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 [...]

Australian National University in Canberra Virtual Conference | 30 November – 3 December Event details

ANU joins Monash and the University of Melbourne, enhancing research infrastructure and impact. Read more.

Are the formulas and theories devised by mathematicians a construct of humanity, or do they exist on their own? ABC Radio National’s Patricia Karvelas discusses this fundamental question [...]

The University of Newcastle’s Max Carter is a 2018-19 AMSI Vacation Research Scholar and 2020 Summer School participant. Together with George Willis and Stephan Tournier, Carter defines [...]

Seeking missing aircraft, and using maths to narrow the search: how DST is using particle filters to solve non-linear problems. Read more at the DST website.