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Jon McCormack Professor, and Director, Monash SensiLab, Faculty of Information Technology

Episode 15: My Art Will Go On

So what can you do to save us all from a world without art? In this podcast episode of What Happens Next?, our experts share all their best tips for finding art in new places.

So what can you do to save us all from a world without art? In this podcast episode of What Happens Next?, our experts share all their best tips for finding art in new places.

John Grundy Australian Laureate Fellow and Professor of Software Engineering

Are 'smart' solutions really that smart?

Should the word apply to an application that’s difficult to use and doesn’t take human needs into account?

Should the word apply to an application that’s difficult to use and doesn’t take human needs into account?

Jon McCormack Professor, and Director, Monash SensiLab, Faculty of Information Technology

Episode 14: Art and Soul

In our last episode, we pondered a world without art and now we hear from two people who push the boundaries in fields you wouldn't normally consider creative.

In our last episode, we pondered a world without art and now we hear from two people who push the boundaries in fields you wouldn't normally consider creative.

Podcast: Fake news

Mark Andrejevic Professor, Communications and Media Studies

Podcast: Fake news

Episode 10: Ain't That The Truth

Could fake news destroy our democracy? Dr Susan Carland finds out in our first episode in series two of What Happens Next?

Could fake news destroy our democracy? Dr Susan Carland finds out in our first episode in series two of What Happens Next?

Technology

Carlo Kopp Lecturer, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

Technology

A road more travelled

With many people now house-bound, internet problems that were annoying for typical domestic users have become major impediments to working from home.

With many people now house-bound, internet problems that were annoying for typical domestic users have become major impediments to working from home.

Politics And Society

Lennon Chang Senior Lecturer in Criminology, School of Social Sciences

Coronavirus and the cybercrime wave

Fear and curiosity is providing fertile ground for cyber criminals to conduct their “business”.

Fear and curiosity is providing fertile ground for cyber criminals to conduct their “business”.

Education

More than numbers: The gender issue in maths

A study highlights the systemic and cultural problems in mathematics departments – and why fewer women than men pursue a career in the field.

Jennifer Hall Lecturer, Maths Science and Technology

A study highlights the systemic and cultural problems in mathematics departments – and why fewer women than men pursue a career in the field.

Podcast: Modern slavery

Bodean Hedwards Criminologist, PhD Candidate

Podcast: Modern slavery

Episode 4: Swipe Right For Slavery

Approximately 40 million people worldwide are enslaved in some way. And if you believe your hands are clean, you’re wrong. Listen to the latest podcast.

Approximately 40 million people worldwide are enslaved in some way. And if you believe your hands are clean, you’re wrong. Listen to the latest podcast.

Environment

The summer threat beyond the fires

The peak time for heatwaves in southern Australia hasn't yet arrived. Many parts of Australia can expect heavy rains and flooding, and northern Australia's cyclone season is just gearing up.

Neville Nicholls Emeritus Professor, School of Earth Atmosphere and Environment

The peak time for heatwaves in southern Australia hasn't yet arrived. Many parts of Australia can expect heavy rains and flooding, and northern Australia's cyclone season is just gearing up.

Saman Ilankoon Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, Malaysia

Turning e-waste trash into treasure

The World Economic Forum estimates e-waste to be worth US$62.5 billion annually, but only 20 per cent is recycled through appropriate channels.

The World Economic Forum estimates e-waste to be worth US$62.5 billion annually, but only 20 per cent is recycled through appropriate channels.

Martin Singh Lecturer, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment

It was a dark and stormy night ...

New research is investigating the ingredients that lead to thunderstorms to better predict when they might strike.

New research is investigating the ingredients that lead to thunderstorms to better predict when they might strike.

Business and economy

Business And Economy

Business and economy

Joining the dots

The 'key player' concept is a window into how social networks influence behaviour.

Yves Zenou Professor of Economics, and Richard Snape Chair, Department of Economics

The 'key player' concept is a window into how social networks influence behaviour.

Politics And Society

Mark Andrejevic Professor, Communications and Media Studies

Smart machines, numb humans

Will the rise of algorithmic decision-making and AI threaten the essential elements of being human?

Will the rise of algorithmic decision-making and AI threaten the essential elements of being human?

John Lattanzio Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy

The man who saved the Moon landing

Ultimately, the most famous step in history may never have been taken if it wasn’t for a mission simulation 15 days earlier.

Ultimately, the most famous step in history may never have been taken if it wasn’t for a mission simulation 15 days earlier.

Education

At what cost kindergarten?

Recent controversy over virtual preschool provision raises broader questions over what priorities and values are driving our education systems.

Neil Selwyn Professor, Faculty of Education

Recent controversy over virtual preschool provision raises broader questions over what priorities and values are driving our education systems.

Chao Chen Senior Lecturer, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Mission to Mars

A team of Monash students is competing in the 2019 international Mars Rover Challenge with its latest prototype.

A team of Monash students is competing in the 2019 international Mars Rover Challenge with its latest prototype.

Michael Brown Associate Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy

Looking back in wonder

When you look up at the vastness of space you can see hundreds, thousands and even millions of years into the past.

When you look up at the vastness of space you can see hundreds, thousands and even millions of years into the past.

Meera Parish Associate Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy

The new breed of power rangers

More than one hundred researchers are working together to create electronics in which next to no energy is lost.

More than one hundred researchers are working together to create electronics in which next to no energy is lost.

Medicine and health

Monash Life Magazine

Medicine and health

Duty of care empowered by a beautiful idea

Everything about the development of CareMonkey shows that a desire to do good can inspire entrepreneurs with the next big idea. Monash Life speaks with CareMonkey's inventor, Troy Westley.

Monash University

Everything about the development of CareMonkey shows that a desire to do good can inspire entrepreneurs with the next big idea. Monash Life speaks with CareMonkey's inventor, Troy Westley.

Carsten Rudolph Associate Professor of Cybersecurity, Faculty of Information Technology

Containing the digital tsunami

As high-speed internet spreads throughout the Pacific, steps are being taken to ensure the islands' cybersecurity.

As high-speed internet spreads throughout the Pacific, steps are being taken to ensure the islands' cybersecurity.