Congratulations to our CIRES Centre Director Professor Shazia Sadiq FTSE who received a 2024 UQ Award for Excellence in Leadership! The annual awards presented by The University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Deborah Terry, celebrate the exceptional achievements of staff who exemplify the UQ values and acknowledge their incredible contributions across the university.

“Professor Shazia Sadiq has demonstrated performance and leadership throughout her career. She is an extraordinary and visionary leader, with a natural ability to bring people together across faculties and deliver sustained and positive change within the University and beyond. Her vision and leadership, together with her belief in the power of multidisciplinary approaches, are behind several significant and successful initiatives at UQ. These include the Master of Data Science program, the Australian Research Council’s Training Centre for Information Resilience (CIRES), and the UQ AI Collaboratory. These initiatives have positioned UQ as a leader in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence education and research.”

On behalf of the CIRES Team, thank you Shazia for your leadership, vision, and dedication to everything you do! Our warm congratulations to all of this year’s award winnerss.