Computational and simulation sciences

Multidisciplinary teams of researchers with expertise in statistics, mathematics, ICT and other sciences are developing capabilities for working with large datasets.

Summer scholarships in maths, statistics and computational science

Undergraduate vacation scholarships are available every summer at CSIRO Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics.

Perth: Floreat, WA (Centre for Environment and Life Sciences (CELS))

The Centre for Environment and Life Sciences draws together the capabilities of seven CSIRO research areas to provide solutions to environmental management problems and to improve the health of Australians.

Colorectal cancer and gut health

Find out about Preventative Health Flagship research on improving gut health, and the prevention, susceptibility, early detection and diagnosis of colorectal cancer.

CSIRO innovation advancing government services

The impact of demographic changes, urbanisation and emerging economic constraints are reshaping the way public services are delivered. Governments need to develop new business delivery models and systems that will be citizen centric, adaptable and cost effective.

Optimising the Hunter Valley Coal Chain

CSIRO has worked with the Hunter Valley Coal Chain Coordinator to create innovative simulation and optimisation models to help adapt to growing demand and expansion.

Dr Pascal Vallotton: quantifying information in biological images

Dr Vallotton and his team are developing image analysis software to support drug development and further the understanding of biological systems such as cells.

Engineering and technical services

CSIRO creates computational models and software tools for many applications from understanding and improving complex industrial processes to speeding up medical research and drug discovery through image analysis.

CSIRO Complex Systems Science

The CSIRO Complex Systems Science team supports a network of scientists who research complex systems, by providing opportunities for collaboration, sharing of ideas and capacity building.

Dr Philip Kokic: applying statistics to climate risk problems

Dr Philip Kokic has over 25 years' experience as a statistician working on a diverse range of applied topics including statistical analysis of survey data, risk modelling and econometric analysis.

CSIRO Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics 2010-11 Snapshot

This booklet provides a snapshot of CSIRO Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics' highlights for the 2010/2011 financial year. (2 pages)

Adaptive supply networks

Our technologies deliver an enduring competitive advantage to Australian business working within complex supply networks.

Baseline pollutant loads to the Great Barrier Reef

This Water for a Healthy Country Flagship report gives detailed estimates of the 2009 pollutant loads in the rivers of the Great Barrier Reef catchment. (48 pages)

International collaboration in information and space sciences

CSIRO works with industry leaders around the world to improve productivity and service delivery through innovative use of mathematics, statistics and information and communication technologies (ICT). CSIRO also provides technology and services for radio astronomy, spacecraft tracking and space science.

Ahead of the pack: Risk management research for the financial services

This CSIRO white paper looks the value of risk management and modelling for the financial services industry and how CSIRO's innovative approaches can help banks, insurance companies, superannuation funds, business and investors stay ahead of the pack. (8 pages)

Neurodegenerative diseases and mental disorders

With life expectancies increasing around the world, populations are ageing and neurodegenerative diseases have become a global issue.

Gaurav Singh: optimising supply chains for industry

Dr Gaurav Singh develops smart tools and strategies to help maximise supply chain efficiency.

Ms Lauren Bragg: developing analysis pipelines for large biological datasets

Ms Lauren Bragg is a bioinformatician experienced in developing pipelines for genomic data analysis

Funds for the Future

While each of us wants to benefit from our own super in our retirement, we also want to see our consolidated super benefit Australia’s economy.

Dr Rodolfo Garcia-Flores: optimising complex industrial processes

Dr Rodolfo Garcia-Flores is a Post Doctoral Fellow at CSIRO, specialising in Multi-agent Systems, Optimisation and Data Mining.

Dr Richard Jarrett: helping decision-makers understand risk

Dr Richard Jarrett heads a team of researchers who develop new ways of measuring and understanding risk.

Mathematicians in Schools

Mathematicians in Schools is a free national program supporting long-term, professional partnerships between practising mathematicians and teachers across Australia.

Gene technology

Learn more about gene technology, how it impacts our lives and the research CSIRO is undertaking in this field.

Dr Yun Li: developing new statistical methods to understand climate change and variability

Dr Yun Li is an environmental statistician with many years of experience applying statistical methods to model and understand patterns in our changing climate.

Canberra: Acton, ACT (Australian National University)

The campus of The Australian National University is home to the Canberra-based staff of CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences and CSIRO ICT Centre.