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It’s now mathematically impossible that Melbourne will reach its COVID-19 case target to release to Step 3 of the Roadmap soon, but how might we open up a little and beat the disease modelling? [...]

AMSI and AustMS/ANZIAM provide funding for mathematical and statistical events. Support options have changed to reflect the different requirements of event organisers at the current time. [...]

The annual AMSI Summer School is the biggest national event in Australia for honours and postgraduate students in the mathematical sciences. In January 2021 this four-week school 11 January [...]

Social media algorithms, artificial intelligence, and our own genetics are among the factors influencing us beyond our awareness. This raises an ancient question: do we have control over our own [...]

Professor Akshay Venkatesh from the Institute for Advanced Study is the only Australian to have won medals at both the International Physics Olympiad and International Mathematical Olympiad, [...]

Free online lecture by Professor Kate Smith-Miles; Wednesday 7 October 12:00 midday – 1:00pm AEDT The University of Melbourne’s Professor Kate Smith-Miles describes how her research [...]

Australian mathematicians Nick James and Max Menzies have published what they believe is the first analysis of COVID-19 infection rates in US states to identify turning points in data that [...]

Australian Academy of Science reveals competition judges from art and mathematical disciplines Read more

“The final years of school can be confusing and stressful at the best of times.  We do young people no favours when we contribute to the confusion by failing to send clear signals about the [...]

Chief Scientist / AMSI report and student reaction in ‘The Australian’