics in both research and commercial contexts. At CSIRO he led research projects in signal processing and wireless communications which, among other outcomes, led to key technologies underpinning the now WiFi wireless networking. His career has extended also to roles in various companies ranging from large (News Corp and Cisco) to several technology startups (Radiata, G2, Taggle). He returned to technology research for radio astronomy with CSIRO on the Australian pathfinder for the next generation international Square Kilometer Array radiotelescope. He is the winner of the 2009 Australian Prime Ministers Prize for Science, the 2012 European Inventors Award, the 2010 Clunies-Ross medal, the 2009 CSIRO Chairman's medal and 1992 CSIRO Medal and the 2013 MA Sargent award. He is a Fellow of the IEAust, Australian Academy of Science and Australian Academy of Technological Science and Engineering.
The invention by CSIRO scientists of technology which is now found in some 2 billion WiFi devices worldwide was made some 21 years ago. CSIRO has successfully licensed that invention, raising in excess of $200 million to date. This talk looks at how this invention came about with a team of researchers and engineers who had worked in various areas ranging from radio astronomy, physics, mathematics as well as hardware and software engineering. A series of experiments aiming to detect radio pulses from exploding black holes turned out to be one important trigger and a desire to turn the skills developed in response to demanding challenges in pure science to more commercial goals was another.
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Phone: (02) 6201 9462
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