Monash Information Technology
@monash-infotech.bsky.social
Official account for the Monash University Faculty of Information Technology.
Leading experts in Data Science, AI, Cybersecurity, Software Systems and HCI.
https://www.monash.edu/it
Leading experts in Data Science, AI, Cybersecurity, Software Systems and HCI.
https://www.monash.edu/it
Our expert Prof Joseph Liu is a Co-Director of the FinTech Lab!
Join us for its exciting launch to discover the lab's strategic priorities and research agenda into advanced financial technology and systems: https://www.monash.edu/business/events/launch-of-fintech-lab
#fintech #business #finance
Join us for its exciting launch to discover the lab's strategic priorities and research agenda into advanced financial technology and systems: https://www.monash.edu/business/events/launch-of-fintech-lab
#fintech #business #finance
February 11, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Our expert Prof Joseph Liu is a Co-Director of the FinTech Lab!
Join us for its exciting launch to discover the lab's strategic priorities and research agenda into advanced financial technology and systems: https://www.monash.edu/business/events/launch-of-fintech-lab
#fintech #business #finance
Join us for its exciting launch to discover the lab's strategic priorities and research agenda into advanced financial technology and systems: https://www.monash.edu/business/events/launch-of-fintech-lab
#fintech #business #finance
Prof Shonali Krishnaswamy is co-developing the AI platform that will enable aged care providers to be more proactive under the new Aged Care Act: https://www.monash.edu/mime/news/latest-news/articles/2026/ai-platform-aims-to-transform-aged-care-by-embedding-research-evidence-into-everyday-practice
February 10, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Prof Shonali Krishnaswamy is co-developing the AI platform that will enable aged care providers to be more proactive under the new Aged Care Act: https://www.monash.edu/mime/news/latest-news/articles/2026/ai-platform-aims-to-transform-aged-care-by-embedding-research-evidence-into-everyday-practice
The world is abuzz with new features like Google's AI Inbox, and we've seen more and more of our private messages being summarised by AI.
But did we really consent to this?
Read more in the ACS Information Age: https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2026/why-is-ai-allowed-to-read-my-messages-.html
But did we really consent to this?
Read more in the ACS Information Age: https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2026/why-is-ai-allowed-to-read-my-messages-.html
February 9, 2026 at 12:01 AM
The world is abuzz with new features like Google's AI Inbox, and we've seen more and more of our private messages being summarised by AI.
But did we really consent to this?
Read more in the ACS Information Age: https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2026/why-is-ai-allowed-to-read-my-messages-.html
But did we really consent to this?
Read more in the ACS Information Age: https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2026/why-is-ai-allowed-to-read-my-messages-.html
The B&T Women Leading Tech Power List Long List has named four of our incredible experts!
Congratulations to A/Prof Kirsten Ellis, Prof Aldeida Aleti, Dr Qiuhong Ke and Dr Pari Delir Haghighi:
Congratulations to A/Prof Kirsten Ellis, Prof Aldeida Aleti, Dr Qiuhong Ke and Dr Pari Delir Haghighi:
Did You Make It? The Women Leading Tech Power List Loooooong List Is Revealed!
We love a list at B&T. And none more so than this one.
www.bandt.com.au
February 6, 2026 at 12:22 AM
The B&T Women Leading Tech Power List Long List has named four of our incredible experts!
Congratulations to A/Prof Kirsten Ellis, Prof Aldeida Aleti, Dr Qiuhong Ke and Dr Pari Delir Haghighi:
Congratulations to A/Prof Kirsten Ellis, Prof Aldeida Aleti, Dr Qiuhong Ke and Dr Pari Delir Haghighi:
Women and girls face greater risks during climate disasters, displacement, and economic instability.
Join our #IWD2026 event to hear from alumnae leaders working at the intersection of climate, justice and gender equity: https://events.humanitix.com/women-in-stemm-international-women-s-day-2026
Join our #IWD2026 event to hear from alumnae leaders working at the intersection of climate, justice and gender equity: https://events.humanitix.com/women-in-stemm-international-women-s-day-2026
February 5, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Women and girls face greater risks during climate disasters, displacement, and economic instability.
Join our #IWD2026 event to hear from alumnae leaders working at the intersection of climate, justice and gender equity: https://events.humanitix.com/women-in-stemm-international-women-s-day-2026
Join our #IWD2026 event to hear from alumnae leaders working at the intersection of climate, justice and gender equity: https://events.humanitix.com/women-in-stemm-international-women-s-day-2026
Covered in the @restofworld.org, ARC Future Fellow @jathansadowski.com provides expert commentary on why users around the world are turning away from popular US-owned tech platforms to alternatives like Upscrolled.
Read now: https://restofworld.org/2026/big-tech-backlash-alternatives-upscrolled/
Read now: https://restofworld.org/2026/big-tech-backlash-alternatives-upscrolled/
February 4, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Covered in the @restofworld.org, ARC Future Fellow @jathansadowski.com provides expert commentary on why users around the world are turning away from popular US-owned tech platforms to alternatives like Upscrolled.
Read now: https://restofworld.org/2026/big-tech-backlash-alternatives-upscrolled/
Read now: https://restofworld.org/2026/big-tech-backlash-alternatives-upscrolled/
Our Environmental Informatics Hub experts are a team in the AI for Science Australian Hackathon, solving big research problems, like creating more reliable datasets for climate and environmental apps: https://www.openhackathons.org/s/siteevent/a0CUP00001FSddg2AD/se000394
February 3, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Our Environmental Informatics Hub experts are a team in the AI for Science Australian Hackathon, solving big research problems, like creating more reliable datasets for climate and environmental apps: https://www.openhackathons.org/s/siteevent/a0CUP00001FSddg2AD/se000394
We’re excited to announce our new Student Awards for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion!
If you're a Monash staff member or student and have someone in mind, or you’ve worked on great initiatives yourself – make a nomination: https://www.monash.edu/it/edi/awards
If you're a Monash staff member or student and have someone in mind, or you’ve worked on great initiatives yourself – make a nomination: https://www.monash.edu/it/edi/awards
February 2, 2026 at 1:04 AM
We’re excited to announce our new Student Awards for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion!
If you're a Monash staff member or student and have someone in mind, or you’ve worked on great initiatives yourself – make a nomination: https://www.monash.edu/it/edi/awards
If you're a Monash staff member or student and have someone in mind, or you’ve worked on great initiatives yourself – make a nomination: https://www.monash.edu/it/edi/awards
Prof Nigel Phair was featured in The Australian Financial Review, commenting on foreign-owned data centres in Australia as a strength rather than a vulnerability: https://www.afr.com/policy/foreign-affairs/kill-switch-risk-data-centres-are-the-next-national-security-fight-20251209-p5nm2c
January 30, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Prof Nigel Phair was featured in The Australian Financial Review, commenting on foreign-owned data centres in Australia as a strength rather than a vulnerability: https://www.afr.com/policy/foreign-affairs/kill-switch-risk-data-centres-are-the-next-national-security-fight-20251209-p5nm2c
When one teacher can teach thousands of students at once – how do we maintain high-quality, personalised feedback?
Meet 'Edvance' by PhD student Zhiping Liang and his team: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/delivering-one-to-one-feedback-one-to-many-tnrnc/?trackingId=01%2Fm9sMjQuu%2FlCxnPsIMMw%3D%3D
Meet 'Edvance' by PhD student Zhiping Liang and his team: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/delivering-one-to-one-feedback-one-to-many-tnrnc/?trackingId=01%2Fm9sMjQuu%2FlCxnPsIMMw%3D%3D
January 29, 2026 at 12:58 AM
When one teacher can teach thousands of students at once – how do we maintain high-quality, personalised feedback?
Meet 'Edvance' by PhD student Zhiping Liang and his team: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/delivering-one-to-one-feedback-one-to-many-tnrnc/?trackingId=01%2Fm9sMjQuu%2FlCxnPsIMMw%3D%3D
Meet 'Edvance' by PhD student Zhiping Liang and his team: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/delivering-one-to-one-feedback-one-to-many-tnrnc/?trackingId=01%2Fm9sMjQuu%2FlCxnPsIMMw%3D%3D
As part of your set up for 2026, make sure you subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletter Good BITS & Bytes – your source of the tech expertise, insights and innovations from our Faculty: https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7209056420887982081
January 21, 2026 at 5:33 AM
As part of your set up for 2026, make sure you subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletter Good BITS & Bytes – your source of the tech expertise, insights and innovations from our Faculty: https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7209056420887982081
Register for the MIME Women in STEMM Student Leader Awards morning tea to celebrate women students at Monash who are driving innovation in healthcare and medtech: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZclJBOQ06v0bb7mmqOXUQZC-oamFD58LCM61L1-k1e8hw8A/viewform
🗓️ 18 Feb 2026
⏰ 9:00–10:30am
🗓️ 18 Feb 2026
⏰ 9:00–10:30am
January 20, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Register for the MIME Women in STEMM Student Leader Awards morning tea to celebrate women students at Monash who are driving innovation in healthcare and medtech: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZclJBOQ06v0bb7mmqOXUQZC-oamFD58LCM61L1-k1e8hw8A/viewform
🗓️ 18 Feb 2026
⏰ 9:00–10:30am
🗓️ 18 Feb 2026
⏰ 9:00–10:30am
Great to hear Tasdik Hasan interviewed on ABC Radio Hobart about his #PhD research developing new sign language vocabulary that allows deaf communities to express the nuances of their mental health.
Listen now: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/hobart-sundays/sundays/106228196
Listen now: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/hobart-sundays/sundays/106228196
January 19, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Great to hear Tasdik Hasan interviewed on ABC Radio Hobart about his #PhD research developing new sign language vocabulary that allows deaf communities to express the nuances of their mental health.
Listen now: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/hobart-sundays/sundays/106228196
Listen now: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/hobart-sundays/sundays/106228196
Most Aussies can't tell between a real image and a deepfake.
Prof Monica Whitty shares how scams with AI images work off instincts: https://www.9news.com.au/national/commbank-research-most-australians-are-unable-to-spot-ai-generated-scams/11d952b9-0a57-454d-9b06-c29da34316f8
@9news.bsky.social
Prof Monica Whitty shares how scams with AI images work off instincts: https://www.9news.com.au/national/commbank-research-most-australians-are-unable-to-spot-ai-generated-scams/11d952b9-0a57-454d-9b06-c29da34316f8
@9news.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Most Aussies can't tell between a real image and a deepfake.
Prof Monica Whitty shares how scams with AI images work off instincts: https://www.9news.com.au/national/commbank-research-most-australians-are-unable-to-spot-ai-generated-scams/11d952b9-0a57-454d-9b06-c29da34316f8
@9news.bsky.social
Prof Monica Whitty shares how scams with AI images work off instincts: https://www.9news.com.au/national/commbank-research-most-australians-are-unable-to-spot-ai-generated-scams/11d952b9-0a57-454d-9b06-c29da34316f8
@9news.bsky.social
Gmail's AI inbox is coming – bringing with it a myriad of smart features.
Associate Professor Abhinav Dhall weighs in for the @information-age.bsky.social on this change impacting 3 billion users: https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2026/get-ready-for-gmail-s--ai-inbox-.html
Associate Professor Abhinav Dhall weighs in for the @information-age.bsky.social on this change impacting 3 billion users: https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2026/get-ready-for-gmail-s--ai-inbox-.html
January 14, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Gmail's AI inbox is coming – bringing with it a myriad of smart features.
Associate Professor Abhinav Dhall weighs in for the @information-age.bsky.social on this change impacting 3 billion users: https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2026/get-ready-for-gmail-s--ai-inbox-.html
Associate Professor Abhinav Dhall weighs in for the @information-age.bsky.social on this change impacting 3 billion users: https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2026/get-ready-for-gmail-s--ai-inbox-.html
Our first AI podcast is live!
From stock prices to weather patterns, time series data powers critical systems – but it's tricky to process and interpret.
🎧 Learn about the solution, Series2Vec: https://good-bits-and-bytes.transistor.fm/episodes/meet-series2vec-navid-s-new-way-to-decode-time-series
From stock prices to weather patterns, time series data powers critical systems – but it's tricky to process and interpret.
🎧 Learn about the solution, Series2Vec: https://good-bits-and-bytes.transistor.fm/episodes/meet-series2vec-navid-s-new-way-to-decode-time-series
January 13, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Our first AI podcast is live!
From stock prices to weather patterns, time series data powers critical systems – but it's tricky to process and interpret.
🎧 Learn about the solution, Series2Vec: https://good-bits-and-bytes.transistor.fm/episodes/meet-series2vec-navid-s-new-way-to-decode-time-series
From stock prices to weather patterns, time series data powers critical systems – but it's tricky to process and interpret.
🎧 Learn about the solution, Series2Vec: https://good-bits-and-bytes.transistor.fm/episodes/meet-series2vec-navid-s-new-way-to-decode-time-series
We're excited to have Prof Shonali Krishnaswamy involved in a new MIME Invent Grant-funded project 'Evidencea' – harnessing AI to enhance outcomes in aged care. Learn more: https://www.monash.edu/mime/projects/all-projects/evidencea-harnessing-ai-to-embed-evidence-and-improve-outcomes-in-aged-care
January 12, 2026 at 1:07 AM
We're excited to have Prof Shonali Krishnaswamy involved in a new MIME Invent Grant-funded project 'Evidencea' – harnessing AI to enhance outcomes in aged care. Learn more: https://www.monash.edu/mime/projects/all-projects/evidencea-harnessing-ai-to-embed-evidence-and-improve-outcomes-in-aged-care
What's next for the APAC region in terms of digital health? Great to have our AI in health expert Associate Professor Zongyuan Ge share his predictions for 2026.
Discover them now: https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/asia/whats-next-apac-digital-health-2026
#AI #healthcare #digitalhealth
Discover them now: https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/asia/whats-next-apac-digital-health-2026
#AI #healthcare #digitalhealth
January 8, 2026 at 1:42 AM
What's next for the APAC region in terms of digital health? Great to have our AI in health expert Associate Professor Zongyuan Ge share his predictions for 2026.
Discover them now: https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/asia/whats-next-apac-digital-health-2026
#AI #healthcare #digitalhealth
Discover them now: https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/asia/whats-next-apac-digital-health-2026
#AI #healthcare #digitalhealth
Discover how life, work and institutions may evolve as quantum innovations emerge: https://www.monash.edu/emerging-tech-research-lab/news-and-events/news/website-launch-of-quantum-futures-collaboration
Explore the insightful research involving our @emergingtechlab.bsky.social
Explore the insightful research involving our @emergingtechlab.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Discover how life, work and institutions may evolve as quantum innovations emerge: https://www.monash.edu/emerging-tech-research-lab/news-and-events/news/website-launch-of-quantum-futures-collaboration
Explore the insightful research involving our @emergingtechlab.bsky.social
Explore the insightful research involving our @emergingtechlab.bsky.social
Mentally Healthy Workplaces Australia's first flagship project co-led by Prof Patrick Olivier, Prof Shantha Wilson Rajaratnam and Prof Peter Bragge will deliver a unique evidence base to inform decisions about mitigating psycho-social workplace hazards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW27quuhoIY
January 6, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Mentally Healthy Workplaces Australia's first flagship project co-led by Prof Patrick Olivier, Prof Shantha Wilson Rajaratnam and Prof Peter Bragge will deliver a unique evidence base to inform decisions about mitigating psycho-social workplace hazards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW27quuhoIY
A/Prof Zhaolin Chen's team has received a MICCAI award to support their automated anomaly detection toolkit for ultra-low-field MRI – enhancing access to life-saving imaging: https://miccai.org/index.php/about-miccai/awards/miccai-society-awards-for-the-advancement-of-health-equity/2026-projects/
January 5, 2026 at 2:35 AM
A/Prof Zhaolin Chen's team has received a MICCAI award to support their automated anomaly detection toolkit for ultra-low-field MRI – enhancing access to life-saving imaging: https://miccai.org/index.php/about-miccai/awards/miccai-society-awards-for-the-advancement-of-health-equity/2026-projects/
Happy new year! Wishing everyone an exciting, happy and wondrous 2026.
We can't wait to share the exceptional things to come from our students, researchers, alumni and broader community.
We can't wait to share the exceptional things to come from our students, researchers, alumni and broader community.
December 31, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Happy new year! Wishing everyone an exciting, happy and wondrous 2026.
We can't wait to share the exceptional things to come from our students, researchers, alumni and broader community.
We can't wait to share the exceptional things to come from our students, researchers, alumni and broader community.
Happy holidays to our wonderful community. Wishing you all a restful break filled with warmth and joy 🌟
December 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Happy holidays to our wonderful community. Wishing you all a restful break filled with warmth and joy 🌟
Our Industry Experience Studio Projects see teams of IT master's students develop tech solutions for social good.
A great chance for students to gain hands-on experience, and for industry professionals to mentor tomorrow's bright and passionate minds: https://youtu.be/5AvjWBHax_k
A great chance for students to gain hands-on experience, and for industry professionals to mentor tomorrow's bright and passionate minds: https://youtu.be/5AvjWBHax_k
December 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Our Industry Experience Studio Projects see teams of IT master's students develop tech solutions for social good.
A great chance for students to gain hands-on experience, and for industry professionals to mentor tomorrow's bright and passionate minds: https://youtu.be/5AvjWBHax_k
A great chance for students to gain hands-on experience, and for industry professionals to mentor tomorrow's bright and passionate minds: https://youtu.be/5AvjWBHax_k
Hidden in our smart devices, surveillance has crept into everyday life. Dr Jathan Sadowski shares his expert insights on Opt Out into why simply 'logging off' doesn't cut it anymore: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/downloadthisshow/opt-out-episode-five/105872250
December 22, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Hidden in our smart devices, surveillance has crept into everyday life. Dr Jathan Sadowski shares his expert insights on Opt Out into why simply 'logging off' doesn't cut it anymore: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/downloadthisshow/opt-out-episode-five/105872250