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Professor Merrilyn Goos discusses out-of-field teaching on ABC Radio Darwin

Michael — Thu, 02 May 2024 01:33:12 +0000

Professor Merrilyn Goos interviewed by Rick Hind on ABC Radio Darwin, Mornings on April 3 2024, as one of the authors of “Relieving Out of Field Teaching in Australian Secondary Mathematics”.

ABC interview with Merrilyn Goos

Honorary Professor Merrilyn Goos is a mathematics educator and Adjunct Professor of Education at the University of the Sunshine Coast. She was previously Professor of STEM Education at the University of Limerick and Course Director for the Professional Diploma in Mathematics for Teaching, Ireland’s national up-skilling program for out-of-field teachers of mathematics.

Australian Team Ranks Third for Second Year in a Row at 2023 European Girls Mathematical Olympiad

Michael — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 07:45:44 +0000

For the second consecutive year, the Australian team has ranked third overall in the 2023 European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO). In a competition between 55 participating countries, the Australian team of four brought home three Gold Medals and one Silver Medal, with one team member, Laura Nan, achieving a perfect score.

The full list of team members and their achievements are as follows:

Eunsu Choi, Brisbane State School, QLD – Year 12, Silver Medal (individual rank: 27)
Laura Nan, Fintona Girls’ School, VIC – Year 10, Gold Medal (individual rank: 1 – perfect score)
Cloris Xu, Baulkham Hills High School, NSW – Year 11, Gold Medal (individual rank: 18)
Iris Xu, Baulkham Hills High School, NSW – Year 11, Gold Medal (individual rank: 18)

This year’s team was selected and supported through the Australia Maths Trust^s (AMT’s) Olympiad program. Funded by the Department of Industry, Science and Resources through the Inspiring Australia – Science Engagement Programme, the EGMO program is also supported by Optiver, the Trust’s National Sponsor of the Australian Informatics and Mathematical Olympiad programs.

“Providing opportunities for young women to extend their knowledge and skills in mathematics is a key area of focus for the Trust. Our sustained success in identifying, training and supporting these remarkable young women to compete on the international stage is one way in which we contribute to the future expansion and diversity of mathematical thought and leadership in Australia,” said Nathan Ford, CEO, Australian Maths Trust.

Having already attained such great achievements in high school, the members in the Australian team such as Eunsu Choi and Cloris Xu have begun planning ahead, hoping to apply their mathematical skills in the future to solve real-world problems like climate change.

With the never-ending goal of encouraging diversity in mathematics, the consistent success in the EGMO shows that the AMT Olympiad program is on the right track in improving Australia^s mathematical sciences, especially at an early level.

The 2023 European Girls^ Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO) took place in Slovenia from 13-19th April 2023. This is the sixth year that Australia was represented at EGMO. Since 2018, Australian EGMO teams have placed: 20th, 14th, 12th, 12th, 3rd, and 3rd respectively.

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MATRIX hosts research program – Women in Geometry, Analysis and Topology

Michael — Wed, 12 May 2021 23:46:43 +0000

MATRIX will host Australia’s first all-women residential research program in the mathematical sciences.

This research program, titled: Women in Geometry, Analysis and Topology, is led by Julie Clutterbuck (Monash University), Melissa Tacy (University of Auckland) and Vanessa Robins (The Australian National University).

The program is a week-long meeting to foster new local collaborations, deepen existing ones, and above all create space and time for women to get research done.

Research projects of focus include:
• High frequency harmonic analysis
• Quasiconcavity for elliptic equations on manifolds
• Computational topology
• Welded tangles
• Dynamical systems and symmetry groups

AustMS members announced as STA STEM Ambassadors

Michael — Thu, 06 May 2021 16:30:10 +0000

��ճԹ� congratulates three Australian Mathematical Society (AustMS) members who have joined Science & Technology Australia (STA) as STEM Ambassadors.

Mathematician, Associate Professor Artem Pulemotov of the University of Queensland, Research Fellow, Dr Matthew Faria of the University of Melbourne and Applied Mathematician, Dr Shannon Algar of the University of Western Australia were announced as part of STA’s new STEM Ambassador cohort this week, which consists of 17 Ambassadors.

Throughout the year, the STEM Ambassadors will meet with their local federal MPs and Senators to bring their science expertise and networks to assist evidence-based policy-making, and deepen connections between policy makers and the STEM sector.

STA Chief Executive Officer, Misha Shubert welcomed the new STEM Ambassadors and congratulated them on their selection from a highly competitive field.

“The STEM Ambassador program empowers experts to become effective advocated for science and the sector, and to use their expertise to inform polity to shape Australia’s future,” said Shubert.

For more information, see STA’s .

MATRIX Online Seminar in March with Associate Professor Emily Riehl

Michael — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 05:29:08 +0000

In this 45 minutes seminar, Associate Professor Emily Riehl presents a new point of view on the foundations of ∞-category theory, which allows us to develop the basic theory of ∞-categories — adjunctions, limits and colimits, co/cartesian fibrations, and pointwise Kan extensions — “synthetically” starting from axioms that describe an ∞-cosmos, the infinite-dimensional category in which ∞-categories live as objects.

SMRI-MATRIX Symposium with Martin Hairer

Michael — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 04:19:44 +0000

This MATRIX symposium running from 3rd to 19th Feb features talks by Professor Hairer on his work in stochastic analysis and lecture discussions including an accessible colloquium. The symposium will also feature talks by Australian mathematicians and workshop sessions. The talks will take place at various locations across Australia and will be broadcast online.

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Australian Signals Directorate has eyes on next generation of cyber security experts

Michael — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 04:32:47 +0000

One of Australia’s most secretive intelligence agencies has shown 15 bright minds from Canberra and regional New South Wales where a career in cyber security could take them. But the Canberra Times’ Sarah Landsdown notes ��ճԹ� data showing reduced student interest in maths.

Tibra Foundation Chair in Mathematical Sciences

Michael — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 01:19:22 +0000

Applications to lead a world-leading research program in the area of computational statistics and applications at the University of Wollongong close 8 February.

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Eddie Woo is an Aussie STEM Star!

Michael — Sun, 10 Jan 2021 22:16:44 +0000

“Aussie STEM Stars” is an inspiring children’s series that celebrates Australia’s experts in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

The fifth book in the series is about Eddie Woo, the teacher extraordinaire whose ‘WooTube’ channel has been helping students to find the magic in maths since 2012.

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Artificial intelligence solves Schrödinger’s equation

Michael — Sun, 10 Jan 2021 22:15:04 +0000

A team of scientists at Freie Universität Berlin has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) method for calculating the ground state of the Schrödinger equation in quantum chemistry.