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Many businesses struggle with data security, but the new Privacy Act means they will have to make protecting customers' personal information a priority.
Since its inception, Mountain Equipment Co-op has collected information on every single transaction of each of its five million members. In the current digital economy, this data is a goldmine.
Australian emergency services are using social media for a number of purposes during disasters. What they are not doing well is analysing social media data in real time to improve disaster management.
Testing everyone for COVID-19 isn't realistic in a country the size of the US, but there are ways to design testing systems that can catch most of the cases.
Automated text messages if your phone detects you're a long way from home, or discounted home internet, are just a few possible technology solutions to make New Zealanders "stay home to save lives".
Advancements in data analytics can prevent food wastage and save farmers from significant losses along the fresh produce value chain.
A major cyber attack on a data lake could have immense consequences for any of us. And the damage could be felt anywhere from banking to the healthcare sector.
We have learnt to be wary of big data, but it can also be your friend: one platform combines and analyses data about housing, jobs and transport to reveal very useful information about living in Perth.
Why are three-pointer shots from the corner more efficient than the ones above the break? The answer: More than 90 percent of corner three-point shots are assisted.
Roughly one-third of the league won't be trying to win this season. What's fueling this trend?
Amazon, Facebook and Google have lofty goals for their effects on global society. But people around the world are still waiting for the positive results. Here's what the tech giants could do.
Data science can map where street harassment is most prevalent, ensure public bins don't overflow and identify neighbourhoods with poor fire safety standards in the home.
Artificial intelligence and data analytics are transforming the practice of law.
Cities are expanding upwards and downwards, as well as outwards. With urban density also increasing, moving people efficiently around the city, often using ageing infrastructure, is quite a challenge.
The data you create when using the internet can actually be used to discriminate against you.
Noise around extreme practices drowns out how data analytics is being used in everyday ways. To really consider control of our data we must look beyond Cambridge Analytica.
The privacy backlash over Cambridge Analytica and Facebook may lead to explosive consequences for academics.
Business managers often rely on predictive algorithms to make recruiting decisions that affect a company's bottom line. But these kinds of algorithms aren't really "predictive" at all.
July 30 marks the United Nations’ World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. How can computer scientists help combat this problem?
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Professor of Finance, UNSW
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Associate Professor in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Information Technology, Monash University
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Research Fellow in Science Communication, UNSW
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Productivity Growth Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Cass Business School, City, University of London
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Professor of Urban and Cultural Geography, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Computing Science, Director of the Digital Institute, Newcastle University
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Adjunct Professor, UNSW
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Leader, Machine Learning Research Group, Data61
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of Tasmania
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Principal Research Fellow, UCL
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Professor, School of Computing and Information Systems; Director of Health Technologies, Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne
