The University of Bristol has announced Professor Geoffrey Grimmett FRS as the new Chair of the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research (HIMR). Professor Grimmett previous work includes [...]
AMSI had many successes in 2019 through its projects in communication, schools, higher education, research and industry engagement. Particular highlights were the Summer School at UNSW and the [...]
Advocate for STEM gender equity and AMSI #MathsADDS proponent Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith has been re-appointed to the influential role of Australia’s Women in STEM Ambassador for another [...]
University of Oxford’s Coronavirus Government Response Tracker (OxCGRT): online tool tracks and compares policy responses around the world, rigorously and consistently, using data from 180 [...]
Modelling suggests that elimination could have been achieved if Victoria had gone into full stage 4 lockdown immediately from 9 July. Blakely T, Thompson J, Carvalho N, et al. in MJA.
Statistical modelling shows that analysing grouped samples can give a better and more efficient indication of the prevalence of disease: Dr Daryl Holland article featuring Professor Aurore [...]
The Financial Review’s Tom Burton asserts that modelling by University of Melbourne and UNE researchers found that Victoria was unlikely to have aggressively suppressed the virus by [...]
‘SLOW AND STEADY’ EXIT FROM LOCKDOWN AS VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT SETS SIGHTS ON ‘COVID-NORMAL’ CHRISTMAS – 7 September 2020 Expert University of Melbourne epidemiology and biostatistics [...]