Swedish model trades more disease for less economic damage
“If we are to reach a new normal, in many ways Sweden represents a future model.” [Analysis and statistics in today’s AFR ] – Nine Media paywall access required
Pollen Count Forecasting
Melbourne Grass Pollen Forecast is a service run from The School of BioSciences at the University of Melbourne and alerts those who suffer from hay fever and seasonal asthma of the likelihood of [...]
ACEMS Mathematician Sarah Belet in national Fame Lab final
A participant in the British Council’s 2020 Fame Lab national final for Australia, mathematician Sarah Belet from Monash University recounts her experience in the global science competition [...]
Statistician Sir Adrian Smith elected as Royal Society President
AMSI conveys its warm congratulations to Sir Adrian Smith upon his election as President of the Royal Society, a role he will assume at the end of November. A highly distinguished statistician, [...]
Helping your kids learn maths at home doesn’t have to be daunting
Mathematical Association of Victoria chief executive Peter Saffin opinion in ‘The Age’ today [Read more]
The positives and negatives of mass testing for coronavirus
No test is perfect and all carry a risk of harm of some kind … we must recognise this is also true for coronavirus. Jennifer MacLachlan and Benjamin Cowie of the Doherty Institute on [...]
The costs of the shutdown are overestimated – they’re outweighed by its $1 trillion benefit
Economists Richard Holden (UNSW) and Bruce Preston (University of Melbourne) counter the movement advocating more rapid relaxation of containment measures on the basis of economic costs, and the [...]
What impact is the COVID-19 pandemic having on women in the STEM workforce?
Rapid Research Information Forum response from Australia’s Chief Scientist Read more through the Australian Academy of Sciences
April Labour Market Statistics for Australia: “the scale and speed are difficult to comprehend”
University of Melbourne economist Professor Jeff Borland overview in ‘The Conversation’ this morning. [Read more]
‘As Australia reopens, staying on top of transmissions requires better data’:
Silent infections often carry similar levels of the COVID-19 virus, and modelling data shows they can contribute significantly to transmission. University of Melbourne Medical Dean Shitij [...]
