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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-02-03 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002470b.htm person O'Kane Mary Josephine AC FTSE AACR2 1954 Place of Birth Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia Computer scientist Vice-Chancellor Chief Scientist Mary Josephine O'Kane was a pioneer in research in automatic speech recognition and has been a senior participant in Australian research policy and higher education for many years. She was Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Adelaide from 1994-1996, when she was appointed Vice-Chancellor. She was formerly Dean of the Faculty of Information Sciences and Engineering at the University of Canberra 1989 - 1993. In previous years she spent some time at the Institute of Information Science at Turin University. She is a computer expert whose specialty is computer voice. In 2008 O'Kane was appointed Chief Scientist and Engineer for the New South Wales State Government. 1982 1982 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Australian National University 1989 1993 Career position - Dean of the Faculty of Information Sciences and Engineering, University of Canberra 1991 1993 Career position - Member, Engineering, Earth and Applied Sciences Panel, Australian Research Council 1992 1996 Career position - Member, Australia Prize Committee 1992 2001 Career position - Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Adelaide 1993 1996 Career position - Member, Australian Research Council 1994 1994 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) 1994 1996 Career position - Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Adelaide 1994 1996 Career position - Chair, Research Grants Committee, Australian Research Council 1996 1997 Career position - Member, South Australia Museums Board 1996 2001 Career position - Vice-Chancellor, University of Adelaide 1997 1998 Career position - Member, Cooperative Research Centres Committee 1997 2002 Career position - Member, CSIRO Board 1998 2000 Career position - Member, Botanic Gardens Board of South Australia 2001 Career position - Emeritus Professor in Electrical Engineering, University of Adelaide 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 2001 Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society in computer engineering 2004 2010 Career position - Director and Executive Chairman, Mary O'Kane and Associates Pty Ltd 2006 2010 Career position - Chair, CRC for Spatial Information Board 2008 2012 Career position - Member, New South Wales Innovation and Productivity Council 2008 2013 Career position - Member of Council, Charles Darwin University 2008 2018 Career position - New South Wales Chief Scientist and Engineer, Office of the New South Wales Chief Scientist and Engineer 2009 Career position - New South Wales Clean Coal Innovation Council 2010 2012 Career position - Chair, Australian Centre for Renewable Energy 2011 2012 Career position - Vice-President, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering 2011 2013 Career position - Chair, New South Wales Renewable Energy Taskforce 2011 2014 Career position - Member, Advisory Board, Defence Science and Technology Organisation 2012 Career position - Trustee, New Zealand Antarctic Research Institute 2013 Career position - Chair, Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies Board, University of Tasmania 2013 Career position - Member, Council, Queensland University of Technology 2013 2013 Award - DSc (honoris causa), University of Wollongong 2014 Career position - Chair of the Board, CRC for Space Environment 2014 2014 Award - Pearcey Medal for Lifetime Achievement, and inducted into the Hall of Fame, Pearcey Foundation 2016 2016 Award - Ada Lovelace Medal, University of New South Wales 26 Jan 2016 26 Jan 2016 Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) - for eminent service to science and engineering, as a contributor to national policy development and governance, to the promotion of technology research and future energy supply, to higher education, and as a role model to young scientists 2017 Award - Fellow, Royal Society of New South Wales 2017 2017 Award - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal - Career Achievement Award in Engineering. Institution of Engineers Australia 2020 2020 Award - Royal Society of New South Wales Medal 2024 Career position - Independent Chair,of the Board, Australian Energy Market Operator Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - )

Elected Honorary Fellow 1996

 Pearcey Foundation (1998 - )

Awarded Pearcey Medal for Lifetime Achievement, and inducted into the Hall of Fame 2014

 Cooperative Research Centres (1994 - )

Member of Committee 1994 - 1997

 Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), Commonwealth of Australia (1974 - )

Member, Advisory Board 2011 - 2014

 CRC for Spatial Information (2003 - 2010)

Chair of the Board 2006 -

 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Commonwealth of Australia (1949 - )

Member of the Board 1997 - 2002

 The University of Adelaide (1874 - 2026)

Vice-Chancellor 1996 - 2001; Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1992 - 2001

 University of Canberra (1990 - )

Dean of the Faculty of Information Sciences and Engineering 1989 - 1993.

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1987 - )

Elected Fellow 1994; Vice-President 2011 - 2012

 Royal Society of New South Wales (1866 - )

Fellow 2017 -

 Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1922 - )

Awarded the Medal 2017

 Australian Telecommunications and Electronics Research Board (1985 - ?)

Awarded the Board's Medal 1990

 Royal Society of New South Wales Medal (1884 - )

Awarded the Medal 2020

 Office of the New South Wales Chief Scientist and Engineer, State of New South Wales (2008 - )

Chief Scientist and Engineer 2008 - 2018

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 O'Kane, Mary (1954-)

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