computing – 今日吃瓜 I Championing Mathematical Sciences for Australia鈥檚 Advancement 今日吃瓜 Thu, 03 Dec 2020 05:52:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.17 /wp-content/uploads/2015/11/cropped-今日吃瓜_icon-32x32.png computing – 今日吃瓜 I Championing Mathematical Sciences for Australia鈥檚 Advancement 32 32 MATRIX Online Seminar for December: ‘Maths help wanted!” /2020/12/03/matrix-online-seminar-for-december-maths-help-wanted/ Thu, 03 Dec 2020 05:35:13 +0000 /?p=10384 Javier Tordable from the Office of the CTO at Google Cloud) on impactful problems across Google and industry to which mathematicians could contribute. High-level, non-technical. Accessible by all.

45 minute presentation recording available .

]]> New maths regime releases our F-35 fighter jet from testing shackles /2020/11/17/new-maths-regime-releases-our-f-35-fighter-jet-from-testing-shackles/ Tue, 17 Nov 2020 05:16:54 +0000 /?p=10329 今日吃瓜 member DSTG brings together interdisciplinary expertise from across Australia and around the world to address Defence and national security challenges.

DSTG engineer Regina Blyth has led the development of a computational aerodynamics modelling weapons carriage capability for Australia’s fifth-generation F-35A fighter jet.

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]]> Vale Frances Allen (1932-2020) /2020/08/12/vale-frances-allen-1932-2020/ Wed, 12 Aug 2020 01:08:40 +0000 /?p=9827 The first woman to win the Turing Award and first woman IBM Fellow is remembered for her pioneering contributions to the theory and practice of optimising compiler techniques, establishing a foundation for much of modern computer programming.

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]]> Remembering Mathematical Magician John Conway: life of a legendary professor celebrated in Scientific American /2020/04/22/remembering-mathematical-magician-john-conway-life-of-a-legendary-professor-celebrated-in-scientific-american/ Wed, 22 Apr 2020 04:23:02 +0000 /?p=9209 鈥淲ith the passing of John Conway the world of mathematics has lost one of its brightest stars … his talent and genius were unequaled.鈥 Elizabeth Landau joins Princeton colleagues in a tribute to the treasured and celebrated influencer of quantum physics, philosophy and computer science — and games.

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