CV

Curriculum Vitae

General Information

Name Tomasz Bednarz
Current Position Director of Strategic Research Collaboration and Special Projects (Global)
Affiliation NVIDIA
Location Santa Clara, CA

Work Experience

  • Mar 2026 - Present

    Santa Clara CA, USA

    Director of Strategic Research Collaboration (Global) and Special Projects
    NVIDIA
    NVIDIA AI Technology Centre (NVAITC)
  • 2022 - Mar 2026

    Santa Clara CA, USA

    Director of Strategic Researcher Engagement
    NVIDIA
    Developer Programs
  • 2023 - Present

    Sydney, AU

    Visiting Scientist
    CSIRO
    Data61
  • 2023 - Present

    Brisbane, AU

    Adjunct Professor
    University of Queensland
    School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2021 - 2022.03

    Sydney, Australia

    Deputy Director
    iCinema (Center for Interactive Cinema Research)
    • UNSW
  • 2020 - 2022.04

    AU and NZ

    Deputy Director
    Australian Researchers in Interactive Virtual Environments (ARIVE)
  • 2015 - 2021

    Adelaide, Australia

    Adjunct Associate Professor
    University of South Australia (UniSA)
    • IT, Engineering and the Environment
  • 2017 - 2020

    Brisbane, Australia

    Adjunct Associate Professor
    Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
    • Science and Engineering Faculty, Mathematical Sciences, Applied Mathematics, Numerical and Computational Mathematics
  • 2013 - 2018

    Sydney, Australia

    Adjunct Associate Professor
    The University of Sydney
    • Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning | The Design Lab
  • 2015.03 - 2017.04
    Associate Professor
    Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
  • 2015.11 - 2015.12

    Wroclaw, Poland

    Visiting Professor
    University of Wroclaw (UWr)
    • Institute of Computer Science
  • 2015 - 2016.04

    Brisbane, Australia

    Visiting Scientist
    CSIRO
    • While working at the QUT full-time (unpaid leave from CSIRO)
  • 2014 - 2015

    Brisbane, Australia

    Research Team Leader
    CSIRO
    • Team: Statistical Inference | Analytics Research Program
  • 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/)
  • 2011 - 2014

    Sydney, Australia

    Computational Research Scientist
    CSIRO
  • 2009 - 2011

    Brisbane, Australia

    3D Visualisation Software Engineer
    CSIRO
  • 2005 - 2009

    Townsville, Australia

    Senior Research Fellow
    James Cook University (JCU)
    • School of Engineering and Physical Sciences
  • 2006 - 2012

    Townsville, Australia

    CEO / CTO
    Kolor Design Pty Ltd
    • Software and web development company, iPhone Apps development.

Education

  • 2025 - 2026

    Berkeley, California

    Leadership Edge Program (Executive Education)
    UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business
  • 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

Awards

  • 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
  • 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
  • 2019
    Excellence in Research, End-User Impact
    UNSW Faculty of Art and Design
    • Dean's Award (signed by Professor Ross Harley)
  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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*.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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