Shane Keating & Moninya Roughan on the ocean's hidden highways: The Conversation
Date: Tuesday, 6th April 2021Dr Shane Keating and Moninya Roughan have published a piece in The Conversation looking at the role of ocean currents and the fascinating things they can reveal. "The...
View ArticlePowers in Orbits of Rational Dynamical Systems
Speaker: Conrad MartinAffiliation: UNSW SydneyDate: Tue, 20/04/2021 - 12:00pmVenue: Zoom link: https://unsw.zoom.us/j/84758330445Abstract: In the field of arithmetic dynamics, we are interested in...
View ArticleWe run maths workshops for Experience UNSW Day
Date: Friday, 16th April 2021On Tuesday 13 April, we delivered two workshops on campus to high school students as part of Experience UNSW Day.Approximately 40 Year 12 students from across Sydney...
View ArticlePeter Brown creates number theory playlist on YouTube
Date: Tuesday, 20th April 2021Peter Brown has developed a YouTube playlist focusing on number theory.His series of videos, Journey into Number Theory, are designed for those who have already completed...
View ArticleBecoming a PhD student: What does it take?
Speaker: Peter Bradshaw, Ian Doust, Ray LiAffiliation: Peter Bradshaw (University of Bristol), Ian Doust (UNSW), Ray Li (University of Cambridge)Date: Fri, 21/05/2021 - 5:00pmVenue: Online (on...
View ArticlePanel Discussion: The Road Ahead for Women in STEM
Date: Wednesday, 12 May 2021 - 12:00pmVenue: Online Event ACEMS would like to invite you to join an engaging panel discussion that brings together some top leaders in education in Australia.The aim of...
View ArticleFarewell Dennis Trenerry
Date: Monday, 10th May 2021After almost 50 years associated with the School, we are farewelling Dennis Trenerry.Dennis officially retired in 2007, but had continued to teach in a casual capacity in the...
View ArticleWe welcome Josef Dick as new Deputy Head of School
Date: Tuesday, 11th May 2021We are thrilled to announce that Professor Josef Dick is the new Deputy Head of the School of Mathematics and Statistics. Josef takes over the role from Professor John...
View ArticleRohitash Chandra utilises machine learning to expand knowledge of historical...
Date: Thursday, 27th May 2021A recent paper by Dr Rohitash Chandra and colleagues has helped to close large gaps in the knowledge of environmental change over time, by harnessing the power of machine...
View ArticlePosition Available: Postdoctoral Fellow - Mathematical Optimization
Date: Tuesday, 18th May 2021 Postdoctoral Fellow - Mathematical OptimizationFor more details and to apply please visit...
View ArticleTermodynamic Formalism for Random Interval Maps
Speaker: Jason AtnipAffiliation: UNSW SydneyDate: Tue, 08/06/2021 - 12:00pmVenue: Zoom link: https://unsw.zoom.us/j/86263973939Abstract: In this talk we will consider a collection of piecewise monotone...
View ArticleThomas Scheckter wins Dean’s Award for Outstanding PhD Theses
Date: Thursday, 3rd June 2021We are proud to announce that Thomas Scheckter has won a UNSW Dean’s Award for Outstanding PhD Theses.Dr Scheckter completed his thesis, Martingale convergence techniques...
View ArticlePeter Brown quoted in SMH article about maths curriculum
Date: Tuesday, 8th June 2021Peter Brown has been quoted in a recent article in SMH about the state of Australian maths education, and changes to the national maths curriculum. In "Sum of all fears: Why...
View ArticlePosition Available: Postdoctoral Fellow – Computational Mathematics
Date: Tuesday, 8th June 2021 Postdoctoral Fellow – Computational Mathematics For more details and to apply please visit...
View ArticleChern-Weil theory for singular foliations
Speaker: Lachlan MacDonaldAffiliation: University of AdelaideDate: Tue, 22/06/2021 - 12:00pmVenue: Zoom link: https://unsw.zoom.us/j/81740603495 Abstract: Chern-Weil theory describes a procedure for...
View ArticleRecord number of students join 2021 Girls Do the Maths program
Date: Thursday, 17th June 2021We were thrilled to host 430 high school students from 27 schools at two separate events for our 2021 Girls Do the Maths workshop - making it the largest in the program's...
View ArticleWorkshop on Optimisation for Data Science
Date: Monday, 12 July 2021 - 9:00am to Tuesday, 13 July 2021 - 5:00pmVenue: RC-3085 (Red Centre building, UNSW Kensington Campus) The field of optimization supplies crucial methodology for formulating...
View ArticleDr Pavel Krivitsky delivers plenary talk at Networks 2021 Conference
Date: Tuesday, 13th July 2021Dr Pavel Krivitsky delivered a plenary talk last week at the Networks 2021 Conference.The conference, hosted virtually from 5-10 July, was the first combined meeting of the...
View ArticleData Science student Ellen Wang joins global bushfire management challenge
Date: Thursday, 1st July 2021We are proud to report that a Bachelor of Data Science and Decisions student has joined a global science challenge for students to help improve bushfire management. Final...
View ArticleAmandine Schaeffer and Michael Hemming join month-long research trip at sea
Date: Friday, 9th July 2021Drs Amandine Schaeffer and Michael Hemming recently returned from a month-long trip aboard CSIRO Research Vessel (RV) Investigator along Australia’s eastern coastline. Dr...
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