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Computing has been getting much smarter since the idea of artificial intelligent was first thought of 60 years ago. But are computers intelligent?
It took a computer to discover the potential threat of a drug-resistant strain of swine flu that was about to spread from New South Wales. So how close did we come to a global pandemic?
The switch from analogue to digital television transmission transformed the way audiences consume content.
The architect’s pen and paper were replaced by the mouse and monitor thanks to developments in computing. Now computers are helping create designs never thought possible before.
Millions of people die or suffer from infectious diseases each year. Computer modelling can now help simulate the impact of any spreading disease.
The greatest tool of artists is their imagination but throw in a computer and things never imagined become possible.
The brain is the most complex organ and system know to humans. It helps to create a computer model of one to find out how things work, and why things go wrong.
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.
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Professor and Director of Doherty Epidemiology, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne; Senior Research Fellow, Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, The University of Melbourne
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Professor Emeritus, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor, Charles Darwin University
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Lecturer, Media and Communications program, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Ecophysiology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Melbourne
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Pro Vice-Chancellor, Graduate & International Research, The University of Melbourne
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Fellow, Australian National University
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Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Adelaide
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Professor in Mathematical Biology, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, Mathematical Biology and Physiology, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, Directorate Teaching Program, Lecturer in Interactive Art Media, FFAM, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in digital architecture design, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, University of Adelaide
