Image: Deputy Premier Andrew Stoner announces the winner of the Annual Pearcey Award in ICT. The NSW Pearcey awards were announced on 12 October 2011, with Simon Pool and Steve Frisken of Waterloo-based Finisar Australia named NSW’s Entrepreneurs of the Year in the information and communications technology field.
In 2001, Mr Poole and Mr Frisken founded Engana, which developed wavelength selective switching technology that is now being used in the national broadband network. Now trading as Finisar Australia, their company is a world leading manufacturer of wavelength selective switches for optical communications networks, with annual export revenues of over $350 million.
Speaking at the event, Deputy Premier Andrew Stoner also announced an industry Taskforce to develop a Digital Economy Industry Action Plan for NSW, and $3 million over two years to support creative digital content projects. We believe that access to this funding comes at a critical time as Australian ICT start-ups and business are struggling to attract financial resources to further their great ideas.
UWS has growing expertise in the ICT sector, and in particular the development of virtual worlds and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.). Our researchers are currently developing one of the most advanced A.I. platforms for use in virtual worlds, with the potential for far reaching applications such as education, commerce and tourism.
Researcher Anton Bogdanovych’s work on the virtual city called Uruk recently placed 3rd at the 2011 Federal Virtual Worlds Challenge held by the US Army Research Laboratory – Simulation & Training Technology Centre, and we congratulate him on this great success.
UWS has filed a provisional patent based on Anton’s research and we encourage companies interested in co-development or commercial applications to contact Dr. Stephan Golla on 9685 9853 or email him at s.golla@uws.edu.au
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