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Colloquium time date and location: 4pm, Thursday 19th February, Blakers Lecture Theatre.

Speaker: Prof. Nozer Singpurwallah, City University of Hong Kong.

Title: The Bayesian Paradigm for Statistical Inference and Decision Making.

Abstract: In this expository talk (...)

Prof Eric Bateman is visiting from the University of Cape Town. He is an Emeritus Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Director of the UCT Lung Institute. A light lunch will be service after the seminar.

Dr Samantha South is a Life Sciences technology transfer manager in the Research Development & Innovation (RDI) office at UWA. She has a PhD in behavioural pharmacology and an extensive background in medical research which includes working at Cornell University (NY), The University of (...)

Abstract - In a Cagan-type model of inflation we investigate how announcements of forward guidance may help lower inflation persistence. An important component of the model is heterogenous expectation formation - while market participants consider a time series model that uses sample (...)

Time and place: 3pm Friday 27 February in Weatherburn LT.

Speaker: Cai-Heng Li (UWA)

Title: The regular one-face dessins and surface coverings.

Abstract: I will present a classification of edge-transitive dessins (orientable bipartite maps) with a single face, and (...)

The University of Western Australia's Careers Fair provides excellent opportunities for students to engage, network and meet prospective employers looking to recruit students for graduate programs, vacation work, internships and voluntary positions. From first year to final year, Undergraduate to (...)

We generally think of bubbles as benign and harmless and yet they can manifest the most remarkable range of physical effects. Some of those effects are the stuff of our every day experience as in the tinkling of a brook or the sounds of breaking waves at the beach. But even these mundane effects (...)

In this public lecture, Professor Roland Span, Dean, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ruhr-University Bochum will highlight how models developed for oil and gas applications are deficient for many important Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) applications. He will discuss new models for predicting (...)

After graduating from The University of Western Australia, Professor Anthony Levitt undertook his specialty training in Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, which he completed in 1989. From 1992-2002 he was Head of the Mood Disorders Programs, initially at the Centre for Addictions and Mental (...)

After graduating from The University of Western Australia, Professor Anthony Levitt undertook his specialty training in Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, which he completed in 1989. From 1992-2002 he was Head of the Mood Disorders Programs, initially at the Centre for Addictions and Mental (...)

Abstract - Residential segregation by race first emerged in the United States as black migrants from the South arrived in northern cities in the early twentieth century. The existing literature emphasizes discriminatory institutions as the driving force behind the particularly rapid rise in (...)

Time and place: 3pm Friday 6 March in Weatherburn LT.

Speaker: John Bamberg (UWA)

Title: Multimarkdown and typesetting mathematics.

Abstract: Markdown has been around for around a decade or so, and is a simpler alternative to xml for producing simple easy-to-read (...)

This lecture will examine new paradigms for developing cultural heritage as embodied museum experiences inside a series of large-scale immersive and interactive museum display systems.

The lecture will conclude with a focus on two exhibitions currently in production: the 'Atlas of (...)

Abstract- I study how monetary policy should optimally respond to an oil discovery. Oil discoveries provide news that the natural level of output will increase in the future. Anticipated increases in natural output lower the natural real interest rate. Optimal monetary policy must accommodate these (...)

Under the leadership of Helpman award winner Andrew Foote, Fridays@Five showcases the UWA voice students. From the Vocal Consort, solo song in recitals, public workshops, mixed instrumental and voice ensembles, or public Masterclasses with Q&A, Fridays@Five are an ideal way to start your (...)

In this public lecture, Professor Hermann Nicolai, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, will review some recent ideas and approaches towards a more complete theory of quantum gravity unifying the fundamental interactions of general relativity and quantum mechanics.

An On the Edge public lecture by Professor Pat Dudgeon, School of Indigenous Studies, UWA and Director of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project.

Suicide and mental health conditions among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are double (...)

School of Music is proud to present: Andrew Foote (baritone) and Caroline Badnall (piano) present Schumann's "Dichterliebe"

Tickets: Entry is free, no bookings required.

Mathematics & Statistics Colloquium

Time and date: 4pm, Thursday 19th March

Venue: Blakers Lecture Theatre

Speaker: Prof. Michael Small, The University of Western Australia.

Title: Complex Systems: From nonlinear dynamics to graphs, via time series.

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18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Twenty Years after the Beijing Declaration: how are women faring? : 2015 Grace Vaughan Memorial Lecture by Professor Carmen Lawrence

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