Toby Walsh is a prominent researcher in Artificial Intelligence. He was 
recently named in the inaugural Knowledge Nation 100, the one hundred 
"rock stars" of Australia's digital revolution. He is a Professor of
Artificial Intelligence at the University of New South Wales and leads a
research group at Data61, Australia's Centre of Excellence for ICT Research. 
He has been elected a fellow of the Association for the Advancement of AI 
for his contributions to AI research, and has won the prestigious Humboldt 
research award. He has previously held research positions in England, 
Scotland, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland and Sweden.

Toby Walsh regularly appears in the media talking about the impact of AI 
and robotics. In the last year, he has appeared in TV and the radio on the 
ABC, BBC, Channel 7, Channel 9, CCTV, DW, NPR, RT, SBS, and VOA, as well 
as on numerous local radio stations. He writes regularly for print and 
online media. In the last year, he has appeared in the Australian, Australian
Financial Review, American Scientist, Business Insider, CIO, CNN, the 
Conversation, Discover, Forbes, Frankfurter Allgemeine, the Guardian, the 
New Daily, New Scientist, Newsweek, the Register, Science, Scientific American, 
Le Scienze, Sydney Morning Herald, Tech Insider, TED, Washington Post, and 
ZDNet amongst others. An article he wrote  for the American Scientist was 
republished in The Best Writing in Mathematics 2015 (Princeton University 
Press). He also often gives talks at public and trade events including
Digital Disruption, TEDx, The Next Big Thing Summit, OEB, and PauseFest.