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A number of smart city projects, such as smart traffic and smart lighting, have been underway for some time in cities across the globe.

Date Time Are you a wizard or a fighter? Let artificial intelligence decide Through the Biometric DnD project researchers want to encourage a discussion about the ethics of these forms of AI. University of Melbourne researchers are exploring the intersection of facial recognition technology and the Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) gaming experience as part of Melbourne Knowledge Week 2021. As part of the Biometric D&D project, researchers have created an application that uses a photo of someone’s face to create personalised attributes for a game character. The project uses a single photo and faci...

Seven unmissable events to catch at Melbourne Knowledge Week Sui Zhen Words by Tammy Walters From interactive experiences to discussions and live music performances, Melbourne Knowledge Week’s 2021 program has something for everyone. Parks and Recreation’s favourite sarcasm-slayer, April Ludgate, once said: “Time is money, money is power, power is pizza, and pizza is knowledge”. But pepperoni will have to step aside because Melbourne Knowledge Week (MKW) is about to be served! City of Melbourne have pulled together an appetising menu of events to feed h...

This event is part of Triple R acknowledges the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation, the traditional custodians of the land on which we operate today and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and future, and extend that respect to other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Win a double pass to an interactive art performance as part of Melbourne Knowledge Week Win a double pass to an interactive art performance as part of Melbourne Knowledge Week Beast of Burden of Proof explores ethics and environmentalism in a unique hybrid of performance art and social experiment. Beast of Burden of Proof is an interactive performance art piece exploring the ethical and environmental implications of exterminating a species that has been classified as a pest. Common Myna are commonly referred to as ‘cane toads of the sky’ or ‘flying rats’ due to...