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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Teenagers are being challenged to determine a second-hand car’s value using a spreadsheet program. The AMSI assignment titled: ‘Linear Relationships (… and how Maths can help you choose a great [...]
The Department of Education will encourage workers to take a mid-career leap into education under a new plan to address the lack of maths, science and technology teachers in NSW schools. It is [...]
Software and Uninhabited Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) combine to detect objects of interest using sonar imagery. Find out more about the application of machine learning to algorithms at DST.