Joanna Batstone

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Joanna L. Batstone
Nationality British
EmployerMonash Data Futures Institute
Known forAI technology and Data Science
TitleProfessor

Joanna L. Batstone FTSE is a British Physics and AI researcher and data scientist. She is the Director of the Monash Data Futures Institute, and was awarded as a fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering in 2023. [1]

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Education

Batstone was awarded Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Physics and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in physics from the University of Bristol, United Kingdom. Subsequently, Batstone conducted postdoctoral research at AT&T Bell Laboratories in New Jersey and held a Lectureship position in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Liverpool, UK. [2]

Career

Batstone worked at the AT&T Bell labs, in Murray Hill, New Jersey, from 1985 to 1987. She then worked at the University of Liverpool, Great Britain, and the IBM Thomas J Watson Research Centre, in New York. Batstone then worked at Monash University, from 2020 onwards. [3]

She has been a keynote speaker at Science Technology Australia events, including discussions on corporate investment in R&D, [4] as well as on using AI for social good, at the University of New South Wales. [5]

Batstone has been involved in researching AI and machine learning address a variety of issues, including helping people living with diabetes as well as to identify malignant melanomas and the use of data to help stop human trafficking. Batstone is noted for being "a pioneer on using data science for social good." [6]

Batstone has worked with AI, with the potential to do societal good, [7] with AI becoming a prevalent topic of conversation in Australia. She has worked with AI research for detection of Melanomas, saving lives, and increasing the ability to provide diagnoses faster, and assisting dermatologists. [8] When describing a report on AI and public perceptions, she commented:

"This Monash Data Futures Institute report presents one of the first comprehensive pictures of Australian public understandings, attitudes and opinions relating to AI and society and reveals high levels of support for the use of AI to address social, humanitarian and environmental challenges." [9]

Publications

Batstone had over 80 peer-reviewed publications, as at October 2023.

Select examples of these include:

Awards

Related Research Articles

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References

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  2. ↑ "Joanna Batstone". Monash University. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "ORCID". orcid.org. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  4. ↑ STA-admin (25 October 2016). "Science meets Business - Breaking the barrier between science and business". Science and Technology Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Seminars & conferences | Management & Governance - UNSW Sydney". UNSW Sites. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  6. ↑ Bristol, University of. "Joanna Batstone". www.bristol.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "Monash at the UN's AI for Good global summit". India Education | Latest Education News | Global Educational News | Recent Educational News. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  8. ↑ Reidy, Madison (19 August 2017). "Artificial intelligence making skin cancer detection easier, more efficient". Stuff. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  9. ↑ "Aussies supportive, but sketchy, about role of AI in society". IT Brief Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  10. ↑ "Silicide Formation". pubs.aip.org. doi:10.1063/1.353446 . Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  11. ↑ Hayzelden, C.; Batstone, J. L. (1 December 1993). "High Resolution In Situ TEM Studies of Silicide-Mediated Crystallization of Amorphous Silicon". MRS Online Proceedings Library. 321 (1): 579–584. doi:10.1557/PROC-321-579. ISSN   1946-4274.
  12. ↑ Batstone, J. L.; Tischler, M. A.; Collins, R. T. (24 May 1993). "Stability of visible luminescence from porous silicon". Applied Physics Letters. 62 (21): 2667–2669. doi:10.1063/1.109279. ISSN   0003-6951.
  13. ↑ Bristol, University of. "Joanna Batstone". www.bristol.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  14. ↑ "Awards & Scholarships". Microscopy Society of America. Archived from the original on 30 August 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  15. ↑ "Prof. Joanna Batstone | Optimal Ageing Centre". 6 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
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