What's On at UWA

In the absence of large, randomised, well-controlled clinical trials (with independent replication) to address every research question we all need to increase our statistical literacy. We are often faced with the need to critically assess grant applications, manuscripts or reports without a (...)

Time and place: 16:00 Friday 29 January in Blakers LT

Speaker: Marcel Fernandez (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya)

Title: Codes with traceability properties

Abstract: The talk will present codes with traceability properties. These codes are used in digital (...)

The Gold Standard GAMSAT will host a GAMSAT Science Review (Section 3) seminar on Feb 2 - 3, 2016 at University Hall, University of Western Australia. The course will start at 9 am and ends at 6 pm daily.

The tutor of this course is Dr. Brett Ferdinand, author of the Gold Standard (...)

UWA Law School in conjunction with the Animal Law Institute presents a public lecture and panel discussion do discuss the lessons animal law can learn from environmental law.

The lecture will feature US environmental law academic Professor Randall S. Abate who will be presenting outcomes (...)

Young film director Piero Messina won several awards for short movies before being assistant director on La Grande Bellezza (Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, 2014). His first full-length film, The Wait (L'Attesa) is being screened this week at the Somerville and next week at Joondalup Pines. Me (...)

The Gold Standard GAMSAT will host a GAMSAT Practice Test & Review seminar on Feb 4 - 5, 2016 at University Hall, University of Western Australia. The course will start at 9 am and ends at 6 pm daily.

The tutor of this course is Dr. Brett Ferdinand, author of the Gold Standard (...)

Time and place: 16:00 Friday 29 January in Weatherburn LT

Speaker: Sara Zemljic (University of Iceland)

Title: Wiener dimension and Sierpinski graphs

Abstract: Wiener dimension is a relatively new graph invariant closely connected to the Wiener index of graphs. It (...)

Time and place: 11:00 Tuesday 9 February in Weatherburn LT

Speaker: Dillon Mayhew (Victoria University of Wellington)

Title: Finite vs. infinite fields in matroid representation

Abstract: We can think of a matroid as an abstraction of a discrete configuration of (...)

Coastal states and communities must increasingly adapt to the hazards of a variable and changing climate, including sea level rise and an increased incidence of coastal storms and flooding. Natural (or green) infrastructure is often promoted as a means to enhance resilience while providing (...)

The Behavioural Economics Laboratory (BEL) http://bel-uwa.github.io/ was created in 2014 jointly by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the UWA Schools of Psychology and Agricultural and Resource Economics (SARE). Its focus is to bring together the (...)

A FREE community event celebrating the abundance and synergy of life within our very own unique Western Australian soils. Bring along a picnic (or buy food onsite) to share under the stars in the spectacular grounds of UWA for a very special outdoor viewing of Deborah Koons Garcia’s incredibly (...)

Presented by the WA Museum in association with the UWA Institute of Advanced Studies as part of the 'A History of the World in 100 Objects' exhibition.

Join expert presenters as they discuss the meaning and value of objects as an unwritten insight into human cultures across time, and the (...)

Some of the world's leading energy economics experts will attend an international conference to address Asia's future energy needs.

The UWA Business School will host the 5th International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) Asian Conference from February 14 to 17, 2016, bringing (...)

One of the most significant questions in archaeology asks when hominins started to exhibit characteristics of "modern" behaviour, such as complex syntactical language, abstract thinking, planning depth, behavioral, technological and economical innovativeness, and symbolic behavior. This (...)

The Seminar: My lab studies mechanisms involved in epigenetics and epitranscriptomics. Data from our studies of the incorporation of the histone variant CENP-A into centromeric chromatin will be presented. In addition, I will report on our work on the posttranscriptional modification of long (...)

Time and place: 11:00 Tuesday 23 February in Blakers LT

Speaker: Alexander Bors (University of Salzburg)

Title: Finite groups with an automorphism inverting, squaring or cubing a non-negligible fraction of elements

Abstract: There are various results in the (...)

This presentation examines publicly visible writing, painting and carved images at Saibai Island, Torres Strait, a border area of Australia. They have flourished since Papua New Guinea established its sovereignty in 1975 and in them we can see processes of social differentiation mobilised around (...)

Please join us to hear about the 2016/2017 Raine Medical Research Foundation funding programmes including Grants, Fellowships, Research Collaboration Awards, Visiting Professor Awards and Publication Prizes.

The Raine Foundation has allocated in excess of $36m for medical research since (...)

In this discursive-style presentation we discuss interrelated and current research issues and projects from the Kimberley region. These cover topics such as: -Why are potentially earlier dates for figurative art in the Kimberley significant? -Are multi-phase depictions of plants such as yams (...)