Grain growers can access a more accurate view of the season ahead, using a UQ-built system called CropVision to forecast wheat and sorghum yields up to four months before sowing.
Researchers at The University of Queensland are helping drive Australia's transition to digital manufacturing through the ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub for Future Digital Manufacturing.
UQ researchers have developed AI-powered melanoma surveillance tools that help detect hard-to-spot skin cancers more consistently and accurately, improving early diagnosis and access to screening for Australians, particularly in regional and rural communities.
Generative AI can answer questions, write essays and summarise to a professional standard — allowing students to complete tasks while bypassing the effort through which understanding is built. Offloading their thinking to AI means students may lack the judgement, problem-solving capabilities and deep understanding required to create original solutions to real-world challenges.
A University of Queensland spin-out, Cortisonic, is commercialising a new class of ultra-low-energy computing technology that uses high-frequency sound waves, known as hyper-sound, rather than conventional electronics to process information.