Change Agents: Svetha Venkatesh

Professor Svetha Venkatesh

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Professor Svetha Venkatesh is a leading Australian computer scientist, who has carried out pioneering research in the field of artificial intelligence. It has seen her elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.

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