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Thomas Britz on the beauty of mathematics
Date: Wednesday, 20th May 2020An article featuring Thomas Britz' favourite connections between maths and beauty was published in the UNSW Newsroom. Dr Britz reveals the aspects of maths that he finds...
View ArticleEvaluation of the Mittag-Leffler Function
Speaker: William McLeanAffiliation: UNSW, SydneyDate: Tue, 09/06/2020 - 11:05amVenue: Zoom link: (TBA)Abstract: Although Mittag-Leffler introduced his namesake function over 115 years ago, it never...
View ArticleInferring genetic linkage maps from high-throughput sequencing data
Speaker: Dr Matthew SchofieldAffiliation: University of OtagoDate: Fri, 05/06/2020 - 2:00pmVenue: Blackboard Collaborate: https://au.bbcollab.com/guest/fcf219c74ac743e89565a9e6e8d349a9Abstract: Genetic...
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Gary Froyland elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
Date: Monday, 25th May 2020Professor Gary Froyland has been elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science for his leading research in the fields of dynamical systems, ergodic theory and...
View ArticleLocally compact piecewise full groups
Speaker: Dave RobertsonAffiliation: University of New EnglandDate: Tue, 09/06/2020 - 12:00pmVenue: Zoom: https://unsw.zoom.us/j/96704680727 Abstract: A group G acting faithfully by homeomorphisms of...
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Simon Marais Competition 2019: Our high achievers
Date: Tuesday, 2nd June 2020Several UNSW students performed very strongly in the 2019 Simon Marais Competition.17 pairs and 28 individuals from UNSW competed in the annual competition in October, which...
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Scott Sisson receives Statistical Society of Australia Service Award
Date: Thursday, 4th June 2020Professor Scott Sisson has been awarded the Service Medal of the Statistical Society of Australia (SSA) for 2020. A Service Award recognises sustained and significant...
View ArticleBecoming a PhD student: What does it take?
Speaker: Ian Doust (UNSW), Ray Li (UNSW), Marley Young (University of Cambridge)Affiliation: As per aboveDate: Wed, 24/06/2020 - 5:00pmVenue: OnlineAbstract: The goal of this information session is to...
View ArticleBecoming a PhD student: Start getting ready NOW!
Speaker: Ray LiAffiliation: UNSWDate: Wed, 24/06/2020 - 4:00pmVenue: OnlineAbstract: The goal of this information session is to give some insight to 2nd year students into the process of applying and...
View ArticlePlaying billiards with Pi
Speaker: Sean GasiorekAffiliation: University of SydneyDate: Tue, 16/06/2020 - 12:00pmVenue: Zoom: https://unsw.zoom.us/j/99443799525Abstract: Mathematical billiards has been a playground for various...
View ArticleBecoming a PhD student: What does it take?
Date: Wednesday, 24 June 2020 - 5:00pmVenue: Online (Zoom session)The goal of this information session is to give some insight into the application process for PhD positions in Australia and...
View ArticleBecoming a PhD student: Start getting ready NOW!
Date: Wednesday, 24 June 2020 - 4:00pmVenue: Online (Zoom session)The goal of this information session is to give some insight to 2nd year students into the process of applying and succesfully...
View ArticleHomogeneous Ricci flows
Speaker: Ramiro LafuenteAffiliation: The University of Queensland, AustraliaDate: Tue, 30/06/2020 - 12:00pmVenue: Zoom meeting link: https://unsw.zoom.us/j/93716688548 Abstract: In this talk I will...
View ArticleStationary actions of higher rank lattices on von Neumann algebras
Speaker: Cyril HoudayerAffiliation: University of Paris-Saclay, OrsayDate: Tue, 23/06/2020 - 12:00pmVenue: Zoom meeting link: https://unsw.zoom.us/j/99752255778Abstract: I will talk about a recent...
View ArticleExperience UNSW Science Day
Date: Wednesday, 1 July 2020 - 4:00pm to 5:00pmVenue: Online eventHave you ever wanted to experience what it would be like as a university student conducting research and experiments in a lab or in the...
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Minkowski Billiards on the Hyperboloid of One Sheet
Speaker: Sean GasiorekAffiliation: University of SydneyDate: Thu, 09/07/2020 - 11:05amVenue: https://unsw.zoom.us/j/96396319955Abstract: We give a review of Euclidean and pseudo-Euclidean billiards in...
View ArticleTensorised Rosenblatt Transport for High-Dimensional Stochastic Computation
Speaker: Tiangang CuiAffiliation: Monash UniversityDate: Tue, 07/07/2020 - 11:05amVenue: Zoom link: https://unsw.zoom.us/j/99583670386Abstract: Characterising intractable high-dimensional random...
View ArticleTurán numbers, norm graphs, quasirandomness
Speaker: Tibor SzabóAffiliation: Freie Universität BerlinDate: Wed, 01/07/2020 - 5:00pmVenue: Zoom meeting (see below)Abstract: The Turán number of a (hyper)graph $H$, defined as the maximum number of...
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Shane Keating receives U21 Global Education Enhancement Fund Award
Date: Tuesday, 23rd June 2020Congratulations to Dr Shane Keating, who has won a Universitas 21 Global Education Fund award to develop online teaching resources in ocean, weather, and climate science....
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Jake Olivier investigates accuracy of Australia's coronavirus numbers
Date: Tuesday, 23rd June 2020Our Head of Statistics, Professor Jake Olivier, has contributed to an ABC News article analysing the accuracy of Australia's coronavirus figures. The piece looked at...
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