Dr S. Kate Conroy

BA Advisory Board Member

Specialist Advisor - AI Safety and Assurance, Queensland Government

Dr S. Kate Conroy (née Devitt) is a specialist in building trustworthy, ethical, and assured robotics, autonomous systems, and artificial Intelligence (RAS-AI) systems in both military and civilian domains. She has a PhD in philosophy (epistemology, cognitive science and applied ethics) and graduate certificate in cognitive science Rutgers University NJ USA and a BA (Hons) 1st Class History & Philosophy of Science Melbourne University (philosophy of statistics). She is Adjunct Professor QUT Centre for Robotics and Adjunct A/Professor Human-Centred Computing ITEE, University of Queensland. Kate is Specialist Advisor AI Safety and Assurance Queensland Government and Specialist Capability Officer (Lead Responsible AI), Jericho Disruptive Innovation, Royal Australian Air Force. She is one of '100 Brilliant Women AI Ethics 2023' and '50 Women in Robotics You Need to Know About 2021'.