The State Government has announced it would establish a Royal Commission into Artificial Intelligence, commencing on 1 October.
It will focus on the economic and social opportunities and challenges that AI will bring to South Australia, in particular policy and regulatory settings, impacts and opportunities for education, health and energy.
The following Adelaide University academics are available to speak to the media about a range of topics relating to AI and the Royal Commission.
Computer Sciences
· Professor Anton van den Hengel: Chief Scientist and founder of the Australian Institute for Machine Learning. Email: anton.vandenhengel@adelaide.edu.au
· Professor Claudia Szabo: AI-driven decision making, autonomous agents, optimisation, AI in education (teaching AI skills, industry relevant skills). Email: claudia.szabo@adelaide.edu.au
· Associate Professor James Walsh: Intersection of humans and technology. Email: james.walsh@adelaide.edu.au (Note: happy to do radio or written interviews)
· Mingyu Guo: Economics, incentives and decision-making of autonomous AI agents. Email: mingyu.guo@adelaide.edu.au
· Yiliao "Lia" Song: Trustworthy machine learning, AI safety. Email: lia.song@adelaide.edu.au
· Dr Bernard Evans: Artificial intelligence and machine learning, particularly responsible AI, teaching AI, teaching using AI, and the broader societal impacts of AI. Email: bernard.evans@adelaide.edu.au
· Associate Professor Qi Wu: Embodied AI, Robotics, Multi-modal Large Language Models.
Email: qi.wu01@adelaide.edu.au
· Dr Weitong "Tony" Chen: the risks of deploying AI on incomplete or poor-quality data, AI-assisted decision-making in healthcare and other high-stakes environments, how AI systems change after deployment and the role of human oversight, uncertainty and evidence in responsible AI adoption. Email: weitong.chen@adelaide.edu.au
· Professor Belinda Chiera: Data-driven decision-making, decision-making under uncertainty, the ethical use of AI and the use of AI to support human judgement and decision-making, including in high-stakes settings, how organisations use AI, particularly where AI is informing human judgement and decision-making. Email: belinda.chiera@adelaide.edu.au
· Professor Markus Stumpter: AI knowledge representation, ontologies, big data, interoperability. Email: markus.stumptner@adelaide.edu.au
· Associate Professor Feras Dayoub: AI machine learning, computer vision, embodied AI and robotics, including AI perception, autonomous systems and the deployment of AI in real-world environments. Email: feras.dayoub@adelaide.edu.au
· Associate Professor Lingqiao Liu: Machine learning technology - computer vision, LLM and agent. Email: lingqiao.liu@adelaide.edu.au
· Professor Wolfgang Meyer: AI, software engineering. Email: wolfgang.mayer@adelaide.edu.au
Health
· Associate Professor Johan Verjans: AI in clinical/emergency care, large-scale AI health deployment, AI governance and safety in health care, responsible AI development.
Email: johan.verjans@adelaide.edu.au
· Dr Joshua Kovoor: AI safety, governance, monitoring and responsibility, AI in healthcare, equity, co-design, interprofessionalism and stakeholder engagement in AI, safe implementation of AI in healthcare systems, societal impacts of AI, impact of AI on the healthcare system and workforce, future forecasting impacts of AI in the short, medium and long term, links between AI and automation and how to maintain safety and responsibility. Email: joshua.kovoor@adelaide.edu.au
· Associate Professor Jodie Avery: Safe AI use in medicine/women’s health, ethics, non-technical. Email: jodie.avery@adelaide.edu.au
· Dr Natansh Deepak Modi: AI in healthcare and cancer care, clinical implementation of AI, opportunities and risks associated with AI adoption. Note he currently leads the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia’s AI Working Group, which is looking at the implementation of AI across the cancer sector. Located in the US. Email: natansh.modi@adelaide.edu.au
· Dr Tim Chen: Medical AI and human AI interaction. Email: tim.chen@adelaide.edu.au
· Dr Yuan Zhang: AI in medical imaging, particularly the development and validation of AI tools for endometriosis imaging and AI-assisted diagnosis. Email: yuan.zhang01@adelaide.edu.au (Note: happy to do written interviews)
· Professor Carolyn Semmler: Human cognition in interaction with AI systems, human rights and safety, and AI in health care settings. Email: carolyn.semmler@adelaide.edu.au
Education
· Professor Katrina Falkner FTSE: Future of AI in education, how the education sector is changing and evolving to respond to the needs of students and stakeholders. Email: katrina.falkner@adelaide.edu.au
· Dr Rebecca Vivian: The role of the Computer Science Education Research Group in supporting teachers and schools in AI education. Email: rebecca.vivian@adelaide.edu.au
· Professor Vitomir Kovanovic: AI impact on assessment (tertiary/secondary), development of education-focused AI tools, AI use for teaching and learning, AI adoption in education, student and teacher AI literacy. Email: vitomir.kovanovic@adelaide.edu.au
· Dr Maria Vieira: AI creativity, ethics, and responsible use. Email: maria.vieira@adelaide.edu.au
· Professor Shane Dawson: Complex systems and academic leadership to aid adoption and application of AI in education. Email: shane.dawson@adelaide.edu.au
· Professor Ryan Baker: AI in education, educational data. Email: ryanshaunbaker@gmail.com
Media and Arts
· Professor Edward Palmer: Educational technologies and media, AI and VR. Email: edward.palmer@adelaide.edu.au
· Dr James Calvert: Use of AI for animation/video production, the impact of AI on creativity. Email: james.calvert@adelaide.edu.au
· Professor Anna Goldsworthy: Social, cultural and human implications of AI. Email: anna.goldsworthy@adelaide.edu.au
· Professor Patrick Flanery: Creative writing and generative AI. Email: patrick.flanery@adelaide.edu.au
· Dr Melinda Gaughwin: AI and criticality, the importance of using AI as a tool (rather than being a tool for AI), AI and design. Email: melinda.gaughwin@adelaide.edu.au
Society
· Professor Anthony Elliott: Geopolitics of AI, economy and society after AI, social futures and the digital revolution, identity, intimacy and sexual relationships in the age of AI. Email: anthony.elliott@adelaide.edu.au
· Professor Susan Luckman: Cultural impacts of digital technologies, including the rise of practices aimed at achieving digital wellbeing and balance. Email: susan.luckman@adelaide.edu.au