The Neumann Talk

UNSW Mathematics & Statistics // The Neumann Talk
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The Neumann Talk

Yudhi Bunjamin interviews past winners of the Australian Mathematical Society's B.H. Neumann Prize. We'll talk about their journeys through the world of mathematics and statistics as well as how they communicate ideas in mathematics.

  1. 08/12/2022

    1992 - Jacqui Ramagge

    Professor Jacqui Ramagge is the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science at Durham University. We spoke to her about why her Neumann Prize is attributed to UNSW, what leadership in the mathematics community looks like and how we empower people to do mathematics. Find out more about Jacqui on her webpage or follow her on Twitter @jacquiavelli.

    1h 5m
  2. 1993 - Maureen Edwards

    01/12/2022

    1993 - Maureen Edwards

    Maureen Edwards is an Associate Professor and Head of the School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics at the University of Wollongong. We spoke to her about how she came back to university years after leaving, where her research sits on the spectrum between pure and applied mathematics and what the phrase “mathematics is all around us” means to her. Find out more about Maureen on her webpage.

    1h 5m
  3. 1987 - Eamonn O'Brien

    03/02/2022

    1987 - Eamonn O'Brien

    Eamonn O'Brien is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Auckland. We spoke to him about the technical issue that interfered with his Neumann talk, what it was like growing up in Ireland and the significance of the number 256 in his PhD thesis. Find out more about Eamonn on his webpage.

    1h 8m
  4. 2006 - Benjamin Wilson

    13/01/2022

    2006 - Benjamin Wilson

    Dr Benjamin Wilson the Chief Scientist at Lateral GmbH. We chat with him about what his work in Representation Theory and in Machine Learning have in common, how his mathematical background has influenced how he runs his company and the move that unexpectedly led him into mathematics. Find out more about Ben on his LinkedIn profile.

    1h 8m
  5. 2020 - Vinesha Peiris

    09/12/2021

    2020 - Vinesha Peiris

    Vinesha Peiris is a PhD student at the Swinburne University of Technology. In her final moments as a reigning Neumann winner, we talked about what it was like giving her Neumann talk online, how the Sri Lankan education system pushed her into mathematics and how her research interacts with other areas of mathematics. Find out more about Vinesha by visiting her LinkedIn profile.

    1h 5m

  6. 02/12/2021

    1990 - Xuan Thinh Duong

    Xuan Thinh Duong is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Macquarie University. We talk to him about where problems in pure mathematics come from, what Harmonic Analysis is and how PhD students get their research topics. Find out more about Duong on his webpage.

    1h 1m
  7. 1997 - Marcel Jackson

    04/03/2021

    1997 - Marcel Jackson

    Marcel Jackson is an Associate Professor at La Trobe University. We spoke to him about the challenges of picking a Neumann winner, how his research relates to computer science in ways we don't usually expect and why climbing is a common hobby amongst mathematicians. Find out more about Marcel on this webpage.

    1h 2m
  8. 2013 - Adrian Dudek

    11/02/2021

    2013 - Adrian Dudek

    Dr Adrian Dudek is a Derivatives Trader at Optiver. We talk to him about some of the problems in number theory that he worked on, the extent to which a PhD in pure mathematics has helped him as a trader and finding a mathematics-related job in industry. Check out Adrian's webpage.

    1h 6m
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Yudhi Bunjamin interviews past winners of the Australian Mathematical Society's B.H. Neumann Prize. We'll talk about their journeys through the world of mathematics and statistics as well as how they communicate ideas in mathematics.

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    UNSW Mathematics & Statistics // The Neumann Talk
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    17
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