As Science Director of Data61, in May 2023 I led the business unit wide discovery and mapping exercise to identify Data61’s research activities and foci, by exploring our Group, Mission and FSP activities and the Science Excellence and Impact of our work.

We undertook this discovery process to  understand the potential impact of Data61’s research activities, and how these research foci/activities contribute/align to CSIRO’s challenges and corporate KPIs, to help inform the development of Data61’s KPIs and metrics and to provide our research directors and other members of Data61 Executive Team with a fresh view of across Data61’s research activity.

Thanks to our executive team and all the group leads for their active engagement in our discovery process which has helped inform a wide range of next steps in our science planning, collaborations and plans for “fewer better things” across CSIRO.