Impact news

ACL VP-elect Jing Jiang will help steer the future of natural language processing

9 Jun 2026

Recently selected as VP-elect of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), Prof. Jing Jiang will lead NLP’s future identity as a research area.

Computer vision enables machines to see and represent the world. Image composed using GenAI elements.

Research Impact

From ANU to Canva and PyTorch: The Award-Winning Work Behind Smarter AI Vision

27 May 2026

Applying representation learning to computer vision, Associate Professor Liang Zheng’s award-winning data augmentation methods have found application from PyTorch to Canva.

AI planning powers thinking machines. Image composed using GenAI elements.

Research Impact

From Melbourne to Dublin: An Outsized Role in the World of AI Planning

12 May 2026

ANU hosts one of the largest AI planning groups in the world, a critical mass of researchers solving core challenges at the heart of global AI research.

Computing powers evolutionary genetic trees. (Image courtesy of European Bioinformatics Institute).

Research Impact

Tracing COVID-19 variants and millions of years of evolution

28 Apr 2026

Applying statistical and algorithmic models to biology has led to Associate Professor Minh Bui’s lab’s computational biology software, IQ-TREE, being used at the heart of phylogenetics research around the globe.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei in a fireside chat with Dr Aruna Sathanapally at the Anthropic Futures Forum

Education Research Impact Alumni

ANU Partners with AI Safety Company Anthropic to Strengthen its AI Research and Teaching

2 Apr 2026

The Australian National University (ANU) is the only university among four research institutions across Australia to partner with AI giant Anthropic under its AI for Science program to advance the University’s AI...

School of Computing’s Dan Andrews, Nick Barnes, Peter Hoefner (Associate Director Education), Antony Hosking (Director), and Google’s Marie Esfathiou (Senior Program Manager) (L-R)

Education Research Impact

Google Supports ANU School of Computing to Advance AI Research and Education

26 Mar 2026

The Australian National University (ANU) School of Computing has announced a new initiative, supported by Google Australia, to advance artificial intelligence research and education. The projects span robotics, formal verification, natural language...

Dr Chirath Hettiarachchi. Photo: Crystal Li/ANU

Impact Research

From code to care: ANU research on AI is changing lives

8 Sep 2025

Dr Chirath Hettiarachchi is harnessing artificial intelligence to help people living with diabetes and depression. And he’s only just getting started.

The ANU College of Systems and Society 2025 3MT final PhD candidates and judges. Back row from left to right: Anjalie Edirisooriya (School of Engineering PhD candidate), Sharmin Akter (Fenner PhD candidate), Buddhi Kothalawala (School of Computing PhD candidate), Lachlan McGinness (School of Computing PhD candidate), Dr Richard Greene (Fenner judge), and Dr Ehsan Nabavi (CPAS judge). Front row from left to right: Shoshana Rapley (Fenner PhD candidate), Professor Valeska Ting (College Interim Associate Dean HDR), Samantha Shippley (Fenner PhD candidate), Dr Bea Velasco (School of Engineering judge), Associate Professor Pascal Bercher (School of Computing judge), and Rachel Clarke (Fenner judge).

Research Impact Students

Communicating complex ideas, in just three minutes: our 2025 3MT candidates

9 Jul 2025

Imagine condensing an 80,000-word thesis into a three-minute presentation. That’s exactly the challenge faced by PhD students in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition at the recent College final.