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Algorithms are everywhere but what will it take for us to trust them?

1 August 2019 — The Conversation
Algorithms are everywhere - but what will it take for us to trust them? After more than a decade of research, a team led by ACEMS' Chief Investigator Kate Smith-Miles has launched a new online algorithm analysis tool. Read Kate's story in The Conversation.

VR bringing jaguars back from the brink

16 July 2019 — Cosmos Magazine
A team of Australian statisticians led by ACEMS Deputy Director Kerrie Mengersen have built a virtual reality so conservationists can work on programs to save the endangered Peruvian jaguars without trekking through the jungle.

Scientists try to explain why everyone loves the 'Avengers' movie

8 July 2019 — Boy Genius Report
Why are the Marvel movies so popular? Is it just the big-name stars that pack the cast, or is there a pattern at work that we just can’t see? That’s what researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence For Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers (ACEMS) wanted to find out.

Meet the Aussie mathematician who put a serial killer behind bars

28 May 2019 — The Age
Prof David Balding's DNA analysis techniques helped convict one of Scotland’s most notorious killers, Angus Sinclair, for the infamous ‘World’s End’ murders of two women, 37 years after they had been killed during which time the DNA became highly degraded.

Here's how to make opinion polls more representative and honest

22 May 2019 — The Conversation
After the 2019 Australian election, the big question everyone is asking is how did the pollsters get it so wrong? ACEMS' Adrian Barnett (QUT) and Scott Sisson (UNSW) explain what's needed to make opinion polls more honest & representative in this story in The Conversation.

Citizen science to help save the Great Barrier Reef

14 May 2019 — Australia's Science Channel
Researchers from ACEMS at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have put the call out to visitors to the Great Barrier Reef to help them keep an eye on the health of the coral and its inhabitants.

Sky's no limit for Queensland satellite data researchers

19 April 2019 — The Age
As part of Australia's new space industry, the SmartSat Co-operative Research Centre has been officially launched this week featuring 84 research and industry partners from around the country. ACEMS researchers Kerrie Mengersen and Erin Peterson will be working in one of the SmartSat CRC’s key programs of Earth Observation and Analytics.

AEC hopes to get federal election voter queues moving faster than ever

5 April 2019 — ABC News
The Australian Election Commission is turning to the experts to use mathematical modelling to try to cut down on the wait times in queues at election polling places. This story includes ACEMS Deputy Director and Chief Investigator Nigel Bean, from The University of Adelaide.

Research highlights troubles for women juggling family, STEM career

3 April 2019 — Sydney Morning Herald
Despite moves towards inclusivity, universities and other institutions need to do more to accommodate women who take time off from their STEM careers to take care of children, a research paper argues. The paper was co-authored by ACEMS Associate Investigator Adrian Barnett.

Science, business students are biased in favour of male teachers

15 February 2019 — Sydney Morning Herald
Students are more likely to rate male university teachers higher than their female counterparts in some areas of STEM and Business, according to Australia's largest review of student experience surveys. ACEMS Associate Investigator Yanan Fan (UNSW) is the lead author in this study.

Can the Big Bash League’s backyard cricket bat flip truly be fair?

15 December 2018 — The Conversation
No more 'heads' or 'tails' in the Big Bash League. Instead, the batting order for a BBL match will be decided by the tried-and-tested method of backyard cricketers everywhere: the bat flip. But just how fair is that? ACEMS Associate Investigator Stephen Woodcock (UTS) takes a somewhat light-hearted look at the science and stats behind this move in this story in The Conversation.

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