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The Introduction to Course Design workshop will be particularly useful for all new lecturers in the Faculty who have started within the last three years. Existing staff with no prior educational training are also encouraged to attend. This one day training session will cover components including a (...)

Groups and Combinatorics Seminar

Jeroen Schillewaert (University of Canterbury, NZ)

will speak on

Infinite Veronesean Caps

at 12 noon in MLR 2 on Tuesday 13 April.

Abstract: Veronesean varieties are fundamental objects in geometry, be it (...)

The Faculty Academy for the Scholarship of Education (FASE) is delighted to present a series of lunchtime seminars with the aim of disseminating good practice in education across the Faculty.

The first seminar ‘Enhancing Creative Thinking in Engineering Students’ will be led by (...)

Groups and Combinatorics Seminar

Cheryl Praeger

will speak on

Serendipity, involutions and regular semisimple matrices

at 12noon in MLR2 on Tuesday April 20.

Abstract: (joint work with Akos Seress)

Key to studying finite simple (...)

UWA Student Exchange Fair Tuesday 27th April GUILD VILLAGE COURTYARD 11.45AM - 2.00PM

Get all of the info you need to know about going on exchange… plus the chance to meet UWA's International Partners, UWA students who have been on exchange and International Exchange Students (...)

Groups and Combinatorics Seminar

Simon Guest (UWA) will speak on

Proportions of elements of certain orders in classical groups

at 12 noon Tuesday 27 April in MLR2

Abstract: (joint work with Cheryl, and Tomasz Popiel)

Let G be a finite group (...)

All academic staff are invited to a lunchtime seminar ‘Indigenous Knowledge and Engineering Education’ presented by The Faculty Academy for the Scholarship of Education.

As the oldest continuous culture on earth, Aboriginal people of Australia are the custodians of the world’s (...)

Nick Gill (University of Bristol) will be giving a series of three talks on the topic of Growth in Groups and Graphs as follows:

* Tuesday 4 May, 12 noon, MLR2, I: Sum-Product

* Friday 7 May, 11am, MLR3, II: Growth in Groups of Lie Type

* Friday 14th May (...)

This is a training session for post graduate tutors in technical subjects. The main aim of the session is to improve student learning via enhanced awareness of pedagogical issues and development of new skills which could be applied to the teaching of tutorials and laboratory classes but which could (...)

Groups and Combinatorics Seminar

Brian Alspach (University of Newcastle)

will speak on

Three Hamilton Decomposition Problems

at 12 noon Tuesday 11 May in MLR2

Abstract: This talk deals with three middle-aged problems on decomposing graphs into (...)

Groups and Combinatorics Seminar

Alice Devillers (UWA)

will speak on

Symmetry properties of subdivision graphs, and serendipity

at 12 noon in MLR2 on Tuesday 18 May

Abstract: (Joint work with Ashraf Daneshkhah and Cheryl E. Praeger)

T (...)

An IAS public lecture by Winthrop Professor Cheryl Praeger AM FAA, Director of the Centre for Mathematics of Symmetry and Computation at UWA and 2009 WA Scientist of the Year.

As the vital role of technology in modern society increases, the mathematical sciences are becoming (...)

Groups and Combinatoric Seminar

Michael Giudici (UWA)

will speak on

Point regular automorphism groups of generalised quadrangles

at 12 noon on Tuesday 25 May in MLR2

Abstract: (joint work with John Bamberg) Studying regular automorphism (...)

The catalytic cracking of methane forming hydrogen gas and carbon nanomaterials

Hydrogen gas is often described as the ideal energy source as combustion results in energy and pure water. The catalytic cracking of methane results in the emission of hydrogen gas in a manner that is (...)

We know from research evidence that getting students engaged by interaction in class helps promote a deeper approach to learning. But how do we conduct this practice?

In this interactive seminar, the panel discussion will showcase the practices of two of our lecturers, Marco Ghisalberti (...)

This seminar will examine how the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics is exploring service-learning as a strategy for preparing engineers to cope with the complexities of the modern world.

Members of the panel will share their perspectives on the challenges and rewards of a (...)

Groups and Combinatorics Seminar

Carmen Amarra (UWA)

will speak on

Symmetric graphs of diameter 2 arising from the classical groups

at 12noon Tuesday 22nd June in MLR2

Abstract: Let V be a vector space of dimension d over a field of q elements (...)

Values Exchange is an online system created by David Seedhouse, to mimic the sort of discussion opportunities available in Universities.

In this seminar, David will speak about the Values Exchange system which has proven to be a success in Universities and particularly in the schools (...)

Groups and Combinatorics Seminar

Mehdi Behzad, Sharif University, Tehran

will speak on

Several open problems in graph theory

at 2pm Friday 16th July in MLR2

(**Note the different time to usual***)

The speaker is also giving a (...)

Groups and Combinatorics Seminar

Alan Sokal (New York University and University College, London)

will speak on

Some wonderful conjectures (but almost no theorems) at the boundary between analysis, combinatorics and probability

at 12 noon on Tuesday 20 (...)