How an Algorithm Protects Us
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.
Mathematics is critical not just as a stepping stone along various STEM pathways, but as part of a well-rounded education
The latest PISA results unmasked a decade of declining mathematics performance among Australian 15-year-olds over a 10-year period, and educators have been rightly concerned. Read more about [...]
Wollongong Professorial Chair in Maths a first in 100 years
A $1.25 million gift has enabled The University of Wollongong to establish Australia’s first philanthropically funded chair in mathematics for more than a century. This visionary donation [...]
Bureau of Meteorology issues Climate Driver Update for La Niña phenomenon
Modelling by BoM moves ENSO Outlook to La Niña Alert status. Read more at the Bureau.
Australian Actuaries releases Intergenerational Equity Index paper
Most Australians want fair outcomes across generations. The Australian Actuaries Intergenerational Equity Index (AAIEI) contributes to this discussion by tracking and assessing 24 indicators [...]
Finding the source of an outbreak is important. But the term ‘patient zero’ is a problem…
Commentary and terminology clarified by UniSA Professor of Biostatistics, Adrian Esterman in ‘The Conversation’. Security guards at Melbourne’s quarantine hotels have been widely [...]
Appointment of AMSI Interim Director, Professor Asha Rao
From Dr Adelle Howse; Chair of the AMSI Board I am delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Asha Rao as Interim Director commencing 18 August 2020. Asha is well known to many of the [...]
‘Magic’ COVID milestone could be just around the corner
Deakin and University of Melbourne epidemiology in ‘The Age’.
New Zealand is on alert as COVID-19 returns. This is what we need to stamp it out again.
Michael Plank, Professor in Mathematics at the University of Canterbury, on the swift and decisive action needed to control resurgent COVID-19. Read more in ‘The Conversation’. [...]
Should you hold your child back from starting school?
Research by UNE’s Sally Larsen, and Callie Little shows delayed commencement has little effect on their maths and reading skills. Read more in ‘The Conversation‘. Whether to [...]
