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The School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences produces a regular program of colloquia, talks and seminars hosted by a variety of speakers from both industry and academia.

The MAPS School Colloquia are given by recognized experts in the domains representing the fields of research in Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics (quantum and photonics), and Statistics. The speakers deliver general research talks that are accessible and engaging for an audience consisting of diverse scientific backgrounds, and spend the day discussing science and academic careers with our students and staff.

Attendance is currently available as mixed-mode format (not all sessions are recorded).

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2022 series

Date	Speaker	Institution	Title, abstract and recording
Wednesday, 14 December 4:00pm-5:00pm	Professor Bob Coecke	Chief Scientist, Quantinuum	From Quantum in Pictures to Quantum AI Abstract Zoom recording
Monday, 24 October 11:00am-12noon	Professor Andrew Francis	Western Sydney University	Sandwiches, eggs, and trees: phylogenetic trees and partitions of finite sets Abstract Zoom recording
Friday, 09 September 10:00am-11:00am	Professor Kate Smith-Miles	University of Melbourne	Stress-testing algorithms via Instance Space Analysis Abstract Zoom recording
Monday, 29 August 12noon-1pm	Professor Dianne Cook	Monash University	Myth busting and apophenia in data visualisation: Is what you see really there? Abstract Zoom recording

2021 series

Date	Speaker	Institution	Title, abstract and recording
Friday, 5 November 2021 3-4pm	Assoc. Professor Joan Licata	Australian National University	A Bit of Alchemy Abstract *No recording
Friday, 29 October 2021 3-4pm	Professor Geordie Williamson	The University of Sydney	Functions and sheaves Abstract Recording
Thursday, 21 October 2021 4-5pm	Assoc. Professor Yuta Koike	University of Tokyo	Gaussian approximation for high-dimensional data: Recent progress Abstract *No recording
Friday, 15 October 2021 3-4pm	Dr Andreas Buttenschoen	The University of British Columbia	Spatio-temporal heterogenities in a mechano-chemical model of collective cell migration Abstract Recording
Friday, 8 October 2021 3-4pm	Dr Yaping Yang	University of Melbourne	A bridge between stable homotopy theory and representation theory Abstract Recording
Friday, 1 October 2021 3-4pm	Professor Nalini Joshi	University of Sydney	Motion and monodromy Abstract Recording
17 - 24 September 2021	Mid-Session Break
Friday, 10 September 2021 3-4pm	Professor Daniel Spector	National Taiwan Normal University	Maxwell's equations Abstract Recording
Friday, 3 September 2021 3-4pm	Dr Guo Deng	Macquarie University	Recursive behaviour and route to thermalization in diatomic FPUT lattice Abstract *No recording
Friday, 27 August 2021 3-4pm	Dr Linh Nghiem	Australian National University	Screening methods for linear errors-in-variables models in high dimensions Abstract *No recording
Friday, 20 August 2021 3-4pm	Dr Rachael Quill	Weatherzone	Wind energy forecasting in an operational context: traversing research and industry Abstract *No recording
Friday, 13 August 2021 3-4pm	Dr Pavel Krivitsky	UNSW	Representativeness and Generalisability of Inference for Statistical Models for Samples of Networks Abstract *No recording
Friday, 6 August 2021 3-4pm	Dr Susanne Horn	Coventry University	Multimodal rotating magnetoconvection in liquid metals Abstract Recording
Friday, 30 July 2021 12-1pm	Dr Patricia Menendez	Monash University	Far and Close: Selective Sample Enrichment to Deal with Multicollinearity in Geographically Weighted Regression Abstract Recording
7 June - 23 July 2021	End of Session Break
Friday, 4 June 2021 3-4pm	Assoc. Professor Berwin Turlach	University of Western Australia	On bivariate extreme value copulas with polynomial dependence functions Abstract *No recording
Friday, 28 May 2021 3-4pm	Assoc. Professor James Hanna	University of Nevada	Pseudomomentum: a pseudocolloquium Abstract *No recording
Friday, 21 May 2021 4-5pm	Professor Yuliya Mishura	Kyiv National University	Functional limit theorems for financial markets with long-range dependence Abstract Recording
Friday, 14 May 2021 4-5pm	Dr Kirsty Wan	University of Exeter	Patterns of motility in single-celled organisms Abstract *No recording
Friday, 7 May 2021 3-4pm	Pantea Pooladvand	University of Sydney	How do viruses move? Modelling diffusion of oncolytic virus in collagen-dense tumours Abstract Recording
Friday, 30 April 2021 9-10am	Dr Yu Guang Wang	Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany	How framelets enhance graph neural networks Abstract *No recording
Friday, 23 April 2021 3-4pm	Dr Judy-anne Osborn and Dr Michael Donovan	University of Newcastle and Macquarie University	From Experimental Maths to Indigenising Curriculum Abstract Recording
2-16 April 2021	Session Break
Wednesday, 31 March 2021 10-11am	Assistant Professor Martina Rovelli	University of Massachusetts	Higher categories: what are they? Abstract Recording
Friday, 26 March 2021 3-4pm	Assoc. Professor Jiancang Zhuang	The Institute of Statistical Mathematics Japan and Department of Statistical Sciences, the Graduate University for Advanced Studies	Estimation, diagnostics, and extensions of nonparametric Hawkes processes Abstract Recording
Friday, 19 March 2021 3-4pm	Dr Hien Nguyen	La Trobe University	Order selection with confidence for mixture models Abstract Recording
Thursday, 11 March 2021 10-11am	Professor J. Douglas Wright	Drexel University	Random FPUT Lattices Abstract Recording
Friday, 5 March 2021 3-4pm	Professor Masahito Hasegawa	Kyoto University	Traced monoidal categories and semantics of computation Abstract Recording
Friday, 26 February 2021 3-4pm	Dr Alice Devillers	The University of Western Australia	Combinatorial designs and symmetry Abstract Recording

2020 series

Date	Speaker	Institution	Title, abstract and recording
Friday, 11 September 2020	Professor Aurore Delaigle	University of Melbourne	Estimating a Covariance Function from Fragments of Functional Data Abstract
Friday, 4 September 2020	A/Professor Milena Radnovic	University of Sydney	Poncelet porisms and billiardsBetter ecological decisions through mathematics Abstract Zoom recording
Friday, 28 August 2020	Professor Rob J Hyndman	Monash University	The geometry of forecast reconciliation Abstract Zoom recording
Friday, 21 August 2020	Professor Yvonne Stokes	University of Adelaide	Inertial particle focusing in curved microfluidic ducts Abstract Zoom recording
Friday, 14 August 2020	A/Professor Mike Meylan	University of Newcastle	Introduction to Hydroelasticity Abstract Zoom recording
Friday, 7 August 2020	Professor Matt Wand	University of Technology Sydney	Streamlined variational inference for random-effects models Abstract Zoom recording
Friday, 31 July 2020	Professor Annabelle McIver	Macquarie University, Department of Computer Science	The Category of Correlations Abstract Zoom recording
Friday, 5 June 2020	Dr Lewis Mitchell	University of Adelaide	Social media analysis and COVID-19 Abstract Zoom recording
Friday, 29 May 2020	Dr Kate Helmstedt	QUT	Better ecological decisions through mathematics Abstract Zoom recording
Friday, 22 May 2020	Associate Professor John Nichols	Texas A&M University	The use of Fast Fourier Transforms and Generalized Poissonian Distribution to study COVID Deaths Abstract Zoom recording
Friday, 8 May 2020	Associate Professor Mali Abdolloahian	RMIT	Application of statistical Quality control in clinical area Abstract Zoom recording
Friday, 1 May 2020	Associate Professor Pierre Lafaye de Micheaux	UNSW	Depth for Curve Data and Applications Abstract Zoom recording
Friday, 24 Apr 2020	Dr Anna Romanov	University of Sydney	A tour via examples of Beilinson—Bernstein localization Abstract Zoom recording
Friday, 17 Apr 2020	Dr Houying Zhu	Macquarie University	Quasi‐Monte Carlo sampling method Abstract
Friday, 13 Mar 2020	Dr Christian Thomas	Macquarie University	The effect of deformations on the flow over a ringwing Abstract
Friday, 6 Mar 2020	Robyn Stuart	University of Copenhagen	Evaluating the health outcomes of HIV interventions: a mathematical model to combine the science and economics of HIV Abstract
Thursday, 27 Feb 2020	Christina Vasilakopoulou	University of Patras	Wiring Diagrams, a categorical formalism for systems modeling Abstract

2023 series

Date	Speaker	Institution	Title, abstract and recording
Tuesday, 30 May 11:00am-12:00pm	Professore Catherine Greenhill	Univesrity of New South Wales	Generating random networks with useful properties Abstract Zoom recording
Monday, 15 May 2:00pm-3:00pm	Distinguished Professor Kerrie Mengersen	Queensland University of Technology	Dealing with Sensitive Data Abstract Zoom recording

2024 Series

Date	Speaker	Institution	Title, abstract and recording
Thursday, March 14 11:00am - 12:00pm	Associate Professor Jessica Kasza	Monash University	The future of flexible and efficient longitudinal cluster randomised trials Abstract
Wednesday, May 22 11:00am - 12:00pm	Professor Stefan Maier		In a tight spot: what to do with light in small spaces Abstract
Monday, July 8 2:00 - 3:00pm	Associate Professor Tanya Garcia	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	The Missing Link: Establishing the Parallels Between Censored Covariate and Missing Data Abstract
Friday, July 26 12:00 - 1:00pm	Associate Professor Jelmer Renema		Integrated Photonic Quantum Information Processing Abstract
Friday, August 23 2:00-3:00pm	Professor Geordie Williamson	The University of Sydney	Can AI help with hard mathematics? Abstract
Thursday, November 7 12:00-1:00pm	A/Prof. Paul Abbott	University of Western Australia	Using Generative AI for Computation Abstract

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