Mrs Mars Buttfield-Addison

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PhD Candidate (School of Information and Communication Technology)
University of Tasmania
PhD Candidate (Data61)
CSIRO
Hobart, TAS, Australia

Expertise

Technology, computing, ICT, information communication technology, IT, information technology, computer science, high performance computing (supercomputers), programming, STEM outreach, gamification, game development, sensors, space domain awareness, space situational awareness, space debris, space junk, satellites, space tracking, spacecraft tracking, machine learning, artificial intelligence, autonomous sensors, edge computing, telescopes, radio telescopes, interferometry, algorithms, optimisation

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Previous media experience

I have spoken at over 30 industry and technology conferences all over the world (including large international events like OSCON, GDC, Strata Data, AI Conf and Reinforce Conf), I teach at university and am a regular feature at careers fairs and student outreach activities, I am semi-regularly invited to speak on ABC Hobart radio about the tech topics of the moment (links beyond those on my website can be provided on request), and I have featured on a number of popular podcasts and webcasts about technology, STEM and data science.

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Biography

Mars Buttfield-Addison is a PhD candidate at the University of Tasmania and CSIRO, and a freelance technologist for all things space and technology. Her current area of research is in adaptation of radio astronomy and radar instrumentation for more precise and continuous tracking of spacecraft and space debris. Prior to this, her work in novel sensor utilisation and artificial intelligence has spanned domains from computer vision and social trend analysis to public health and visual design.

On the side, Mars is an avid volunteer for public science engagement and outreach efforts. In 2023, Mars was named both a Superstar of STEM and the Tasmanian STEM Communicator of the Year. In the future, she seeks to build and staff a community science centre in a small town on the west coast of lutruwita/Tasmania.

Personal info

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Gender:
Female
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ResearcherID/ORCID iD:
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8512-2434
Last updated: 14 Dec 2023