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ICT Centre

CSIRO's hub for innovative information and communication technologies applied across the breadth of CSIRO’s engagement with industry and society.

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/people/Ian.Oppermann.html Dr Ian Oppermann Dr Ian Oppermann brings extensive international experience in industry engagement to his new role with CSIRO.
/news/Gaming-technology-to-make-colonoscopies-safer.html The latest computer gaming technology is being used to train surgeons and reduce the incidence of bowel cancer. CSIRO is using the latest in computer gaming technology to help reduce the incidence of bowel cancer.
/science/Broadband-to-the-bush.html A farmer accesses CSIRO's website in a paddock with cattle and gum trees in the background. Wireless technologies to bring broadband Internet to remote Australia.
/science/RIDES.html A surgeon in his office surrounded by screens, microphones and interactive devices so he can examine a patient in another location. Surgeons use immersive environments to examine far-flung patients.
Dr Ian Oppermann.
Dr Ian Oppermann brings extensive international experience in industry engagement to his new role with CSIRO.

Our labs

CSIRO's miniature submarine in the water.

Autonomous systems
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Information engineering
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Wireless & networking
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Autonomous systems - Technologies to monitor the environment and infrastructure and improve safety and operating efficiency in mining, manufacturing and agriculture. Learn more>
Information engineering - Science and technology for finding, integrating, managing and delivering services and information in a trusted and
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Wireless & networking - Enabling technologies for future mobile and wireless communications networks and developing next generation sensing
systems. Learn more>

Autonomous systems
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Australian e-Health Research Centre
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Tasmania's Cradle Mountain.

Tasmanian ICT Centre
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Australian e-Health Research Centre - The largest national research facility applying information and communication technologies to improving health services and clinical treatment. Learn more>
Tasmanian ICT Centre - Promoting employment growth and wealth creation throughout the Tasmanian economy by accelerating growth of its ICT industries. Learn more>

Our Expertise

People

Dr Ian Oppermann.

Dr Ian Oppermann is bringing his extensive international experience to bear on expanding industry engagement with the ICT Centre and on achieving CSIRO's scientific and business goals in information and communication technologies.

Dr Trevor Bird, Chief Scientist, CSIRO ICT Centre

Dr Trevor Bird is Chief Scientist, CSIRO ICT Centre. He joined CSIRO in 1983 and is known internationally for his contributions to reflector antennas, multiple beam antennas and arrays.

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Dr Jay Guo leads CSIRO’s Broadband for Australia research theme.

A formal portrait of Dr Dimitrios Georgakopoulos.

Dr Dimitrios Georgakopoulos is Director of the Information Engineering Laboratory in CSIRO's ICT Centre.

Dr Iain Collings

Dr Iain Collings is Research Director (acting) of the Wireless and Networking Technologies Laboratory in CSIRO's ICT Centre.

Dr Jonathan Roberts, expert in field robotics.

Dr Jonathan Roberts is Research Director of the Autonomous Systems Laboratory in CSIRO’s ICT Centre.

Collaboration

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CSIRO leads Australia’s largest research collaboration with China in the field of wireless and mobile communication networks.

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CSIRO has partnered with the Queensland Government to form the Australian e-Health Research Centre. This Centre is a leading national research facility applying information and communication technology to improving the wellbeing and quality of life of the Australian community.

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CSIRO and Centrelink have formed a research alliance to harness the power of science and improve service delivery to more than six million Australians each year.

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What began as a series of contract research projects has since evolved into a strategic collaboration delivering complementary benefits to both organisations. CSIRO and Boeing are now working together on opportunities for both organisations in the global market.

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CSIRO hosts the Australian World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Office, developing common protocols promoting the evolution of the Web and ensuring its interoperability.

Achievements

The WLAN Project Team (L-R): Mr Graham Daniels, Dr John O'Sullivan, Dr Terry Percival, Mr Diet Ostry, Mr John Deane.

CSIRO's wireless invention lies at the heart of what is now the most popular way to connect computers without wires. It is used in offices, public buildings, homes and coffee shops - often called 'WiFi Hotspots'.

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An underground wireless communication system with pager functionality will revolutionise search and rescue operations in mines. Miners with the new technology will be able to ask for information, report their condition and location, and guide rescuers in emergencies.

Two young women view CSIRO’s homepage on their laptop.

CSIRO and the Australian National University developed Panoptic™ – a high performance enterprise search engine – which has been commercialised.

Echonet - advanced telemedicine to deliver better healthcare to rural communities.

CSIRO’s expertise in broadband network technologies is allowing patients in regional areas of Tasmania access to specialist cardiac health services.

Trust Extension Device (TED), a portable security device.

CSIRO has developed a prototype portable device that will enable users to do business across the internet in a trusted manner.

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CSIRO has developed a protocol that guarantees quality of service across computer networks like the Internet while fully utilising network resources.

Making A Difference

Two people with tablet PCs.

CSIRO is developing technologies to connect people and machines with high speed broadband and enable them to access the wireless internet anytime, anywhere.

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CSIRO is developing novel sensors and sensor networks to increase the quality and reduce the cost of collecting environmental data.

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We are providing technological innovations to sustain and grow our existing service industries and encourage the development of new ones.

A smiling doctor with her laptop in a busy hospital emergency department.

CSIRO is using information and communication technologies to build a sustainable health care system for Australia and meet the challenges of an aging population.

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Index of ICT Centre related information:
  • Image of Dr Kanagasingam Yogesan

    A renowned researcher into the development of technologies designed to prevent blindness, Dr Kanagasingam Yogesan, has been appointed Research Director of the Australian e-Health Research Centre (AEHRC).

  • A picture of the leader of CSIRO's facial expression recognition technology research team, Dr Simon Lucey, welcoming Santa to the team's research facilities in Sydney.

    By using technology to detect guilty expressions, of course.

    CSIRO is using automated expression recognition technology to tell whether someone is in pain and, according to computer scientist, CSIRO’s Dr Simon Lucey, there’s no reason why Santa couldn’t train the system to find out who’s been naughty or nice.

  • The centre of the image is red, radiating out to orange and blue at the edges.

    CSIRO is working on enabling technologies for future mobile and wireless communications networks and developing next generation imaging and sensing systems.

  • Graphic of a human eye gazing up at backdrop of numbers.

    Science and technology for finding, integrating, managing and delivering services and information in a trusted and secure way.

Contact

Ms Jo Finlay
Communications Manager
ICT Centre
Phone: 61 2 9372 4309 
Alt Phone: 61 4 4763 9688 

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