1968 - Minimum Message Length (MML), developed at Monash

The Department of Information Science is established at Clayton campus with Professor Chris Wallace as Foundation Professor. During this time, Minimum Message Length (MML) is developed at Monash.

Today: MML is widely applied in such areas as machine learning, statistics, econometrics and data mining. Data mining involves looking for hidden patterns in data that can be used to predict future behaviour (for example, the software can help retail companies find customers with common interests).