Our Research
Business and services analytics – Our researchers develop quantitative methods to be applied in many areas of the services sector, public and private, including finance and infrastructure, transport and logistics and government services. Learn more>
Environmental informatics – Our expertise in highly dimensional data is improving understanding and management of our dynamic environment and tackling big issues like climate change, urban water, sustainable agriculture, fisheries, and more. Learn more>
Quantitative biosciences – With the explosion in data and brand new types of data, we’re developing and using quantitative tools in biotechnology, image analysis and informatics for human health and agriculture. Learn more>
Computational and mathematical modelling – We're creating wealth for Australia's mining and manufacturing industries through cutting edge analytical tools and technologies that simulate, visualise and understand real physical processes. Learn more>
Making A Difference
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CSIRO researchers in collaboration with opal miners have developed an automatic imaging device that can accurately and objectively grade opals.
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Land and vegetation monitoring is now available to users on their own properties. This is based on more than a decade of research and experience in analysing remotely-sensed (satellite) data for monitoring land condition.
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CSIRO mathematicians helped THL Rentals optimise their reservation system to give customers the right vehicle, when and where they want it.
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Mathematical modelling was one of several approaches which helped James Hardie to increase production rates for their reinforced cement building products.
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CSIRO researchers developed a model and prototype software to quantify risk for a large portfolio of Australian stocks in margin lending.
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CSIRO has developed software and processes to help biologists, lab managers and technicians manage the mass of data generated by large-scale, high-throughput plant mutagenesis experiments.
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CSIRO environmental statisticians contributed to the Adelaide Coastal Waters Study by developing the Integrated Environmental Monitoring Program for Adelaide's Coastal Waters.
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 | At CSIRO Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics, we apply mathematics and statistics to answer important questions from medical research to environmental monitoring and industrial processing. |
 | This group houses the core of CSIRO’s research in astronomy, mathematical services and information and communication technologies. |
 | One of the world’s leading developers of graphics processing units (GPUs), NVIDIA, announced today that CSIRO has been selected as a member of its international network of high performance computing research centres. |
 | CSIRO and Chinese scientists have developed a new climatic index which provides an answer to a riddle that has puzzled researchers for decades: ‘Why has south-west Western Australia experienced dramatic declines in rainfall since the 1970s?’ |
 | This course deals with the critical logistics supply chain issues and why companies find a supply chain perspective important to improving their competitive position in the marketplace. |
 | This course deals with the critical logistics supply chain issues and why companies find a supply chain perspective important to improving their competitive position in the marketplace. |
 | Catchment and aquatic health research is ensuring catchment management and policy decisions are underpinned by integrated biophysical and socio-economic science. |
 | The Sustainable Agriculture Flagship is developing innovative assessment techniques to measure, monitor and predict the condition of Australian agricultural and forestry landscapes to increase productivity and reduce carbon emissions. |
 | Computational fluid dynamics is a key tool for optimising performance, developing new processes, and improving the design and operation of equipment. |
 | The CSIRO team can find ways to improve processes and production in pulp, paper and packaging. |
 | CSIRO researchers have been researching ways to use graphics processing units (GPUs) to speed up scientific computing. CSIRO researchers Dr John A Taylor and Dr Luke Domanski discuss this in this video. (2:38) |
 | This animation shows the migratory behaviour of the common banana prawn to fishing grounds in the Gulf of Carpentaria. (1:09) |
 | Dr David Lovell leads bioinformatics and analytics in CSIRO’s Transformational Biology Platform. |
 | Dr Bronwyn Harch leads researchers who aim to ensure innovations in "smarter information use" make a real difference to industry, society and the environment. |
 | The CSIRO Times is CSIRO's conference and events newspaper. Editions are compiled for various scientific conferences and public events. |
 | The June 2010 issue of Process demonstrates how applying CSIRO expertise to a wide range of industry projects continues to have a positive impact on the Australian minerals sector. (12 pages)
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 | Learn about gene technology, how it impacts our lives and what research CSIRO is doing in this field. |
 | Every summer hundreds of undergraduates get to work at CSIRO, here’s what some of them got up to. |
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