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 (...)

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 (...)

Find out what opportunities are available in management consulting. Six firms will present over 2 days. This is your chance to meet and network with employers.

Presentation/Networking (Mon 22 February):

9.00am-10.30am: McKinsey and Company

10.30am-12.00pm: Bain (...)

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 (...)

Investment banks will be on campus during UWA Careers Fair recruiting for their 2017 graduate programs.

Visit their stand or come along to their presentation to find out more about who they recruit and how to apply.

You don't need to be a Business student, UWA Physics and (...)

You are invited to join many of Australia's leading organisations at the year’s most important free careers event – The Big Meet.

Whether you're looking for graduate employment, a new job, vacation work, an international internship, a gap-year experience, voluntary work, travel (...)

Time and place: 16:00 Friday 4 March in Weatherburn LT

Speaker: Joy Morris (University of Lethbridge)

Title: Automorphisms of circulant graphs

Abstract: Determining the full automorphism group of a graph is a hard problem with a long history. I will discuss some of (...)

Citi are on campus this Tuesday to recruit for their 2017 graduate program.

Not studying Finance? Not a problem. You don’t need to be studying Finance to work at an investment bank. UWA Physics, Mathematics, Economics and other graduates have been hired by investment banks.

Time and place: 16:00 Friday 11 March in Weatherburn LT

Speaker: Binzhou Xia (Peking University)

Title: 2-arc-transitive Cayley graphs of soluble groups

Abstract: Classifying certain classes of 2-arc-transitive graphs has received considerable attention. There have (...)

Shell are coming on campus during March for a series of presentations. For students applying to the Shell graduate or vacation programs, these talks give you first-hand knowledge of what is important to Shell and can enhance your application and interview.

March 15 – Innovation Innovat (...)

Your application is a powerful marketing tool that can gain an employer's interest. This session hosted by Goldman Sachs will talk through ideas for your application that will sit you on top of the pile.

RSVP - CareerHub - http://uwa.careerhub.com.au

Time and place: 16:00 Friday 18 March in Weatherburn LT

Speaker: Gabriel Verret (UWA)

Title: Asymptotic enumeration of vertex-transitive and Cayley graphs

Abstract: I am interested in determining the number f(n) of graphs of order n from various "symmetric" (...)

Find out about exchange opportunities to study overseas as part of your UWA degree including semester long and short term programs. Meet international students from UWA partner universities from all over the world and get advice on how an overseas experience can add to your UWA degree.

Are you aged 15 - 25? We want to hear from YOU! Tell us, what is important to YOU about health and wellbeing? How do YOU want to have a say about health research? Join us at Telethon Kids Institute for a community forum. Free parking, free pizza and payment included.

Time and place: 11:00 Friday 1 April in MLR1

Speaker: Steven Noble (Brunel University London)

Title: Counting labelled delta-matroids

Abstract: Delta-matroids were introduced and studied by Bouchet in the 1980s, but have largely been ignored until the last few years (...)

Title: Mathematics and Statistics of Scuba Diving

Abstract: Scuba divers are trained to follow procedures that keep them safe while diving and afterward. Surprisingly, these safety measures are based on just a handful of simple mathematical and statistical principles, which will be (...)

Time and place: 16:00 Friday 8 April in Weatherburn LT

Speaker: Kyle Rosa (UWA)

Title: Invariable generation of permutation groups

Abstract: An invariable generating set for a group is a collection of conjugacy classes from which any choice of representatives form a (...)

Time and place: 16:00 Friday 15 April in Weatherburn LT

Speaker: Ty Ghaswala (University of Waterloo)

Title: The superelliptic covers and the lifting mapping class group

Abstract: Given a finite sheeted (possibly branched) covering space over a surface, one can ask (...)