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About us

The CSIRO ICT Centre

Innovative ICT transforming Australian industries

Information and Communication Technologies

We live in the age of information. People, businesses, institutions and governments are all dependent on information to help them make the right choices.

How information is produced, collected, sorted, filtered, transmitted, communicated, interpreted and stored is the business of one of the fastest growing sectors of the economy – ICT – Information and Communication Technologies.

Increasingly, ICT is at the heart of innovations that deliver benefits to industries, organisations and individuals. Smarter and more efficient healthcare, improved agricultural production, more efficient use of energy, better environmental monitoring and management, and security and safety for people are just some examples of areas where the benefits of ICT are realised.

The CSIRO ICT Centre is the hub for ICT research in CSIRO, with a mission to deliver the enabling power of ICT across many industries. CSIRO offers the advantage of being able to innovate in ICT and apply the results for the benefit of Australia, based on our understanding of the needs and problems of the many sectors we work in.

Australian industries are enthusiastic adopters of ICT solutions so CSIRO focuses its ICT research in areas where our work has the potential to create competitive advantage for Australia as well as leading to globally adopted solutions.

Recognising that innovation can only make a difference if it is implemented in products and services, we also develop partnerships with businesses and governments to create streamlined paths to market for our research results.

The Centre has four research laboratories:

We also deliver the results of our research via our joint venture with the Queensland Government - the Australian e-Health Research Centre

. What our customers say

"Throughout the project, it was a pleasure to work with the CSIRO ICT team as they really understood what Holden Innovation needed and were always quick to respond to our requests."

Winson Ng, Supervising Engineer, Holden Innovation.

"Converting the increasing volume of mine equipment data into useful information is a key to the advances being made by the CSIRO ICT Centre in responding to the Australian Coal Industry’s push for increased automation. In return, greater automation is seen to have the potential to provide improved reliability, consistent productivity and operator safety."

Roger Wischusen, Manager, Australian Coal Association Research Program.

"Panoptic and our hosted search service with CSIRO has significantly improved information discovery on our main whole of government site www.australia.gov.au. It’s fast, accurate, comprehensive and up to date."

Peter Alexander, Manager – Security and Emerging Technologies, Australian Government Information Management Office

"The $15 million joint initiative with CSIRO will bring together world-class researchers and industry to produce commercial products and services that will create both economic and social benefits."

Peter Beattie MP, Queensland Premier and Minister for Trade when opening the E-Health Research Centre

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