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The Australian Computer Society has called for “daring and innovative ideas” for its online 'Flatten the Curve' hackathon taking place over 48 hours from next Thursday 9 April, as part of the society’s response to the COVID-19.

The Australian Computer Society has released a top 10 list of tips for small businesses wanting to work from home during the COVID-19 crisis.

Australian workers are feeling the effects of emerging technologies across industries as jobs are augmented by technology - specifically automation - at an unprecedented rate, according to a new report.

The Australian Computer Society has launched a new Artificial Intelligence Hub from its Docklands, Melbourne premises.

Australia has an opportunity to carve an important niche in the global machine learning field, according to a report into the sector’s patent filings launched by the Minister for Science, Karen Andrews on the Gold Coast on Monday.

Deakin University will be the first university in Australia to offer a fully accredited cyber security qualification, under Australia’s first cyber security course accreditation scheme, after being awarded the course by the Australian Computer Society (ACS).

Australia should develop a systemised and standardised safe data sharing regime with independent verification demonstrating the benefit to the community, according to a new report on data privacy by the Australian Computer Society (ACS).

The Australian Computer Society has appointed ICT industry veteran Todd McGregor as General Manager for Startup Catalyst.

The Australian Computer Society has appointed former startup founder Pauline Fetaui as general manager of its Brisbane-based platform solutions provider River City Labs.

A former Royal Australian Navy Signals Communications sailor has won the 2020 Australian Computer Society’s indigenous IT student scholarship which supports and showcases indigenous achievement in Information Technology studies.

Newly published figures show that 40,000 jobs were created in Australia’s ICT sector in the two years between 2015 and 2016, but the task ahead to create and grow the country’s ICT workforce further is a major challenge for the industry.

The Australian Computer Society says the budget falls short in providing sufficient funds to address the ICT skills gap and wants the federal government to allocate more funding to overcome the problem.

The Australian Computer Society has announced Australia’s first Advanced Professional Accreditation for an ICT course, to complement its current offerings by extending the reach into advanced post-graduate education.

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) believes the key benefits of new data breach laws will be preventive and the real impact will be to mobilise business and government.

The Australian Computer Society has been quick to call on the re-elected Turnbull government to keep innovation and digital policy to at the forefront of government thinking and decisions over the next term.

Demand for ICT professionals in Victoria is strong with the state’s employers projected to seek to fill ICT roles over the next few years at an annual rate of 2.7% – well above the national average of just 2%. Cyber security skills are in high demand across a number of the state's business and industry sectors.

Two of Australia’s ICT industry bodies – the Australian Computer Society and Internet Australia - have lauded the government’s Budget funding commitments to the establishment of a national cyber security strategy.

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has joined CSIRO’s Data61, ANZ Banking Group, the Commonwealth Department of Employment and the Boston Consulting Group in undertaking an initiative to raise awareness identifying the importance of digital literacy to the future job prospects of Australian workers.

Unified talent management and cloud HR platform provider, SEERA, has appointed industry Skills for the Information Age (SFIA) expert, Ksenija Catic, as the company’s head of customer delivery.

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) wants to see bi-partisan cooperation between political parties on initiatives to bring a greater focus to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) studies in the education system.