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AustMS meeting 2016
The 60th annual meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society will be held by the Mathematical Sciences Institute at the Australian National University from the 5 - 8 December 2016.
AustMS AGM Report (PDF, 1.75MB)
AustMS AGM Agenda (PDF, 225KB)
Session timetables
Invited speakers
- Tomoyuki Arakawa, Kyoto University
- Adelle Coster, University of New South Wales
- Alessio Figalli, ETH Zurich
- Georg Gottwald, The University of Sydney
- Alex James, University of Canterbury (ANZIAM Lecturer)
- Matthew Kennedy, University of Waterloo (Early Career Lecturer)
- Andre Neves, Imperial College London
- Kavita Ramanan, Brown University (Hanna Neumann Lecturer)
- Terry Speed, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research (Peter Hall memorial lecture)
- Kari Vilonen, University of Melbourne
- Lesley Ward, University of South Australia
- Nicholas Wormald, Monash University
Organising committee
- Vigleik Angeltveit, Australian National University
- Joan Licata, Australian National University
- Brittany Shoard, Australian National University
- Lucia Lu, Australian National University
- John Urbas, Australian National University - Chair
Program committee
- Vladimir Gaitsgory, Macquarie University
- John Urbas, Australian National University - Director
- Yihong Du, Univeristy of New England
- Frances Kuo, University of New South Wales
- Anthony Licata, Australian National University
- Giang Nguyen, The University of Adelaide
- Todd Oliynyk, Monash University
- Sheehan Olver, The University of Sydney
- Arun Ram, University of Melbourne
- Ole Warnaar, University of Queensland
Plenary »
Special sessions
Algebra
Organisers: James East (Western Sydney), Anne Thomas (Sydney),
Algebraic Topology, Category Theory, K-theory
Organisers: Vigleik Angeltweit (ANU), Steve Lack (Macquarie), Scott Morrison (ANU)
Applied Mathematics, Industrial Mathematics
Organisers: Mark Nelson (Wollongong), Harvi Sidhu (ADFA)
Combinatorics
Organisers: Amy Glen (Murdoch), Jamie Simpson (Curtin)
Complex Analysis and Geometry
Organisers: Adam Harris, Gerd Schmalz (UNE)
Computational Mathematics
Organisers: Markus Hegland, Qinian Jin, Stephen Roberts (ANU)
Dynamical Systems, Ergodic theory
Organisers: Cecilia Gonzalez-Tokman (Queensland), Petrus van Heijster (QUT)
Functional Analysis, Operator Algebras, Noncommutative Geometry
Organisers: Adam Rennie, Aidan Sims (Wollongong)
Geometric Analysis
Organisers: Ben Andrews (ANU), Julie Clutterbuck (Monash)
Graph Algorithms
Organisers: Vladimir Ejov, Michael Haythorpe (Flinders University)
Harmonic Analysis, Spectral Theory
Organisers: Xuan Duong (Macquarie), Pierre Portal (ANU), Andrew Hassell (ANU), Adam Sikora (Macquarie)
Mathematical and Computational Optimisation
Organisers: Regina Burachik (Uni SA), Jeya Jeyakumar, Guoyin Li (UNSW)
Mathematical Biology
Organisers: Peter Kim (Sydney), Zoltan Neufeld (Queensland)
Mathematical Physics
Organisers: Vladimir Mangazeev (ANU), David Ridout (Melbourne)
Mathematics Education
Organisers: Deborah King (Melbourne)
Number Theory
Organisers: Michael Coons (Newcastle), Alex Ghitza (Melbourne), David Harvey (UNSW), Tim Trudgian (ANU)
Partial Differential Equations
Organisers: Florica Cirstea (Sydney), Yihong Du (UNE), James McCoy (Wollongong)
Probability Theory, Stochastic Processes
Organisers: Andrea Collevecchio (Monash), Giang Nguyen (Adelaide)
Representation Theory
Organisers: Anthony Licata (ANU), Oded Yacobi (Sydney)
Topology
Organisers: Robert Haraway (Sydney), Joan Licata (ANU), Clement Maria (Queensland)
Posters »
Partners & sponsors
Sessions
| Time | Session | |
|---|---|---|
Early Career Researcher Workshop |
| Time | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| 9am–5pm | Council Meeting | |
| 5.30–6.30pm | Women in Maths Special Interest Group business meeting | |
| 6.30–9.30pm | Women in Maths Special Interest Group dinner |
| Time | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 am - 9.00am | Registration in Manning Clarke Centre foyer | |
| 9.00am -11.00am | Opening ceremony and medal presentation | |
| 11.00am -11.30am | Morning tea | |
| 11.30am - 12.30pm | Plenary lecture Alex James | |
| 12.30pm - 12.45pm | Presentation on Simon Marais Mathematics Competition Anthony Henderson | |
| 12.45pm - 2.00pm | Lunch | |
| 2.00pm - 3.00pm | Plenary lecture Georg Gottwald | |
| 3.00pm - 3.30pm | Afternoon tea | |
| 3.30pm - 5.30pm | Special sessions | |
| 5.30pm - 8.30pm | Reception at University House |
| Time | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| 9.00am -10.00am | Plenary lecture Kavita Ramanan | |
| 10.00am -11.00am | Plenary lecture Kari Vilonen | |
| 11.00am - 11.30am | Morning tea | |
| 11.30am - 12.30pm | Plenary lecture Adelle Coster | |
| 12.30am - 12.45am | Presentation on Industry/Mathematical Sciences Engagement (IMSE) Task Force Nigel Bean | |
| 12.45pm - 2.00pm | Lunch and 3 minute thesis competition | |
| 2.00pm - 3.30pm | Special sessions and Education afternoon | |
| 3.30pm - 4.00pm | Afternoon tea | |
| 4.00pm - 6.00pm | Special sessions and Education afternoon | |
| 6.00pm - 7.00pm | Refreshments in Manning Clark foyer | |
| 7.00pm - 8.00pm | Peter Hall memorial lecture Terry Speed |
| Time | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| 9.00am -10.00am | Plenary lecture Lesley Ward | |
| 10.00am -11.00am | Special sessions | |
| 11.00am - 11.30am | Morning tea | |
| 11.30am - 12.30pm | Special sessions | |
| 2.30pm - 1.15pm | Lunch | |
| 1.15pm - 2.30pm | Annual general meeting | |
| 2.30pm - 3.30pm | Plenary lecture Andre Neves | |
| 3.30pm - 4.00pm | Afternoon tea | |
| 4.00pm - 5.00pm | Plenary lecture Matthew Kennedy | |
| 6.30pm - 10.30pm | Conference dinner at QT |
| Time | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| 9.00am -10.00am | Plenary lecture Tomoyuki Arakawa | |
| 10.00am -11.00am | Plenary lecture Nicholas Wormald | |
| 11.00am - 11.30am | Morning tea | |
| 11.30am - 12.30pm | Special sessions | |
| 12.30am - 2.00pm | Lunch | |
| 2.00pm - 3.30pm | Special sessions | |
| 3.30pm - 4.00pm | Afternoon tea | |
| 4.00pm - 5.30pm | Special sessions | |
| 5.30pm - 7.30pm | AMSI BBQ in Copland courtyard |
Registration fees
AustMS member
Early bird price $500
After October 31 $550
Student or Retired AustMS Member
$250
Non-AustMS Member
Early bird price $600
After October 31 $690
Single day
$250 (does not include conference dinner)
Conference Dinner
Free for attendees, $120 per extra guest
Welcome reception
Free for attendees, $25 per extra guest
Women in Maths dinner
Free for attendees
Early Career Workshop
Free for attendees
Financial support
Students giving a talk at this conference are eligible for the AustMS Student Support Scheme (SSS), covering up to half of travel, registration and childcare costs.
The deadline for applications to SSS is 16th September.
All information, including the funding rules, application deadline and application online form, can be found via AustMS Student Support Scheme.
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