What's On at UWA

Come and learn about Intellectual Property and Commercialisation at UWA. Everything you need to know in 45 minutes or less!

The seminar will give an overview of:

. Intellectual Property - what it is and why it's important

. Patenting - what you need to get a patent < (...)

Consistency Properties of Information Criteria for Selection of Principal Components and Discriminant Functions in High-Dimensions

It is well known that the model selection criterion AIC (the Akaike Information Criterion), but the BIC (Bayesian Information Criterion) is consistent. Such (...)

Time and place: 15:00 Friday 18 September in Blakers LT.

Speaker: Mark Ioppolo (University of Western Australia)

Title: Triality via Geometric Algebra

Abstract: The automorphisms of the orthogonal group SO(+1,2n,q) generally correspond to semi-similarities of the (...)

Hudson will deliver a session that will give you the chance to explore and learn about Assessment Centres including how they are used, what to expect and how to make the most out them.

You will also have the opportunity to ask any questions related to: typical activities in an assessment (...)

If you would like to know how a postgrad qualification can shape your future career, visit our Postgrad & Honours Expo in September.

Chat to current staff and students about the courses on offer, scholarships and the application process, and attend one of the information sessions (...)

Time and place: 15:00 Friday 25 September in Blakers LT.

Speaker: Tomasz Popiel (University of Western Australia)

Title: Point-primitive, line-transitive generalised quadrangles of 'holomorph type'.

Abstract: In a 2012 paper, Bamberg, Giudici, Morris, Royle and (...)

A fundraising dinner, in support of the development of Perth's Early Music Project, will be held at the historic St George's College in September. Perth's Early Music Project is to be hosted by St George's College from next year and will feature the creation of an Early Music Festival and a (...)

The Careers Boot Camp will get you ready for employment! Brush up your networking skills, update your resume and get tips to help you find a job.

All students welcome to attend.

Book for the individual workshops on CareerHub (http://uwa.careerhub.com.au/students/events)

Time and place: 15:00 Friday 02 October in Blakers LT.

Speaker: Gordon Royle (University of Western Australia)

Title: Almost synchronising groups.

Abstract: A permutation group G on a set X is said to be synchronising if for every transformation f of X that is not a (...)

The twelfth IEEE International Workshop on Complex Systems and Networks will take place at the Old Swan Brewery on October 4-7. http://iwcsn.eie.polyu.edu.hk/2015/Home.html

The Workshop is sponsored by the Complex Data Modelling Research Group, the School of Mathematics and Statistics (...)

Our world and the world of business is constantly changing.

How does this impact you and your career journey?

Students who are currently in first or second year of university are invited to attend an in house breakfast event where we will showcase the career paths available (...)

A public lecture by Paul Baird, Professeur Classe Exceptionnelle, Universite de Bretagne Occidentale, Laboratoire de Mathematiques de Bretagne Atlantique

This question is the last of J. A. Wheeler's four puzzles that challenge our conception of the world. We have a profound sense that (...)

Abstract: The independent discovery by Lobachevsky and Bolyai of hyperbolic geometry in the 1830's was followed by slow acceptance of the subject from the 1860's on, with the publications of relevant parts of the correspondence of Gauss. A new phase was entered from 1903, when David Hilbert, in his (...)

St George's College and the SAS Resources Trust are combining together on Saturday 10th October for a day of interest and enjoyment at the College. The activities will include an SAS historical display and talks from former SAS officers. The "Midday Live Set" featuring resident musicans (...)

Time and place: 15:00 Friday 16 October in Weatherburn LT.

Speaker: Melissa Lee (University of Western Australia)

Title: The 3rd Heidelberg Laureate Forum and related mathematics.

Abstract: The Heidelberg Laureate Forum is a prestigious conference held in (...)

Mathematics & Statistics Colloquium

Time and date: 4pm, Thursday 22nd October

Venue: Blakers Lecture Theatre

Speaker: Paul Baird (Universite de Bretagne Occidentale)

Title: Encoding geometric information into combinatorial structure

Abstract (...)

Time and place: 15:00 Friday 23 October in Weatherburn LT.

Speaker: Adrian Petersen (University of Western Australia)

Title: Pairwise transitive 1-designs

Abstract: Design theory has extensive interactions with other areas of mathematics, especially group theory (...)

Join us for an evening of all Mozart concerti performed by local champion soloists Paul Wright, Robert Gladstones and Raymond Yong accompanied by a chamber orchestra of brilliant young musicians.

The program will include Piano Concerto No.12, Horn Concerto No.2 and Violin Concerto No.5.

The Catholic Chaplain Rev Father Cyprian M Shikokoti invites you, your friends and colleagues to our last of 2015 weekly Masses; this Wednesday at 12.00pm in the University's chapel; located in the Law Link Building - Room G.32.

Students and staff, please do come and join us in thanking (...)

Time and place: 15:00 Friday 30 October in Weatherburn LT.

Speaker: Irene Pivotto (University of Western Australia)

Title: Decomposition theorems for graphs and matroids

Abstract: Wagner proved that every graph that does not contain a clique on 5 vertices as a minor (...)