ANZIAM is the professional association for industrial and applied mathematics in Australia and New Zealand. The annual conference of ANZIAM is an established gathering of applied mathematicians, [...]

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Article written by AMSI Chairman, Dr Ron Sandland, for ABC Science online, 17 September 2014. Ron asks the question is big data a friend or foe? His opinion: "It can be both!"

UNIVERSITIES letting students with poor maths into science and engineering programs have been put on notice by federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne. Academics complain that maths [...]

Terry Speed from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research is the winner of the CSIRO Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science.  If you’re on Twitter  share the news with the hashtag [...]

Now more than ever maths is pervading every nook and cranny of science, industry commerce and government. The BAM Conference this year will highlight the breadth of places where the mathematical [...]

Professor Kate Smith-Miles has won the 2014 Georgina Sweet Award, under the Australian Research Council’s Australian Laureate Fellowships scheme. Kate’s project aims to develop a new [...]

Australia’s Chief Scientist has unveiled an ambitious agenda for change to increase the focus on science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) skills to help secure the country’s future prosperity.

Summary: Over the last two decades, the proportion of Year 12 students taking some mathematics has remained at roughly 80%. However, both the number and proportion of Year 12 students now taking [...]