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Emerging Disruptive Technology Assessment Symposium | Information and Influence

The 2024 Emerging and Disruptive Technology Assessment Symposium (EDTAS) featured key note presentations and panels of subject matter experts and thought leaders in the modern landscape of information and influence.

Research fellow demonstrates next generation trainable radios

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Dr Ismail Shakeel recently completed a Chief Defence Scientist (CDS) Fellowship, during which he made significant contributions to the field of "Trainable Radios" that use artificial intelligence to autonomously optimise radio frequency (RF) communications in contested environments.
Dr Ismail Shakeel

Dr Ismail Shakeel recently completed a Chief Defence Scientist (CDS) Fellowship, during which he made significant contributions to the field of "Trainable Radios" that use artificial intelligence to autonomously optimise radio frequency (RF) communications in contested environments.

The stars aligned for this DSTG scientist

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Franke Agenbag, a Space Systems Engineer at DSTG, has designed a first-of-its-kind imaging system for the Buccaneer CubeSat main mission project.
Franke Agenbag, a Space Systems Engineer at DSTG, has designed a first-of-its-kind imaging system for the Buccaneer CubeSat main mission project.

When a young Franke Agenbag searched for constellations in the night sky, she could never have imagined she would grow up to send capability into space.

Case Study: A Method for Ethical AI in Defence Applied to an Envisioned Tactical Command and Control System

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in a defence context poses significant ethical questions and risks. Defence will need to address these as AI systems are developed and deployed in order to maintain the reputation of the ADF, uphold Australia's domestic and international legal obligations, and support the development of an international AI regime based on liberal democratic values.

A Method for Ethical AI in Defence

Recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) have highlighted the significant potential of the technology to increase Defence capability including improving performance, removing humans from high-threat environments, reducing capability costs and achieving asymmetric advantage. However, significant work is required to ensure that introducing the technology does not result in adverse outcomes

‘Skirmishing Mist’ Dismounted Infantry 2030 Concept

Defence Science and Technology (DST) Group's Land Capability Analysis (LCA) Future Technology Concept Exploration (FTCE) programme focusses on designing new and novel ways for Army to exploit and counter emerging technologies, and assessing the potential operational effectiveness of the conceptual and structural transformations.

Modelling Human Attributes in Autonomous Systems Operations

Unmanned Systems (UMS) have the potential to provide significant benefits when used in military operations that are dangerous, dirty, and/or dull; the principal benefit cited in a variety of literature is of reducing the risk of human casualties.

Uniform Calibration of Anomaly Detectors with Multiple Sub-Classes for Robust Performance

Anomaly detection is the task of sorting data points into normal and anomalous classes. In a semi-supervised setting, there is only access to normal class samples during the training phase. Through generating and ranking an appropriate scalar quantity, these training samples can be used to calibrate the anomaly detector so that it produces a specified false alarm rate.

Semi-Autonomous Combat Team Dismounted Infantry 2030 Concept

The Defence Science and Technology (DST) Land Capability Analysis (LCA) Future Technology Concept Exploration (FTCE) programme focusses on designing novel ways of operating to exploit and counter emerging technologies, and assessing the potential operational effectiveness of the conceptual and structural transformations.

A Power Series Expansion of Feature Importance

In this report, a power series formulation of feature importance that explicitly identifies individual and interaction-type contributions is discussed.

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