On Monday July 23 2018 I gave a talk in the Geometry and Topology seminar at the University of Melbourne.
Knot Invariants and Cluster Algebras, AustMS Dec 2017
On 12 December 2017 I gave a talk in the Topology session of the 2017 meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society, entitled “Knot invariants and cluster algebras”.
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.
Plane graphs, special alternating links, and contact geometry, Sydney Oct 2017
On Thursday October 5 2017 I gave a talk in the Geometry and Topology seminar at the University of Sydney.
The Tutte polynomial and knot theory, Monash Sep 2017
On September 25, 2017 I gave a talk as part of the Bill Tutte centenary celebration at Monash University.
Plane graphs and Grassmannian positivity, September 2017
On 20 September, 2017 I gave a talk in the Monash topology seminar. The talk was entitled “Plane graphs and Grassmannian positivity”.
AustMS talk, December 2016
On 6 December, 2016, I gave a talk at the Austrlaian Mathematical Society Annual Meeting at ANU, Canberra. The talk was entitled “Strand algebras and contact categories”. Slides from the talk are available.
Talks at Low-dimensional topology workshop, Oct-Nov 2016
In October-November 2016 I gave two talks at the MSI Workshop on Low-Dimensional Topology & Quantum Algebra at ANU, Canberra. Some slides are available.
Talk on hyperbolic volume and Mahler measure, April 2016
On 8 April, 2016 I gave a talk at the University of Melbourne in the Knot Invariants seminar. The talk was entitled “Hyperbolic volume and the Mahler measure of the A-polynomial”
Talk on trinities, hypergraphs, contact structures, March 2016
On 14 March, 2016 I gave a talk at Monash University in the Discrete Mathematics seminar. The talk was entitled “Trinities, hypergraphs, and contact structures”. Slides from the talk are available.