I am so excited for this! I'll be in Melbourne to launch another season of The Random Sample podcast - something I've been involved with since 2018. If you're in town, please stop by and say hello. Thanks to MACSYS for its support of the podcast.

Meet Dr Joshua Hamey, one of our outstanding MACSYS Research Fellows. Based at our UNSW node, Josh is a molecular biologist studying how proteins are made inside cells. In this video, Josh shares insights into his research and what inspired him to join MACSYS. youtu.be/MuAfPxFXWZk?...

MACSYS at ANZIAM! This past week, members from three of our nodes represented the Centre at the Conference of the Australia & New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) held this year in Canberra. Among the highlights, PhD Student Yong See Foo winning the prize for best student paper.

What a week it's been at the 2026 Lorne Proteins Conference! Centre Director Trevor Lithgow & members of his lab from Monash University attended - showing off their work and taking in the latest research that this important conference showcases. @lorneproteins.bsky.social #lorneproteins2026

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How are official statistics agencies dealing with the dramatic decline in survey response rates? In our latest episode - how official statistics agencies are evolving thanks to multi-source data. Our guest is Dr Anders Holmberg from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Meet Dr Alex Sneddon - a MACSYS Research Fellow at The Australian National University. Alex's research focuses on incorporating domain-specific knowledge into the data-driven AI methods that she uses to help MACSYS unlock insights from complex biological datasets. 📹VIDEO: youtu.be/GVsMQ0E3Aok

I really enjoyed hosting this episode. It's very inspiring to hear these five people talk about using technology for social good.

📢PhD Scholarship Opportunity! Join our Centre at the University of Melbourne and work with a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, mathematicians and biologists to build experimentally validated models of metabolism. 👉Apply/more info: findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/opportunity/... #maths #biology

The MACSYS mission - as told by more than two dozen of our researchers - 📽️VIDEO: youtu.be/JyvifQ41RZU Why it's important, why it's so challenging, and why it's going to take a team of interdisciplinary researchers like the one MACSYS has put together to tackle this challenge.

This week on #WorldStatisticsDay, the Statistical Society of Australia & the Australian Data Science Network co-hosted a lively panel discussion on "trust in data". Since both are partner organisations of our podcast, we’re excited to share that discussion: www.therandomsample.com.au/podcast/data...

Coral reefs are under threat - and the race to protect them depends on better data, smarter tools, and global collaboration. In our latest episode, we explore ReefCloud , a project that’s helping scientists monitor coral reef ecosystems using AI intelligence, statistics & shared data infrastructure.

Just out! Our new episode explores 'complex systems'- how mathematics reveals hidden patterns in our messy, chaotic world- from pandemics & social networks to psychiatric illness & engineering with guest Prof Michael Small from The Univ of Western Australia www.therandomsample.com.au/podcast/comp...

“Confidently wrong, friendly, & authoritative" That description of #GenAI from a recent workshop stuck with me. As someone who spent 25+ years in newsrooms, I’ve learned how crucial it is to question things that sound true. That same mindset now helps me with GenAI: www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-jo...

Our Centre is well-represented at this year's Society of Mathematical Biology Annual Meeting in Edmonton, Canada. As part of #SMB2025, we organised a two-session minisymposia: 2025.smb.org/MS03/MS-MFBM... Well done, team MACSYS! @smbmathbiology.bsky.social @mjsimpson.bsky.social

“Confidently wrong, friendly, & authoritative" That description of #GenAI from a recent workshop stuck with me. As someone who spent 25+ years in newsrooms, I’ve learned how crucial it is to question things that sound true. That same mindset now helps me with GenAI: www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-jo...

Join me online Thursday as I a present a communications workshop on behalf of the Statistical Society of Australia: Communicating Across Disciplines - a workshop for statisticians and data scientists. 📆Thursday, 10 July ⏰11 am AEST 👉REGISTER: statsoc.org.au/event-6201399

We’re also proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the 2025 ATSIMA - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mathematics Alliance Conference, being held in October this year on Lunawuni (Bruny Island), Lutruwita (Tasmania) 👉https://events.atsima.com/ATSIMA2025BiennialConference (🧵3/3)

At MACSYS, we’re committed to partnerships that support that future through new pathways into #STEM education. In partnership with UniMelb’s Ofc of Indigenous Employment & Development, we’re hiring an Indigenous Outreach & Education Coordinator: unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/UoM_External... (🧵2/3)

This NAIDOC Week (6–13 July), we reflect on 50 years of celebrating the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The 2025 theme — “The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy” — speaks to the strength, vision, and legacy of the next generation. (🧵1/3)

🎙️New episode alert! We explore how #DataScience & #Statistics help bridge the gap between disciplines. Our guest is Prof Galit Shmueli from the Institute of Service Science at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan. 🎧 Listen: www.therandomsample.com.au/podcast/inte... Host: @cynthiahqy.bsky.social

In our latest episode🎧 of The Random Sample, we're talking autonomous vehicles (AVs). We explore how AVs gather & use data, and the complex mathematics that helps them navigate an unpredictable world. What are the challenges still standing in the way? Our guest is Prof Michael Milford from QUT.

There’s nothing quite like coming together in person! Researchers from across the MACSYS nodes gathered at the Monash University for the first of two intensive workshop days. Through individual, small-group & whole-group discussions, we’re diving deep into the complex challenges we aim to tackle.

What a fantastic day with the team at the Australasian Leukaemia & Lymphoma Group (ALLG) in Melbourne! I was honoured to run a communications workshop for their members — and even more delighted by how enthusiastically everyone jumped into the exercises. Thanks, team ALLG!

The 2025 ATSIMA Conference: 📆Weds-Fri, 1-3 October 📌lunawanna-allonah (Bruny Island , Tasmania) MACSYS is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the Conference. For more information about it, head to: atsima.com/atsima-2025-...

Are you a teacher working with Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander students? The AUS Assoc of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT) is offering up to 3 fully funded grants for teachers to attend the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Mathematics Alliance (ATSIMA) Conference. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Changing someone’s mind—especially when they strongly disagree with you—is hard. It’s tempting to just tell them they’re wrong. But let’s be honest: that rarely works. This past week at a conference, I learned something unexpected about it takes to create change. www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-i...

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In the latest episode🎧of The Random Sample, host Cynthia Huang catches up with Dr Hadley Wickham @hadley.nz! Hadley is Chief Scientist at Posit (formerly RStudio), where he leads the Tidyverse team. This team is behind some of the most widely used open-source packages in the R programming language.

The MACSYS team was well represented at this year's InSTEM Conference in Melbourne. The InSTEM Conference brings together leaders, allies, and members of marginalised groups with a goal to foster inclusive environments, share effective diversity strategies, and strengthen allyship.

This was such a good conference. It's so cool to be in such a diverse and inclusive environment. Plus, it was great getting to meet my new MACSYS colleagues in person.

Our latest episode🎧features Dr Aiden Price & Tanya Dodgen from QUT. Aiden is a lead researcher in a project called AusEnHealth, which ties together scattered datasets in the environmental🌏health space. No more data silos—just clear insights. Tanya is the host. 👉https://www.therandomsample.com.au/

Our MACSYS team from UNSW was well represented this week at the #AUSoMiCs 2025 Conference in Cairns, QLD. From L-R in the picture are PhD students Heather McDonald-Haynes and Andrew Spiteri, Prof Marc Wilkins, and Dr Joshua Hamey. Josh gave a talk and Heather & Andrew presented posters #ausomics2025

What a great way to end the week - a very nice turnout on a Friday arvo for our Whole Cell Modelling Reading Group. The group gets together every few weeks to share & discuss the latest research. It's also a great way for our researchers at our different node universities to get to know each other.

🚨 Exciting PhD Opportunities with MACSYS! The MACSYS team at Monash University is offering multiple fully funded #PhD scholarships for students eager to explore the cutting edge of computational biology, microbiology, & systems modelling. 👉More info/apply: macsys.org/monash-phd-s...

Data can help us respond to complex challenges—but only if we can access and use it. In our latest episode, we explore AusEnHealth, a project aiming to build Australia’s first national digital environmental health platform. Just search for The Random Sample wherever you get your podcasts!

On this Women in Mathematics Day, we’re proud to introduce you to some of the women in our Centre making an impact through their research & contributions to a more inclusive mathematical community. Dr Lucy Ham develops mathematical models to understand complex biological systems. #may12wim

On this Women in Mathematics Day, we’re proud to introduce some of the women in our Centre who are making an impact through their research & leadership in the mathematical sciences. Prof Jennifer Flegg uses mathematics and statistics to answer challenging questions in biology & medicine. #may12wim

On this Women in Mathematics Day, we’re proud to introduce some of the women in our Centre who are making an impact through their research & leadership in the mathematical sciences. Dr Haripriya Sridharan is using maths to analyse complex networks of reactions that happen inside cells. #may12wim

🚀Meet the minds in MACSYS shaping the future! Check out our series of LinkedIn profiles featuring our Postdoctoral Research Fellows. Dr Alexander Johnston is with our group at QUT. Alex aims to have his maths research contribute to real-world applications in biology www.linkedin.com/pulse/dr-ale...

My election polling place ran out of sausages by 10:30 am - before I got there. It doesn’t feel like I actually voted 🌭#DemocracySausage

Come work with us! We're hiring for a Research Fellow in Biological Data Science at the Univ of Melbourne. This role will involve developing & applying statistical, bioinformatics, & machine learning methods to analyse complex, large-scale biological datasets jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/9...

Can you figure out the ingredients of a finished dish😋 just by tasting it? Scientists face a similar challenge when working backward from data to model parameters. Learn how MACSYS Researchers are working to tackle the problem of Model Identifiability. www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-to...

We're hosting an early International Women in Maths Day event in Brisbane next Monday - come hang out and eat lunch. All genders welcome, but you gotta like maths and women killing it. Research talks from women, professional development discussions, free food smp.uq.edu.au/event/sessio....

Congrats to MACSYS Dep. Director @mjsimpson.bsky.social & his colleagues @apbrowning.bsky.social @profruthbaker.bsky.social @davidjwarne.bsky.social & @omaclaren.bsky.social - just awarded the Lewis Wolpert Prize for Best Paper by Journal of Theoretical Biology www.sciencedirect.com/journal/jour...

The Trump administration's war on climate research & DEI isn’t just a U.S. issue. It’s now reaching Australia. This story in The Conversation highlights the alarming new scrutiny researchers face. I fear for what this means for Australian research & Higher Ed. theconversation.com/trump-is-sur...

The "M" in MACSYS stands for mathematical - so we would like to wish everyone a Happy Pi Day!

International Women's Day #IWD2025 is this week. We're celebrating the brilliant women in our Centre making an impact with their science. Dr Alex Sneddon is a postdoc at our node Uni at ANU. Her quote on the graphic is a good reminder of why we need to encourage students to give #STEM a go!

Meet the minds in MACSYS shaping the future! Check out our new series of researcher profiles featuring our Postdocs. Dr Md Abul Bashar from QUT is focused on creating advanced AI systems to solve complex problems. Full story👇 www.linkedin.com/pulse/dr-md-...