Sponsors

Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute

The Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) was established in November 2002 with initial funding of $1M from the Victorian Government's Science, Technology and Innovation Infrastructure grants program and matching funds from a consortium of Australian universities and other mathematical organisations. AMSI's mission is to become a nationally and internationally recognised centre for the mathematical sciences, providing service to its member institutions, improving the international competitiveness of Australian industry and commerce and enhancing the national level of school mathematics, by the provision and support of mathematical and statistical expertise.

            CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences

CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences employs over 100 researchers in statistics and mathematics. We create tools and analysis methods that improve decision making and information delivery for our customers in biotechnology, health, business services, industrial processing and environmental monitoring.
More information is at  www.cmis.csiro.au

                 Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation Ltd

The Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation Ltd, is a consortium of Queensland universities formed with the objective to increase the State's innovative capacity through deployment and exploitation of advanced computing and communications infrastructure – supercomputers, high-capacity data archives, visualisation and networking capability.

The long-term goal of QCIF is to enable Queensland 's competitiveness in the global economy by identifying, developing, and promoting the uptake of advanced computing in high growth sectors. Crucial to this is harnessing the intellectual insights with High-Performance Computing (HPC) providing the technological multiplier to overcome Australia 's relatively low population density. Over the next five years QPSF will aim for a transformational impact on the Queensland R&D base with identifiable social and economic outcomes.

The University of Queensland

The Graduate Theme Program is hosted by the University of Queensland (UQ), one of Australia's premier learning and research institutions. It is the largest and oldest university in Queensland and has produced generations of graduates who have gone on to become leaders in all areas of society and industry. The University is a founding member of the national Group of Eight, an alliance of research-strong "sandstone" universities committed to ensuring that Australia has higher education institutions which are genuinely world class. It belongs also to the global Universitas 21 alliance. This group aims to enhance the quality of university outcomes through international benchmarking and a joint venture e-learning project with the Thomson Corporation.

In 2007, the University of Queensland had more than 37,000 students enrolled from 121 countries. It continues to attract the vast majority of the state's highest academic achievers and is renowned nationally and internationally for the quality of its teaching and research. In 1998-99 it was named Australia's University of the Year and it continues to enjoy the highest overall rating for Queensland universities in the annual Good Universities Guide.