Dr Adam John Hepworth

Lieutenant Colonel Adam Hepworth, PhD, is the Australian Army's Technical Director for Artificial Intelligence. In this role, he leads the advancement of AI and autonomy initiatives within the Robotic and Autonomous Systems Implementation and Coordination Office (RICO), focusing on human-cognitive augmentation, autonomous systems, AI-enabled decision-making, human-machine teaming, and swarming. 

Throughout his career in the Australian Defence Force, Adam has held roles that span advanced technology and decision-science portfolios. Adam has been appointed as an Expert on the Global Commission on Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain (GC REAIM). As a current Visiting Fellow at the University of New South Wales, School of Systems and Computing, Adam's research endeavours aim to innovate AI systems design, with a keen interest in swarm shepherding for human-swarm teaming, activity recognition, and behaviour prediction.