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”.
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”.
Holy h-principle, Batman!
In which I attempt to explain some of the ideas behind the h-principle.
The Impact of Impact
On some aspects of the research funding system in the UK and Australia.
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”
Geometric quantisation and A-polynomials, June 2015
On 12 June, 2015 I gave a talk at the University of Melbourne, in the Moduli Spaces seminar. The talk was entitled “Geometric quantisation and calculation of A-polynomials”.
The A-polynomial, symplectic geometry, and quantisation, May 2015
On 15 May, 2015 I gave a talk at the University of Melbourne, in the Moduli Spaces seminar. The talk was entitled “The A-polynomial, symplectic geometry, and quantisation”.
The Lost Art of Integration Impossibility
Integration is less a science and more an art form. It high time we shed some light on this lost art.