Diffusion Science radio: Knots and Networks - part 2

Knots and Networks - part 2


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Listen to Associate Professor Suszanna Dancso talk about how knitting and neural networks are just complicated knots, and how imagining a donut shaped world gives us applications in the real world. - part 2
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Head and shoulders portrait of Zsuzsanna Dansco
Associate Professor Zsuzsanna Dansco
Knots, graphs, and algebra: a story of surprises

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Australians will have to verify their age to watch pornography from December. Here’s what you need to know:
Measures could include photo ID, facial age estimation, credit card checks and confirmation of age by a parent (2025)

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Age verification consultation
eSafety receives final draft industry codes to protect children from porn and other high-impact content
Australia’s new age assurance codes: What they mean for platforms and users
Government sat on age assurance research for six months
Age Assurance Technology Trial— Final Report
Albanese Government releases Age Assurance Technology Trial findings
Government tells tech giants its social media age ban requirements
Age assurance tech viable but problems abound: Report
Uncertainty just three months out from implementation.

'None were perfect': Tech tested for social media age ban
Some kept too much personal data, Australian experts find.

Final rules for social media ban revealed, with no legally enforceable effectiveness standard


September 22, 2025
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