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Human experience must remain at the heart of technological advances.
Computer modelling can help predict where a species will best survive, especially those affected by climate change.
The first in our series looking at the changes that have been made in computing and other areas in the 60 years since the first computer in an Australian university was switched on.
As more companies move towards intelligent, natural voice controlled devices, is the writing on the wall for the keyboard and mouse?
Computers are taking over our jobs, but this doesn’t have to be a bad thing.
Scientists of all kinds turn to computer models to investigate questions they can’t get at any other way. Here’s how models work and why we can trust them.
The Government changed the curriculum in 2014 so that all school children would be taught coding, but two years on this is far from reality.
Many of us are becoming addicted to social media, and it’s having a negative impact on our lives. Here are some tips to help you take back control.
Addicted to the internet? Perhaps not …
Many “modern” inventions actually have precedents dating back over 1000 years.
A third of families living below poverty level access the Internet only through their phones. And young people from these families get access to few learning opportunities.
Computerised High-Frequency Trading (HFC) has been blamed for recent volatility in the share market, does this represent the new normal?
As machines get ever more complex as we strive to make them complete more complex tasks, it’s time to ask again: will they ever be able to think? But what is thinking anyway?
Modern biological research relies on big data analytics. Vast reservoirs of memory and powerful computing ability mean machines find patterns and make meta-analyses and even predictions for scientists.
How often do you get angry or frustrated with a machine or some piece of technology? Well what if a machine could sense our emotion and then change its behaviour to suit?
Virtually every researcher relies on computers to collect or analyze data. But when computers are opaque black boxes that manipulate data, it’s impossible to replicate studies – a core value for science.
What is it about modern digital technology that inspires suspicion rather than trust?
It may have been big, slow and lacking in much memory but almost seven decades on we have a lot to thank the creators of Australia’s first programmable computing machine.
Citizen science will ensure that the skies have no limit when it comes to research, as ordinary people are encouraged to take part in simple acts of exploration.
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Associate Professor – Information & Communication Technology (ICT), CQUniversity Australia
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PhD; Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (retired) and Research Fellow, University of California, Davis
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Laureate Professor of Mathematics, University of Newcastle
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Professor, ESCP Business School
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Professor of Strategy, Economics and Foresights, Hult International Business School
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Lecturer in Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London
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Associate research scientist Cambridge Judge Business School and lecturer GEM, Grenoble École de Management (GEM)
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Directeur de la Recherche et des Formations Doctorales, Directeur adjoint, Télécom SudParis – Institut Mines-Télécom
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Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer in Digital Media and Cultures, The University of Queensland
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Professor Emeritus, Swinburne University of Technology
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Pro Vice-Chancellor, Graduate & International Research, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Software Engineering, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Media, Swansea University
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Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, Prince George's Community College
