CV
Curriculum Vitae
General Information
Full Name | Tomasz Bednarz |
Nationality | Polish Australian |
Current Position | Director of Strategic Researcher Engagement |
Affiliation | NVIDIA |
Education
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2018 - 2020 Sydney, AU
MBA (Technology)
AGSM University of New South Wales Received 2020 The MBAX Prize, which is awarded to the top performer in specialisation in the MBA (Technology) program 8625. -
2018 Sydney, AU
Graduate Certificate of Business Administration (Executive)
Australian Catholic University -
2001 - 2005 Fukuoka, JP
PhD
Kyushu University Interdisciplinary Engineering | Computational Physics | Computational Fluid Dynamics | Visualisation | Magnetic Convection -
2001 - 2002 Krakow, PL
Master of Science | Physics
AGH University of Science and Technology -
2001-2002 Krakow, PL
Bachelor of Science | Physics
AGH University of Science and Technology
Work Experience
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2022 - Present Santa Clara CA, USA
Director of Strategic Researcher Engagement
NVIDIA Developer Programs -
2023 - Present Sydney, AU
Visiting Scientist
CSIRO Data61 -
2017 - 2022 Sydney, AU
Director and Head of Visualisation at the Expanded Perception & Interaction Centre (EPICentre)
University of New South Wales Art & Design | Computer Science and Engineering - Research in Digital Twins, Simulation, Modelling, Immersive Visualisation, High-Performance Visualisation, Immersive Analytics, AI, Graphics Grammar, Computer Graphics, AR, VR, MR, Computer Vision, Computational Imaging, Art and Design
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2016 - 2022 Sydney, AU
Team Leader
CSIRO Data61 - Led Visual Analytics team (ex Big Data Visualisation and Analytics)
- Simulation, Modelling, Virtual Hubs, Computational Platforms, Big Data Analytics, Visual Analytics, Applied Computational Science, Accelerated Computing, Computational Imaging and Visualisation, AI
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2021 Sydney, AU
The Powerhouse Museum Research Fellow
MAAS Powerhouse Museum - Work on the exhibition Invisible Revealed, with MAAS and ANSTO
- My contributions included photogrammetry works, Augmented Reality app, AI in-paining, AI for photogrammetry assistance
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2021 - 2022.03 Sydney, Australia
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2020 - 2022.04 AU and NZ
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2015 - 2021 Adelaide, Australia
Adjunct Associate Professor
University of South Australia (UniSA) - IT, Engineering and the Environment
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2017 - 2020 Brisbane, Australia
Adjunct Associate Professor
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) - Science and Engineering Faculty, Mathematical Sciences, Applied Mathematics, Numerical and Computational Mathematics
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2013 - 2018 Sydney, Australia
Adjunct Associate Professor
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning | The Design Lab
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2015.03 - 2017.04 Associate Professor
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) -
2015.11 - 2015.12 Wroclaw, Poland
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2015 - 2016.04 Brisbane, Australia
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2014 - 2015 Brisbane, Australia
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2014 Gaithersburg MD, USA
Guest Researcher
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - Information Technology Laboratory | Applied and Computational Mathematics Division [High Performance Computing and Scientific Visualization Group](http://www.nist.gov/itl/math/hpcvg/)
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2011 - 2014 Sydney, Australia
Computational Research Scientist
CSIRO -
2009 - 2011 Brisbane, Australia
3D Visualisation Software Engineer
CSIRO -
2005 - 2009 Townsville, Australia
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2006 - 2012 Townsville, Australia
CEO / CTO
Kolor Design Pty Ltd - Software and web development company, iPhone Apps development.
Awards
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2022 The Invisible Revealed exhibition received prestigeous Museums and Galleries National Award
MAGNA Australian Museums and Galleries Association - Collaboration between MAAS, ANSTO and myself in the role of Powerhouse Research Fellow
- Our exhibtion was among 30 exhibitions nominated across five award categories, which spotlight the Australian cultural sector’s most creative and innovative cultural projects
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2020 WAITRO People’s Choice Award - Low Cost Desalination Device to Supply Portable Water for Remote Areas
WAITRO - Team included Prof David Waite, Prof John Fletcher, Prof Tomasz Bednarz, Dr Yuan Wang, Dr Lloyd Lian
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2019 Excellence in Research, End-User Impact
UNSW Faculty of Art and Design - Dean's Award (signed by Professor Ross Harley)
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2017 and 2018 Global Outlook Award
CSIRO's Data61, Software and Computational Systems Program Award -
2017 AIM Above and Beyond Award
CSIRO - 1st Active Integrated Matter Conference, for the role on the AIM17 Organising Committee
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2015 Merit Recipient at Queensland iAward 2015
iAwards - For the NeCTAR co-funded project [Cloud-based Image Analysis and Processing Toolbox](http://cloudimaging.net.au)
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2012 - 2015 Julius Career 2012/13 Award
CSIRO, Office of the Chief Executive Science, Australia - Total of $150k for 3 years towards achieving vision of connecting various areas of sciences to bring new scientific benefits to CSIRO. *Julius Career Awards are designed to enhance the careers of exceptional early to mid-career scientists. The aim is to develop and retain outstanding early to mid-career scientists with a view to enhancing science quality and reinforce a culture of scientific excellence*.
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2012 Career Research Achievement Award 2012
CSIRO's Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics - Career Research Achievement Award for valuable research contribution to the Computational and Simulations Sciences TCP since joined CSIRO Mathematics Informatics and Statistics in early 2011.
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2004 Outstanding Paper Award
10th Asian Pacific Confederation on Chemical Engineering, Kitakyushu, Japan - Outstanding Paper Award for the presentation of the paper entitled "Effect of the Coil Size on a Convection of Air in a Cubic Enclosure". This paper was selected for the outstanding paper award during the 10th Asian Pacific Confederation on Chemical Engineering in recognition of the originality of the research and the enthusiasm communicated in the presentation. APCChE 2004 Chairman - Masanobu Hasatani, signed the award.
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2002 - 2005 Japanese Monbukagakusho Scholarship
The Monbukagakusho (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology - MEXT) scholarship to study at Japanese university (Kyushu University)
Professional Activities
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2022 - 2027 SIGGRAPH Asia Conference Advisory Group (SACAG) Chair
ACM SIGGRAPH -
16-20 October, 2023 22nd IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) Honorary General Chair
IEEE -
6-8 July, 2021 C3DIS 2021 Conference Chair
Collaborative Conference on Computational and Intensive Data Science 2021 -
22-24 June, 2021 AI and Cyber for SME Growth Symposium Co-Chair
CSIRO -
2020 - 2021 ACM SIGGRAPH External Relations Committee Chair
ACM SIGGRAPH External Relations -
2019 SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 Conference Chair
ACM SIGGRAPH -
2017 - 2020 SIGGRAPH Asia Conference Advisory Group SACAG (voting member)
ACM SIGGRAPH -
2013 - Present Individual Member
Khronos Group -
2016 and 2017 Chair of Queensland IEEE Computer Society
IEEE -
2015 - 2017 Brisbane ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter Chair
ACM SIGGRAPH -
2016 and 2017 Khronos Group Global Chapters Chair
Khronos Group -
2014 - Present Khronos Group Brisbane/Sydney Chapters Chair
Khronos Group
Media Coverage
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March 2024 Navigating the Path to Global AI Research Excellence Through European Ecosystem
- Session from the GTC 2024 tailered for students and your professionals, sharing insights on carieers in AI.
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December 2023 SIGGRAPH Asia 2023 BESydney
- Video from BESydney about SIGGRAPH Asia 2023
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June 2023 Exploring the scalable metaverse of AI and digital twins
- Interview about the impact, business opportunities, as well challenges that Generative AI opens up, how digital twins will continue to evolve, and AI's role in the metaverse
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20-23 March, 2023 Blueprint to Becoming an Effective Student Researcher
- GTC 2023 session
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20-23 March, 2023 Future of Art and Design with AI
- GTC 2023 session
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20-23 March, 2023 Modeling and Simulation Meet AI - AI for Science and Art
- GTC 2023 session
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2022 SIGGRAPH Asia 2022 Opening Ceremony
- Opening ceremony, SIGGRAPH Asia 2022. 홍준표 대구시장, ‘시그래프 아시아 2022’개막.
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2022 SIGGRAPH Asia 2022 NVIDIA strategic researcher engagement director and past EPICentre director Tomasz Bednarz explains metaverse and importance of experimentation
- Interview at SIGGRAPH Asia 2022 in Daegu
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2022 Future of Extended Reality - The golden triangle of similation, artificial intelligence and physics for digital twinning, forensics and memory retention
- KPMG report on forcasing the future of XR and the metaverse
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2021 -
2020 Explore CSIRO’s Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder with their digital twin
- CSIRO's Data61 Algorithm
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2019 Demoscene - The Underground Art of Real-time
- ACM SIGGRAPH blog post about demoscene, and preparation of Demoscene program at SIGGRAPH Asia 2019
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2020 BRISBANE ENTERS THE DREAM ZONE WITH SIGGRAPH ASIA
- SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 Collaboration Story
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2019 World's Best Graphics Conference to be Pixel Perfect When it Hits Brisbane
- AWN Animation World Network
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2016 FMX 2016 - Visualisation Matters - from small to massive scale
- FMX Stuttgart, Germany