MELBOURNE, TUESDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2015: Would you call a food blogger an expert? In the eyes of some mathematical algorithms that is exactly what they are. Online restaurant reviews are a way of [...]
By Alex Simmons, Queensland University of Technology Mathematical models are a popular field of research owing to their ability to describe physical problems, interactions or processes within the [...]
Christopher Ryba, The University of Sydney Over the course of the summer, I undertook an AMSI Vacation Research Scholarship. Under the supervision of Prof. G. I. Lehrer, I studied the [...]
By Stuart Roberts, RMIT Growing up I never had a full understanding of just how important mathematics was in everyday life. Mathematics was always my favourite subject in school, but despite how [...]
By Wai Pun, The University of Adelaide As implied by the topic, statistical decision theory is about making decisions under uncertainty. In Decision Theory, we wish to choose the action that [...]
On November 20, in awarding the 2014 National Medal of Science to ten distinguished scientists and engineers, President Barack Obama recognized the achievements of three mathematical scientists. [...]
By Andrew Palermo, Griffith University Sending electricity through your brain sounds harmful and dangerous but in some cases it can change the way your brain works in a positive way. A method, [...]
By Diana Nguyen, The University of Sydney This project studies the classic problem in physics: the n-body problem. This problem is concerned with how n particles (or extended bodies) move [...]
Dr Norman Do is a self-proclaimed mathematics geek, and lecturer at Monash University. He often finds himself asking “what shape is that, how can I define it and what can it teach me about the [...]
