The inaugural winner of the Resilient Data Engineering Award is Associate Professor Renata Borovica-Gajic from the University of Melbourne.

Associate Professor Borovica-Gajic has developed adaptive and self-driving database technologies that transform how complex data systems are prepared, accessed and analysed, reducing the time from data availability to actionable insights and uncovering hidden patterns within complex datasets.

Her work spans secure AI-enabled infrastructure, automated data engineering and resilient analytics platforms for healthcare, science, government and industry. Her contributions demonstrate sustained leadership in advancing reliable, adaptive and secure data systems.

Congratulations to Associate Professor Borovica-Gajic!

The Resilient Data Engineering Award is proudly sponsored by The University of Queensland and the ARC Training Centre for Information Resilience (CIRES), with support from Adelaide University, Monash University, The Australian National University, The University of Western Australia, UNSW, the University of Melbourne and the CORE Computing Research and Education Association.