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How data science is helping astronauts prospect for lunar ice

The moon will once again play a crucial role in the space race, but this time as the gatekeeper to the solar system, acting as a link in the planetary supply chain. Ice deposits found in shadowed craters near the poles can act as resource wells for visiting astronauts, providing not only drinking water for humans and crops, but the key component needed to create rocket fuel. By manufacturing propellant...

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How to accelerate problem-solution fit with discovery sprints

Any founder, product manager or user experience (UX) designer will tell you that the key to building products that people want is to first find the right problem to solve. Many of the product and design frameworks that have come to life over the past decade concentrate on human-centred design, and begin with a customer problem. But...

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How this algorithm makes your energy bill easier

In 2017, power contributed to 3.04 per cent of Australian’s annual household spend, with electricity costs rising by 9 per cent and gas and other fuels by 21 per cent in the previous six years. As Australia’s energy market continues to fluctuate and transform in response to national and worldwide change, finding the best energy...

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Measuring trust in technology using behavioural sensor data

We live in a world that is increasingly driven by automation, and much of our daily thoughts, actions and feelings are directly influenced by highly automated systems – from what we buy on Amazon, to who we vote for in elections, and how safe we are in airplanes. An increasing number of machines and...

New algorithms help data scientists connect data points from multiple sources to solve high-risk problems

Fraud and cybercrime are highly complex problems that often require immense amounts of connected and extraordinarily dense data to be organised and interpreted. One of the challenges data scientists face when dealing with connected data is how to understand relationships between entities, as opposed to looking at data in silos, to provide a much deeper understanding of the problem. Open source graph...

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World-first computational model predicts dengue outbreaks

A world-first computational model that accurately predicts the spread of infectious diseases carried by air passengers, such as dengue fever, could help prevent future outbreaks. Developed by scientists at CSIRO’s Data61 in collaboration with Queensland University and Queensland Health, the tool draws on travel data from the International Air Transportation Association and dengue incidence rates...

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Scalable graph machine learning: A mountain we climb?

Graph machine learning is still a relatively new and developing area of research, so you could be forgiven for a lack of familiarity with its place in deep learning. But we’re fast discovering that interconnected problems like money laundering, media propagation and cybercrime are particularly well suited to graph analytics. We can draw powerful insights...

NationalMap – High-value data is innovation driver

Originally published by InnovationAus.com As the world has become increasingly digitised, data is playing a critical role in almost every aspect of society. Data has the power to provide invaluable insights and drive innovation for policymakers, in turn, contributing to communities, the economy and even the local environment. A recent study by Microsoft which explored the...

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Digital Human – Simulation of human biophysics for health, performance and safety

Detailed, 3D simulations of everyday activities such as eating, moving and working allows us to improve health, performance and safety without expensive and invasive measurements and, with the use of high performance computing, can be used to optimise outcomes for community, for sports, and for workplace safety. A “Digital Human” A digital replication of a...

Online match-making tool promoting a circular economy goes national

We create more than 2 billion tonnes of waste annually, with that number expected to grow to 3.4 billion by 2050. According to the World Bank, the majority (33%) of worldwide waste is disposed in an open dump, while 25.2% is discarded in unspecified (opposed to sanitary or controlled) landfill. Australia generates 67 million of...