AustMS/AMSI Teaching Seminar Series Date & Time: Thursday 17 December 2020, 14:00 AEDT (GMT+11) – 1:30pm (SA, GMT+10.5), 1:00pm (QLD, GMT+10), 12:30pm (NT, GMT+9.5), 11:00am (WA, GMT+8) Speaker: R. Nazim Khan (UWA), Michael Jennings (UQ) Title: A survey of High School Mathematics curricula and First Year University Mathematics Units, COVID Plus Venue: online via Zoom: https://unimelb.zoom.us/j/787759102 Pass code: 580327... more
It has become increasingly clearer that we will not be allowed to have large gatherings by the time of our annual ACSME conference, but the good news is that the conference will still go ahead online. The online conference will be held on September 30 to October 2. The new theme for ACSME 2020 is A... more
Variational Analysis and Optimisation Webinar Many high quality online optimisation seminars have come to life recently. This is a positive by-product of the current unfortunate epidemiological situation. The series focuses on Variational Analysis, a key research interest for many Australian mathematicians. However, we are not going to erect walls and are happy to consider both... more
Variational Analysis and Optimisation Webinar Many high quality online optimisation seminars have come to life recently. This is a positive by-product of the current unfortunate epidemiological situation. The series focuses on Variational Analysis, a key research interest for many Australian mathematicians. However, we are not going to erect walls and are happy to consider both... more
Variational Analysis and Optimisation Webinar Many high quality online optimisation seminars have come to life recently. This is a positive by-product of the current unfortunate epidemiological situation. The series focuses on Variational Analysis, a key research interest for many Australian mathematicians. However, we are not going to erect walls and are happy to consider both... more
Variational Analysis and Optimisation Webinar Many high quality online optimisation seminars have come to life recently. This is a positive by-product of the current unfortunate epidemiological situation. The series focuses on Variational Analysis, a key research interest for many Australian mathematicians. However, we are not going to erect walls and are happy to consider both... more
vISEC2020 – virtual International Statistical Ecology Conference Dates: 22–26 June 2020 Online Times: 8–11am & 9pm–12am GMT Venue: SMC Conference & Function Centre, Goulburn St. Sydney: now virtual The virtual International Statistical Ecology Conference is a biennial meeting of researchers at the interface between ecology and statistics. At vISEC2020 we have planned an exciting list of keynote speakers... more
Variational Analysis and Optimisation Webinar Many high quality online optimisation seminars have come to life recently. This is a positive by-product of the current unfortunate epidemiological situation. The series focuses on Variational Analysis, a key research interest for many Australian mathematicians. However, we are not going to erect walls and are happy to consider both... more
AMSI Advanced Collaborative Environment (ACE) seminar Statistics and Stochastic colloquium (part of the Colloquium Series of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics) at La Trobe University. Date: 11 June 2020 12:00pm–1:30pm (AEST) Speaker: Dr David Frazier, Monash University Title: Robust and Efficient Approximate Bayesian Computation: A Minimum Distance Approach Zoom/Website: https://latrobe.zoom.us/j/98357628534 Abstract In many instances, the application... more
AustMS/AMSI Teaching Seminar Series Date & Time: Thursday 9 April 2020, 2:00pm–3:30pm (AEST, GMT+10) Speaker: Anthony Morphett (Melbourne) and Melanie Robertson-Dean (UNE) Title: Online assessment and exams in mathematics & statistics Abstract To adapt to an entirely online teaching environment in the face of COVID-19, academics need to convert their assessment into forms that can be... more
AustMS/AMSI Teaching Seminar Series Date & Time: Friday 27 March 2020, 2:00pm–3:30pm (AEDT, GMT+11) Speaker: Robert Maillardet (Melbourne) Title: Transitioning urgently to online classes Abstract The School of Mathematics and Statistics services 7000+ undergraduate students with around 50 permanent lecturing and tutorial staff and 170 casual tutors active each semester. In response to Covid-19 we moved... more
AustMS/AMSI Teaching Seminar Series Date & Time: Tuesday 10 December 2019, 2:00pm AEDT (GMT+11) Location: Online via Zoom: https://unimelb.zoom.us/j/787759102 Speaker: Leesa Sidhu (UNSW ADFA) Title: Teaching a compulsory maths course to Arts and Business students Abstract This seminar will discuss the design and implementation of a compulsory data analysis course for Arts and Business students at UNSW... more