57th Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society

The 57th Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society will be hosted by the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sydney.

Dates & Venue: 30 Sept.– 3 Oct. 2013; University of Sydney

Invited Speakers

• Natashia Boland — Hanna Neumann Lecturer (Newcastle, Australia)
• Stephen Boyd — Planet Earth Plenary Speaker (Stanford University, USA)
• Robert Bryant (University of California, Berkeley/MSRI, USA)
• Nicolas Champagnat (Université de Lorraine, Nancy/INRIA Nancy, France)
• Sommer Gentry — early career lecturer (United States Naval Academy, USA)
• Markus Hegland — ANZIAM Lecturer (ANU, Australia)
• Anthony Henderson (Univ. of Sydney, Australia)
• Donghoon (David) Hyeon (Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology (Postech), South Korea)
• Iain Johnstone (Stanford University, USA)
• Mattias Jonsson (Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA)
• Masatoshi Noumi (Kobe University, Japan)
• Claus M Ringel (Universität Bielefeld, Germany)
• Akshay Venkatesh — Mahler Lecturer (Stanford University, USA)

Public Lectures — Eastern Avenue Auditorium

• 19:00–20:00; Monday 30 September: Akshay Venkatesh
  Two centuries of prime numbers
• 19:00–20:00; Tuesday 1 October: Sommer Gentry
  Faster, Safer, Healthier: Adventures in Operations Research

Special Sessions (website link to all topics)

• Algebra
• Calculus of Variations and PDE
• Combinatorics
• Computational Mathematics
• Differential Geometry and its Applications
• Dynamics and Operator Algebras
• Financial Mathematics
• General
• Geometric Analysis
• Geometry and Topology
• Group Actions
• Mathematical Physics
• Mathematics in Biology and Medicine
• Number Theory
• Probability and Statistics
• The Optimization of Planet Earth
• Topics in Dynamical Systems
• Topological Methods in applied PDEs

Registration is open now; go to the registration page. Early bird registration rates apply until July 16.

Program Committee

• Laurentiu Paunescu (University of Sydney) — Director
• Ole Warnaar (University of Queensland) — VP (AC)
• Andrew Bassom (University of Western Australia)
• Jonathan Borwein (University of Newcastle)
• Julie Clutterbuck (Australian National University)
• Aurore Delaigle (University of Melbourne)
• Jie Du (Univeristy of New South Wales)
• Amnon Neeman (Australian National University)
• Paul Norbury (University of Melbourne)
• Phil Pollett (University of Queensland)
• Mathai Varghese (University of Adelaide)
• David Yost (University of Ballarat)

Local Organising Committee

• Laurentiu Paunescu (University of Sydney) — Conference Director
• Daniel Daners (University of Sydney) — Website
• David Easdown (University of Sydney) — Education afternoon
• Sonia Morr (University of Sydney) — Administration
• Shelton Peiris (University of Sydney) — Treasurer
• Emma Carberry (University of Sydney) — Local information
• Zhou Zhang (University of Sydney) — Special Sessions

Contact

For enquiries please contact: austms2013@maths.usyd.edu.au

Associated meetings and Events

• Early Career Workshop: Sat/Sun 28–29 September
  at Waldorf Leura Gardens Resort, Blue Mountains
• Steering Committee: Saturday 28 September; 18:00–20:00 in Carslaw Bldg.
• Editors' Meeting and Council Meeting: Sunday 29 September; 9:00–17:00
  in McDonald Room at Sancta Sophia College
• Welcome Reception: Sunday 29 September; 17:00–21:00
  in Sheldon Dining Hall/Quadrangle at Sancta Sophia College
• Women's dinner: Sunday 29 September; 18:00 (details to be announced)
• Public Lecture — Mahler Lecturer: Monday 30 September; 19:00–20:00
• Education Afternoon: Tuesday 1 October
• Public Lecture — Early-Career Lecturer: Tuesday 1 October; 19:00–20:00
• AustMS, Annual General Meeting: Wednesday 2 October
• Conference Dinner: Wednesday 2 October; 19:00–22:00
  onboard Showboat on Sydney Harbour — arrive by 18:30 at King St. Wharf 5