Dr Sanat Bista, Defence AI Centre (DAIC).

The presenter

Dr Sanat Bista

Executive Director for the Defence AI Centre (DAIC), Australian Department of Defence

Dr Sanat Bista is the Executive Director for the Defence AI Centre (DAIC) within the Australian Department of Defence. Sanat’s academic background is in computer engineering, with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in computational intelligence (United Kingdom) and a subsequent graduate qualification in scientific leadership (Australia). He has over twenty-five years of multinational work experience from across government, academia and industry sectors that include defence, health, human services, and scientific research agencies.

As the Executive Director for the DAIC, Sanat leads a multidisciplinary team to coordinate, inform and sponsor Defence efforts toward adopting AI at scale. This includes initiatives across responsible AI governance, innovation, modelling and engineering, AI community of practice, workforce professionalisation, and exemplar AI projects.

Dr Sanat Bista, DAIC will present a seminar on Thursday, 27th February 2025.

Title: Defence AI Centre

Abstract: The 2024 National Defence Strategy emphasises the criticality of Defence adopting emerging technologies including Artificial Intelligence (AI). Supporting the intent of the 2024 National Defence Strategy, Defence Data Strategy 2.0 directs efforts for Defence to prepare for AI at scale. AI opportunities exist across the continuum of corporate to warfighting functions, and benefits include workforce savings, enhanced user experiences, and making better decisions, faster through Decision Advantage. AI is key to delivering asymmetric effects in Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and warfighting contexts, and will support many of the capabilities identified in the National Defence Strategy and Integrated Investment Program. This presentation will cover the Defence AI Centre establishment, its functions and the high-level work program.

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