Xiwei Xu

Xiwei co-developed reusable guidance for building responsible AI into software systems. The pattern collections give AI developers, architects and people responsible for organisational oversight practical approaches covering product design, development processes and governance. This matters to software quality because responsible behaviour depends on decisions across the whole system and its development lifecycle.

Xiwei Xu is a Principal Research Scientist at CSIRO Data61, specialising in software architecture and trustworthy AI systems. Academic appointments include serving as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Tasmania and an Adjunct Associate Professor at UNSW Sydney. Prior research into software architecture and blockchain-based business processes underpins current efforts to engineer dependable AI applications.

As a co-author of Responsible-AI-by-Design and the Responsible AI Pattern Catalogue, Xiwei translates responsible AI principles into concrete choices across organisational oversight, development processes and product features. The publications establish a system-wide view of software quality, showing how risks can emerge across both AI and non-AI components throughout the engineering lifecycle.

Alongside research, Xiwei speaks on responsible AI adoption in education and collaborates closely with education departments, schools and industry partners. Dedicated outreach to school students, particularly young women, encourages participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, bridging formal architectural guidance with community engagement.