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9th Annual Winter School: Contemporary Aspects of Cryptography

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Mon, July 7, 2014 - Fri, July 18, 2014

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AMSI Winter School 2014 : Contemporary Aspects of Cryptography

Date & Venue: 7–18 July 2014; University of Queensland

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Cryptography is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of third parties; that is, making codes and breaking codes. Historically, cryptography has effectively been synonymous with encryption and decryption. Modern cryptography involves sometimes surprising intersections of mathematics, computer science, and electrical engineering.

UQ logo Discover contemporary cryptography and its modern applications Hear from eminent national and international lecturers Learn mathematical tools and techniques used in research in cryptography Understand key aspects of current research in cryptography Uncover the link with mathematics, computer science and electrical engineering Build collaborative networks with other PhD students and early career researchers Expand your skills in the mathematical sciences

The first week consists of relatively broad courses, designed to give participants an introduction to the mathematical tools and techniques used in research in this area. Specialised advanced courses through the second week build on this basis, to give participants an understanding of some aspects of current research in the area. The invited speakers are eminent national and international lecturers.

An intensive world-class program in advanced postgraduate mathematics.

The AMSI Winter School in the Mathematical Sciences is based on successful US and European models. Since 2004, the Winter School has become an annual event, hosted by the University of Queensland.

Postgraduate students in the mathematical sciences and cognate disciplines from around Australia and internationally attend the Winter School.

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Registration

Register your expression of interest.

The AMSI Winter School is held annually at the University of Queensland, and is funded jointly by the Department of Education and the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute.


Winter School 2014: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

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Mon, June 16, 2014 - Fri, June 20, 2014

Winter School 2014 : Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

COECSS logo The ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science will host its 3rd annual winter school in the Research School of Earth Sciences at the Australian National University.

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Dates: 16–20 June 2014
Venue: Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra

The 2014 winter school theme is Geophysical Fluid Dynamics.

This is a high-level education program for honours and graduate students interested in climate science. It will be of considerable relevance to those working in the atmospheric and ocean sciences, and also those in land related disciplines with interest in the planetary boundary layer and land-atmopshere feedbacks.

The winter school will consist of a series of lectures and lab sessions delivered by Centre of Excellence researchers from our five universities and partner organisations. An advanced Python tutorial will be delivered by our Computational Modelling Support Team.

There is an expectation that students undertaking this winter school will be well-versed in the mathematics underpinning fluid dynamics, including partial differential equations and vector calculus.

AMSI Logo Some funding is available to support attendance. Priority will be given to honours and graduate students working on climate science problems. The number of places is strictly limited.

Applications open January 2014. To apply, please complete the application form.

Contact

Melissa Hart (coecss.grad@unsw.edu.au)

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AMSI/SSAI AGR National Seminar: On the distribution of integration error by randomly-shifted ...

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Wed, February 19, 2014, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

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On the distribution of integration error by randomly-shifted lattice rules

Date & Time: Wednesday 19 February 2014; 11:00 am (AEST)
Venue: La Trobe University, Victoria.
Speaker: Professor Pierre L’Ecuyer (Université de Montreal, Canada)

Abstract

A lattice rule with a randomly-shifted lattice estimates a mathematical expectation, written as an integral over the s-dimensional unit hypercube, by the average of n evaluations of the integrand, at the n points of the shifted lattice that lie inside the unit hypercube. This average provides an unbiased estimator of the integral and, under appropriate smoothness conditions on the integrand, it has been shown to converge faster as a function of n than the average at n independent random points (the standard Monte Carlo estimator). In this talk, we study the behavior of the estimation error as a function of the random shift, as well as its distribution for a random shift, under various settings. While it is well known that the Monte Carlo estimator obeys a central limit theorem when n\to\infty, the randomized lattice rule does not, due to the strong dependence between the function evaluations.

We show that for the simple case of one-dimensional integrands, the limiting error distribution is uniform over a bounded interval if the integrand is non-periodic, and has a square root form over a bounded interval if the integrand is periodic. We find that in higher dimensions, there is little hope to precisely characterize the limiting distribution in a useful way for computing confidence intervals in the general case. We nevertheless examine how this error behaves as a function of the random shift from different perspectives and on various examples. We also point out a situation where a classical central-limit theorem holds when the dimension goes to infinity, we provide guidelines on when the error distribution should not be too far from normal, and we examine how far from normal is the error distribution in examples inspired from real-life applications.

Biography

Pierre L'Ecuyer is a Professor in the Département d'Informatique et de Recherche Operationnelle at the Université de Montreal. He currently holds the Canada Research Chair in Stochastic Simulation and Optimization and an Inria International Chair (at Inria-Rennes) for 2013–2018. He obtained the Steacie Fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) in 1995–97, twice the INFORMS Simulation Society Outstanding Research Publication Award, in 1999 and 2009, the Distinguished Service Award in 2011, a Killam Research Fellowship in 2001–03, the Urgel–Archambault Prize from ACFAS in 2002, and was elected INFORMS Fellow in 2006.

He has published over 230 scientific articles and book chapters in various areas, including random number generation, quasi-Monte Carlo methods, efficiency improvement in simulation, sensitivity analysis and optimization for discrete-event simulation models, simulation software, stochastic dynamic programming, and applications in finance, manufacturing, telecommunications, reliability, and service center management. He also developed software libraries and systems for the theoretical and empirical analysis of random number generators and quasi-Monte Carlo point sets, and for general discrete-event simulation. His work impinges on the areas of mathematics, statistics, operations research, economics, and computer science.

He is currently Associate Editor for ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software, Statistics and Computing, Cryptography and Communications, and International Transactions in Operational Research. He was Editor-in-Chief for the ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation until June 2013. He has been a referee for over 120 different scientific journals. He was a professor in the Département d'Informatique at Université Laval (Quebec) from 1983 to 1990 and is at the Université de Montreal since then. He has been a visiting scholar (for several months) at Stanford University (USA), INRIA-Rocquencourt (France), Ecole des Mines (France), Waseda University (Tokyo), University of Salzburg (Austria), North Carolina State University (USA), and INRIA-Rennes (France). He is a member of the CIRRELT and GERAD research centers, in Montreal.


This seminar notice is available on the AMSI Website:
Research & Higher Education > Access Grid > National Seminar Series


This talk will be broadcast using Access Grid Technology from LaTrobe University. To participate in this seminar, book your University's AGR or a university/APAC etc. AGR that you are otherwise able to use. A listing of Access Grid nodes is available at: http://www.accessgrid.org/nodes.


If you (and your colleagues) wish to participate, please:

  1. book your own AGR (or university/APAC etc. AGR that you otherwise are able to use), and ask your AGR technical people to contact Maaike Wienk (agr@amsi.org.au) with a cc to Darren Condon (D.Condon@latrobe.edu.au) at La Trobe one week in advance of the seminar.

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Contact:

Ms Maaike Wienk
Access Grid Coordinator
Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute
Building 161, C/- The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia
P: 03 8344 1776 | F: 03 9349 4106
E: agr@amsi.org.au | W: http://www.amsi.org.au/

KOZWaves: Kiwi–Oz waves Conference

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Mon, February 17, 2014 - Wed, February 19, 2014

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KOZWaves
The first international Australasian conference on wave science

AustMS logo Dates: Friday 17–19 November 2012
Venue: Newcastle City Hall.

KOZWaves will be the first international Australasian conference on wave science. It will provide a forum for contemporary research on wave science to be disseminated between the different branches of wave theory and its applications.

It will promote interdisciplinary collaborations between Australasian wave scientists, and also with leading international researchers.

The overarching aim of KOZWaves is to accelerate research progress in the various application areas of wave science conducted in Australasia, by sharing recent research advances and exploiting the mathematical connection between the different types of wave phenomena.

KOZWaves will focus, in particular, on development of theoretical and numerical tools to analyse waves. This will result in more accurate predictions of wave behaviours, and understanding how to control the unique properties of waves for our benefit.

KOZWaves will consider technical questions under the following categories.

  • Wave propagation in periodic media
  • Wave propagation in complex and random media
  • Forward and inverse scattering
  • Fast computational techniques
  • Nonlinear wave phenomena
  • Water waves and coastal modeling
  • Wave energy devices
  • Extreme ocean waves
  • Medical and seismic imaging
  • Waves in polar regions and environmental science

Invited Speakers

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Organisers

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Registration & Abstracts

The registration form can be downloaded from here.
The deadline for early-bird rates is 31st January, 2014.
Click to enter the abstract submission system.

Contact Information

If you have any questions, please contact Mike Meylan (Mike.Meylan@newcastle.edu.au)
Telephone: (02) 492 16792
Facimile: (02) 492 16898

ANZIAM Women in Mathematics Lunch

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Mon, February 3, 2014, 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm

ANZIAM Women in Mathematics Lunch

Date: Monday 03 February 2014; 1:00-2:15pm (NZ time)
Venue: Nikau Restaurant Millennium Hotel, Rotorua, NZ

The lunch is designed to highlight the mathematical careers of the female plenary speakers at ANZIAM 2014, celebrate women in mathematics, and stimulate conversation on topics that impact the careers of all mathematicians.

Speaker: Alison Etheridge (Oxford, UK)

RSVPs are essential by noon 31 January 2014 to Stephanie.Swanson@sydney.edu.au with a cc to Sarah.Lobb@sydney.edu.au.

The event is supported by ANZIAM, the Women+in+Mathematics+group|Women in Mathematics special interest group of the AustMS and the Australian Research Council through Nalini Joshi's Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowship.

Lunch is free to all registered ANZIAM2014 attendees. Both women and men are welcome.

We are celebrating the life and work of Alison Etheridge and Lisa Fauci, the female plenary speakers at ANZIAM2014. Unfortunately, Lisa will be travelling at the time of the lunch, and won't be able to join us. However, an accompanying Q&A with both speakers can be found at:
http://www.austms.org.au/ANZIAM2014-QA.

GAGTA 8

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Mon, July 21, 2014 - Fri, July 25, 2014

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Geometric and Asymptotic Group Theory with Applications

The eighth edition of the conference series GAGTA (Geometric and Asymptotic Group Theory with Applications) will be held:

Dates & Venue: 21–25 July 2014; Newcastle, Australia.

GAGTA is a series of conferences organised periodically, since 2006, by researchers in Group Theory all over the world.

GAGTA conferences are devoted to the study of a variety of areas in Geometric and Combinatorial Group Theory, including asymptotic and probabilistic methods, as well as algorithmic and computational topics involving groups. In particular, areas of interest include group actions, isoperimetric functions, growth, asymptotic invariants, random walks, algebraic geometry over groups, algorithmic problems and their complexity, generic properties and generic complexity, and applications to non-commutative cryptography.

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Local organising committee:

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Contact

Murray Elder (murrayelder@gmail.com)

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Australian participants:

This event is sponsored by the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI). AMSI allocates a travel allowance annually to each of its member universities. Students or early career researchers from AMSI member universities without access to a suitable research grant or other source of funding may apply to their Head of Mathematical Sciences for subsidy of travel and accommodation out of their departmental travel allowance.

The 12th Australasian Conference on Mathematics and Computers in Sport

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Wed, June 25, 2014 - Fri, June 27, 2014

This conference will bring together sports scientists, mathematicians and statisticians who are interested in:

  • The use of computers in sport
  • Statistics and statistical modelling in sport
  • Mathematical modelling in sport
  • Teaching of mathematics, computers and sport
  • The application of these to improve coaching and individual performance
  • The use of statistics, mathematics and computers in sports gaming and gambling
This conference immediately follows the IACSS Conference held from 22-24 June. Make the most of both conferences! Please see IACSS website for more information: http://www.cdu.edu.au/iacss2014/index.html

The conference directors are:

Registration

Registrations are now open. Conference early bird fees are

  • AustMS: - AUD $375.00
  • Non-member: - AUD $425.00
  • Student: - AUD $325.00
  • Proceedings only (non-attendee): - AUD $50.00
Payments can be made via http://www.trybooking.com/EGBC (+ a small booking fee).

ICM 2014

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Wed, August 13, 2014 - Thu, August 21, 2014

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International Congress of Mathematicians, 2014

Dates: 13–21 August

Venue: COEX Convention & Exhibition Center, Seoul, Korea

Hosted by: The Korean Mathematical Society.

The International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) is the largest international congress in the mathematics community. It is held once every four years under the auspices of the International Mathematical Union (IMU). The Fields Medals, the Nevanlinna Prize, the Gauss Prize, and the Chern Medal are awarded during the opening ceremony on the first day of the congress. Each congress is memorialized by printed Proceedings recording academic papers based on invited talks intended to reflect the current state of the science.

The Korean mathematical community is delighted to host the next congress in Seoul, Korea in 2014. We will make every effort to make SEOUL ICM 2014 a turning point for mathematics; to reach out to the public and to be recognized and valued by society.

See you in Seoul in 2014!

AGR: La Trobe Statistics seminar series

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Fri, February 14, 2014, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

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The Harmful Effect of Preliminary Model Selection on Confidence Intervals

Speaker: A/Prof Paul Kabaila (La Trobe University)
Time & Date: 11.00 am AEDT; Friday 14 February 2014
Venue: Room 310 (Access Grid Room), Physical Sciences 2, La Trobe University, Bundoora Campus.

Abstract: It is very common in applied statistics to carry out a preliminary statistical (i.e. data-based) model selection by, for example, using preliminary hypothesis tests or minimizing a criterion such as the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC). This is often followed by the construction, using the same data, of a confidence interval, with nominal coverage 1-\alpha, for the parameter of interest based on the assumption that the selected model had been given to us a priori (as the true model). This assumption is false and it typically leads to confidence intervals with minimum coverage probabilities far below 1-\alpha, making them completely inadequate. In practice, a wide variety of forms of statistical model selection have been proposed, for a variety of models. It is important that all of these forms of model selection are carefully analyzed with respect to their effect on subsequently-constructed confidence intervals.

As pointed out by Kabaila (2009), preliminary statistical model selection is sometimes motivated by a desire to utilize uncertain prior information. Uncertain prior information may result from previous experience with similar data sets and/or expert opinion and scientific background. This brings us to the second part of the talk: the construction of confidence intervals that utilize uncertain prior information, without the intermediate step of model selection. A branch of this type of work was initiated by the eminent statisticians Charles Stein and John Pratt. Another branch (dealing with different models, different kinds of uncertain prior information and different desiderata) is due to Paul Kabaila and PhD students Jarrod Tuck, Khageswor Giri, David Farchione, Dilshani Tissera and Waruni Abeysekera.

Reference: Kabaila, P. (2009). 'The coverage properties of confidence regions after model selection. International Statistical Review, 77, 405–414.

AMSI logo Seminar Convenor: Dr Andriy Olenko (a.olenko@latrobe.edu.au)
AGR IT support: Dr Darren Condon (d.condon@latrobe.edu.au)

If you (and your colleagues) wish to participate, please

  1. book your own AGR (or university/APAC etc. AGR that you otherwise are able to use), and ask your AGR technical people to contact Darren in advance of the seminar date; and
  2. inform Andriy of your intention to participate.

This notice is available on the AMSI website (http://www.amsi.org.au): Events > AGR Events

38ACCMCC

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Mon, December 1, 2014 - Fri, December 5, 2014

CMSA logo38ACCMCC, the Australasian Conference on Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing

is the annual conference of the Combinatorial Mathematics Society of Australasia. Contributed talks will be sought from all areas of discrete and combinatorial mathematics and related areas of computer science.

Dates & Venue: 1–5 December, 2014; Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

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20th UniServe Science Conference

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Mon, September 29, 2014 - Wed, October 1, 2014

Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education
(The 20th UniServe Science Conference)

Dates: Mon 29 September – Wed. 1 October, 2014
Venue: The University of Sydney & University of Technology, Sydney

We hope that you will all be able to attend and help us celebrate the 20th anniversary of the conference. The program has been developed from all the responses received in the recently closed ACSME 2014 participant survey.

There are also a few special events that will be also happening during the ACSME period that you may be interested in attending.

  • Garry Hoban (University of Wollongong) and Les Kirkup (University of Technology, Sydney) will be running symposiums on Thursday 2 October at the University of Technology, Sydney.
  • A paper writing retreat/workshop will be held around this period.

More details will follow when they become available.

We look forward to your attendance and contribution to our conference.

Contact

Dr Alexandra Yeung (alexandra.yeung@sydney.edu.au) Manager, Institute for Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education (IISME) Associate Director, Advancing Science by Enhancing Learning in the Laboratory (ASELL) Project

8th ANZMC

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Mon, December 8, 2014 - Fri, December 12, 2014

8th Australia – New Zealand Mathematics Convention AustMS logo

Date & Venue: 8–12 December; University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

This is a joint Australia–New Zealand meeting, incorporating the 2014 Australian Mathematical Society meeting and the 2014 New Zealand Mathematics Colloquium.

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Plenary Speakers

Director: P.T. Norbury (U Melbourne)


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ANZAMP annual meeting

The 2014 ANZAMP annual meeting will be incorporated into this meeting as a special session.

AGR: CARMA Analysis and Number Theory Seminar

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Mon, February 24, 2014, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

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CARMA ANALYSIS AND NUMBER THEORY SEMINAR

Speaker: Hans Mittelmann (Arizona State University)
Title: Computing Strong Bounds in Combinatorial Optimization
Time & Date: 3.00 pm AEDT; Monday 24 February 2014
Venue: Room V205, Mathematics Building, Callaghan Campus, The University of Newcastle
Also available on the Access Grid network (venue: UNewcastle).

Abstract

As is well-known semidefinite relaxations of discrete optimization problems can yield excellent bounds on their solutions. We present three examples from our collaborative research. The first addresses the quadratic assignment problem and a formulation is developed which yields the strongest lower bounds known for larger dimensions. Utilizing the latest iterative SDP solver and ideas from verified computing, a realistic problem from communications is solved for dimensions up to 512.

A strategy based on the Lovasz theta function is generalized to compute upper bounds on the spherical kissing number utilizing SDP relaxations. Multiple precision SDP solvers are needed and improvements on known results for all kissing numbers in dimensions up to 23 are obtained. Finally, generalizing ideas of Lex Schrijver improved upper bounds for general binary codes are obtained in many cases.


This talk will be broadcast using Access Grid Technology from The University of Newcastle. To participate in this seminar, book your University's AGR or a university/APAC etc. AGR that you are otherwise able to use. A listing of Access Grid nodes is available at: http://www.accessgrid.org/nodes.

This seminar notice, and others, is available on the AMSI Website: Events > AGR Events


Seminar Convenors

If you (and your colleagues) wish to participate, please:

  1. book your own AGR (or university/APAC etc. AGR that you otherwise are able to use), and ask your AGR technical people to contact David Allingham David.Allingham@newcastle.edu.au (the AGR technical person at Newcastle University) in advance of the seminar.
  2. Advise the seminar convenor: Matthew Tam (juliane.turner@newcastle.edu.au)

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Contact:

Ms Maaike Wienk
Access Grid Coordinator
Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute
Building 161, C/- The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia
P: 03 8344 1776 | F: 03 9349 4106
E: agr@amsi.org.au | W: http://www.amsi.org.au/

CBIBM

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Tue, June 10, 2014 - Thu, June 12, 2014

Workshop on Cell Based and Individual Based ModellingCBIBM logo
part of the 2014 International Conference on Computational Science

Dates: 10–12 June 2014
Venue: Pullman Cairns International, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.

Individual and cell based models are increasingly being used to study the behaviour of natural systems, from modelling individual cells to study tissue development through to representations of whole organisms to study population dynamics. The aim of this workshop is to bring together scientists who are developing and using individual based modelling tools and software. The workshop will cover all aspects of model and tool development and use.

Topics for submission

We are currently requesting abstract submissions for talks which present all aspects of cell based or individual based modelling, from simulation (or analysis) software through to applications of these methods. Suggested topics for the workshop are:

  • Computational or mathematical methods for the simulation (or analysis) of multicellular or multiagent systems.
  • The development of simulation tools for multicellular or multiagent systems.
  • The development of novel cell based or individual based models.
  • Standards for specification of multicellular systems.
  • Connecting individual based and continuum based modelling approaches.
  • Novel applications of cell based and individual based modelling.
  • Connecting individual based models to experimental data.

This list is not exhaustive, submissions relating to any aspect of cell-based or individual-based modelling and simulation will be considered.

Important Dates

  • 15 January 2014: Deadline for paper submission.
  • 7 Feburary 2014: Deadline for paper submission.
  • 24 February 2014: Notification of acceptance of paper.
  • 7 March 2014: Deadline for abstract (for talks) submission.
  • 10 March 2014: Notification of acceptance of talk.
  • 24 Feb.–15 March 2014: Author Registration open.
  • 10–12 June 2014: The workshop will take place during the ICCS.

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Computational & Algorithmic Topology, Sydney

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Wed, April 2, 2014 - Fri, April 4, 2014

Computational & Algorithmic Topology, Sydney

Dates & Venue: 2–4 April, 2014; University of Sydney

This workshop at the University of Sydney will bring together experts and emerging researchers from Australia, the USA and Europe to report on recent results and explore future directions in computational and algorithmic topology. There will be a focus on problems in low-dimensional geometry and topology, and on the development of practical algorithms and their implementation. This is an area with an abundance of computational and algorithmic challenges, where practical solutions to many solvable problems, such as the homeomorphism problem, remain elusive.

Five of the ten speakers develop freely available software to assist in their theoretical research or in the analysis of their algorithms and computational techniques. This workshop aims to stimulate interaction between researchers in order to bring about new collaborations on difficult problems that cannot be tackled from one viewpoint alone.

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Invited Speakers:

Registration:

Please register by e-mailing stephan.tillmann@sydney.edu.au.

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This workshop is financially supported by ARC Discovery Project DP110101104 “Generic complexity in computational topology”, the University of Sydney and the Australian Mathematical Society.


AGR: La Trobe Statistics seminar series

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Fri, March 14, 2014, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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Which Random Effects Model?

Speaker: Prof. Elena Kulinskaya and Ilyas Bakbergenuli (University of East Anglia)
Time & Date: 1.00 pm AEDT; Friday 14 March 2014
Venue: Room 310 (Access Grid Room), Physical Sciences 2, La Trobe University, Bundoora Campus.

Abstract: Random effects model (REM) in meta-analysis incorporates heterogeneity of effect measures across studies. We are interested in combining odds ratios from K 2\times 2 contingency tables. The standard (additive) REM is the random intercept model in 1-way ANOVA for log-odds ratios. Alternatively, heterogeneity can be induced via intra-cluster correlation, say assuming beta-binomial distributions. This (multiplicative) model is convenient for defining REM in conjunction with the Mantel–Hänzsel approach. Our method of estimating intra-class correlation (assumed constant across studies) is based on profiling the modified Breslow–Day test. Coverage of resulting confidence intervals is compared to standard methods through simulation.

Unexpectedly, we found that the standard methods are very biased in the multiplicative REM, and our new method is very biased in the standard REM. The explanation lies in the general (but new to us) fact that any function of a random variable is biased under REM. The question on what exactly is random under REM is a difficult question for a frequentist...

AMSI logo Seminar Convenor: Dr Andriy Olenko (a.olenko@latrobe.edu.au)
AGR IT support: Dr Darren Condon (d.condon@latrobe.edu.au)

If you (and your colleagues) wish to participate, please

  1. book your own AGR (or university/APAC etc. AGR that you otherwise are able to use), and ask your AGR technical people to contact Darren in advance of the seminar date; and
  2. inform Andriy of your intention to participate.

This notice is available on the AMSI website (http://www.amsi.org.au): Events > AGR Events

2014 AMSI Winter School

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Mon, July 7, 2014 - Fri, July 18, 2014

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The 9th annual AMSI Winter School:
Contemporary Aspects of Cryptography

Dates & Venue: 7–18 July 2014; University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane.

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There are so many ways for you to get ahead at the 2014 AMSI Winter School:

Hear from eminent national and international lecturers
Discover contemporary cryptography and its modern applications
Learn mathematical tools and techniques used in research
Understand key aspects of current research in cryptography
Find the link with mathematics, computer science and electrical engineering
Build networks with other PhD students and early career researchers
Expand your skills in the mathematical sciences

This School is open to both AMSI members and non-members who are domestic and international undergraduate, honours and post-graduate students, researchers and employees working or undertaking research in or around the following areas:

  • cryptography
  • related areas of mathematics
  • cognate disciplines such as quantum science, computer science and electrical engineering.

Structure for two weeks

The first week consists of relatively broad courses, designed to give participants an introduction to the mathematical tools and techniques used in research in this area.

Registration

Students, please note that registration does not guarantee a place at the Winter School. Final acceptance and offers of financial support is at the discretion of the Winter School Director.

There are also a limited number for travel and accommodation scholarships available to students and ECRs. In particular preference for financial support will be given to postgraduate students who can demonstrate how the program will enhance their further studies. In exceptional cases, highly qualified honours students will also be considered for support.

Registration for separate weeks is available to researchers and employees.

AN INTENSIVE WORLD-CLASS PROGRAM IN ADVANCED POSTGRADUATE MATHEMATICS

The AMSI Winter School in the Mathematical Sciences is based on successful US and European models. Since 2004, the Winter School has become an annual event, hosted by The University of Queensland.


The Winter School is one of AMSI's flagship higher-education programs, which comprise vacation schools (Summer School, Winter School and BioInfoSummer), Vacation Research Scholarships and the AMSI intern program. The annual AMSI vacation schools and scholarships are funded jointly by the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education and the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute.

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Speakers

Scientific Committee:

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The annual AMSI vacation schools and scholarships are funded jointly by the Department of Education and the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute.


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Interactions Between Operator Algebras and Dynamical Systems

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Mon, June 30, 2014 - Fri, July 4, 2014

AustMS logo, Wollongong The University of Wollongong is proud to host a workshop on

Interactions between Operator Algebras and Dynamical Systems

Dates: 30 June – 4 July 2014
Venue: University of Wollongong

International experts Søren Eilers (Univ. Copenhagen) and Douglas Lind (Univ. Washington) will each give a four-part lecture series as an introduction to interesting open problems in operator algebras (Eilers) and dynamical systems (Lind). The lecture series will be accessible to PhD students. There will also be several more advanced talks from international and local speakers on interactions between the two topics.

AMSI logo This event is sponsored by the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) and the Australian Mathematical Society (AustMS).

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AGR: La Trobe Statistics seminar series

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Fri, April 11, 2014, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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Derivation and predictive accuracy of regression-based pedotransfer functions?

Speaker: Chief Biometrician Dr Subhash Chandra (Agriculture Research division, Department of Environment and Primary Industries)
Time & Date: 12.00 pm AEST; Friday 11 April 2014
Venue: Room 310 (Access Grid Room), Physical Sciences 2, La Trobe University, Bundoora Campus.

Abstract: Direct measurement of many soil properties is time consuming and expensive. Pedotransfer functions (PTFs) help overcome these limitations through, usually regression-based, derivation of an empirical relationship of any such costly-to-measure soil property with other potentially correlated but more easily and economically measurable soil properties. The data for derivation of these PTFs emanate from soil samples that are usually collected using a nested spatial sampling design. Soil science literature review suggests that derivation of PTFs has not been based on accounting for this nested spatial sampling structure in data. Sound scientific modelling of data, the derivation of PTFs being no exception, needs to recognize and to appropriately account for this structure in data in order to generate scientific inferences that the data actually support. This talk, taking field capacity (FC) as an example PTF, aims to demonstrate this simple principle using mixed effects regression models to derive PTFs that the data actually support and an assessment of their predictive accuracy using Akaike information criterion.

AMSI logo Seminar Convenor: Dr Andriy Olenko (a.olenko@latrobe.edu.au)
AGR IT support: Dr Darren Condon (d.condon@latrobe.edu.au)

If you (and your colleagues) wish to participate, please

  1. book your own AGR (or university/APAC etc. AGR that you otherwise are able to use), and ask your AGR technical people to contact Darren in advance of the seminar date; and
  2. inform Andriy of your intention to participate.

This notice is available on the AMSI website (http://www.amsi.org.au): Events > AGR Events

EViMS 2: Workshop on the Effective use of Visualization in the Mathematical Sciences

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Fri, November 21, 2014 - Sun, November 23, 2014

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Workshop on the Effective Use of Visualization in the Mathematical Sciences

Dates: Friday 21–23 November 2014

Venue: Mathematical Sciences Institute, Australian National University.

The Mathematical Sciences Institute will host a three day workshop on more effective use of visualisation in mathematics, physics, and statistics, from the perspectives of education, research and outreach. This is the second EViMS meeting, following one held in Newcastle, Australia in November 2012. Our aim for the workshop is to help mathematical scientists understand the opportunities, risks and benefits of visualisation, in research and education, in a world where visual content and new methods are becoming ubiquitous.

  • Studies on the effectiveness of visual aids in teaching mathematical sciences
  • Reports from the classroom and lecture hall
  • New tools and applications that support teaching and research
  • Experimental mathematics
  • Visualisation techniques that aid in the discovery and proofs of theorems

New visualisation methods, both software and hardware, are appearing on an almost daily basis: we note the rapid emergence of online courses and the growing ubiquity of tablet computing, 3D printers, and mathematical software. How best can the mathematical sciences use these new opportunities to assist with both education and research? The coming generation of students has great familiarity with visual content; how can visual content be created and used to improve education, at the same time as teaching analytical thinking? What computer-­‐graphical methodologies are actually effective, rather than yielding illusory outcomes?

Effective visual teaching materials, available online for example, have great potential to make education more efficient and deeper, reaching more students at lower cost. Effective visualisation improves research efficiency.

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