National Committee for Information and Communication Sciences

The committee covers information, communication and radio sciences, including AI, machine learning, data science, telecommunications, electronics, sensors, photonics, cyber security, robotics and software engineering, and electromagnetic wave research and applications. Other relevant areas include numerical solution of differential and integral equations, and electrostatics and electrodynamics.   

The National Committee for Information and Communication Sciences aims to:  

• provide strategic evidence-based advice on information and communication sciences to the Academy and other bodies as required   
• support scientific literacy and excellence in information and communication sciences by engaging with researchers, professionals and relevant national organisations  
• liaise with relevant international bodies, ensuring Australian involvement in international activities   
• promote interdisciplinary collaboration and take a multi-disciplinary approach in providing advice to the Academy  

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.

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

Related groups and organisations

• Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering Digital Futures Forum
• Union of Radio Science 

Members

• Chair: Emeritus Professor Deborah Bunker
  • 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
• Committee member: Professor Iain Collings
  • Macquarie University, Deputy Dean (Research), School of Engineering
  • Research Expertise: Systems engineering, wireless communications, signal processing
• Committee member: Professor Aaron Quigley
  • CSIRO, Science Director and Deputy Director of Data61
  • Research expertise: Discreet Computing, Human-Computer Interaction
• Committee member: Professor Flora Salim
  • UNSW Sydney, Professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering
  • Research Expertise: AI, Machine Learning, Data Science, Ubiquitous Computing, IoT and Sensor Data, Geospatial Computing, Trustworthy AI.
• Committee member: Dr Michael Bewong
  • Charles Sturt University, Senior Lecturer in Computing.
  • Research Expertise: Data Science, AI, cyber security.
• Committee member: Professor Eun-Jung Holden
  • University of Melbourne, Professor of Digital Innovation, computing and information systems.
  • Research expertise: Actionable AI, machine learning, digital innovation, data mining, data to knowledge transformation.
• Committee member: Associate Professor Rachel Cardell-Oliver
  • University of Western Australia, Computer scientist
  • Research expertise: designing systems to address environmental challenges, data mining
• Committee member: Professor Branka Vucetic FAA FTSE FIEEE
  • 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.
• Observer: Professor Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas
  • 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
• Committee member: Professor Paul Smith
  • Macquarie University, Department of Mathematics
    
  • Research expertise: Modelling and computation