If you missed the Big Day In at ECU you missed hearing about digital twins.
Digital Twins from TATA Consulting
Digital Twins are the most exciting IT development I have heard of since ChatGPT burst into my world in late 2022. Like generative AI, digital twins hummed along under my radar some time.
TATA Consulting showed us their work on digital twins, and they are a seriously cool way of learning. Tushar Arora, from TATA told us about creating a digital twin replica of an electric “Formula E” Jaguar sports car.
As the real car races around the track they collect thousands of data points, then create a digital twin using that data. They then test hypotheticals on the twin to adjust performance. The twin gives feedback and they keep modifying.
TCS Digital Twin TechnologyI checked out digital twins online and found it is possible to create digital models of anything.
They have been used by BMW to create a digital twin of its factory, a replica of the Thames Water System was used to plug leaks, Tata Steel used digital twins to support radical innovation of a steel plant HERE.
Imagine the applications in sport.
MY MIND BOGGLED
We also heard from:
Microsoft, Bankwest, Wisetech, Woolworths & ASD
Michelle Sandford from Microsoft
Michelle is excited about the growing world of generative AI. She showed us a program she had developed to detect fake pictures.
Bankwest IT
Three Bankwest interns spoke about the IT opportunities available through banking.
All three were more interested in data analysis and designing business systems than in cyber securlty. They said that if you like the ongoing challenge of solving complex problems, IT could be the career path for you.
Wisetech Global – Get paid to work and study straight out of school
Wisetech Global is an Australian company that, like Canva, that has great employee reviews and which gives back to the community.
They have formed an alliance with the University of Technology Sydney where 100 year 12 scholarship winners get paid work at Wisetech and have their university fees paid as they study a computer science degree.
Wisetech Student Representatives said that they get to use what they are working on in their uni assignments and they get to use what they learn at uni in their WiseTech work.
You don’t need to be a maths superhero to win a place in this program but all three of the WiseTech student reps were pretty special. Apply for the program HERE.
Wisetech also supports the Grok Academy which provides free IT education resources.
Big Data at Woolworths
Ben Hagan worked part time at Woolworths while he went to school at Governor Stirling.
He did his computer science degree at Curtin and worked at Deloitte before returning to Woolworths where he has taken up an internship working for the extended Woolworths group of organisations.
Ben is on his third of four X six month mentored postings on different projects throughout the company.
Ben had the quote of the day:
We are swimming in data and the tide is rising.
Australian Signals Directorate
The Australian Signals Directorate defends Australia from global threats. It is the big player in cyber security in Australia.
It has work experience for high school students. You have to go to Canberra but there are travel subsidies but you are responsible for your own accommodation which I am sure Rotary in Canberra could help to find.
They also have apprenticeships across a range of occupations. Get details HERE.
Australian Computer Society
The Big Day In is a national IT careers showcase put on for schools by the
Australian Computer Society (ACS).
