The () ispleasedto haveconcluded asuccessful ,where Australiaand New Zealand’s brightest young mathematical minds collaborated and networked with lecturers, prospectiveemployersand fellow students.
The 24theditionofSummerSchool, which was held at Monash University’sClayton campus in Melbourneand online,hasbeencommended as one of theInstitute’s most successful to date,with over 150 studentsin attendanceacrosstheprogram’sfour-weekduration.
Long regarded as a major event in the tertiaryeducationmathematicscalendar,’s Summer Schoolisan annual national training and networking eventtargetedathonoursand postgraduate students in the mathematical sciences and related disciplines, early careerresearchersand industry professionals.Theevent aims to connectstudents with peers,researchersand potential future employers —all whiledevelopingtheirmathematical skills.
Courses
Students were invited to partake in a course of their choosingfromoneor twoof the followingoptions:
- Applications of Probability Generating Functions to Biological Systemsby A. Prof. Joel Miller, La Trobe University
- Applied Partial Differential Equations in Fluid DynamicsbyDr MichaelDallaston, Queensland University of Technology
- Computational and Combinatorial Algebraic Topologyby Dr AgneseBarbensiandDr DanieleCeloria, The University of Queensland
- From Equations to Intelligence: A Deep Dive into Data Science and AIby Dr AlinaDonea, Monash University
- Linear and Nonlinear Elliptic and Parabolic Partial Differential Equationsby Dr Yann Bernard, Monash University
- Machine Learning in Financial Mathematicsby DrKihunNam, Monash University
- MathematicalOptimisationTheory and Applicationsby Dr Hoa T. Bui and Dr Vinesha Peiris, Curtin University
- Multivariate Statistical AnalysisbyDr Sharon Lee, The University of Queensland
Participant Talks
Student involvement throughout was exceptional. The judged ParticipantTalk was a notable highlight with both winners, RyanBraidenand Joshua O’Callaghan,hailing from the University of Queensland.
Winners:
- Ryan Braiden, The University of Queensland. Talk: ‘TheK(pi, 1) conjecture for Artin groups’.
- Joshua O’Callaghan,The Universityof Queensland. Talk: ‘The Parity Problem’.
Runners-up:
- Super Cao, University of Sydney.Talk: ‘Knots, andDiagrammaticAlgebra’.
- Hardik Gaur, Monash University.Talk: ‘From Chaos to Coherence: Modelling Cities as ComplexSystems’.
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Opportunities
Careers Day has long been a cornerstone of the Summer School schedule, and this year’s edition was no exception with over 130 people including students, teachers, careers councillors and organisation representatives taking part. Among the companies and organisations present at the Day were the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Biarri, IMC Trading, The Mathematical Association of Victoria, Australian Signals Directorate, EdgeRed, CSL, Jane Street and APR.Intern —testament to the diverse career pathways open to our mathematics, statistics and data science graduates.
Mathemagician
AsSummerSchooldrew to a close, enlistedthe expertise ofwell-known mathematician,and ‘mathemagician’Professor Burkard Polsterof Monash Universityto presentthe annualPublicLecture. TitledThe Other Golden Ratio, Prof.Burkardutilisedhis trademark array ofunusualprops, including aLabubu, tovisualisewhat he described as “a much less well-known but equally remarkable golden ratio that shows up just as often in the same places, but with surprising twists.”
Importance
Speaking after the event, Director Professor Tim Marchant noted that Summer School is “critical in bringing Australia and New Zealand’s brightest budding mathematicians together — not only to improve their mathematical literacy in specific fields, but to show them the incredible career opportunities open to them once their university studies conclude.”
Thankyou to Event Director Dr Ngan Le and the organising team from Monash University, ourlecturers and guest speakers,attendees, and sponsors, Monash University, and the , without whom this event would not have been possible.
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robbie.byrne@amsi.org.au
