Past Events

The Mathematics of Biological Systems Management Symposium will be held at The University of Melbourne on the 5th and 6th of April. The aim is to bring together researchers who work on modelling and managing biological systems to discuss the latest research and upcoming challenges.

ACEMS Associate Investigator Gael Martin is presenting a talk at Monash University. It's titled, 'Computing Bayes: Bayesian computation from 1763 to 2017!'

This is a free introductory course for new R users. We will cover R installation and set-up, as well as basic visualisation, importing data and an introduction to the Tidyverse (if time permits)

If you are interested in transportation and/or how mathematics and statistics are applied to solve transportation problems, there will be an informal workshop of Mathematics in Transportation on Tuesday, the 30th January in the School of Mathematics, The University of Melbourne. 

MathsCraft - Doing maths like a research mathematician

Enabling your students to work in a way that is similar to the way a research mathematician works can dramatically change the classroom experience, for the better. Would you like to find out how, for example, a topic like Pythagoras' Theorem could be approached a little differently?

This professional development event will give you more information about the MathsCraft program, and equip you to become a leader of MathsCraft sessions in your area.

The ACEMS Workshop on Challenges of Data and Control of Networks is broad-ranging workshop covering topics in measurement, management and control of networks. In particular, we want to consider networked cyber-physical systems, but other topics from wireless, WWW, and other network management settings will be considered.

This event is now booked out - please contact Anita Ponsaing to be put on a waiting list in case more spaces become available.

This one-day workshop is designed to help teachers give their students an authentic experience of ‘doing maths’ while at the same time supporting success in tests and examinations.

Enabling your students to work in a way that is similar to the way a research mathematician works can dramatically change the classroom experience, for the better. Would you like to find out how, for example, a topic like Pythagoras’ Theorem could be approached a little differently?

In their work, research mathematicians do not generally sit competitions, have daily lessons or lectures, or study for tests and exams.

So what do they do? Among other things, they use previously learned facts and know-how to solve problems, problems that they initially have no idea how to solve.

In this workshop you will be tasked with solving various ‘simple’ problems, and in doing so, a way of working will reveal itself that offers an alternative to teaching just the calculations associated with mathematical ideas. You will learn how to give your students an authentic experience of ‘doing maths’ in much the same way that professional mathematicians do.

Contact:      Anita Ponsaing <anita.ponsaing@unimelb.edu.au>
Cost:           Free. Morning Tea and Lunch by own arrangement (many food venues nearby)

This event is now booked out - please contact Anita Ponsaing to be put on a waiting list in case more spaces become available.

This one-day workshop is designed to help teachers give their students an authentic experience of ‘doing maths’ while at the same time supporting success in tests and examinations.

Enabling your students to work in a way that is similar to the way a research mathematician works can dramatically change the classroom experience, for the better. Would you like to find out how, for example, a topic like Pythagoras’ Theorem could be approached a little differently?

In their work, research mathematicians do not generally sit competitions, have daily lessons or lectures, or study for tests and exams.

So what do they do? Among other things, they use previously learned facts and know-how to solve problems, problems that they initially have no idea how to solve.

In this workshop you will be tasked with solving various ‘simple’ problems, and in doing so, a way of working will reveal itself that offers an alternative to teaching just the calculations associated with mathematical ideas. You will learn how to give your students an authentic experience of ‘doing maths’ in much the same way that professional mathematicians do.

Contact:      Anita Ponsaing <anita.ponsaing@unimelb.edu.au>
Cost:           Free. Morning Tea and Lunch by own arrangement (many food venues nearby)

The symposium will be held at the University of South Australia (UniSA) on November 7-10, 2017. BDVA’17 will host an exciting programme with internationally renowned keynote speakers, special sessions, and a day of complimentary hands-on workshops