ECR Showcase 2021
The Centre for Risk Analytics Fellows, Dr Matteo Malavasi and Dr Fabiola Barba Ponce were shortlisted as two of Macquarie University’s best twelve researchers. They participated in the Early Career Researcher Showcase held yearly at Macquarie University. Both had only five minutes to present their research to an esteemed judging panel and the event’s audience.
The event was opened by Professor Sakkie Pretorius, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) and had VIP guests including Professor Eric Knight, Executive Dean of Macquarie Business School, Professor Martina Möllering, Executive Dean of Faculty of Arts and Professor Magnus Nyden, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering in attendance. And special guest speaker Distinguished Professor of Biology and ECR Network lead, Lesley Hughes, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Integrity and Development).
Dr Fabiola Barba Ponce’s project is an industry-research funded project supported by Ectra Foundation and deliver in collaboration with Food Next Door and the Co-op Federation. This applied research develops African migrant leadership, social and economic integration through developing regenerative farming and food-related business in regional Victoria and NSW. Angie Kelly, the editor of The Lighthouse publication, called Dr Barba Ponce’s presentation this year’s Impact Award Runner up for the potential impact her research can have on media.
Dr Matteo Malavasi’s project "Quantification of Cyber Risk and Its Driving Risk Factors", is in partnership with Optus Macquarie University Cyber Security Hub. This project focuses on the development of actuarial models for the quantification of cyber risk losses and the identification of key risk factors. The project will quantify appropriate models for the frequency and severity of cyber risk losses and their dependence on risk indicators such as quality of software systems, transaction volume, country, company size available in the analysed dataset.
Click here for the event's recording of Dr Malavasi and Dr Barba Ponce's presentations
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