CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

A PDF document containing the conference programme and abstracts can be found here. All talks to be held in E5 and E7 lecture theatres, Engineering Core.

Monday 25th November

Start timeEnd timePresenterTitleSession Chair
08:4009:00Welcome + nametags
09:0009:20CommitteeOpening remarks & safety etc.
09:2009:40Nathan HartmannHistory of the Tangent: al-Biruni and his ShadowsKate Truman
09:4010:00Daniel WrenchRejecting the Dull Hypothesis: learning to love statisticsKate Truman
10:0010:20Morning tea
10:2011:20Tilman DaviesNZSA Plenary TalkKate Truman
11:2011:30Break
11:3011:50Jyotsna GargInvestigating the Influence of Government Policies on Electric Vehicle Adoption in New ZealandEvelyn Wen
11:5012:10Miranda XuDyadic branching Brownian motion on a stripEvelyn Wen
12:1012:50Lunch
12:5013:10Sophia WithamArithmetic is hard, but some Inuit middle schoolers fixed itNathan Hartmann
13:1013:30Samuel BastidaFriendship & Colouring InNathan Hartmann
13:3013:50Merlyn BarrerThe Mathematics of Origami DesignNathan Hartmann
13:5014:00Break
14:0015:00Maths CraftPlenary Talk / ActivityAbigail Edwards
15:0015:20Afternoon tea
15:2015:40Amin BoumerdassiInvestigating the impact of gravitational wave glitches on the parameter estimation of extreme mass ratio inspiralsMitchell Cameron
15:4016:00Kang WangGalaxy Cluster Gas Pressure Profile Modelling with Reversible Jump MCMCMitchell Cameron
16:0016:20Angeline XiaoEvaluating the impact of timely access to concussion services on patient outcomes in AotearoaMitchell Cameron
16:2016:30Committee Daily closing announcements

Tuesday 26th November

Room 1 (E5)

Start timeEnd timePresenterTitleSession Chair
09:0009:10CommitteeWelcome back – E5
09:1009:30Sebastian PetitCodes From Generalised PolygonsSophia Witham
09:3009:50John McLachlanIntersections of three longest paths in polyhedral graphsSophia Witham
09:5010:10Lynnel NaingueOn Graded Twisted Steinberg AlgebrasSophia Witham
10:1010:30Morning tea
10:3011:30Tessa Walker-BarrettPlenary TalkLiam Gibson
11:3011:40Break
11:4012:00Michael KellyGeneralised Twisted Groupoids and their C*-AlgebrasTimotheus Keanu
12:0012:20Lander VerlindeNearly orthogonal sets over finite fieldsTimotheus Keanu
12:2013:00Lunch
13:0013:20Zachary BuckleyA Deeper Dive into Cohen’s Finite Quaternionic Reflection GroupsLander Verlinde
13:2013:40Caitlin MitchellA Characterisation of Free SpikesLander Verlinde
13:4014:00Shai LevinBruhat-Tits Trees: Unfolding of the Supersingular Isogeny GraphLander Verlinde
14:0014:10Break
14:1014:30Victor Lu16-Descent on Elliptic CurvesSamuel Bastida
14:3014:50Pabasara AthukoralaWagner’s Algorithm for {-1,1}^n vectorsSamuel Bastida
14:5015:10Timotheus KeanuThe p-adic Numbers: A Brief IntroductionSamuel Bastida
15:1015:30Afternoon tea
15:3015:50Derek PerrinLeveling Up VolcanoesSebastian Petit
15:5016:10Laurane MarcoModular Polynomials and Isogeny VolcanoesSebastian Petit
16:1016:30Logan McDonaldCardinal Characteristics and ComputabilitySebastian Petit
16:3016:40CommitteeDaily closing announcements
19:0020:00Nathan Hartmann Open roundtable discussion

Tuesday 26th November

Room 2 (E7)

Start timeEnd timePresenterTitleSession Chair
09:0009:10CommitteeWelcome back – E5
09:1009:30Breanna CamdenThe Physical interpretation of the Newman-Penrose constants and Newman’s H-space in Numerical RelativityMerlyn Barrer
09:3009:50Sebenele ThwalaTowards non-linear scattering of gravitational wavesMerlyn Barrer
09:5010:10Areeba MerriamNumerical Implementation of the Friedrich-Nagy Initial Boundary Value ProblemMerlyn Barrer
10:1010:30Morning tea
10:3011:30Tessa Walker-BarrettPlenary Talk – E5Liam Gibson
11:3011:40Break
11:4012:00Sam DoakOK, but what is wild chaos? (Part 1)Abigail Edwards
12:0012:20Juan Patino EcheverriaOK, but what is wild chaos? (Part 2)Abigail Edwards
12:2013:00Lunch
13:0013:20Matthew GibbThe mathematics of magnets and magnet-like systems on novel topologiesBruna Caveion
13:2013:40Lachlan CampionNumerically extending the Generalised Conformal Field Equations to include energy and momentum.Bruna Caveion
13:4014:00Mark BishopMy journey into the rabbit hole of turbulenceBruna Caveion
14:0014:10Break
14:1014:30Keetley RateSimulation of Two-Phase flows with the Conservative Level Set MethodSeigan Hayashi
14:3014:50Vincent LomasModelling spread of an infectious disease between different ethnicities in NZSeigan Hayashi
14:5015:10Davide PapapiccoSlowly, then all at once: uncovering the dynamics of a catastropheSeigan Hayashi
15:1015:30Afternoon tea
15:3015:50Samuel Bolduc-St-AubinFeedback with implicit state-dependent delay: a case study of ENSOMark Bishop
15:5016:10John BailieThe role of conceptual models of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning CirculationMark Bishop
16:1016:30Madeleine Barber-WilsonGoing Rogue: Rogue waves arising from symmetry breaking in coupled oscillatorsMark Bishop
16:3016:40CommitteeDaily closing announcements – E5
19:0020:00Nathan Hartmann Open roundtable discussion – E5

Wednesday 27th November

Start timeEnd timePresenterTitleSession Chair
09:0009:10CommitteeWelcome back
09:1009:30Kate TrumanImplementing the Skyline Stratigraphic Ranges Fossilized Birth-Death Model in BEASTMd. Azmir Ibne Islam
09:3009:50Bruna CaveionInferring Cancer Phylogenies from Single-Cell RNA and Multi-Omics DataMd. Azmir Ibne Islam
09:5010:10Lilin ZhangKolmogorov-Arnold Networks for learning non-additive fitness landscapesMd. Azmir Ibne Islam
10:1010:30Morning tea
10:3010:50Abigail EdawrdsWang Tiles, Aperiodicity and ComputationShai Levin
10:5011:10Md. Azmir Ibne IslamDynamics induced by a heteroclinic network comprising five nodesShai Levin
11:1011:30Megan van ZylPost-Quantum Computing Applications in Cyber SecurityShai Levin
11:3011:40Break
11:4012:10Vita Sudirham & Cameron GrubbOpportunities at the RBNZSebastian Petit
12:1012:50Networking with RBNZ / lunch
12:5013:10George RobinsonAdvantages of spatio-temporal early warning signalsNasrin Nikbakht
13:1013:30Nic LamEvolving Improved Sampling Protocols for Dose Response Modelling Using Genetic Algorithms with a Profile-Likelihood MetricNasrin Nikbakht
13:3013:50Evelyn WenState Space Modelling of Railway Operational Incidents: A Case Study in Wellington, New ZealandNasrin Nikbakht
13:5014:00Break
14:0015:00Rachael TappendenPlenary TalkLiam MacDonald
15:0015:20Afternoon tea
15:2015:40Liam MacDonaldA Generic Scheme for Quadratic MinimizationNic Lam
15:4016:00Seigan HayashiControl-Based Continuation – Investigations in Macro to Micro ApplicationsNic Lam
16:0016:20Nasrin NikbakhtNumerical study of Chernoff approximations for parabolic heat-type equations with variable coefficientsNic Lam
16:2016:30CommitteeDaily closing announcements
18:0021:00Dice & Slice

Thursday 28th November

Start timeEnd timePresenterTitleSession Chair
09:0009:10CommitteeWelcome back
09:1009:30Yvonne LiOptimising Healthcare Pathways for Elderly Patients: wellbeing, equity and efficiencyLiam MacDonald
09:3009:50Pooja BaburajData and Metadata Model Inspired by SDMX to Enhance Causal Inference with Urban DataLiam MacDonald
09:5010:10Morning tea
10:1011:10Finlay ThompsonPlenary TalkKate Truman
11:1011:20Break + group picture
11:2011:40Mitchell CameronProbabilistic Machine Learning: What Model Works Best?Daniel Wrench
11:4012:00George Smith-KolffSound Generation with Variational AutoencodersDaniel Wrench
12:0012:20CommitteeVoting for prizes
12:2013:00Lunch
13:0013:20Liam GibsonHow to teleport and kill dragonsLiam MacDonald
13:2013:50CommitteePrize-giving
13:5014:00Concluding remarks

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