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UNSW Sydney has agreed to a new four-year partnership in collaboration with AI in Schools to “improve and expand a free program to schools” that introduces teachers and students to the basics of artificial intelligence.

Spend managment solutions provider Ivalua today announced that after successfully implementing its Contract Management and Supplier Repository solutions, UNSW Sydney (UNSW) has also adopted an automated supplier import and a just-in-time user provisioning system.

Researchers from Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) and UNSW Sydney have developed a smart watch algorithm to accurately measure walking steadiness and speed, and potentially to help improve individual walking stability to reduce the risk of falls.

A team led by UNSW Sydney researchers is investigating ways through e-health to increase access to much-needed treatment for fear of cancer recurrence.

Why are violent video games fascinating for people of all ages and genders? Drawing on evolutionary psychology and cognitive evaluation theory—a theory explaining the effect of extrinsic rewards on intrinsic motivation—and a recent paper published in Motivation Science, UNSW Sydney researchers say that violent games resonate with people because they offer opportunities to fulfil our psychological needs.

UNSW Sydney has received the largest known cryptocurrency donation to a higher education institution – US$4 million ($5.3 million) in cryptocurrency coins – from Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, which will be used to support an open-source tool providing early warning of pandemics.

Teams at UNSW Sydney and the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have developed Slow5, a new format that helps process DNA samples 30 times faster than existing systems.

More greenhouse gases were produced in 2018 than any previous year, despite more than 20 countries reducing their carbon emissions since 2000, research from UNSW Sydney and their collaborators has shown.

Engineers from the University of NSW are leading a research project aimed at closing a gap in speech recognition systems that they say have until now performed badly in understanding young users of technology.

UNSW Sydney researchers have secured more than $4.9 million in Australian Research Council (ARC) funding for development of the ARC Training Centre for The Global Hydrogen Economy.

A new strategic partnership between St George Banking Group, UNSW Sydney and the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre has been forged, in a move designed to advance Australian research and accelerate the introduction and commercialisation of new manufacturing technologies.