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Meet the remarkable machines that learn from humans

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/766-meet-the-remarkable-machines-that-learn-from-humans

27 Aug 2018: Most AI systems depend solely on data analysis, which limits how smart and agile they are. But Tasmanian researchers have enabled computers to learn rapidly from human decision-making, and the impact is being felt around the world. Across the globe,
Combatting one of the most overlooked sources of global pollution

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/770-combatting-one-of-the-most-overlooked-sources-of-global-pollution

3 Sep 2018: One container ship can emit almost the same amount of pollution as 50 million cars, and yet, shipping emissions are often overlooked. Here’s how researchers plan on curbing this serious source of global pollution. Sulphur dioxide and nitrogen
How Tasmanian researchers saved Australia’s newsprint industry

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/767-how-tasmanian-researchers-saved-australias-newsprint-industry

31 Aug 2018: Things have been far from smooth sailing for the Boyer paper mill in Tasmania’s Derwent Valley since it pulped, squeezed, and rolled out Australia’s first sheet of newsprint back in 1941. While the mill still supplies most newspapers around the
More than 100,000 tourists will head to Antarctica this summer.…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/more-than-100,000-tourists-will-head-to-antarctica-this-summer.-should-we-worry-about-damage-to-the-ice-and-its-ecosystems

9 Jan 2023: As the summer sun finally arrives for people in the Southern Hemisphere, more than 100,000 tourists will head for the ice. Travelling on one of more than 50 cruise ships, they will brave the two-day trip across the notoriously rough Drake Passage
How Australia’s island state prepares for climate shifts

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/789-how-australias-island-state-prepares-for-climate-shifts

25 Aug 2018: By 2050, not only will technology and society be very different, but Australia’s climate will have changed. In the not-so-distant future, when you settle back into an armchair with a glass of your favourite shiraz, chances are the grapes will not
Why experts are rethinking how we teach statistics in schools

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/802-why-experts-are-rethinking-how-we-teach-statistics-in-schools

10 Sep 2018: Mathematics is behind everything we do in an advanced society, and as we become more dependent on technology in Australia, it will underpin more jobs than ever before. And yet, fewer and fewer young people are pursuing mathematics in their later
How next-gen video tech brought one of the world’s most polluted river

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/790-how-next-gen-video-tech-brought-one-of-the-worlds-most-polluted-river

29 Aug 2018: It’s a lifeline for many Tasmanians, yet it’s one of the most polluted rivers in the industrial world. Here’s how visual artists highlighted the very real plight of the iconic Derwent River. The Derwent River is a major supplier of water and
Australian hardwood could revolutionise how we build cities

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/764-australian-hardwood-could-revolutionise-how-we-build-cities

22 Aug 2018: Over the next few years, Australia will produce a hardwood supply like never before. Tasmania alone will produce a massive 3 million cubic metres of the material each year. The result of mass plantings of blue gum and shining gum in the 1990s and
Tassie devils’ decline has left a feast of carrion for feral cats

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/801-tassie-devils-decline-has-left-a-feast-of-carrion-for-feral-cats

29 Nov 2018: The decline of Tasmanian devils is having an unusual knock-on effect: animal carcasses would once have been gobbled up in short order by devils are now taking many days longer to disappear. We made the discovery, published today in the journal
Australia is undergoing a major change...

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/800-australia-is-undergoing-a-major-change

9 Sep 2018: It’s time for employers and organisations to transform awareness of mental health issues at work into action, and researchers are developing the tools and strategies to help make that happen. When it comes to safety in the workplace, physical
One of the most important tools in physics you’ve never heard of

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/771-one-of-the-most-important-tools-in-physics-youve-never-heard-of

5 Sep 2018: The International Terrestrial Reference Frame is the most important measuring system you’ve never heard of. It’s what we use when we measure the position of an object on Earth or in space, and quite simply, we’d be lost without it. Accurate
What lies beneath

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/768-what-lies-beneath

1 Sep 2018: To shore up Australia’s future economy and prepare us for the ongoing effects of climate change, researchers are decoding ancient mineral messages in Earth’s crust and tracking movements of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Over the past decade, the
Righting the wrongs of the past

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/775-righting-the-wrongs-of-the-past

9 Sep 2018: Historians are working with Australian Indigenous communities to return the bodily remains of their Old People to country from overseas museums and universities. The early years of Australian colonisation in the late 1700s coincided with the
We need to think about the legal implications of futuristic biotech

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/760-we-need-to-think-about-the-legal-implications-of-futuristic-biotech

27 Aug 2018: Consider a future where millions can be protected from deadly malaria, and where hospitals are free from devastating antibiotic-resistant superbugs. Imagine what life would be like with high-tech brain-computer interfaces and bionic bodies, and –
The wildly popular MOOC that’s changing how we think about dementia

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/776-the-wildly-popular-mooc-thats-changing-how-we-think-about-dementia

11 Sep 2018: These days, you’d struggle to find an Australian who hasn’t been affected by dementia in some way. It’s estimated that 400,000 people across the country have dementia, and many of those are yet to be diagnosed. Dementia is a terrifying prospect
A fiery future for Australia is forcing experts to ask, “Are we ready?

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/769-a-fiery-future-for-australia-is-forcing-experts-to-ask-are-we-ready

2 Sep 2018: Back in 2009, the devastation wreaked by the Black Saturday fires in Victoria shook Australians to their core, as the worst bushfires in the country’s history resulted in unprecedented casualties and loss of property. For fire services across the
This philosopher is changing the way we think about ethics

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/774-this-philosopher-is-changing-the-way-we-think-about-ethics

4 Sep 2018: Centuries ago, the English metaphysical poet John Donne famously observed, “No man is an island entire of itself,” conveying a universal truth that humans are necessarily connected to one another, that the human life is a life lived with
Welcome to the future of farming

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/772-welcome-to-the-future-of-farming

6 Sep 2018: The farms of the future will be sown using sensors and apps that reveal the hidden factors that could make all the difference in a world where climate change is becoming increasingly prominent. As leaders in agriculture continue to integrate their
Multiple sclerosis rising and accelerating in Australia new data shows

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/multiple-sclerosis-rising-and-accelerating-in-australia-new-data-shows

15 Feb 2023: The number of Australians living with multiple sclerosis (MS) is increasing at a significant and accelerating rate. The latest data showed that 33,335 Australians were living with MS in 2021, an increase of 30% (7,728) over the four years since the
Why lobsters are the best thing to hit Tassie's urchin-encrusted…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/765-why-lobsters-are-the-best-thing-to-hit-tassies-urchin-encrusted-reefs

24 Aug 2018: By day, the forests of giant and common kelp along Tasmania’s east coast are powerhouses of productivity, providing food and shelter for a wealth of fish, crustaceans, and molluscs, including two of Tasmania’s most valuable commercial species,
Overcoming barriers in an online learning community

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/overcoming-barriers-in-an-online-learning-community

24 Apr 2024: Boosting online learning’s potential to overcome barriers to university study will be the focus of new research in the School of Education. Strategies to better engage students, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, will be explored in
Groundbreaking medical research from Tasmania to the world

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/groundbreaking-medical-research-from-tasmania-to-the-world

11 Apr 2024: Professor Tim Walsh, a world-leader in the fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR), says Tasmania helped to shape his career and world view. Professor Walsh was the University of Tasmania’s Distinguished Alumni Award winner for 2023 and