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“There is always room for a new theory in mathematics”: Maryna Viazovska and her mathematics

In August 2022 I gave a talk about recent Fields medallist Prof Maryna Viazovska and some of her mathematical work. This was a Monash LunchMaths seminar.

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May 12 talk on Maryam Mirzakhani

On May 12, 2022, I gave a talk at Monash for undergraduate students on some of the mathematics of Maryam Mirzakhani.

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Five-minute surrealist antiwar exposition of topological data analysis

On Remembrance Day 2021 (11 November) I have a talk at a session of Lightning Talks at a session on “Mathematics for Data Analysis, AI & Machine Learning” organised by the Monash Data Futures Institute. This was a “Lightning Talk”

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I got problems – congruence problems

On 7 December 2020 I gave a (virtual) lecture at the Australian Mathematical Olympiad Committee’s School of Excellence on congruences.

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Topology: The shape of space

Monash Open Day in 2020 was a purely online affair, thanks to COVID. I recorded a video talking about Topology: The Shape of Space.

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“I liked doing what I wasn’t supposed to do”: the life and mathematics of Karen Uhlenbeck

In September 2019 I gave a talk about the life and some of the mathematics of Karen Uhlenbeck, the great mathematician and first woman to win an Abel Prize. This was a Monash LunchMaths seminar.

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The beauty of mathematics shows itself to patient followers

In September 2018 I gave a talk on the life and mathematics of Maryam Mirzakhani in the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences colloquium at NTU in Singapore.

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Is the traditional mathematics blackboard lecture dead?

The Australian Mathematical Society Annual Meeting this year included a public debate on the topic “Is the traditional mathematics blackboard lecture dead?” I was on the affirmative team.

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Some pure mathematics and consciousness

In November 2017 I gave a talk to the Monash Consciousness Research Laboratory (Tsuchiya Lab). I talked about some pure mathematical ideas that have appeared in the literature on the frontiers of neuroscience and the study of consciousness — gauge theory, and category theory.

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Sciencey: Why do earphones get tangled?

An appearance in Sciencey, a new series from ABC that delivers quick, illuminating answers to some of the strangest questions in the universe. Why do earphones always tangle, and what does this tells us about the universe?

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  • “There is always room for a new theory in mathematics”: Maryna Viazovska and her mathematics
  • May 12 talk on Maryam Mirzakhani
  • Five-minute surrealist antiwar exposition of topological data analysis
  • I got problems – congruence problems
  • Topology: The shape of space
  • “I liked doing what I wasn’t supposed to do”: the life and mathematics of Karen Uhlenbeck
  • The beauty of mathematics shows itself to patient followers
  • Is the traditional mathematics blackboard lecture dead?
  • Some pure mathematics and consciousness
  • Sciencey: Why do earphones get tangled?
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