Adelaide-based AI masters student becomes inaugural OpticIQ Lab innovation intern
- Team Optic
- Jul 31
- 2 min read
New internship at Optic Security Group's OpticIQ Lab aims to combine academic smarts with real-world application to develop capability and promote excellence in emerging security technologies.
Chirag Modi, who is in his second year of a Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at University of Adelaide, will complete a 140-hour internship under the supervision of world-renowned CCTV specialist Vlado Damjanovski at the OpticIQ Lab over the coming months.
"The internship, coordinated under the University of Adelaide's Professions Internship Program, reflects the OpticIQ Lab's evolving status as a centre of excellence in the testing and development of emerging security technologies," said Group Brand Strategy & Innovation Director Nicholas Dynon.
"This new internship arrangement brings practitioner and academic perspectives together within the Lab's experimental environment, and we're excited to see where this goes."
Chirag, who has completed a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics at the University of Leicester, is an up-and-coming AI and machine learning engineer with a strong academic and technical foundation in computer vision, deep learning, and generative AI.
"As a resource pioneering practitioner-driven innovation in the testing and development of emerging security technologies, the OpticIQ Lab is a unique initiative in the context of Australasia," said Nicholas. "This new internship arrangement brings practitioner and academic perspectives together within the Lab's experimental environment, and we're excited to see where this goes."
OpticIQ, a division of Optic Security Group, researches and develops emerging security technologies, and advises in relation to technology risk and Responsible AI. The Adelaide-based OpticIQ Lab is a sovereign capability for the development, testing, training, and deployment of advanced analytic and AI-enabled security technologies.
The University of Adelaide's Professions Internship Program involves an Internship with an Australian business, not-for-profit organisation or government department. It provides the student with an opportunity to experience a hands-on business environment in which to observe and apply their knowledge and skills from their degree.
Welcome Chirag! We’re very excited to have you with us and look forward to the opportunities that the internship presents for learning and collaboration over coming weeks.
