Igor Bray

Professor of Physics, Head of Physics and Astronomy, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. Otherwise, family, golf and piano.

[Igor Bray @IgorBray]

@arc_gov_au Having served seven years hard labour for the ARC, with many suggestions for improvement ignored. I am stunned by the recent rate of change in improvement! Now, we only need to double the resources available!

[MetSOperth @MetSOperth]

Congratulations MetSO Young Artist Ellie Malonzo from your adoring fans at the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, MetSO Perth.
The best classical music stories of 2023 - ABC Classic https://t.co/U4VH87oHJx via @pinterest

[Igor Bray @IgorBray]

@tanyamonro Interesting... 20% EOI success, followed by 50% full proposal success, suggests full funding for the overall 10% successful. If so, good move, despite the pain of the low success rate (might even lead to greater government investment).

[MetSOperth @MetSOperth]

MetSO young artists program features women front and centre at Taryn Fiebig Concert Hall https://t.co/PCc2cm68oC

[Igor Bray @IgorBray]

Proverbial poetry in motion!

[MetSOperth @MetSOperth]

Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra returns to its roots with Karrinyup Fanfare, Grieg and Dvorak https://t.co/sJCLT3i4Xk

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@lisaharveysmith @WomenInSTEMAu I am devastated at how my comment has come across, especially to many of my esteemed colleagues who I know and respect.  
I absolutely agree that women in STEM, and across society more broadly, face discrimination, bias and barriers. I am deeply sorry for the hurt I have caused.

[Igor Bray @IgorBray]

@lisaharveysmith @WomenInSTEMAu It is true that talented women are under-represented in STEM, but they are over-represented in Law, Medicine, and the broader Health Sciences. This has nothing to do with "discrimination, bias & harassment" in STEM, but a choice, first expressed as subject selection at school.

[Igor Bray @IgorBray]

@lisaharveysmith @CurtinUni I am devastated at how my comment has come across, especially to many of my esteemed colleagues who I know and respect.  
I absolutely agree that women in STEM, and across society more broadly, face discrimination, bias and barriers. I am deeply sorry for the hurt I have caused.

[Igor Bray @IgorBray]

@HPCAddict @JodieBradby Indeed it is, and this goes right back to schools. When I was a student (45 years ago!) we had equal numbers of boys and girls taking the top level maths and science. See figure for last 20 years. ATAR-maximisation games harm talented girls even more than boys.

[MetSOperth @MetSOperth]

MetSO Young Artist (MYA) Concert Series 2022 - Spring : this Sunday Sept 18th, 3pm.
Taryn Fiebig Concert Hall
@ChurchlandsSHS

MYA 2022 – Audrey Jarvis – performing Saint Saëns : Rondo Capriccioso.

Supported by
@citystirlingwa
@lotterywest
MetSO also thanks
@ActBelongCommit

[OpenACC @OpenACCorg]

From porting scientific applications to modern architectures to performance modeling and benchmarks, join researchers from across Australia as they present their cutting-edge research at the OpenACC and Hackathons Asia-Pacific Summit. Register https://t.co/e5NOwfqKOy

[Igor Bray @IgorBray]

@wabusinessnews If people wish to compare student performance across schools they can do so within individual subjects studied. The ATAR maximisation game does immense damage to our children who are encouraged to game the system, rather than challenge themselves.#education

[Igor Bray @IgorBray]

It is even worse than that. Assuming you have resubmitted your own DECRA, if you now give harsh reviews to others you will increase your own probability of success! In the US, if you are an applicant, you are not a reviewer, but not in Oz.🙁

[Igor Bray @IgorBray]

RT; The problem is that the ARC believes they work for the government of the day, and not answerable for providing a poor service to the research community. We have a fundamental governance problem, as can be seen from the ARC submission to the review of Ministerial veto.

[Prof Jodie Bradby @JodieBradby]

I'm quoted in this sad-but-true article by @liammannix saying "Perhaps the problem is advocacy. “When the auto industry was under threat, they were loud,” says Bradby. “I despair a little bit with our advocacy.”
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https://t.co/PQTg422NXb

[Igor Bray @IgorBray]

@pickover No need for all those steps: (4-9/2)^2=(5-9/2)^2. Hence, 4=5.🙂

[Igor Bray @IgorBray]

RT; I used the opportunity to suggest changing from destroying people's applications to providing additional resources to fund many more worthy proposals.

[Igor Bray @IgorBray]

@JodieBradby @ProfValeskaTing @ANUChemistry @arc_gov_au Very healthy. At all stages of our lives we should be asking ourselves the challenging questions.