During 2021, ACEMS and its members were mentioned in 107 print and electronic articles, and 5 radio and television stories, some of which were syndicated to multiple news outlets. These articles and stories highlighted various achievements and activities related to the Centre.
- Anthony Guttman featured in a story broadcast on ABC Radio regarding the debate over proposed changes to the mathematics curriculum. A recording of the story can be accessed here: See online
- Adrian Barnett was interviewed for a news story about whether the government should pay people to get their COVID vaccines. The story aired on at least four different radio outlets –
2GB 873 Radio: See online
3AW 963 Radio: See online
4BC 1116 Radio: See online
Omny.fm: See online
- Angela Dahlke and Kerrie Mengersen appeared on multiple radio broadcasts on ABC Radio to promote the Great Barrier Reef Citizen Science Challenge that was held during National Science Week.
- Juan Ortiz and David Warne appeared on a 7 News story about their research which uncovered a connection between the growth of cancers and the Great Barrier Reef. A recording of the story can be found here: See online
- The Safe Blues project featured in a story published by El Universal. A recording of the story can be found here: See online
- Susanna Cramb, Kerrie Mengersen: "Projects awarded more than $1million in ARC funding", 6 January 2021.
Mirage News: Read online
- Alex Browning, Tarunendu Mapder, Matthew Simpson: "Like investors, bacteria, viruses and cancer cells hedge their bets", 7 January 2021.
Mirage News: Read online
Phys.org: Read online
SciMex: Read online
- Priyanga Dilini Talagala: "Responsible AI: The talk of the Town", 1 February 2021.
ComSpective the ICT Technical Magazine: Read online
- Jan de Gier: "Major sum adds up to even better maths thinking", 1 February 2021.
Mirage News: Read online
- Jan de Gier: "Corridor of cash for MATRIX", 2 February 2021.
Campus Morning Mail: Read online
- Jan de Gier: "Brainstorming MATRIX wins $US600,000 mathematics grant", 2 February 2021.
The Australian: Read online
- Chris Drovandi: "Who is (probably) today’s best male tennis player?", 7 February 2021.
The Conversation: Read online
- Lewis Mitchell: "‘We still need humans to generate those stories’: How AI could influence screenwriting", 10 February 2021.
IF Magazine: Read online
- Kerrie Mengersen: "Award winning Australian Cancer Atlas doubles down on digits", 16 February 2021.
Mirage News: Read online
- Kate Helmstedt: “Stark warning: Combating ecosystem collapse from the tropics to the Antarctic”, 26 February 2021.
Science Daily: Read online
- Kevin Burrage, Kerrie Mengersen: "Jaguars will soon be severely threatened - Earth.com's video of the day", 8 March 2021.
Earth.com: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "Virtual Bluetooth virus spreads between SMARTPHONES to learn more about disease spread", 12 March 2021.
Daily Mail: Read online
Daily UK News: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "The 'virtual' virus mimics Covid and knows how the epidemic travels", 12 March 2021.
La Stampa: Read online
La Repubblica: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "Virus appears that infects smartphones in a 'similar' way to the coronavirus", 12 March 2021.
LA FM: Read online
- Peter Taylor: "We’ve designed a safe ‘virtual’ epidemic. Spreading it is going to help us learn about COVID", 13 March 2021.
The Conversation: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "A virtual virus transmitted by Bluetooth helps track the spread of “Corona”", 13 March 2021.
Ajel News: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "Developing a virtual virus that spreads via Bluetooth between smartphones to track Corona", 14 March 2021.
Youm7: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "A Bluetooth-borne virus seeks to better predict COVID-19 transmission", 15 March 2021.
RPP: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "A ‘safe’ virus that transfers via Bluetooth created to predict Covid-like virus spread", 15 March 2021.
Technology Fortnight: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "A virtual virus reproduces the patterns of distribution of COVID-19", 15 March 2021.
Mobile Bulgaria: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "Researchers Are Working on a Virtual Phone Virus That 'Mimics' the Spread of Covid-19", 15 March 2021.
Gizmodo: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "Researchers create "digital coronavirus" transmissible to smartphones via Bluetooth", 15 March 2021.
4g News: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "Researchers create “virtual virus” to study the spread of Covid-19", 15 March 2021.
Olhar Digital: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "Researchers develop Bluetooth-transmitting 'virus' to improve COVID-19 tracking accuracy", 15 March 2021.
ZD Net: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "Safe Blues: A virus for smartphones is expected to help in COVID-19 research", 15 March 2021.
Dobre Programy: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "They develop a mobile virus that spreads as if it were COVID-19", 15 March 2021.
El Pais: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "Virtual phone virus 'mimics' spread of Covid-19", 15 March 2021.
La Minute: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "Virtual virus for smartphones will help assess the spread of COVID-19", 15 March 2021.
Pingvin.pro: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "Virtual virus that transmits between phones developed to mimic COVID spread", 15 March 2021.
Android Authority: Read online
- Kerrie Mengersen: "Online atlas to chart changing cancer risk", 16 March 2021.
Canberra Times: Read online
Illawarra Mercury: Read online
Newcastle Herald: Read online
Perth Now: Read online
The Courier: Read online
The Daily Mail: Read online
The Examiner: Read online
The West Australian: Read online
This is Money UK: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "Bluetooth-transmitted virus could help assess the spread of COVID-19", 16 March 2021.
SecurityLab.ru: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "Researchers develop bluetooth transmitting virus to improve COVID-19 tracking accuracy called Safe Blues", 16 March 2021.
Amar Ujala: Read online
Short Pedia: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "Researchers Develop Virtual Mobile Viruses to Better Understand the Spread of COVID-19", 16 March 2021.
The Canadian News: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "Researchers Developled (sic) Virtual Phone Virus To Recreate How COVID-19 Spreads ", 16 March 2021.
Moby Geek: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "Researchers have now developed a Safe Blues bluetooth contact tracing virus", 16 March 2021.
Lokmat News: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "“Safe Blues”, a virtual virus created to understand the behavior of Covid-19", 16 March 2021.
Cromaclic TV: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "Scientists want to create a digital coronavirus", 16 March 2021.
Spider's Web: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "Scientists want to unleash a Bluetooth-powered ‘virtual virus’ to study COVID-19", 16 March 2021.
The Next Web: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "They develop mobile phone viruses that replicate by proximity, such as SARS-CoV-2", 16 March 2021.
juventudrebelde.cu: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "This special virus will knock on mobile with bluetooth", 16 March 2021.
Upvarta News: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "They spread a virtual virus that mimics the coronavirus", 16 March 2021.
Ambito: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "Virtual coronavirus: they created a harmless virus that infects nearby smartphones to test how social distancing works", 16 March 2021.
Info Bae: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "'Safe Blues', the new virtual virus that spreads between mobile phones imitating the coronavirus", 17 March 2021.
20 minutos: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "They created a “digital virus” that could track the coronavirus", 17 March 2021.
LA 100: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "Queensland university: Virtual Coronavirus that transmits between phones developed to mimic COVID spread", 18 March 2021.
Mind Nutrifier: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "Safe Blues: the virtual virus that is transmitted via Bluetooth", 19 March 2021.
Sipse.com: Read online
- Jan de Gier: "Calculus ignored even though evidence is we rely on it", 26 March 2021.
Australian Financial Review: Read online
- Adrian Barnett: "Want other scientists to cite you? Drop the jargon", 7 April 2021.
Science: Read online
- Kerrie Mengersen, Edgar Santos-Fernandez: "Hakuna my data: new tools to increase reliability of citizen science", 4 May 2021.
Phys.org: Read online
SciMex: Read online
- Nicole White: "QUT researcher investigates pandemic and inspires women in STEM", 5 May 2021.
Mirage News: Read online
The National Tribune: Read online
- Paul Wu: "Sport science fast-tracked with QUT, AIS and QAS strategic partnership", 6 May 2021.
Mirage News: Read online
- Adrian Barnett: "Swiss funder draw lots to make grant decisions", 6 May 2021.
Nature: Read online
- Paul Wu: "Sport science fast-tracked with QUT, AIS and QAS strategic partnership", 6 May 2021.
The National Tribune: Read online
- Jan de Gier: "Women leading the way in a first for residential research in Australia", 11 May 2021.
Mirage News: Read online
The National Tribune: Read online
- Rob Hyndman: "Twenty-two Australians recognised among our nation’s most distinguished scientists", 24 May 2021.
Mirage News: Read online
The National Tribune: Read online
- Rob Hyndman: "Leading Monash University scientists elected Fellows of Australian Academy of Science", 25 May 2021.
Mirage News: Read online
- Rob Hyndman: "“This is really a marathon.” Meet the statistician helping forecast the spread of COVID-19", 25 May 2021.
Monash Impact: Read online
- Sevvandi Kandanaarachchi, Mario Andres Munoz Acosta: "Predicting and quickly detecting bushfires caused by powerlines", 25 May 2021.
SciMex: Read online
- Juan Ortiz: “Turning the tables -- how table corals are regenerating reefs”, 01 June 2021.
EurekAlert: Read online
- Tobin South: "Fulbright recipients set to expand research horizons", 1 June 2021.
Mirage News: Read online
- Juan Ortiz: “Table corals have an important role to play in reef recovery, but they’re also quite vulnerable”, 02 June 2021.
ZME Science: Read online
- Safe Blues Project: "Virtual Coronavirus", 20 June 2021.
La Revista: Read online
- Kate Helmstedt, Jacinta Holloway-Brown, Kerrie Mengersen: "New research lifts the clouds on land clearing and biodiversity loss", 28 June 2021.
Eureka Alert: Read online
Mirage News: Read online
Phys.org: Read online
Science Daily: Read online
ScienMag: Read online
SciMex: Read online
The National Tribune: Read online
- Tomasz Bednarz: “Robotics, the Space Race and the Digital Twin Link”, 29 June 2021.
Analytics Insight: Read online
- Adrian Barnett, Susanna Cramb: "Science & Technology Australia welcomes new committee members", 1 July 2021.
Mirage News: Read online
The National Tribune: Read online
- Anthony Guttmann: "Maths experts reject curriculum changes, which tout problem-solving approach", 5 July 2021.
The Australian: Read online
- Anthony Guttmann: "Solving the problem of maths", 6 July 2021.
The Australian: Read online
- Adrian Barnett: "Extreme temperatures kill 5 million people a year with heat-related deaths rising, study finds", 8 July 2021.
MSN Australia: Read online
The Guardian: Read online
- Anthony Guttmann: "Retreat signalled on maths overhaul", 8 July 2021.
The Australian: Read online
- Rob Hyndman: "Achievements", 13 July 2021.
Campus Morning Mail: Read online
- Adrian Barnett: "'Overnight' shift in world's medical research to ‘COVID’ reflected in medical journal titles", 15 July 2021.
Mirage News: Read online
The National Tribune: Read online
- Paul Wu: "Tokyo Olympics: Slowest swimming relay athletes key to gold medal chances", 16 July 2021.
Bendigo Advertiser: Read online
Border Mail: Read online
Canberra Times: Read online
Illawarra Mercury: Read online
Newcastle Herald: Read online
The Advocate: Read online
The Examiner: Read online
- Rob Hyndman: "Monash University’s Rob Hyndman awarded the Pitman Medal 2021", 28 July 2021.
Busy Continent: Read online
- Katie Buchhorn: "Questions answered: Katie Buchhorn", 29 July 2021.
Significance Magazine: Read online
- Adrian Barnett: "Cash for jabs: Labor calls for $300 payment for those who get vaccinated", 2 August 2021.
Brisbane Times: Read online
Sydney Morning Herald: Read online
The Age: Read online
WA Today: Read online
- Adrian Barnett: "Labor: Pay Aussies $300 to get vaccinated", 3 August 2021.
Macrobusiness: Read online
- Adrian Barnett: "Research backs cash payment as one way to lift vaccine rate", 3 August 2021.
Sydney Morning Herald: Read online
The Age: Read online
WA Today: Read online
- Adrian Barnett: "'Vaxlotto: Lotteries an option in next test for vaccine rollout", 3 August 2021.
Brisbane Times: Read online
Sydney Morning Herald: Read online
The Age: Read online
WA Today: Read online
- Jan de Gier: "'Zero knowledge proofs: validation without information", 3 August 2021. Sydney Morning Herald - Examine newsletter.
- Adrian Barnett: "Cash incentives not a bad idea to avoid an Australia divided by vaccine status", 4 August 2021.
Brisbane Times: Read online
Sydney Morning Herald: Read online
The Age: Read online
WA Today: Read online
- Adrian Barnett: "'Delta has moved the needle': Vaccine mandates more useful than cash", 4 August 2021.
Brisbane Times: Read online
Sydney Morning Herald: Read online
The Age: Read online
WA Today: Read online
- Adrian Barnett: "Jabs for cash triggers national vaccine debate", 4 August 2021.
Perth Now: Read online
- Adrian Barnett: "'Cash or lottery? The most effective way to get the masses jabbed", 6 August 2021.
Australian Financial Review: Read online
- Jan de Gier: "New mathematical record: what’s the point of calculating pi?", 18 August 2021.
FR24 News: Read online
The Guardian: Read online
- Jan de Gier: "Swiss research team calculates pi to 62.8 trillion decimals on supercomputer", 18 August 2021.
MSN.com: Read online
NY Daily News: Read online
- Jan de Gier: "Swiss researchers use a supercomputer to calculate Pi to 62.8T places — What’s the point?", 19 August 2021.
Digital Journal: Read online
- Peter Taylor: "How does contact tracing work?", 20 August 2021.
Intheblack.com: Read online
- Jan de Gier: "Swiss university claims new record for calculating Pi", 21 August 2021.
Swissinfo.ch: Read online
- Kevin Burrage, Jesse Sharp, Matthew Simpson: "Math researchers find new ways to improve the science of 'trade-offs'", 9 September 2021.
Eureka Alert: Read online
Gamers Grade: Read online
Mirage News: Read online
Phys.org: Read online
Science Daily: Read online
ScienMag: Read online
SciMex: Read online
The National Tribune: Read online
- Phil Pollett: "10 years after cycling tragedy, this westside Brisbane road is still a death trap", 7 October 2021.
Courier Mail: Read online
Gold Coast Bulletin: Read online
- Angela Dahlke: "Queensland’s Top Citizen Scientists are at FLSHS", 11 October 2021. The Lake News.
- Kerrie Mengersen: "COVID-19 risks explained with new tool", 25 October 2021.
Eureka Alert: Read online
Mirage News: Read online
SciMex: Read online
SciTech Daily: Read online
The Medical News: Read online
The National Tribune: Read online
- Kerrie Mengersen: "Online tool helps assess risks from COVID-19 and vaccination", 25 October 2021.
NewsGP: Read online
- Kerrie Mengersen: "COVID-19 Risks Explained Via New Australian Online Tool", 26 October 2021.
OpenGov Asia: Read online
- Wang Jin, Kerrie Mengersen, Matthew Simpson, David Warne, Paul Wu: "A reef in two gears: new patterns of coral recovery discovered", 28 October 2021.
Eureka Alert: Read online
Mirage News: Read online
Phys.org: Read online
Science Daily: Read online
The National Tribune: Read online
- Joshua Ross: "REVEALED: One in four chance of an outbreak when borders open", 1 November 2021.
In Daily: Read online
- Joshua Ross: "Confusion and concern over new SA COVID modelling", 1 November 2021.
In Daily: Read online
- Joshua Ross: "Doherty Institute links to SA Govt modelling 'misleading, misrepresented'", 4 November 2021.
In Daily: Read online
- Scott Sisson: "Data privacy and the law", 7 November 2021.
Lawyers Weekly: Read online
- Adrian Barnett: "The new Social Sciences Fellows", 9 November 2021.
Campus Morning Mail: Read online
- Adrian Barnett: "Overturn the tables", 12 November 2021.
Campus Morning Mail: Read online
- Adrian Barnett: "League tables cost money and cause harm", 17 November 2021.
Campus Morning Mail: Read online
- Chris Drovandi: "Does hitting second with the T20 World Cup Cricket offer a decisive advantage? A professor of statistics explains", 18 November 2021.
Jioforme: Read online
Mirage News: Read online
The Conversation: Read online
Yahoo News: Read online
- Louise Ryan: "Louise Ryan Wins Moyal Medal", 8 December 2021.
Campus Morning Mail: Read online
- Tomasz Bednarz: “ANSTO and Powerhouse Museum: powerful new partnership for applied arts and sciences”, 10 December 2021.
Mirage News: Read online
- Jan de Gier: "If Australia wants innovation it should value expertise more highly", 17 December 2021.
The Australian: Read online
- Tomasz Bednarz: “Merging Tech, Art and Science in Australia”, 22 December 2021.
OpenGov: Read online