Simon Angus

Associate Professor, Department of Economics Simon.Angus@monash.edu

Biography

Simon pursues a thoroughly multi-disciplinary research agenda as a complexity and data scientist. He uses computational and data science techniques to study socio-economic, biological, or physical phenomena. Simon's interest in computational and algorithmic thinking started very early with much time spent on the family's first computer from the age of five. Since then, he has continued to pursue the art of computational and data science, embracing a truly multi-disciplinary program of research and teaching, leveraging his diverse background.

articles

Marathon under two hours is closer than ever – how Kenya’s Kiptum tests human limits

Kelvin Kiptum – and to some extent Eliud Kipchoge – have done just enough to make the ”sub-two“’ moment a likely reality in the next few years.

Business and economy

Woman lies on her bed with a computer, yawning

Waking up to AI’s potential to measure sleep

Could the massive data we all generate when connecting to, and disconnecting from, the internet help researchers better-understand sleep?

Business

Australian Indigenous flag fluttering on a flagpole

The way we talk about First Nations issues is striking

An analysis of 82 million words has revealed that the relative attention Australia’s news and opinion pieces gave to First Nations peoples began to grow steadily from about 2005, with a huge peak in 2007.

Politics and society

Cyberwar: The battle to keep Ukraine online

A global research platform is tracking internet usage in the Ukraine, and the online impact of the Russian invasion, in real time.

Business

Chasing marathon history

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge's will need to find 15 seconds in his bid to break the mythical 2-hour marathon barrier in Vienna this week, analysis of previous world records suggests.

Business and economy

Runnin' down a dream

Number-crunching the winning race time for marathon runners can tell us when the men are likely to break the two-hour barrier. But what about the target barrier for women?

Business and economy