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When Does A Second COVID-19 Surge End?

keshan — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 02:08:15 +0000

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 indicate when surges have started or ended.

The new study is published today in the journal ‘Chaos’, published by the American Institute of Physics.

scienceXart: spot the maths judging panel announced

keshan — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 02:04:39 +0000

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

Let’s be honest about what subjects are needed for university

keshan — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 01:40:05 +0000

“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 subjects and the pathways that will set them up for success.” Alan Finkel commentary in ‘The Australian’

Lack of university advice on maths ‘doesn’t add up’

keshan — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 01:36:20 +0000

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

What students don’t need to start maths science-based degrees

keshan — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 01:06:55 +0000

Digest of the Chief Scientist / ��ճԹ� paper on Prerequisites in

Tony Abbott’s boarding pass…and his phone number…

keshan — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 00:47:37 +0000

RMIT’s Asha Rao on personal data security, and how your airline boarding pass is full of information requiring protection:

Eddie Woo on teaching in a pandemic, with Kurt Fearnley on ABC TV’s ‘One Plus One’

keshan — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 02:50:53 +0000

Read the transcript and watch on-demand through

How kids learn maths from carsales.com.au

keshan — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 02:10:45 +0000

Teenagers are being challenged to determine a second-hand car’s value using a spreadsheet program.

The ��ճԹ� assignment titled: ‘Linear Relationships (… and how Maths can help you choose a great car)’ uses real-world information from carsales.com.au enabling analysis, graphing and comparison.

New plan to lure mid-career workers into STEM teaching in NSW

keshan — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 02:00:40 +0000

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 also considering giving those mid-career recruits a fast-track to leadership jobs such as principalships.

The department is developing a long-term teaching workforce strategy to address concerns about a lack of teachers qualified in priority subjects, such as maths, and a shortage of teachers in disadvantaged and regional areas.

In its response to a parliamentary inquiry into the state’s schools, the department said it would finish developing a fast-track, mid-career entry program for people outside the teaching profession by the end of this year.

The program would focus on shortages in technology, maths and science and attempt to fill positions in rural and regional schools. Research by the ��ճԹ� has found fewer than one in four students had a qualified maths teacher in junior high school.

Read more of Jordan Baker’s article in the (Nine Media paywall access required).

Minehunting robots get smart

keshan — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 02:50:06 +0000

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 .

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