Australian Mathematical Society | ||||
Mathematics Department at Macquarie University |
AMS Medal | George Szekeres Medal | B H Neumann Prize |
There will be an Education Afternoon on Wednesday 27 September, organized by the International Centre of Excellence for Education in Mathematics (ICE-EM). The day will consist of four short talks and a public lecture of general interest, and will start at 2pm. The details are as follows:
FOUR 30-MINUTE TALKS (from 2pm to 5pm) |
Terence Tao (University of California, Los Angeles) The Cosmic Distance Ladder 2:00 pm |
Steven Evans (University of California, Berkeley) Why do We Age and Die? What Contemporary Probability Theory Has to Say about Senescence and Mortality 2:45 pm |
Mary Myerscough (University of Sydney) House Hunting and the Dynamics of Dancing: Mathematics among the Social Insects 3:45 pm |
Ngaiming Mok (University of Hong Kong) Geometry on Spaces Filled with Projective Lines 4:20 pm |
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Chris Wardlaw (Department of Education and Manpower, Hong Kong) Mathematics in Hong Kong / China: Improving on Being First in PISA |
This is aimed primarily at school teachers and undergraduates, but all participants of the meeting are welcome to attend the sessions.
For registration details, please click here.