Platform-free oil and gas extraction

Current estimates suggest Australia has over A$1 trillion of oil and gas reserves that cannot be developed by conventional methods. With sub-sea and down-hole technologies, this resource is no longer out of reach.

Dr Phil Schwarz: computational fluid dynamicist

Dr Phil Schwarz leads the Fluids Process Modelling team, which is focused on the development and application of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and other experimental modelling techniques to equipment and processes within the minerals extraction and energy industries.

Dr Pavel Shevchenko: bringing mathematical expertise to managing risk in the financial sector

Dr Pavel Shevchenko leads mathematical research and commercial projects in financial risk management. He is involved in modelling market, credit and operational risks; options pricing; insurance; and the development of relevant numerical methods and software.

Pathways: a new approach to social service systems

Mapping and analysing pathways through social welfare systems could show which programs work best.

PARMS-Planning: protecting our pipelines

CSIRO’s Pipeline Asset and Risk Management System (PARMS-Planning) is a new suite of software tools that assists water utilities in analysing the costs associated with pipeline infrastructure and make informed asset and risk management decisions.

Our resilient coastal Australia

The Wealth from Oceans Flagship is providing Australia's governments, industries and communities with the scientific knowledge, tools and approaches to make wise decisions about our uses of coastal environments.

Optimising bulk material supply chains and port operations

New optimisation methods developed by CSIRO enhance throughput at Australia’s bulk material shipping terminals, and offer improvements over conventional approaches.

Online communities: improving communication with customers

CSIRO is working with Centrelink to develop and trial an online forum with a target group of Centrelink customers.

Simulator solution for national energy market

Six years of national energy market data covering demand, pricing and power dispatch leads to unique simulation tool. Using the NEMsim simulation tool, it is now possible to represent Australia’s national energy market as a co-evolving system made up of complex interactions between participants and their associated markets.

Dr Murray Cameron: fostering multidisciplinary research partnerships

Dr Murray Cameron is a research scientist who believes that good decisions depend on good analysis of reliable quantitative information. He fosters research partnerships with the aim of having an impact on industries that increasingly rely on this information.

Mr Mark Horn: creating decision support systems

Mr Mark Horn works with a group of mathematicians on material design, rostering and decision making under uncertainty.

Monitoring team receives CSIRO’s top award in 2004

A team of mathematicians and environment scientists have won CSIRO's top award for a suite of environmental mapping tools that help fight salinity.
Meet the team creating maps that help address key environmental issues.

Rapid visualisation and analysis of medical imaging

CSIRO has developed platform-independent software that improves visualization of medical data, automates image analysis and aids in interpretation of medical images.

Mastering biomarkers: detecting disease earlier

CSIRO’s researchers discover new biomarkers, or signatures, for colorectal cancer. They adapt the detection and measurement of these biomarkers to new assay technologies which allow higher throughput and content through miniaturisation – such as lab-on-a-chip formats. New biomarkers for disease diagnosis will soon be available in a ‘lab-on-a-chip’ format.

Quantifying risk for margin lenders

CSIRO researchers developed a model and prototype software to quantify risk for a large portfolio of Australian stocks in margin lending.

Dr Margaret Friedel: contributing to arid land sustainability

Dr Margaret Friedel is using modelling techniques to help outback communities in areas such as tourism sustainability and management of exotic buffel grass.

Managing complex systems

CSIRO is applying systems and complexity theory to optimise the performance and efficiency of market areas such as manufacturing, mining, infrastructure, logistics and security.

Improving manufacturing systems

CSIRO develops manufacturing and business systems offering a high degree of robustness, stability and performance.

Dr Luigi Renzullo: understanding Earth's water and energy cycles

Dr Luigi Renzullo is leading remote sensing research applied to Earth’s water and energy cycles.

Tailored lifestyle information

CSIRO is encouraging people to adopt healthy lifestyle habits through online and mobile phone technologies.

Dr Leorey Marquez: protecting Australia's critical infrastructure

With qualifications in statistics, operations research and information sciences Dr Leorey Marquez's research involves modelling the medical and social impacts of critical infrastructure disruption.

Dr John Ward: analysing and developing resource policy principles for natural resource management

Dr John Ward is a member of the Policy and Economic Research Unit, a team of CSIRO resource and ecological economists. The unit specialises in the analysis and development of resource policy principles and their application to natural resource management.

Dr Juan Pablo Guerschman: earth observation of land and water

Dr Juan Pablo Guerschman uses remote sensing and ground data to quantify vegetation and surface properties which lead to better understanding of water resources.

Dr Jonathon Ralston: delivering the 'Future Mine'

Dr Jonathon Ralston's research aims to deliver the 'Future Mine' through advanced sensing, mapping, navigation, automation, communications and visualisation technologies.

Dr John Gallant: better terrain data for Australia

Dr John Gallant is developing high resolution digital elevation models of Australia for water accounting and soil prediction.