1. Cairns Local Group
ITEE College Talk
Kurt Pudniks
VENUE
Flanagan Consulting Group
Cairns Office Boardroom
138 Spence Street
Cairns
DATE & TIME
6:00pm - 7.00pm | Wednesday
09/07/2014
TICKETS (incl. GST)
Members & Students $0
Non-members $0
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09/07/2014
Information, Telecommunications, and Electronics Engineering (ITEE) College Talk
About the speaker: Kurt Pudniks BE(Hons) BSc(Hons) MIEAust CPEng
Kurt Pudniks is a Cairns local born in 1982, was dux of St. Augustine's College 1999, and on a national
scholarship graduated from the Australian National University (ANU) with BE(Hons) BSc(Hons) in 2005.
His early work experience included Navy Platform Systems in Canberra on vulnerability studies of the
Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) and ANZAC Class Frigates, and Aurora Energy in Tasmania on network
planning of the electrical power distribution network. Achieving MIEAust CPEng in 2010, Kurt is the
Director of Digital Physics Pty Ltd, and works as a systems engineering and computational science
consultant. He returned to Cairns in 2013 as the Defence Materiel Office (DMO) Certification Engineer
supporting Navy Hydrographic Group, and from July 2014 seeks to offer further professional services to
the Cairns region in partnership with local businesses.
Talk summary:
Kurt will discuss his Information Engineering (ITEE) work experience to date and outline two topics he
has presented in recent years at the Risk Engineering Society Hunter Valley 2012 and Simulation
Australia Brisbane 2013 on datamining, and algorithm dynamics visualisation. He hopes to offer
insights into the potential for innovative business intelligence products, using operations research
concepts such as decision trees and value chain analysis. An open discussion will be welcome to
conclude the evening regards any and all novel applications of ideas in computer based modelling,
simulation, and optimisation that can benefit the Cairns community.
This talk represents 1 hour CPD. From 5:30pm in the half hour before the talk, there will be an
opportunity to network, with refreshments and canapes provided for your enjoyment, talk starting 6pm.
For further information contact: Kurt Pudniks - EA Cairns Committee ITEE Rep
Phone: 0421 938 118 | Email: kurt@digitalphysics.com.au