This issue features articles covering all areas of AMSI’s activities. The launch of our second Occasional paper on out-of-field teaching and the release of joint research with CSIRO Data [...]
We have investigated which sectors within the Australian workforce employ PhD holders, and what the career ambitions of current PhD students are. Our focus is on PhD graduates already working, or [...]
This edition features commentary on the ISA 2030 report which provided a blueprint to protect future prosperity. Guest author Professor Peter Taylor talks about the research process. Also [...]
CAREERS IN MATHS ONLINE gathers together a fraction of online job advertisements. The common theme of the ads is mathematics and statistics, but the actual jobs vary across all sectors— health to [...]
A traffic engineer looks at the number and the severity of road accidents to determine if the accident rate is higher than it should be for a particular section of road. I use mathematical [...]
Mathematics is used by a chef in many different ways and the demand for maths increases the further you go in the business. Doing maths in my work isn’t the chore it was at school, I use maths [...]
I’m the head statistician at a company that collects statistics from AFL matches. At the end of a game I get a file that contains everything that happened during the game event by event. My [...]
The maths in guitar making involves measurement and understanding curves and angles. An appreciation of the connection between music and mathematics helps in the design process. Every guitar is [...]
I use maths every day, though mostly I’m not aware of it. I measure threads on engine parts, engine sizes and capacity of engines for oil. I do a lot of unit conversion from imperial to [...]