Schedule of talks 2008  [Information]

PhD journal club talks are held on Tuesdays at 11am, in room 69-706 unless otherwise noted.

Date	Speaker	Title/Topic	Notes and attachments
30 Sept	Peter Finch	Knots and Invariants	Notes
7 Oct	Peter Finch	Knots and Invariants II	Notes as above
14 Oct	Duncan Mortimer	Square dancing with rational tangles	Notes
21 Oct	Vivien Challis	The basics of pseudo-random number generators	Notes
28 Oct	Vivien Challis	The Mersenne Twister	Notes as above
4 Nov	Tom McCourt	Voltage Graphs: An Introduction	Notes
11 Nov	Jonathan Hunt	Random Numbers and Security	tba
18 Nov	Geoff Martin	The Probabilistic Method	tba
25 Nov (10.30am!!!)	Nick Coxon	The McEliece Public Key Cryptosystem	tba
No talks will be held over the Christmas break. Talks will resume in January 2009.

Phd Journal Club Information  [top]

This page contains details of upcoming talks by postgraduate research students in the Discipline of Mathematics at the University of Queensland.

The talks are currently held most Tuesdays at 11am in room 69-706. Regular announcements are emailed to members of the Discipline of Mathematics. However if you are not on the email list you can email the coordinator, Katrina Hibberd (keh@maths.uq.edu.au) and ask to be added to the email list. Alternatively, you can regularly check the updated schedule above.

The talks are intended to be accessible to a general mathematical audience. In particular, the aim of the talks is to:

1. Introduce a field of mathematics not currently offered in regular coursework.
   
2. Encourage students to read more widely within the field of mathematics rather than just within their PhD specialisation.
   
3. Have the talks in an informal comfortable setting.
   
4. Encourage discussions through an easy-pace.
   

The benefits of being involved in the talks are:

1. Extending your knowledge base beyond your PhD topic and undergraduate studies.
   
2. Improve your presentation skills.
   
3. Strengthen critical thinking and questioning abilities.
   
4. Get to know other students within mathematics.