SCM News Bulletin Vol 1 - Issue 1 - August 2009
SCM News Bulletin ISSN 1837-4875
Volume 1 - Issue 1 - August 2009
Strategic Lectureship Appointment
Dr. Laurence Park will commence as a lecturer in computational mathematics and statistical methods at the School of Computing and Mathematics on December 1, 2009 at Parramatta campus.
He is currently a Research Fellow at the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, University of Melbourne. His research strength is in statistical data mining and computational statistics, signal processing, machine learning, databases and information retrieval. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Engineering (Hons.) from the University of Melbourne with majors in Mathematics and Computer Engineering and a PhD (thesis topic "Spectral-based information retrieval) from the University of Melbourne.
Australian Mathematical Society Medal Winner
Dr. Stephen Lack, from the School of Computing and Mathematics has won the 2009 Australian Mathematics Society medal. Each year the medal is presented to a member of the society for distinguished research in the mathematical sciences. Read more about the Australian Mathematical Society medal.
Coca Cola Amatil Employs UWS Graduates
The National Recruitment Consultant for Coca Cola, Ciara McCullagh has contacted UWS Career Education Consultant, Mr Steve Rawling, to inform him that three UWS graduates have been recruited by Coca Cola Amatil after attending the UWS Computing & It Expo in 2008.
Congratulations, Steve, for building this relationship!
UWS Astronomers Help Solve More of the Universe's Mysteries
A discovery of unexpected phenomena in neighbouring galaxies by a team at the University of Western Sydney may also help to explain a long-standing mystery in astronomy.
Associate Professor Miroslav Filipović, from the UWS School of Computing and Mathematics, has lead a team of Australian and American scientists who have found a new class of object which they call 'super planetary nebulae'. Read more about A.Professor Miroslav's research project.
A New Study By UWS Mathematician Reveals Drug Resistance in Tuberculosis
Interdisciplinary research involving mathematical models, new statistical methods and computer simulations can lead to important new results in many areas of science. In a new study published in the top journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, the UWS mathematician A.Prof. Andrew Francis from the School of Computing and Mathematics studied drug resistance in tuberculosis together with several biology and statistics colleagues from UNSW. Read more about A.Professor Andrew Francis' study.
