Curves and Surfaces I: Affine and Projective Spaces, and the Problem of Lines...
Speaker: Prof Norman WildbergerAffiliation: UNSWDate: Mon, 18/02/2019 - 12:00pmVenue: RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: We aim to give a gentle introduction to 19th - century geometric...
View ArticleGroups, C*-algebras and traces
Speaker: Mikael RørdamAffiliation: Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of CopenhagenDate: Thu, 14/02/2019 - 12:00pmVenue: RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: I will give an overview of...
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Two Fields Medallists join dynamic line up at successful Subfactors in Sydney...
Date: Tuesday, 12th February 2019From 4-8 February, the School of Mathematics and Statistics hosted the Subfactors in Sydney conference.Invited presentations spanned a variety of topics in operator...
View ArticleScalable Bayesian Inference with Hamiltonian Monte Carlo
Speaker: Michael BetancourtAffiliation: Symplectomorphic, LLCDate: Fri, 22/02/2019 - 4:00pmVenue: RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: Despite the promise of big data, inferences are often limited...
View ArticleBayesian Parameter Inference for Stochastic Differential Equation Mixed...
Speaker: Imke BothaAffiliation: Queensland University of TechnologyDate: Wed, 20/02/2019 - 11:00amVenue: RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: Parameter inference for stochastic differential equation...
View ArticleRecent Developments for the Bayesian Synthetic Likelihood
Speaker: Christopher DrovandiAffiliation: Queensland University of TechnologyDate: Tue, 19/02/2019 - 4:00pmVenue: RC-3085, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: Approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) is the...
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Mike Hirschhorn's book reviewed in American Mathematical Monthly
Date: Wednesday, 13th February 2019Associate Professor Mike Hirschhorn's book, The Power of q: A Personal Journey, has been reviewed in the American Mathematical Monthly.The Power of q was published by...
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Yanan Fan leads study revealing gender and cultural bias held by uni students...
Date: Thursday, 14th February 2019Associate Professor Yanan Fan has led a study which has revealed the existence of a gender and cultural bias towards teachers by university students.The analysis,...
View ArticleA Topological Theory of Oceanic Neutral Surfaces
Speaker: Geoff StanleyAffiliation: School of Mathematics and Statistics, UNSWDate: Thu, 07/03/2019 - 11:05amVenue: RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: Most of the mixing in the ocean occurs along...
View ArticleNon-linear reduced modelling for parametric PDEs
Speaker: James A. NicholsAffiliation: Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions, UPMC, Sorbonnes Universités, Paris, FranceDate: Tue, 05/03/2019 - 11:05amVenue: RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: Reduced...
View ArticleCurves and Surfaces II: Algebraic Calculus and Archimedes’ Parabolic Area...
Speaker: Prof Norman WildbergerAffiliation: UNSWDate: Mon, 04/03/2019 - 12:00pmVenue: RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: Archimedes’ famous determination of the relation between a parabolic arc and...
View ArticleClass number one from analytic rank two
Speaker: Mark WatkinsAffiliation: University of SydneyDate: Wed, 27/02/2019 - 3:00pmVenue: RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: Gauss conjectured there are exactly nine imaginary quadratic fields...
View ArticleStatistics of genus numbers of cubic fields
Speaker: Kevin McGownAffiliation: California State University, ChicoDate: Wed, 27/02/2019 - 2:00pmVenue: RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: The class number is among the most important invariants...
View ArticleUnraveling the thermohaline structure of the Southern Ocean using functional...
Speaker: Gurvan MadecAffiliation: LOCEAN-IPSL, CNRS / Université P. et M. Curie, Paris, FranceDate: Tue, 26/02/2019 - 3:05pmVenue: RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: The Southern Ocean connects...
View ArticleZero forcing in random and pseudorandom graphs
Speaker: Nina KamcevAffiliation: Monash UniversityDate: Thu, 21/02/2019 - 1:00pmVenue: RC-3085, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: A subset S of initially infected vertices of a graph G is called forcing if...
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Randomised Assessments Workshop
Date: Tuesday, 21 May 2019 - 9:00am to 3:00pmVenue: Red Centre, Room M020In addition to our Professional Development Day for Maths Teachers (9 May) a workshop on setting randomised assignments using...
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Mathematics Teachers Professional Development Day
Date: Thursday, 9 May 2019 - 8:00amVenue: Central Lecture Block, UNSW (map ref: E19)The next professional development day for high school mathematics teachers will be held on Thursday 9 May 2019. It...
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Gary Froyland invited as plenary speaker at Equadiff in July
Date: Tuesday, 19th February 2019We are proud to announce that Professor Gary Froyland has been invited to be a plenary speaker at Equadiff 2019.Equadiff 2019, a large biennial international conference...
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Lunch held to thank Diana Combe and Frank Reid
Date: Friday, 22nd February 2019School members gathered for lunch in the staff common room today to thank Diana Combe and Frank Reid for their many years of service. Diana has resigned but will...
View ArticleOn Emergence in Complex Physical Systems
Speaker: Peter CudmoreAffiliation: University of MelbourneDate: Thu, 28/03/2019 - 11:05amVenue: RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSWAbstract: Many problems in biology, physics and engineering involve...
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