Christopher Fluke

Professor Christopher Fluke holds an academic position with Swinburne’s Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, and was the foundation Director of Swinburne's Advanced Visualisation Laboratory (Digital Research Innovation Capability Platform). His primary research interests are in the use of advanced visualisation (hardware and software) to accelerate discovery in data-driven contexts. A particular emphasis has been addressing the challenges of next-generation petabyte and exabyte-scale astronomy projects. From 2020-2023, he was the SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre Professorial Chair in space system real-time data fusion, integration and cognition, undertaking research and development activities to help grow Australia's Space Industry. Supported by strong transdisciplinary collaborations, Prof Fluke's current work considers the potential for new visualisation methods, and human-machine teaming, to enhance data-intensive real-time decision-making in astronomy, defence, public health and a range of space-related contexts.