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SUMMARY:International Women in Mathematics Day event
DESCRIPTION:Every year in May\, International Women in Mathematics Day (IWMD) celebrates the achievements of female mathematicians in honour of mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani\, the first woman to be awarded the Fields Medal for Mathematics.\nTo celebrate IWMD 2024\, SMRI hosted a fun event\, including a trivia quiz with Professor Francis Su; animated shorts on Alicia Boole’s land of Polytopes and Kovalevskaya’s spinning top; and a ‘Spotlight on Women in Mathematics at The University of Sydney’ – followed by an informal gathering with pizza. \nFor general information on the International Women in Mathematics Day\, visit https://may12.womeninmaths.org/ \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/event/international-women-in-mathematics-day-event/
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SUMMARY:Professor Po-Shen Loh Sydney Visit 2024
DESCRIPTION:Po-Shen Loh is a mathematics professor\, social entrepreneur and inventor\, working across the spectrum of mathematics\, education\, and healthcare\, all around the world. He holds a PhD from Princeton University and is a mathematics professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He served a decade-long term as the national coach of the USA International Mathematical Olympiad team from 2013–2023. He has pioneered innovations ranging from a scalable way to learn challenging math live online at comparable engagement to live-streaming entertainment\, to a new way to control pandemics by leveraging self-interest. His work has appeared in national and international media\, from ABC News\, to the Wall Street Journal\, CNN\, the Straits Times\, and more. \nPo-Shen presented at four public events in Sydney\, as follows: \n  \nPublic Lecture (University of Sydney)\nDate: Wednesday 29 May \nTitle: ‘Using maths to invent solutions to large-scale human problems\, just in time to survive AI’ \nAbstract: In this public lecture\, Po-Shen shared his story of using his maths-professor background to devise new solutions to two practical problems that affect our whole society: disease control and education.  The mathematical areas of network theory and game theory have featured as inspirations in his work. During the COVID lockdown\, he invented a tracking app which addresses the incentive misalignment problem intrinsic in contact tracing: in the traditional approach\, people are asked to isolate to protect others against infection\, not to save themselves. \nAudience: General public\, anyone with an interest in mathematics \nRegistration link:  Event closed. \n___________________________________________________ \nSeminar (University of New South Wales)\nDate: Thursday 30 May \nTitle: ‘Uniting Game Theory\, Maths & Actors To Build Human Intelligence in AI Age’ \nAbstract: Picture a “maths person”. Picture a “humanities person”. Picture a “drama person”. Do you picture very different people? What if someone could be everything all at once? It’s possible\, and just takes intentionality\, open-mindedness\, and courage. It’s also the right time to think about building holistic human characteristics\, because AI’s increasingly powerful capability will soon turn the job market upside down.\nBut can a re-orientation of education be done rapidly at scale? Fortunately\, there is an area close to maths which devises solutions in which problems solve themselves even through self-serving human behavior: Game Theory. \nAudience: Academics with interest in education and the future \nRegistration link:  Event closed. \n___________________________________________________ \nHigh School Workshop (University of Sydney)\nDate: Thursday 30 May \nTitle: ‘Unpacking the AI Survival Kit‘ \nAbstract: This workshop will take a more in-depth look at some of the creative ways to approach solving problems that were raised in Po-Shen’s public lecture (see above). Attendees brought a creative mindset to learn how mathematical insights can bring transformational change using game theory\, combinatorics and AI. \nAudience: Ambitious high school students with a creative mindset \nRegistration link:  Event closed. \n___________________________________________________ \nSeminar (University of Sydney)\nDate: Friday 31 May \nTitle: Perspectives Seminar: ‘Communicating Maths for the Public’ \nAbstract: Po-Shen joined us in Week 10 of the Perspectives Seminar. Loh has been very active as a public communicator of maths. He gave 200+ talks in 100 cities last year\, reaching tens of thousands of people in person\, and has featured in or co-created videos totaling over 21 million YouTube views. In interactive discussion\, Loh discussed how he approaches public communication\, what the thinks about as he prepares\, mistakes he’s made\, lessons he’s learned\, and how we might approach the future of public communication around mathematics. Participants also reflected on their own roles as communicators of mathematics. \nAudience: Mathematical scientists in academia or industry \nLink: Perspectives on Mathematics webpage \n  \nImage credit: Carnegie Mellon University
URL:https://mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/event/professor-po-shen-loh-sydney-visit-2024/
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SUMMARY:Using Maths to Invent Solutions to Large-Scale Human Problems\, just in time to survive AI
DESCRIPTION:Description: “Why are we learning this?” — this dreaded question\, often received by mathematics educators\, is addressed in this public lecture by Prof Po-Shen Loh and moderated by Prof Francis Su\, both visitors at the Sydney Mathematical Research Institute\nAbstract: In this public lecture\, Po-Shen will share his story of using his maths-professor background to devise new solutions to two practical problems that affect our whole society: disease control and education.  The mathematical areas of network theory and game theory feature as inspirations in his work. During the COVID lockdown\, he invented a tracking app which addresses the incentive misalignment problem intrinsic in contact tracing: in the traditional approach\, people are asked to isolate to protect others against infection\, not to save themselves.\n\nPo-Shen has also been working for a decade at the intersection of education and technology. His latest creation is a new\, highly-scalable ecosystem for teaching secondary school students how to invent their own solutions to unfamiliar (maths) problems\, powered by a unique incentive alignment structure that involves professionally trained actors and comedians collaborating with maths stars. This comes just in time\, as the rise of AI necessitates more advanced skills.\n\nThis talk will be accessible to all backgrounds.\n\n \n\n\n\nAbout the speaker: Po-Shen Loh is a social entrepreneur and inventor\, working across the spectrum of mathematics\, education\, and healthcare\, all around the world. He holds a PhD from Princeton University and is a mathematics professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He served a decade-long term as the national coach of the USA International Mathematical Olympiad team from 2013–2023. He has pioneered innovations ranging from a scalable way to learn challenging math live online at comparable engagement to live-streaming entertainment\, to a new way to control pandemics by leveraging self-interest. His work has appeared in national and international media\, from ABC News\, to the Wall Street Journal\, CNN\, the Straits Times\, and more.\n\nAs an academic\, Po-Shen has earned distinctions ranging from an International Mathematical Olympiad silver medal to the United States Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. His scientific research considers a variety of questions that lie at the intersection of combinatorics (the study of discrete systems)\, probability theory\, and computer science. As an educator\, he was the coach of the USA Math Olympiad team when it achieved its first-ever back-to-back #1-rank victories in 2015 and 2016\, and then again in 2018 and 2019. His research and educational outreach takes him to cities across the world\, reaching over 10\,000 people each year through public lectures and events\, and he has featured in or co-created videos totalling over 21 million YouTube views.\n\n \n\n\n\nAbout the moderator: Francis Su is the Benediktsson-Karwa Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College and a past president of the Mathematical Association of America. His research is in geometric and topological combinatorics and applications to the social sciences. His work has been featured in Quanta Magazine\, Wired\, and The New York Times. His book Mathematics for Human Flourishing\, winner of the 2021 Euler Book Prize\, has been translated into 8 languages. It is an inclusive vision of what math is\, who it is for\, and why anyone should learn it.\n\n \nJoin us for this much anticipated public lecture. Event details and registration link below.
URL:https://mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/event/using-maths-to-invent-solutions-to-large-scale-human-problems-just-in-time-to-survive-ai/
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SUMMARY:Unpacking the AI Survival Kit - high school workshop
DESCRIPTION: \nAudience: Ambitious high school students with a creative mindset \nAbstract: This workshop will take a more in-depth look at some of the creative ways to approach solving problems that will be raised in Po-Shen’s public lecture on “Using maths to invent solutions to large-scale human problems\, just in time to survive AI”\, taking place on Wed 29 May. Attendance at the lecture is not a prerequisite — you only need to bring a creative mindset to learn how mathematical insights can bring transformational change using game theory\, combinatorics and AI. \nAbout the speaker: Po-Shen Loh was the coach of the USA Math Olympiad team from 2013-2023. The team achieved its first-ever back-to-back #1-rank victories in 2015 and 2016\, and then again in 2018 and 2019. His research and educational outreach takes him to cities across the world\, reaching over 10\,000 people each year through public lectures and events\, and he has featured in or co-created videos totalling over 21 million YouTube views. He is a mathematics professor at Carnegie Mellon University and his work has appeared in national and international media\, from ABC News\, to the Wall Street Journal\, CNN\, the Straits Times\, and more. His first lecture tour in Australia is supported by the Sydney Mathematical Research Institute. \nEvent date: Thursday 30 May\, 4.30pm \n  \nRegistration is required for this event – please find further details and registration link below. \nParking – parking is very limited on campus. Please consider public transport \n  \nImage credit: Tara.Winstead (pexels)
URL:https://mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/event/unpacking-the-ai-survival-kit-high-school-workshop/
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