Digits and Destinies

In this episode of Digits and Destinies, we have Dr. Forest Agostinelli - assistant professor of computer science and engineering and faculty member of the Artificial Intelligence Institute at the University of South Carolina- to talk about:-His research projects at the University of South Carolina-AI for solving Rubik's Cube and his results-Different mathematical subjects which are useful for AI Pain point of being a researcher-struggle to switch off the brain-Researchers are at the risk of mental health-Playing music for funhttps://cse.sc.edu/~foresta/

Spend a bit of time to get to learn about a powerful statistical app which helps ecologists count animals. In this episode Robin Aldridge-Sutton will talk about:-The importance of recording the number of animals practically endangered species, -Why ecologists need statistical tools for counting animals,-His powerful app which helps ecologists counting animals-His messages for maths/stats or data lovers.Watch the video through this link:https://youtu.be/6yOuhEFxV70

In this episode Dr. Pooyan Jamshidi talks about the basics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning algorithms using a simple language. He also talks about the critical role of mathematics to build up a career in this space.

Prof. Mary Myerscough from the University of Sydney talks about the way mathematics save honeybees.In this episode Prof. Mary Myerscough talks about:Her backgroundThe importance of honeybee in our livesWhy honeybee hives are collapsing and what are the consequences of itHow mathematics can prevent honeybee hive from collapsing

Spend 30 min to listen this fun and useful episode of Digits and Destinies in which our guest speaker Dr. George Papadopoulos talks aboutMathematics as a great subject for upskilling studentsThe way maths helps creating great job opportunitiesMathematics mindset (its benefits and drawbacks)Disengagement as a major problem in Australian schoolsThis is the time to change Australian culture towards mathematicsOngoing pandemic: insufficient mathematics foundation of students entering universitiesAbout the speaker:Mr. George Papadopoulos is Australian with Greek background. He completed, bachelor in advanced mathematics and master in Applied mathematics. In 2012 he started a Ph.D in mathematics education at the University of Sydney. He has great teaching experiences and has been teaching maths to children and university students for more than 10 years. He has a lot of stories related to maths, educations and his own journey to share with us.

This is the snapshot of another episode of I Like Maths which is about different ways to encourage children to learn and enjoy maths. In this episode Karen Harling McDaid shares 6 useful tips for increasing the engagement of children in maths at home and school.

In this episode Dr. Usha Sridhar talks about her journey and the way mathematics has shaped it, her challenges as an educator, mother, student, immigrant and employee.Dr. Usha Sridhar is a Sripathi Gold medalist from Andhra University (topped in all Science departments' results and achieved University First). She complete two Ph.D in mathematics (yes 2 Ph.D) in the area of Analysis, Complex Variables and Proof Theory and Artificial Neural Networks. Apart from her great academic achievements, she has also worked in finance field for 8 years.Usha's passion about teaching, is nurtured by her parents. She has been teaching Mathematics, Numerical Techniques, Business, Statistics, Quantitative Methods and related subjects at various universities for more than three decades. Usha is part of the Teaching team won the prestigious UTS (University of Technology Sydney) Teaching citation award in 2011, 2018 and 2020.

In this episode of I Like Maths, Dr. Karen Harling McDaid explains why it is important to build a positive attitude toward mathematics during childhood and how it can be achieved.