Gen-AI Applications for Early-Mid Career Researchers

Abstract

There has been a very rapid and wide uptake of innovative new Generative AI (GenAI) technologies over the past two years. While it undoubtedly has had many positive impacts for research, there are significant risks and disadvantages in its use. How do researchers engage with this exciting new technology to optimise their work, while recognising and managing risks to ensure its safe use? This session’s speakers explore how to achieve a balance between opportunity and risk in using GenAI for research, including examples of innovative research use cases followed by a brief rundown of identifying and managing risks in order to maintain research integrity and data security.

Speakers: Dr Gordon McDonald (Informatics Team Lead, Sydney Informatics Hub) and Dr Adele Haythornthwaite (Manager, Research Data Strategy).

Dr. Gordon McDonald

Informatics Team Lead

My research interests include data science for public good, quantum physics and psychology.