Moonshine: Old and New
Speaker: Terry GannonAffiliation: University of AlbertaDate: Fri, 23/03/2018 - 2:00pm to 3:00pmVenue: RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: 40 years ago John Mckay noticed that 196884=196883+1, and...
View ArticleThe Collatz 3n+1 problem
Speaker: Peter DonovanAffiliation: University of New South WalesDate: Tue, 17/04/2018 - 12:00pm to 1:00pmVenue: RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: A positive integer $a_0$ determines recursively...
View ArticleDeep Neural Networks: A Bayesian Statistician’s Perspective
Speaker: Minh-Ngoc TranAffiliation: University of SydneyDate: Fri, 23/03/2018 - 3:00pmVenue: RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: Deep neural networks (DNNs) are a powerful tool for functional...
View ArticleDensity estimation by randomized quasi-Monte Carlo
Speaker: Pierre L'EcuyerAffiliation: Universite de Montreal, CanadaDate: Tue, 20/03/2018 - 11:05amVenue: RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: Randomized quasi-Monte Carlo (RQMC) is commonly used to...
View ArticleOn positivity in Hecke algebras
Speaker: Thomas GobetAffiliation: University of SydneyDate: Tue, 27/03/2018 - 12:00pm to 1:00pmVenue: RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: The Iwahori-Hecke algebra of the symmetric group is a...
View ArticleQuantum groups via finite-dimensional algebras
Speaker: Stephen DotyAffiliation: Loyola University ChicagoDate: Tue, 10/04/2018 - 12:00pm to 1:00pmVenue: RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: The Drinfeld-Jimbo definition of a quantised enveloping...
View ArticleFFMG - (Dynamic) Finite Field Metric Geometry software
Speaker: Michael ReynoldsAffiliation: UNSWDate: Mon, 09/04/2018 - 12:00pmVenue: RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: This talk will focus on some web based software being developed to generate...
View ArticleThe large sieve with sparse sets of moduli for number and function fields
Speaker: Stephan BaierAffiliation: RKM Vivekananda University, IndiaDate: Tue, 03/04/2018 - 12:00pm to 1:00pmVenue: RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: The large sieve inequality is of fundamental...
View ArticleMultiplicative dependence of rational iterates
Speaker: Marley YoungAffiliation: UNSWDate: Wed, 28/03/2018 - 3:00pmVenue: RC-3085, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: We consider the problem of when the first $n$ iterates of a given rational function...
View ArticleOn a family of sequences related to Chebyshev polynomials
Speaker: Andrew HoneAffiliation: University of KentDate: Wed, 28/03/2018 - 2:00pmVenue: RC-3085, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: The appearance of primes in a family of linear recurrence sequences...
View ArticleAsberger's Syndrome and Mathematics Departments
Speaker: Peter DonovanAffiliation: School of Mathematics & Statistics, UNSWDate: Fri, 13/04/2018 - 4:00pmVenue: RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: This is an effort to explain some aspects of a...
View ArticleFinite field analogue of restriction theorem for general measures
Speaker: Changhao ChenAffiliation: University of New South WalesDate: Tue, 24/04/2018 - 12:00pm to 1:00pmVenue: RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: We study Fourier transformation of functions in...
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Hydrodynamic Shock and Rogue Waves
Speaker: Associate Professor Amin ChabchoubAffiliation: University of SydneyDate: Thu, 26/04/2018 - 11:00amVenue: RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: The uni-directional propagation of surface...
View ArticleOn exponential sums over multiplicative subgroups in arbitrary finite fields
Speaker: Ali MohammadiAffiliation: Sydney UniversityDate: Wed, 18/04/2018 - 3:00pmVenue: RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: We present a range of new sum-product type estimates in finite fields...
View ArticleMontes Algorithm In Function Fields
Speaker: Jens-Dietrich BauchAffiliation: Simon Fraser UniversityDate: Wed, 18/04/2018 - 2:00pmVenue: RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: Let $A=k[t]$ be the polynomial ring over the perfect field...
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Research by School members featured by American Institute of Physics...
Date: Friday, 13th April 2018We are proud to reveal that research by several School members has been featured in the American Institute of Physics (AIP) publication "Scilight".Christopher Angstmann,...
View ArticleSome recent progress on harmonic analysis on non-doubling spaces
Speaker: Xuan DuongAffiliation: Macquarie UniversityDate: Tue, 01/05/2018 - 12:00pm to 1:00pmVenue: RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: We explain some recent progress concerning estimates of...
View ArticleFFMG - (Dynamic) Finite Field Metric Geometry software Part 2
Speaker: Michael ReynoldsAffiliation: UNSWDate: Mon, 23/04/2018 - 12:00pmVenue: RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: This talk will carry on from the previous talk and focus on illustrating finite...
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In his own words: Scientia Professor Trevor McDougall AC
Date: Thursday, 19th April 2018UNSW had a remarkable number of entries in the 2018 Australia Day Honours list including Scientia Professor, Trevor McDougall, who was appointed a Companion of the Order...
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Chris Tisdell selected as a Teaching & Learning Visiting Fellow at UQ
Date: Tuesday, 17th April 2018Professor Chris Tisdell has been selected as a Visiting Fellow for Teaching and Learning at his alma mater. The Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation at the...
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