Toby Walsh is an expert in the study of Artificial Intelligence. He is a Research Leader at Data61 (formerly NICTA) in the Optimisation Research Group where he leads the Algorithmic Decision Theory project. Data61 is Australia's Centre of Excellence for ICT Research. He is also Professor of AI at UNSW. He has been Editor-in-Chief of two of the main journals in AI: the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, and AI Communications. He is currently Associate Editor of one of the leading journals in computer science, the Journal of the ACM covering the area of Artificial Intelligence.
We're close to banning nuclear weapons - killer robots must be next
Jul 12, 2017 19:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
While much of the worlds attention was focused last week on the G20 meeting in Hamburg, and Donald Trumps first face-to-face meeting with Vladimir Putin, a historic decision took place at the United Nations (UN) in New...
Who will be the winner in the next computing revolution?
Jan 05, 2017 12:54 pm UTC| Technology
A computers operating system, the layer of software between you and the hardware, has changed remarkably over the past few decades. At the beginning a user had to interact with levers and switches, then came screens and...
Eye in the Sky movie gives a real insight into the future of warfare
Mar 24, 2016 22:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Eye in the Sky is a tight British thriller staring Helen Mirren, Breaking Bads Aaron Paul and the late and already missed Alan Rickman. That should be enough to know to get you down to the cinema to see this recently...
Don’t be alarmed: AI won’t leave half the world unemployed
Feb 18, 2016 08:06 am UTC| Technology
Recent alarmist headlines this week claim artificial intelligence (AI) will put half of us out of work. These headlines and there were several stem from comments by Rice Universitys computer scientist Moshe Vardi who...
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