Curated: Capability to support AUKUS Pillar II

Summary

This document outlines the collective research, technological innovation, infrastructure, and workforce development capabilities of Australia’s Group of Eight (Go8) universities in support of AUKUS Pillar II. It details university-specific strengths across key advanced capability areas including undersea warfare, quantum technologies, artificial intelligence and autonomy, advanced cyber, hypersonics, electronic warfare, innovation, and secure information sharing.

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GROUP OF EIGHT AUSTRALIA

Curated: Capability to support AUKUS Pillar II

Member Universities: The University of Western Australia, Monash University, Australian National University, The University of Adelaide, The University of Melbourne, UNSW Sydney, The University of Queensland, The University of Sydney

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Introduction: 4 Curated capability to support AUKUS Pillar II: 5 The University of Adelaide: 10 UNSW Sydney: 18 The University of Sydney: 38 The University of Melbourne: 70 Monash University: 86 The University of Queensland: 100 The University of Western Australia: 128 The Australian National University: 152

Introduction

As Group of Eight (Go8) Chief Executive, I take great pride in presenting the curated AUKUS Capability of the eight Go8 members, released in conjunction with the Go8 Defence Security Dialogue held at the Australian High Commission in London in June 2024.

Our universities are at the forefront of Australia’s research effort and nowhere is this more evident than in the defence related research and education we undertake.

This research effort provides a strong foundation to turbocharging our efforts to support the AUKUS platform – and we stand ready to further support the nation’s defence research effort in bringing AUKUS to successful delivery.

The Go8 universities undertake 70 per cent of all university based research in Australia and receive more than half of the total university sector’s defence R&D investment.

Our universities, all ranked in the top 100 globally are critical to the success of AUKUS with significant capability in all areas identified under Pillar II.

We are a trusted partner and have been at the forefront of globally defining defence and security technology and systems advances for many decades.

We are not afraid to say we are home to the best – and proud to be so.

Being the best, striving to never be anything less has enabled the Go8 to build solid defence research partnerships.

But we want to do so much more and we want to ensure we work to have Defence and our global partners better understand and have more visibility of what we can provide.

This is what sits behind this publication. Our curated capability statement sets out who within the Go8 can help and what we can do.

Vicki Thomson Go8 Chief Executive

Curated capability to support AUKUS Pillar II - Overview & Grid

A detailed understanding of our capability in each of the AUKUS Pillar II streams provides a basis for establishing how our universities can – and do – contribute to the AUKUS partnership, through our research and education.

The success of AUKUS, Australia’s future research capability and our national security will, in a large part, be dependent upon understanding our existing capability and how best we leverage that expertise.

The foundation already exists as underscored by the variety of activity in the six main and two additional Pillar II streams across the eight universities, the global footprint of the Go8 in these streams, and the extent of collaboration in these areas with AUKUS partner institutions.

Across the eight universities, there is the potential to drive AUKUS focused workforce development through undergraduate and postgraduate courses in related areas; capacity-building via defence institutes; and career and skill-based partnerships with industry.

Figure 1: Grid showing AUKUS Pillar II capability across the eight Go8 universities

• University of Queensland: Undersea capabilities [Yes], Quantum technologies [Yes], AI and autonomy [Yes], Advanced Cyber [Yes], Hypersonic and counter-hypersonic capabilities [Yes], Electronic warfare [Yes], Innovation [Yes], Information sharing [Yes]
• Australian National University: Undersea capabilities [Yes], Quantum technologies [Yes], AI and autonomy [Yes], Advanced Cyber [Yes], Hypersonic and counter-hypersonic capabilities [Yes], Electronic warfare [Yes], Innovation [Yes], Information sharing [Yes]
• UNSW Sydney: Undersea capabilities [Yes], Quantum technologies [Yes], AI and autonomy [Yes], Advanced Cyber [Yes], Hypersonic and counter-hypersonic capabilities [Yes], Electronic warfare [Yes], Innovation [Yes], Information sharing [Yes]
• University of Sydney: Undersea capabilities [Yes], Quantum technologies [Yes], AI and autonomy [Yes], Advanced Cyber [Yes], Hypersonic and counter-hypersonic capabilities [Yes], Electronic warfare [Yes], Innovation [Yes], Information sharing [Yes]
• University of Melbourne: Undersea capabilities [Yes], Quantum technologies [Yes], AI and autonomy [Yes], Advanced Cyber [Yes], Hypersonic and counter-hypersonic capabilities [Yes], Electronic warfare [Yes], Innovation [Yes], Information sharing [Yes]
• Monash University: Undersea capabilities [No], Quantum technologies [Yes], AI and autonomy [Yes], Advanced Cyber [Yes], Hypersonic and counter-hypersonic capabilities [Yes], Electronic warfare [Yes], Innovation [Yes], Information sharing [Yes]
• University of Adelaide: Undersea capabilities [Yes], Quantum technologies [Yes], AI and autonomy [Yes], Advanced Cyber [Yes], Hypersonic and counter-hypersonic capabilities [Yes], Electronic warfare [Yes], Innovation [Yes], Information sharing [Yes]
• University of Western Australia: Undersea capabilities [Yes], Quantum technologies [Yes], AI and autonomy [Yes], Advanced Cyber [Yes], Hypersonic and counter-hypersonic capabilities [No], Electronic warfare [Yes], Innovation [Yes], Information sharing [Yes]

Go8 Global Footprint in AUKUS-Related Research

Go8 Global footprint in AUKUS-related research The Go8’s collective research output in 15 fields listed below, shows that the Go8 is the prominent Australian contributor in the majority of the AUKUS-related areas. That research is underpinned, as it must be, by quality, with a greater percentage of Go8 research appearing in the world’s top 1 per cent citations than our global counterparts for many of these fields.

Research area & Relevant Pillar II stream:

• Acoustics: Undersea capability
• Automation & Control Systems: AI & Autonomy
• Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence: AI & Autonomy; Advanced Cyber
• Computer Science, Information Systems: AI & Autonomy; Advanced Cyber
• Engineering, Aerospace: Hypersonic & counter-hypersonic
• Engineering, Marine: Undersea capability
• Engineering, Ocean: Undersea capability
• Materials Science, Coatings & Films: Undersea capability
• Oceanography: Undersea capability
• Quantum Science & Technology: Quantum
• Remote Sensing: Undersea capability
• Robotics: AI & Autonomy

Volume of research: In global terms, Go8 research has the largest footprint in Oceanography (2.5 per cent of global output), followed by Ocean Engineering (2.1 per cent), Quantum Science (1.7 per cent) and AI (1.7 per cent). This is a remarkable performance out of just eight universities when we consider Australia’s population, at almost 27 million is around 0.33 per cent of the global population – 40 per cent that of the UK, and around 8 per cent of the US.

Proportion of AUKUS partner publications: Ocean Engineering (8.4 per cent) becomes the top area of involvement, followed by Oceanography (7.9 per cent), Marine Engineering (6.7 per cent), Quantum Science (6.6 per cent) and AI (6.2 per cent). Regardless of the area of research, Go8 universities dominate the Australian contribution (ranging from 43 per cent for Information Systems to 66 per cent for Quantum Science).

Quality of research: Overall, across the 15 areas of research, the Go8’s share is 3.5 per cent (Australia 3.3 per cent), US at 2.7 per cent and the UK at 2.5 per cent, of publications in the top 1 per cent cited, underpinned by strengths in AI, Oceanography, Marine Engineering, and Acoustics.

The University of Adelaide

Contact points:

• Professor Anton P J Middelberg, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research), T: +61 8 8313 5665, E: [email protected]
• Professor Michael Webb, Executive Director, Defence & Security Institute, T: +61 409 770 925, E: [email protected]

Skills and capability: Hosts a strong and embedded program of fundamental and translational research in Defence relevant technologies. Lead partner in Defence Trailblazer with UNSW Sydney and over 50 industry partners. DISP member for nearly a decade.

Research strengths:

• Undersea capabilities: Collaborative research with Defence in acoustics, vibration and control, acoustic signature management.
• Quantum technologies: Quantum-assured PNT, quantum sensing, quantum materials.
• Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy: Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML), computer vision, SLAM, robotics, human-autonomy teaming.
• Advanced Cyber: Multi-disciplinary research across cyber security, networks, psychology, data science, and AI (cyber-AI, deception, influence).
• Hypersonic and Counter-Hypersonic Capabilities: Directed energy counter-measures based on ultrashort and short pulsed lasers (USPL).
• Electronic Warfare: Electronic Support, advanced electromagnetic sensing, radar systems.

Research Infrastructure:

• Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS)
• Australian Institute of Machine Learning (AIML)
• Cyber Innovation and Research Centre (CIRC), joint with DSTG

Workforce Development:

• Masters in Marine Engineering (submarine design, undersea technologies)
• Defence Trailblazer Industry PhD program
• SA Government IDTC PhD scholarships in Quantum
• Summer internships in cyber with DSTG supervisors
• Participation in NATO Locked Shields Exercise
• USPL PhD program

Collaborations & Key Examples:

• Defence Trailblazer (AU$240 million initiative with UNSW and 42 industry partners)
• QuantX Labs (Cryogenic Sapphire Oscillator ‘Cryoclock’, quantum sensing, precision timing)
• Centre for Augmented Reasoning (CAR) (AU$20 million investment)
• US ARLIS (Univ. of Maryland), UK DDRC (Univ. of Exeter), AUKUS D3RC network.

UNSW Sydney

Contact point:

• Dr Tracey Hanley, Acting Director UNSW Defence Research Institute, T: +61 2 5114 5323, E: [email protected]

Skills and capability: Over 50 years educating ADF officers. Flagship programs include Defence Trailblazer and Security and Defence PLuS.

Research strengths:

• Undersea capabilities: Wireless/acoustic communication, signal processing, AI-enabled sensing, autonomous underwater vehicles, UAVs for submarines’ covert communications.
• Quantum technologies: Over 15 groups and 150 researchers across Engineering, Science, and UNSW Canberra; satellite QKD, quantum sensing, spin qubits.
• AI and Autonomy: UNSW AI Institute (>300 academics, >50 groups); edge-AI, trusted autonomy, swarm intelligence, in-orbit ML.
• Advanced Cyber: UNSW Institute for Cyber Security (IFCYBER), seL4 microkernel (world leader in verified secure OS funded by DARPA/NCSC), ISPRI group, information warfare.
• Hypersonic and Counter-Hypersonic: Shock tunnels, supersonic wind tunnels, fluidic control, two-stage gas guns, additive manufacturing for extreme conditions.
• Electronic Warfare: Signal processing, MDN-RNN in Passive Electronic Surveillance Systems, spectrum sensing, interference suppression, diagnostic signal processing for drones.
• Innovation: Ranked #1 overall in SCOPR 2023 for spinout companies and patent filings.
• Information Sharing: Trustworthy ML (Prof Flora Salim), Privacy-preserving data analytics (Prof Wenjie Zhang), Applied Cryptography (Dr Sushmita Ruj), Data platforms (A/Prof Helen Paik), Tech Law (Prof Lyria Bennett Moses).

Workforce Development:

• World’s first bachelor’s degree in quantum engineering
• Undergraduate & postgraduate cybersecurity degrees
• AUKUS Workforce Alliance (AWA) founding member (with Adelaide, Curtin, Babcock, HII)

Key Personnel:

• Undersea: Prof Jinhong Yuan
• Quantum: Prof Dane McCamey, Prof Robert Malaney
• AI & Autonomy: Prof Matt Garratt, Prof Flora Salim
• Cyber: Prof Salil Kanhere, Prof Aruna Seneviratne
• Hypersonics: Prof Andrew Neely
• EW: Prof Elias Aboutanios, Dr Tim Lynar
• Innovation: Prof Stephen Rodda, Prof Lyria Bennett Moses

The University of Sydney

Contact point:

• Adeline Williams, Associate Director, Defence Strategy & Engagement, T: +61 431 345 867, E: [email protected]

Skills and capability: Nearly 170 years of Defence collaboration (black box, WiFi, codebreaking, camouflage). Focus on Defence, Security and Resilience.

Research strengths:

• Undersea capabilities: Australian Centre for Robotics (ACFR) Marine Systems Group; seabed mapping, autonomous undersea vehicles, multi-sensor data fusion, autonomous intervention (with Reach Robotics).
• Quantum technologies: Trapped ion computing, quantum control engineering, quantum photonics, nanostructure design (SiC waveguides, Pockels modulators), quantum sensing (diamond magnetometry).
• AI and Autonomy: Trusted Autonomous Systems, Sydney AI Centre, AI theorem discovery (Nature / DeepMind), Edge AI for multi-UAV ISR.
• Advanced Cyber: Centre for Distributed & High-Performance Computing, IoT & Telecommunications (6G ultra-reliable low latency), hardware security (FPGA circuit detection).
• Hypersonic & Counter-Hypersonic: Clean Combustion Research Group, Rotating Detonation Engines (RDEs), scramjet modelling, DSMC modelling.
• Electronic Warfare: Sydney Astrophotonics Instrumentation Lab (SAIL), Jericho Smart Sensing Lab (JSSL) with RAAF, Microwave Photonics, RF fingerprinting.
• Innovation: >AU$1 billion capital raised by 60 spinouts (Q-CTRL, DeteQt, Gelion, Marathon Targets, AMSL Aero, Abyss Solutions).

Key Examples & Infrastructure:

• Sydney Nanoscience Hub (SNH), Research and Prototype Foundry (RPF), Future Qubit Foundry ($7.4M)
• Microsoft Quantum Laboratory at Station Q Sydney
• AUSMURI 3Dadditive project (AU$5M total with UTK/ONR)
• DeteQt Pty Ltd (GPS-denied quantum diamond magnetometry navigation)
• Eight360 NOVA flight simulator, UAV Lab, Marulan 20,000-acre flight facility
• Sydney Quantum Academy (SQA)

Key Personnel:

• Prof Benjamin Eggleton, Prof Simon Ringer, Prof Julie Cairney, Prof Gwénaëlle Proust, Bruce Mclean, Prof Xiaoke Yi, Prof Stefan Williams, A/Prof Girish Lakhwani, A/Prof Nicholas Lawson, Dr Miah Hammond-Errey, Prof Iver Cairns, Prof Sergio Leon-Saval, Prof Philip Leong, Prof Ian Manchester, Prof Jody Webster, Prof Stephen Bartlett, Prof Andrew Doherty, Prof Steven Maguire, Dr Jonathan Kummerfeld, Prof KC Wong, Prof Dan Corbett, Prof Kimberlee Weatherall, Prof Branka Vucetic, Prof Sabina Kleitman, Dr Kanchana Thilakarathna, Prof Matthew Cleary, Dr Tomonori Hu, Dr Moritz Merklein, Dr Alvaro Casas-Bedoya, Prof Simon Flemming, Prof Peter Dean, Dr Michael J. Green, Victoria Romaniuk.

The University of Melbourne

Contact point:

• Professor Mark Cassidy, Deputy Vice Chancellor Research, T: +61 3 8344 3238, E: [email protected]

Skills and capability: World-leading science and engineering expertise across autonomous systems, electronic warfare, phased array radar/sonar, quantum magnetometers, cybersecurity, CBRN defence, and international law.

Research strengths:

• Undersea capabilities: Hydrodynamics, submarine signatures, biofouling, underwater wake detection reduction, life support systems (water/air purification).
• Quantum technologies: Sole university-based IBM Quantum Hub in ANZ; quantum magnetometers for vessel detection, quantum cryptanalysis.
• AI and Autonomy: Adversarial machine learning & AI assurance, Melbourne Information, Decision and Autonomous Systems (MIDAS) Lab (decoy deployment, swarm control), CAIDE (Ethics and Law).
• Advanced Cyber: Threat detection, formal verification, resilient control for critical infrastructure, US-Australia Human-Bot cybersecurity MURI-AUSMURI.
• Hypersonic and Counter-Hypersonic: Dynamic mission trajectory optimisation under uncertainty, robust control systems.
• Electronic Warfare: Advanced electromagnetic modelling, RF system design, cognitive radar and EW, compressive sensing.
• Innovation: Melbourne Connect precinct, TRAM impact accelerator, MAP accelerator, Tin Alley Ventures VC fund, Genesis Pre-Seed Fund.
• Information sharing: DISP membership (Governance, Personnel, Physical, IT), ITAR program management.

Research Infrastructure & Initiatives:

• Fishermans Bend Stage 1A (2026): X-Tunnel supersonic wind tunnel, HyCASTT air-sea tow tank, DMAD wave basin, 100 kW-MW energy propulsion facility.
• CADRE-OCE: National Centre for Advanced Defence Research and Enterprise (CBRN defense with Adelaide, QUT, UNSW, DSTG).
• Graduate Certificate in Scientific Leadership (with DSTG); Nuclear-aware engineering/science curriculum.

Monash University

Contact point:

• Professor Doron Ben-Meir, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Enterprise and Engagement), T: +61 3 9905 1875, E: [email protected]

Skills and capability: Over AU263 million in defence funding over 5 years (>AU80M Australian, >AU$50M US). Ranked #54 globally in Engineering and #1 in Australia for Engineering & Technology.

Research strengths:

• Quantum technologies: AU$175 million New Horizons Centre, quantum-safe cryptography, quantum simulators, Bose-Einstein condensates, diamond sensors, topological materials.
• AI and Autonomy: Data Science & AI department, information warfare C2, neuro-symbolic AI (DARPA ANSR program / HARNESS), human-machine teaming.
• Advanced Cyber: Oceania Cyber Security Centre (OCSC), post-quantum cryptography, blockchain, software security.
• Hypersonic & Counter-Hypersonic: Laboratory for Turbulence Research in Aerospace and Combustion (LTRAC), supersonic jet flow, hybrid rocket propulsion, boundary layer turbulence.
• Electronic Warfare: Cyber/EW integration, influence operations modelling, big data management for EW.
• Innovation: 561 invention disclosures, 213 new patent families, 29 spinouts over 5 years; ISO 9001 research platforms.
• Information sharing / Global Monitoring: Monash IP Observatory (real-time global internet infrastructure tracking).

Key Collaborations & Projects:

• ARC Centre of Excellence FLEET (Future Low-Energy Electronic Technologies)
• Safran Electronics & Defense Linkage Project (Autonomous Maritime Situational Awareness)
• DSTG Plane Wake / Roughness PIV Project (minimising submarine wake signature)
• DARPA ANSR Project; AFOSR Nanophotonics project.

Key Personnel:

• Quantum: Prof Kavan Modi, Prof Malin Premaratne
• AI & Autonomy: Prof Jianfei Cai, Prof Dana Kulic
• Cyber: Prof Carsten Rudolph
• Hypersonics: Prof Julio Soria
• Innovation: Dr Alastair Hick
• Information Sharing: Prof Jesper Kjeldskov

The University of Queensland

Contact point:

• Dr Greta Nabbs-Keller, Associate Director Defence, Space & National Security, T: +61 412 608 157, E: [email protected]

Skills and capability: Home to the largest university-based hypersonics group in the world. Leading research across 5 AUKUS Pillar II streams. DISP Level 2 (SECRET) certified Zone 4 facility in 2024.

Research strengths:

• Undersea capabilities: Quantum PNT applied to undersea sensing/imaging, coastal engineering, sediment relocation, marine robotics legal frameworks.
• Quantum technologies: Node of Defence Quantum Technologies Research Network, quantum magnetometers, optomechanical accelerometers (tested at RIMPAC 2022), National Quantum Computing Testbed.
• AI and Autonomy: Large-scale sequential decision-making, Robotics Design Lab (RDL), TAS-DCRC partnerships.
• Advanced Cyber: UQ Cyber (Moving Target Defence, AI intrusion detection, US DEVCOM ARL funding, formal methods with Oracle Labs & DSTG).
• Hypersonic & Counter-Hypersonic: Centre for Hypersonics (CfH) (35+ years history), T4 Stalker tube, X3/R shock tunnel, SCRAMjets, BOLT II flight experiment with NASA/AFOSR, STAJe supersonic electric propulsion flight tests.
• Advanced Materials: Centre for Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing (AMPAM), ultra-high ceramic matrix composites up to 2800 °C.
• Electronic Warfare: Microwave engineering, RF systems, metasurfaces, radar cross-section analysis, superconductive RF quantum sensors.
• Innovation & Spin-outs: UniQuest, Analog Quantum Circuits (AQC), Nano-phononic computing, Quantum Link Verification, QKD Countermeasures (with UWA).

Key Infrastructure:

• ‘Bunya’ Tier-2 Supercomputer, ANFF-Q, CMM, QUBIC, Drones Collaborative Research Platform.

Key Personnel:

• Undersea: Prof Remo Cossu, Prof Rain Livoja, Prof Jason Mattingley
• Quantum: Prof Warwick Bowen, Prof Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop, A/Prof Arkady Fedorov, Prof Gerard Milburn, A/Prof Jacq Romero, Prof Tim Ralph, Prof Andrew White
• AI: Prof Janet Wiles, Prof Pauline Pounds
• Cyber: Prof Ryan Ko, A/Prof Dan Kim
• Hypersonics: Prof Vince Wheatley, A/Prof Anand Veeraragavan, A/Prof Michael Heitzmann, Prof Allan Paull
• EW: Prof Christophe Fumeaux, Dr Konstanty Bialkowski
• Innovation & Security: Dr Colin Davies, Simon Pengilly

The University of Western Australia

Contact point:

• Professor Gia Parish, Director, UWA Defence and Security Institute, T: +61 8 6488 3390, E: [email protected]

Skills and capability: Focus on Indian Ocean/Maritime defence, Quantum, Sensing, AI & Human Decision Science. DISP member working toward Level 2.

Research strengths:

• Undersea capabilities: Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders (IMOS), Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre (full ocean depth landers), fine-scale oceanography, CRUSE submarine simulation lab, O-tube flume.
• Quantum technologies: World leaders in ultra-low-noise sapphire crystal oscillators (licensed to Raytheon), hybrid photon-spin polaritons, intrinsic gravity gradiometer (IGG), QDM Lab, UP-QCC desktop quantum computers.
• AI and Autonomy: Human-machine teaming, explainable AI, Non-Kinetic Misinformation Wargame, robotics for defence/mining/agriculture.
• Advanced Cyber: Human information transmission, misinformation mitigation, Moving Target Defence, quantum-inspired ML cybersecurity.
• Electronic Warfare: Infrared imaging arrays (MCT MWIR/LWIR), MEMS spectrometers, Teranet free-space optical communications terminal (tested at Talisman Sabre 2023), laser disruption of satellite quantum links.
• Innovation & Commercialisation: Licensed Sapphire Oscillators to Raytheon, licensed IGG to Lockheed Martin, MEMS spectrometers licensed to UTas.

Workforce Development:

• WA Defence Industry Internship and Graduate Scholarship (DIIGS)
• CEED program
• AUKUS Pillar I & II Masterclasses with Defence
• Associate Degree in Applied Technology with South Metropolitan TAFE

Key Personnel:

• Undersea: Prof Nicole Jones, Prof Chari Pattiaratchi
• Quantum: Dr David Gozzard, Prof Michael (Mike) Tobar
• AI & Human Factors: Prof Shayne Loft, Prof Ajmal Mian, Dr Mehwish Nasim
• Cyber: Dr Jin Hong, Dr Zhi Zhang
• EW: Prof Lorenzo (Laurie) Faraone, Prof Brett Nener
• Innovation: Samantha Tough

The Australian National University

Contact points:

• Dr Julieanne Dougherty, Business Development Manager (AUKUS Program), T: +61 437 879 748, E: [email protected]
• Professor Ute Roessner, Academic Director, Research Initiatives and Infrastructure, T: +61 432 517 036, E: [email protected]

Skills and capability: Integration of world-class STEM research with humanities/social sciences (HASS), international law, and strategic policy. Only Australian university with a dedicated nuclear physics department and on-site experimental accelerator facility.

Research strengths:

• Undersea capabilities: COSIMA and ACCESS-NRI ocean-sea ice and climate modelling (>180 researchers), coastal detection and target tracking, gravimetry and magnetometry for submarine detection.
• Quantum technologies: AU$220 million dedicated quantum science and fabrication building (Research School of Physics); optical quantum communications, ANU InSpace Quantum Optical Ground Station (AOGSN), diamond quantum computing.
• AI and Autonomy: HUM-T for Defence, automated reasoning, AI red-teaming, manifold optimisation, OreAI image solutions.
• Advanced Cyber: Secure Software Systems group, formal verification, ASD-ANU Co-Lab (15-year partnership and joint facility with Australian Signals Directorate).
• Hypersonic & Counter-Hypersonic: Boundary layer transition studies with DSTG/UNSW/USAF Academy, ARC TMOS meta-optics for active IR sensors, ANFF III-V semiconductor fabrication.
• Electronic Warfare: OptiFab advanced optical systems (tested with NASA/Lockheed/Northrop), spatial audio/acoustics, ultra-reliable communications.
• Innovation: Momentum Physics Incubator; 8 quantum/deep-tech spinouts including Quantum Brilliance (diamond quantum accelerator partnered with NVIDIA), QuintessenceLabs, Liquid Instruments, Nomad Atomics, Thaum, Via Photonics, Forge Photonics.

Workforce Development:

• Pillar I: Graduate Certificate in Nuclear Technology Regulation, Nuclear Systems engineering major/minor, Nuclear Science minor.
• Pillar II: Physics, engineering, computing, and cybersecurity programs at College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics and Research School of Physics (>150 academic physicists).

Key Personnel:

• Undersea & Quantum: Dr Ben Buchler, Prof John Close, Dr Marcus Doherty, Prof Ping Koy Lam, Prof Ian Petersen, A/Prof Matt Sellars
• AI: Dr Zena Assaad, Dr Pascal Bercher, Prof Jochen Renz, Prof Iman Shames
• Cyber: A/Prof Peter Hofner
• Hypersonics & Materials: Dr Rocio Camacho Morales, Dist. Prof Chennupati Jagadish, Prof Sean O’Byrne
• EW: A/Prof Nan Yang
• Innovation & Infrastructure: Prof Tim Senden

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