Dr Mahathir Almashor

https://people.csiro.au/A/M/mahathir-almashor

Biography

Mahathir is a Senior Engineer at CSIRO’s Energy Systems Program, renowned for leading multi-disciplinary projects and fostering regional partnerships across Southeast Asia. He has spearheaded initiatives in energy storage, AI-driven tools for energy systems, and synthetic data research. Mahathir’s collaborations have secured significant external funding, advanced international cooperation, and positioned CSIRO as a trusted technical partner. He is also recognized for his leadership, mentoring, and contributions to knowledge sharing, earning awards and invitations to present at major conferences and serve on technical standards committees.

Before joining CSIRO, Mahathir worked on a variety of projects within academia and industry that have transformed scientific outputs into real-world products. Whilst primarily an engineer, he has maintained a publication track record, including contributions to 5 patents, and also volunteered expert reviews. His focus now is on applying the latest in AI and data science techniques to assist with the urgent global energy transition.

Academic Qualifications

2013

Doctor of Philosophy (Computer Science)
RMIT University
2009

Bachelor of Applied Science (Computer Science)
RMIT University
1999

Diploma in Electronics, Computer, and Communications Engineering
Nanyang Polytechnic (Singapore)

Achievements and Awards

2022-2022

NSW Winner, iAwards 2022, Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA)
CSIRO and Cyber Security CRC
2020-2020

Customer First, Smart Shield project
CSIRO
2024-2024

Technical Liaison, DFAT AR-PST Workshops
CSIRO

Current Roles

Senior Engineer
Digital Transformation Team, Energy Systems
Technical Liaison
DFAT South East Asia Initiative
Topic Secondary Lead
AR-PST Topic 9-2 (DER Stability Cybersecurity)
Topic Primary Lead
AR-PST Topic 3 (Control Room of the Future)
Leader, Sub-Group 4 (AI Performance & TEVV)
AI Standards Taskforce, Malaysian Technical Standards Forum Berhad (MTSFB)

Fields of Research

Current

Other highlights

2019-2022

Part of team that won at AIIA's iAwards (NSW). See https://aiia.com.au/iaward/2022-nsw-winners-and-merit-recipients/

Professional Experiences

2014-01-10-2017-04-30

Staff Software Engineer
IBM Research
2017-05-01-2019-11-24

Senior Software Engineer
Seeing Machines (Aviation)
2019-11-25-2022-07-17

Senior Research Scientist
CSIRO Data61
Feb 2020-Feb 2021

Engineering & Project Lead, Smart Shield
CSIRO Data61
Jul 2022-Dec 2024

Co-Leader, Data Science Community of Practice
CSIRO Energy
Sep 2024-Mar 2025

Project Leader, Tropical Batteries report
CSIRO Energy and Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) Malaysia
Oct 2022-Jul 2024

Member, AI4M (Project 13, Flexible Electricity Systems)
CSIRO Energy

Community and Corporate Citizenship

2020-2023

Reviewer for ACM TOIT, IEEE TNSM, IEEE TSC journals
2022-2022

Reviewer for IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference