In this episode, we chat with Dr Lyndon Llewellyn, Research Manager for the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), about the past, present, and cyber-physical future of AIMS's work on the Great Barrier Reef.

As you'll hear in the episode, Lyndon is a multidisciplinary scientist, with expertise in biology, pharmacology, biotechnology and data science. He has a track record of creating and leading multi-organisational projects focusing on biotechnology, marine ecotoxicology, and e-research. He is also well versed in the business of doing science, with a long track record of serving in management roles that have enabled him to gain skills in commercialisation and intellectual property considerations. As his bio on the AIMS website explains, he is passionate about converting science into "real world change" and "maximising the value of marine science to its many stakeholders."

We invited Lyndon on this podcast because the issues AIMS is dealing with as an organisation are fundamentally connected with larger questions about whether, when, and how we integrate autonomous technologies into our current work practices. AIMS was one of our research partners when we both worked at the ANU School of Cybernetics, and in our work with Lyndon and his colleagues, we were struck by the deep commitment Lyndon and his colleagues have to serving their many stakeholders -- including the Great Barrier Reef itself. We also observed that the questions AIMS has been grappling with while considering the use of autonomous technologies for its monitoring programs are not unique to AIMS -- and for some, may offer a glimpse of their own organization's potential future.

This episode was created in support of the Algorithmic Futures Policy Lab, a collaboration between the Australian National University (ANU) Centre for European Studies, ANU School of Cybernetics, ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society, DIMACS at Rutgers University, and CNRS LAMSADE. The Algorithmic Futures Policy Lab is supported by an Erasmus+ Jean Monnet grant from the European Commission.

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Episode credits

Podcast Creator - Liz Williams

Hosts - Zena Assaad, Liz Williams

Guest - Lyndon Llewellyn

Producers - Zena Assaad, Liz Williams

Assistant producers - Hannah Feldman, Flynn Shaw

Episode artwork - Zena Assaad

Audio editing - Liz Williams

Acknowledgements - We would like to thank Andrew Meares for his helpful feedback on episode 1.

See full episode transcript at https://algorithmicfutures.org/episode-2/ for musical credits and references.