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27 February – 5 March 2016 - UNISA-UP Workshop on Theoretical and Mathematical Epidemiology, Pure Joy Lodge and Conference Centre, Pretoria. Please view the webpage here.

14 March 2016 - SEMINAR entitled "The Thompson groups F and T and quantum spin chains" by Fields Medalist, Prof Sir Vaughan Jones (Dept of Mathematics, College of Arts and Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA). Please view the advert here.

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27 February – 5 March 2016 - UNISA-UP Workshop on Theoretical and Mathematical Epidemiology, Pure Joy Lodge and Conference Centre, Pretoria. Please view the webpage here.

14 March 2016 - SEMINAR entitled "The Thompson groups F and T and quantum spin chains" by Fields Medalist, Prof Sir Vaughan Jones (Dept of Mathematics, College of Arts and Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA). Please view the advert here.

- See more at: /terminalfour/preview/10/en/29612#sthash.MmuELqTl.dpuf
27 February – 5 March 2016 - UNISA-UP Workshop on Theoretical and Mathematical Epidemiology, Pure Joy Lodge and Conference Centre, Pretoria. Please view the webpage here. - See more at: /terminalfour/preview/10/en/29612#sthash.MmuELqTl.dpuf

27 February – 5 March 2016 - UNISA-UP Workshop on Theoretical and Mathematical Epidemiology, Pure Joy Lodge and Conference Centre, Pretoria. Please view the webpage here.

14 March 2016 - SEMINAR entitled "The Thompson groups F and T and quantum spin chains" by Fields Medalist, Prof Sir Vaughan Jones (Dept of Mathematics, College of Arts and Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA). Please view the advert here.

- See more at: /terminalfour/preview/10/en/29612#sthash.MmuELqTl.dpuf

14 March 2016 - SEMINAR entitled "The Thompson groups F and T and quantum spin chains" by Fields Medalist, Prof Sir Vaughan Jones (Dept of Mathematics, College of Arts and Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA). Please view the advert here. - See more at: /terminalfour/preview/10/en/29612#sthash.MmuELqTl.dpuf

 

2024

13 September: Seminar with Lucy Campbell of Carleton University, Canada titled "Mathematical studies of atmospheric wave interactions".

06 – 08 September: 2024 Graph Theory Research Retreat, hosted by Rhodes University.

05 – 06 September: Colloquium In Celebration of Prof. Emer. David Mason, hosted by University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

30 August: Seminar with Yannick Mvondo-She of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, titled "From quantum gravity to mathematical genetics: a random walk".

18 – 22 August: South African Gravity Society (SAGS) conference, hosted by Stellenbosch University.

16 August: Seminar with Thomas Farrar of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, titled “Trends in Enrollments and Graduates in Mathematical Sciences at South African Universities, 1986-2022”.

02 August: Seminar with Ali Raza of the Lahore School of Economics, Pakistan, titled “From Symmetries Classification via the Optimal System to Double Reduction via Conservation Laws for a Class of PDEs”.

19 July: Seminar with Johané Nienkemper-Swanepoel and Zoë-Mae Adams of Stellenbosch University titled "Multiple Correspondence Analysis biplot applications: missing data and text analysis"

12 July: Seminar with Stephan van der Westhuizen of Stellenbosch University titled “Statistical Modelling in Digital Soil Mapping: Opportunities and Research Avenues”.

01 - 05 July: CoE-MaSS Annual Research Meeting, hosted at Birchwood Conferencing, Johannesburg.

30 June – 14 July: 2024 Winter School for STEM Subjects (High School Edition) (WS-STEM 2024)

28 June: Seminar with Carlos Coelho of NOVA University of Lisbon titled “An outlier test for the high-dimensional case”.

27 June – 05 July: 16th Annual Workshop and Conference on Computational Mathematics and Modelling (WOCCOM2024), hosted by the University of Pretoria.

26 – 28 June: 4th annual International Symposium on Modern Statistics and Biostatistics, hosted by the University of Pretoria

21 June: CoE-MaSS Information Session: Masters and PhD Postgraduate Bursary Applications for 2025.

16 – 21 June: International Conference on Mathematical Methods and Models in Biosciences BIOMATH2024, hosted by the University of Pretoria.

30 - 31 May: FameLab training and joint heats with the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Paleaosciences (GENUS) and the DSI-NICIS National e-science Teaching and Training Platform (NEPTTP).

19 – 24 May: 14th Joburg Workshop on String Theory, hosted by the University of Pretoria.

10 May: African Women in Mathematics colloquium, hosted by the School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

10 May: Farewell in honour of Prof Fazal Mahomed, Hosted by CoE-MaSS and the School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

26 April: Seminar with Bruce Bartlett of Stellenbosch University titled “The quintic, the icosahedron, and elliptic curves”.

03 - 05 April: The South African Numerical and Applied Mathematics symposium, hosted by the University of Stellenbosch.

28 March: Gauteng launch of the STEM MENTHer initiative for 2024, hosted by the University of the Witwatersrand and University of Johannesburg.

18 - 22 March: Siyakhula - A Celebration of Mathematics, hosted by the African Institute of Mathematics, Cape Town.

17 – 22 March: Functional Analysis and Operator Theory South Africa, hosted by the African Institute of Mathematics, Cape Town.

15 March: Seminar with Anke Kalauch of Technische Universität Dresden, Germany titled "Riesz homomorphisms and related structure preserving operators on ordered vector spaces"

01 March: Seminar with Sameerah Jamal of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, titled “Symmetry transformations of parabolic equations”.

19 – 27 February: 3MC School on Quantitative Biology: Applications in Epidemiology, Ecology, and Cancer, hosted by North-West University.

15 – 19 January: Mathematics in Industry Group South Africa, hosted by the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

2023

27 November - 01 December: The 64th Annual Conference of the South African Statistical Association, hosted by the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

26 November - 01 December: 14th Southern Hemisphere Conference on the Teaching and Learning of Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics, hosted by the University of Cape Town.

21 - 24 November: 2023 Southern Africa Mathematical Sciences Association (SAMSA) Annual Conference, hosted by the University of Pretoria.

27 October: Seminar with Mahsa Nadifar of the University of Pretoria titled "A Flexible Spatial Generalized Poisson Regression Model Based on the Renewal Theory".

23 - 27 October: 13th Joburg Theoretical Physics School, hosted by The Mandelstam Institute for Theoretical Physics

20 October: Seminar with Grace Ogwo of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, titled "Improved inertial subgradient extragradient method for solving variational inequality problems".

13 October: Seminar with Syamala Krishnannair of the University of Zululand titled "Process monitoring using Singular Spectrum Analysis and Its Variant".

29 September: Seminar with Amlan Halder of Woxsen University, Hyderabad, India, titled "Symmetries and Solutions of  (1+3)-Dimensional Rossby Wave".

03 - 09 September: Deep Learning IndabaX South Africa 2023, hosted by the University of Cape Town.

01 - 03 September: Graph Theory Research Retreat, hosted by Rhodes University.

11 August: Seminar with Warren Brettany of Nelson Mandela University titled "An overview of select statistical applications in renewable energy research".

04 August: Seminar with Keegan Anderson of the University of Johannesburg.

24 - 28 July: CoE-MaSS Annual Research Meeting, hosted at North-West University.

14 July: Seminar with Gary Sharp of Nelson Mandela University titled "Optimisation algorithms for relay team selection in aquatics".

07 July: Seminar with Sophie Marques of Stellenbosch University, titled "Exploring the Intricacies of Polynomial Equations: A Journey into Mathematical Connections".

03 - 07 July: Functional Analysis and Operator Theory South Africa 2023 Workshop, hosted by the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

30 June: Seminar with Cerene Rathilal of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, on science communication and community outreach.

26 - 30 June: Symposium "On Recent Techniques in Solving Biomathematics Problems", hosted by the University of Johannesburg

23 June: Seminar with Azam Kheyri of the University of Pretoria, titled "A New Sparse Estimator for High-Dimensional Precision Matrix Estimation".

09 June: Seminar - "JUICE, the European Space Agency Mission to Jupiter and its icy moons" with Michele Dougherty of Imperial College, London 

02 June: Seminar - "Conditional versions of Poincare’s recurrence theorem and Kac’s formula for the 1st recurrence time." with Bruce Watson of the University of the Witwatersrand

19 May: Information Session - NRF 2024 funding application how-to guide

12 May: Seminar - "AI 4 Health in Production – Africa" with Chris Fourie of IndabaX

05 May 2023: Seminar - "K-spaces of non-domain-valued geometric points" with Amartya Goswami of the University of Johannesburg

21 April 2023: Seminar - "The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Project in South Africa, and its impact and applications" with Carla Sharpe of South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) and The Foundation for Space Development

14 April 2023: Seminar - "Uniquely colorable trees" with Alex Alochukwu of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

31 March 2023: CoE-MaSS 9th Birthday Celebration

24 March 2023: Seminar - "Introduction to Mathematics of Machine Learning" with Windy Makune of IndabaX

17 March 2023: CoE-MaSS-funded Postgraduate students and Postdoctoral Fellow Orientation

10 March 2023: Seminar - "Using a Mathematical model to encourage intraprovincial tourism: Case of Mpumalanga Province" with Precious Shabalala and Godknows Sibelo of the University of Johannesburg

03 March 2023: Seminar - "On Complexity of Self-Gravitating systems" with Rituparno Goswami of the University of KwaZulu-Natal

24 February 2023: Seminar - "On two generation methods of the simple linear group PSL(3,7)" with Thekiso Seretlo of North-West University

11 - 25 February 2023: Research retreat on Riesz spaces

16 - 20 January 2023: Mathematics in Industry Study Group 2023

2022

13 – 15 December 2022: Conference - The Deep Learning IndabaX South Africa

12 – 16 December 2022: Research School - 3MC Course on Climate Modeling Postgraduate Course

06 – 09 December 2022: World Science Forum Africa (Cape Town)

06 – 08 December 2022: Conference - The 65th Annual South African Mathematical Society (SAMS) Congress

28 November – 02 December 2022: Research School - The 12th Johannesburg School on String Theory

07 October 2022: Seminar -  Steven James of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg: "Learning object-centric abstractions for high-level planning".

30 September 2022: Seminar - Christophe Ley of The University of Luxembourg: "Statistics meets Sports – when figures are more than numbers". Please view the poster here.

23 September 2022: Seminar - Mellony Graven of Rhodes University: "The South African Numeracy Chair model: Blending maths research with development". Please view the poster here.

16 September 2022:  Seminar - Konstantinos Zoubos of the University of Pretoria: "Dynamical spin chains in N=2 superconformal gauge theories". Please view the poster here.

09 September 2022: Seminar - Manfred Moller of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg: "Quadratic operator pencils". Please view the poster here.

02 September 2022: Seminar - Louis Labuschagne of North-West University: "Quantum Fokker-Planck dynamics". Please view the poster here.

26 August 2022: Seminar - Andie de Villiers of Stellenbosch University: "Continuum-kinematics Inspired Peridynamics – focus on visco-elasticity". View the poster here.

19 August 2022: Seminar - Naina Ralaivaosaona of Stellenbosch University: "Random directed acyclic graphs". View the poster here.

05 August 2022: Seminar - Ritesh Ajoodha of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg: "Bayesian Networks (Learning and Inference)". Please view the poster here.

29 July 2022: Seminar - Volkmar Nolting of the Vaal University of Technology: "Theoretical Modeling of Infrared Thermography". Please view the poster here.

22 July 2022: Seminar - Vukosi Marivate of the University of Pretoria: "The Data Science of Natural Language Processing". Please view the poster here.

08 July 2022 - Seminar: "Machine Learning for Causal Inference and Explainable AI" by Bevan Smith of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

24 June 2022 - Seminar: "Confined viscous gravity currents" by Ashleigh Hutchinson of the University of Cambridge, UK

23 June 2022 - Information Session: NRF 2023 Postgraduate Funding Information Session

20 June - 06 July 2022 - Workshop: (NGA(MaSS))/(STATOMET) Data Science and Machine Learning workshop

10 June 2022 - Seminar: "Shear-free perturbations of the dark universe" by Amare Abebe of North-West University

03 June 2022 - Seminar: "Discoveries at Saturn and its moons and looking forward to visiting Jupiter" with Michele Dougherty of Imperial College, London

20 May 2022 - Seminar: "A “Reader’s Digest” selection of recent contemporary results rooted in distribution theory" with Johan Ferreira of the University of Pretoria

13 May 2022 - Seminar: "Generating functions: From binary search trees to DNA sequences" by Margaret Archibald of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

06 May 2022 - Seminar: "From graph theory to drug design: predictive models for target identification and selection" by Simon Mukwembi of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

29 April 2022 - Seminar: "Call Centre’s Optimization Problem in Cell Phone Industries" by Montaz Ali of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 

22 April 2022 - "What is the impact of COVID-19 on school mathematics performance?" by Craig Pournara of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

08 April 2022 - Seminar: "How to learn from what we don’t know" by Daniel Nickelsen of African Institute of Mathematical Sciences, South Africa

04 - 07 April 2022 - Research School: 3MC Mathematical Modelling Mini course

01 April 2022 - CoE-MaSS 8th Birthday Celebration.

25 March 2022 - Seminar: The Mathematics in Industry Study Group in South Africa, with David Mason of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Please view the poster here.

18 March 2022: CoE-MaSS Nodes Orientation.

04 March 2022 - Seminar: "On the mathematical modeling and the numerical approximation of a parabolic trough collector" with Francisco Ortegòn Gallego of Universidad de Cádiz, Spain. Please view the poster here.

25 February 2022 - Orientation for all 2022 CoE-MaSS-funded postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows

7-11 February 2022 - The Mathematics in Industry Study Group (South Africa) (MISGSA). Please visit the website here.

27 January 2022 - Seminar: "Epimorphisms in varieties of semilinear residuated lattices" by Jamie Wannenburg of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Please view the poster here

17-29 January 2022 - Research School: NGA-MaSS Introduction to Data Science. Please view more details here.

09-14 January 2022 - Conference: Mathematics Conference and Workshop for Emerging Researchers, hosted by NGA-MaSS & UKZN. Please view flyer here

2021

09-10 December 2021 - Conference: Modelling in the context of African Health

08-10 December 2021 - Research School: Graph Theory Research Retreat, hosted by AIMS South Africa

01-03 December 2021 - Conference: 62nd Annual Conference of the South African Statistical Association. Please view the website here.

29 November-01 December - Conference: 64th Annual Congress of the South African Mathematical Society. Please visit the website here.

26 November 2021 - Webinar: Data Science for Social Impact Research Group Seminar with Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed of the University of Toronto, hosted by the University of Pretoria. Please visit the website here.

29 October 2021 - Seminar: "Establishing Machine Learning Engineering Programs in Academia and Industry" by Charis Harley of the University of Johannesburg. Please view the poster here.

22 October 2021 - Seminar: "Generalizations on Andrews, MacMahon and Subbarao’s  partition theorems of Euler type" by Darlison Nyirenda of Wits University. Please view the poster here.

15 October 2021 - Webinar: Data Science for Social Impact Research Group Seminar with Timnit Gebru, hosted by the University of Pretoria. Please visit the website here.

15 October 2021 - Seminar: "On summability of sequences and extensions of operator ideals" by Elroy Zeekoei of North-West University. Please view the poster here.

08 October 2021 - Seminar: "The mathematics of love" by Dr Pietro Landi of Stellenbosch University. Please view the poster here.

01 October 2021 - Seminar: "Challenges and Opportunities for Statistics Departments in the modern University Landscape" by Prof Delia North of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Please view the poster here.

23 September 2021 - Webinar: Data Science for Social Impact Research Group Seminar titled with Emily Muller of Imperial College, London. Please visit the website here.

17 September 2021 - Seminar: “How to locate a robber on a graph” by Riana Roux of Stellenbosch University. Please view the poster here.

10 September 2021 - Seminar: "Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn and its moons" Prof Michele Dougherty of Imperial College, London.Please view the poster here.

03 September 2021 - Seminar: "Clustering via semiparametric density estimation" by Dr Mahdi Salehi of the University of Pretoria. Please view the poster here.

03 September 2021 - Webinar: Data Science for Social Impact Research Group Seminar titled "Environmental urban noise prediction for Kampala city", with Ernest Mwebaze of Sunbird AI, hosted by the University of Pretoria. Please visit the website here.

27 August 2021 - Seminar: "Levering educational change: A 10-year mathematics research and professional development project – its rationale, model, practices, processes and impact" by Prof Jill Adler of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Please view the poster here.

20 August 2021 - Seminar: "Fixed points theory for nonexpansive type mappings in Banach Spaces" by Rajendra Pant of the University of Johannesburg. Please view the poster here.

13 August 2021 - Seminar: "On the lea number of a graph" by Dr Phillip Mafuta of the University of the Free State.

06 August 2021 - Seminar: "An Integer Programming Approach to Deep Neural Networks with Binary Activation Functions" by Bubacarr Bah of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS).

23 July 2021 - Seminar: "The average size of independent sets and matchings in graphs." by Valisoa Razanajatovo Misanantenaina of Stellenbosch University. Please view the poster here.

13-15 July 2021 - Pointfree Topology Seminar series, hosted by the University of Jahannesburg. See the programme here.

09 July 2021 - Seminar: "Upper bounds on the domination and total domination numbers of a graph in terms of minimum degree" by Prof Michael Henning of the University of Johannesburg. Please view the poster here.

02 July 2021 - Seminar: "The Banaschewski extension and some variants of openness" by Prof Themba Dube of the University of South Africa. Please view the poster here.

30 June - 03 July - Workshop: Positive Operators, Riesz Spaces and Applications workshop, hosted by the University of Pretoria. For infomation, please visit their website here.

25 June 2021 - Seminar: "A mathematical comparison between the Spanish Flu of 1918 and 沙巴体育官网_2024欧洲杯博彩app@" by Prof Ansie Harding of the University of Pretoria. Please view the poster here.

18 June 2021 - Seminar: "Solutions of Rossby waves with dissipation through symmetries" by Amlan Halder of Pondicherry University. Please view the poster here.

11 June 2021 - Seminar: "The National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences (NITheCS)" with Prof Francesco Petruccione of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Please view the poster here.

04 June 2021 - Seminar: "Biliary cirrhosis analysis through the multivariate t mixed-effects models" by Prof Mohammed Arashi of the University of Pretoria and Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran. Please view the poster here.

21 May 2021 - Seminar: "A different way of choosing a threshold in a bivariate extreme value study" by Prof Andehette Verster of the University of the Free State. Please view the poster here.

17-19 May 2021 - Logic in Africa Seminar series, hosted by the Association for Symbolic Logic. Please view the programme here.

14 May 2021 - Seminar: "Multiple correspondence analysis applications for missing data visualisation" by Dr Johané Nienkemper-Swanepoel of Stellenbosch University. Please view the poster here.

7 May 2021 - Seminar: "Noncommutative Wasserstein metrics" by Rocco Duvenhage of the University of Pretoria. Please view the poster here.

30 April 2021 - Seminar: "Self-led Learning and Mathematics Competitions" by Liam Baker of Stellenbosch University. Please view the poster here.

22 April 2021 - Top Ten final presentations (CoE-MaSS/CoE-Palaeo): FameLab 2021. For more information on FameLab, please click here.

16 April 2021 - Seminar: "Boundary tracing; a technique for producing practically useful exact solutions to boundary value problems" by Prof Neville Fowkes of the University of Western Australia. Please view the poster here.

9 April 2021 - Seminar: "On X-coordinates of Pell equations in various sequences" by Prof Florian Luca of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Please view the poster here.

30 - 31 March 2021 - Training and heats (CoE-MaSS/CoE-Palaeo): FameLab 2021. For more information on FameLab, please click here.

26 March 2021 - Seminar: "Prandtl’s Extended Mixing length Model applied to the Two-dimensional Turbulent Classical Far Wake" by Mr Kendall Born of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Please view the poster here.

19 March 2021 - Seminar: "A Multiplicative Reasoning Intervention in Grade 2" by Dr Samantha Morrison of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Please view the poster here.

12 March 2021 - Seminar: "From the discovery of the Higgs boson to Modelling the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of AI" by Prof Bruce Mellado of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Please view the poster here.

5 March 2021 - CoE-MaSS 2021 Awardees Orientation session

19 February 2021 - Seminar: "Mathematical model for the estrogen paradox in breast cancer treatment with optimal control" by Dr Segun Isaac Oke of the University of Pretoria. Please view the poster here.

12 February 2021 - Seminar: "Semiparametric and Nonparametric Evaluation of First-Passage Distribution of Bivariate Degradation Processes" by Prof Hon Keung (Tony) Ng of the Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. Please view the poster here.

1-5 February 2021 - Mathematics in Industry Study Group (MISG) South Africa. Please visit the website here.

2020

13 November 2020 - SEMINAR: "A note on S-metrizable locales" by Dr Cerene Rathilal (University of Johannesburg). Please view the poster here.

30 October 2020 - SEMINAR: "Center-Outward Quantiles and the Measurement of Multivariate Risk" Prof Jan Beirlant (KU Leuven). Please view the poster here.

23 October 2020 - SEMINAR: "The Oriented Diameter of Graphs" by Prof Peter Dankelmann (UJ). Please view the poster here. You can watch a video of the seminar here.

16 October 2020 - SEMINAR: "Recent Developments in the Analysis of Neural Network Error Landscapes" by Prof Katherine Malan (UNISA). Please view the poster here. You can watch the video of the seminar here.

9 October 2020 - SEMINAR: "Job interviews: What to expect" with Ms Caz McNamara (CoE-MaSS) and Ms Marike Kluyts (Science Teaching and Learning Unit, Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg). Please view the poster here. You can watch the video of the seminar here.

2 October 2020 - SEMINAR: "Tidal forces are gravitational waves" by Prof Rituparno Goswami (UKZN). Please view the poster here. You can watch the video of the seminar here.

18 September 2020 - SEMINAR: "Building your Brand: CV writing", with Ms Caz McNamara (CoE-MaSS) and Marike Kluyts (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg). Please view the poster here. You can watch the video of the seminar here.

11 September 2020 - SEMINAR: "A Universal Theory for Multiscale Modelling of Disease Dynamics" by Prof Winston Garira (University of Venda). Please view the poster and abstract here.

4 September 2020 – SEMINAR: “Optimal size of marine exclusion zones” by Dr Ashleigh Jane Hutchinson (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg). Please view the poster and abstract here. You can watch the video of the seminar here.

28 August 2020 - SEMINAR: "Online presentations" by Diane Dowejko (CoE-MaSS). Please view the poster and abstract here. You can watch the video of the seminar here.

14 August 2020 - WORKSHOP: Scientific writing workshop with Dr Elaine Nsoesie (The Data Science for Society Research Group, University of Pretoria).

7 August 2020 - SEMINAR: "Trees with minimum number of infima closed sets" by Dr Eric Andriantiana (Rhodes University). Please view the poster and abstract here.

31 July 2020 - SEMINAR: "Robust joint modelling of longitudinal data and survival data by downweighting of outlying longitudinal measurements" by Prof Freedom Gumedze (University of Cape Town). Please view the poster and abstract here.

17 July 2020 - SEMINAR: "A Unified Model For Skewed Circular Data" by Dr Najmeh Nakhaei Rad (University of Pretoria). Please view the poster and abstract here.

3 July 2020 - SEMINAR: "Using Machine Learning to Extract Key Meta-Data from Legal Text in Malawi" by Amelia Taylor (University of Malawi). Please view the poster and abstract here.

26 June 2020 - Question and Answer session: NRF one-call system with Caz McNamara (CoE-MaSS).

19 June 2020 - SEMINAR: "Why modelling predictions differ? The case of COVID-19 in South Africa" by Prof Farai Nyabadza (University of Johannesburg).  Please view the poster and abstract here. You can watch the video of the seminar here.

19 June 2020 - SEMINAR: "The process of creating satellite image ground-truth datasets for machine learning" by Raesetje Sefala (the Data Science for Social Impact Research Group, University of Pretoria).

12 June 2020 - Question and Answer session: NRF one-call system with Caz McNamara (CoE-MaSS).

29 May 2020 – SEMINAR: “The world’s rarest primate: A deep learning journey” by Dr Emmanuel Dufourq (AIMS, South Africa). Please view the poster and abstract here.

22 May 2020 - SEMINAR: "A new sampling strategy to reduce the effect of autocorrelation on the X ? scheme with and without measurement errors" by Dr Majika Jean-Claude Malela (University of South Africa). Please view the poster and abstract here.

15 May 2020 – SEMINAR: "Finite element and virtual element approximations for problems of anisotropic elasticity" by Prof Daya Reddy (University of Cape Town). Please view the poster and abstract here.

8 May 2020 - SEMINAR: "The Inverse Frobenius-Perron Problem: Applications, Solutions and Future Directions" by Dr Andre McDonald (CSIR). Please view the poster and abstract here. You can watch the video of the seminar here.

24 April 2020 – SEMINAR: “A brief survey on convergence analysis of fixed-point iterative schemes with applications to nonlinear problems” by Prof Tosin Mewomo (University of KwaZulu-Natal). You can watch the video of the seminar here.

20 March 2020 – SEMINAR: “A Numerical Study of Laminar Boundary Layer Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer of a Non-Newtonian Fluid Past a Vertical Porous Plate” by Prof Stanford Shateyi (University of Venda). Please view the poster and the abstract here.

13 March 2020 – SEMINAR: “Activated diffusiophoresis: a novel phoretic mechanism” by Dr Christian Rohwer (University of Cape Town). Please view the poster and the abstract here.

12 March 2020 - LOCAL HEAT: FameLab is one of the biggest science communication competitions in the world. Local heats will be taking place at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg on 12 March. Please view more information here.

6 March 2020 – SEMINAR: “To develop new models for accelerated failure time and mixture of experts for dance survival” by Dr Elham Mirfarah (University of Pretoria). Please view the poster and the abstract here.

28 February 2020 – SEMINAR: "How to effectively communicate your science to various audiences" by Ms Diane Dowejko (CoE-MaSS). Please view the poster and the abstract here. You can view the video of the seminar here.

21 February 2020 – SEMINAR "Global Dynamics for a Model of Amyloid Fibril Formation in Pancreatic Islet Beta Cells Subjected to a Therapy" by Dr Rodrigue Yves M'pika Massoukou (Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, North-West University). Please view the poster and the abstract here.

14 February 2020 – SEMINAR: “Viscous Fluids in Cosmology” by Dr Anslyn John (Rhodes University). Please view the poster and the abstract here.

7 February 2020 – SEMINAR: "Wavelet Theory for Economic and Financial Cycles" by Dr Farai Mlambo (School of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of the Witwatersrand). Please view the poster and the abstract here.

13 - 24 January 2020 - RESEARCH SCHOOL: CIMPA Research School at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

13 - 17 January 2020 - STUDY GROUP: Mathematics in Industry Study Group Soth Africa (MISGSA), at University of Zululand.

2019

8 - 20 December 2019 - RESEARCH SCHOOL: CIMPA-African Mathematical School on Algebras, Geometries and Permutation Groups held at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.  Please view advert here.

9-13 December 2019 – WORKSHOP: 11th Joburg Workshop on String Theory, at Wits Rural Facility. More details here.

11 - 15 November 2019 – RESEARCH SCHOOL: The Mandelstam Institute for Theoretical Physics at Wits will hold the 2019 Joburg School in Theoretical Physics.  This year's topic is "Aspects of Machine Learning".  Interested students from South African universities are encouraged to apply.  More information can be found here.   

    11-15 November 2019 – WORKSHOP: Machine learning /integrability / Ising models. Organisers: Prof Robert De Melle Koch and Dr Pallab Basu. More information to follow in due course as it becomes available.

    15 November 2019 - SEMINAR entitled "Connections between Schur functions and major index distributions" by Prof William Keith (Department of Mathematical Sciences, Michigan Technological University).  Please view the advert here.

    1 - 3 November 2019 – WORKSHOP: October Workshop on Research Trends in Mathematical Modeling and Analysis in Life Sciences. Registration is now open.  Please view the advert here and further information on the website.

    25 October 2019 – SEMINAR by Dr Kostiantyn Zloshchastiev (Durban University of Technology): "Wave equations with logarithmic nonlinearity and their applications" by Dr Kostiantyn Zloshchastiev (Institute of Systems Science, Durban University of Technology).  Please view the advert here

    18 October- SEMINAR: "Nonclassical potential symmetries for inhomogeneous nonlinear diffusion equation" by Prof Joel Moitsheki (School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg).  Please view the advert here.

    14 - 16 October 2019 – CONFERENCE: Modelling in the context of African Health.  Please view advert here.

    11 October 2019 - SEMINAR entitled "Algebraic and Invariant Linearization Criteria for Systems" Prof Fazal Mahomed (DSI-NRF CoE-MaSS, hosted by the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg).  Please view the advert here.

    4 October 2019 – SEMINAR entitled “Compressed Sensing – exploiting redundancy in data " Dr Bubacarr Bah (AIMS South Africa Research Centre).   Please view the advert here.

    25 - 27 September 2019 – CONFERENCE: Special session on Mathematical Epidemiology and Biomathematics at ICMSA 2019.

    23 - 28 September 2019 – SYMPOSIUM: The 14th International Symposium on Numerical Analysis of Fluid Flows, Heat and Mass Transfer - Numerical Fluids 2019.

    20 - 24 September 2019 – CONFERENCE: The International Symmetries Conference 2019 to be held at at the Sani Pass in the Drakensberg.  Please view further details here.

    20 September 2019 – SEMINAR entitled "The dynamics of 'forgetting' and 'not-forgetting' in evolving systems" by Dr Manjunath Gandhi (Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Pretoria).  Please view the advert here.

    13 September 2019 – SEMINAR entitled "The H∞-problem in multidimensional control theory: state-space versus frequency-domain formulation" by Prof Sanne Ter Horst (Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, North-West University). Please view the advert here.

    6 September 2019 – SEMINAR entitled “The challenges of modelling policy changes: An Odyssey of HIV/AIDS models” by Prof Farai Nyabadza (Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Johannesburg).  Please view the advert here.

    16 August 2019 – SEMINAR entitled “Conditional Expectation and Mixing in Riesz Spaces” by Dr Michael Rogans (School of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg). Please view the advert here.

    2 August 2019 - SEMINAR entitled “Statistical measures for multivariate spatial autocorrelation” by Mr Timotheus Darikwa (Department of Statistics and Operations Research, University of Limpopo). Please view the advert here.

    July 2019 – The 2nd South African Mathematical Modelling Contest (SAMMC). Please view the advert here.

    26 July 2019 – SEMINAR entitled “Zeta Diversity as a common currency for partitioning biodiversity and species turnover” by Prof Cang Hui (Department of Mathematical Sciences, Stellenbosch University). Please view the advert here.

    19 July 2019 – SEMINAR entitled “The Square Kilometre Array: Big Telescope, Big Science, Big Data" by Prof Russ Taylor (Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy). Please view the advert here.

    17 & 18 July 2019 - Graduate learning camp. Future Africa Campus, University of Pretoria.

    12 July 2019 – SEMINAR entitled “Discussion on the Generic Categories of Multiscale Models of Infectious Disease Systems" by Prof Winston Garira (Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Venda). Please view the advert here.

    8-12 July 2019- SHORT COURSE entitled “R Software Fundamentals with Applications to Statistical Analyses & Modelling” will be held by the School of Statistics and Actuarial Science (SSAS) at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in collaboration with the DST-NRF CoE-MaSS). Please view the advert here.

    5 July 2019 - SEMINAR entitled “Eccentric graphs and digraphs" by Dr David Erwin (Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town). Please view the advert here.

    1-4 July 2019 - CONFERENCE: 34th Summer conference on Topology and its Applications (Sumtopo2019). University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. https://www.sumtopo2019.co.za/

    28 June 2019 – SEMINAR entitled “Bouquet of statistical problems" by Prof Gary Sharp (Department of Statistics, Nelson Mandela University). Please view the advert here.

    24-27 June: INLA Workshop at UNISA Science Campus, Johannesburg (also available via videoconferencing).  Please view programme and advert

    21 June 2019 – SEMINAR entitled “Data-Driven Business Robotic Process Automation Optimisation" by Prof Terence Van Zyl and Dr Matthew Woolway (School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg).  Please view the advert here.

    13 June 2019 – WORKSHOP: “Introduction to Quantum Machine Learning Workshop” will be held at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Please view the advert here.

    14 June 2019 – SEMINAR entitled “Locating Complex Singularities: Numerics and Applications” by Prof André Weideman (Department of Applied Mathematics, Stellenbosch University). Please view the advert here.

    7 June 2019 – SEMINAR entitled “The ancestral matrix of a rooted tree” by Dr Eric Andriantiana (Department of Mathematics, Rhodes University). Please view the advert here.

    31 May 2019 – SEMINAR entitled “Numerical solution of some nonlinear Poisson equations” by Dr Gerald Marewo (Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, North-West University). Please view the advert here.

    24 May 2019 – SEMINAR entitled “Matching Fingerprints using Linear Algebra, and why Fingerprint Templates Cannot be secured without a User Key” by Dr Graham Barbour (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research). Please view the advert here.

    20 – 22 May 2019 - SOCIAL GOOD HACKATHON open to all Honours/ MSc/ PhD students will be held at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Please view the advert here.

    17 May 2019 – SEMINAR entitled “A Lévy Regime-Switching Temperature Dynamics Model for Weather Derivatives” by Dr Dennis Ikpe (Mathematical Finance, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, South Africa). Please view the advert here.

    10 May 2019 – SEMINAR entitled “On the lattice of z-ideals of a commutative ring” by Dr Oghenetega Ighedo (Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of South Africa). Please view the advert here.

    12 April 2019 – SEMINAR entitled “Near-exact distributions: closer to exact distributions than common asymptotic distributions” by Prof Carlos Coelho (Mathematics Department, New University of Lisbon, Portugal). Please view the advert here.

    05 April 2019 – SEMINAR entitled “Modelling the collapse of marine ice shelves” by Dr Ashleigh Hutchinson (School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg). Please view the advert here.

    29 March 2019 – SEMINAR entitled “Academic CV Writing for Emerging Researchers” by Ms Caryn McNamara (DST-NRF CoE-MaSS, hosted by the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg). Please view the advert here.

    22 March 2019 – SEMINAR entitled “Risk Factors Discovery using Targeted Learning in Data Science” by Prof Akim Adekpedjou (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Missouri, USA). Please view the advert here.

    15 March 2019 – SEMINAR entitled “Observational cosmology using radio sky surveys” by Dr Moumita Aich (School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal). Please view the advert here.

    22 February 2019 – SEMINAR entitled “From academia to industry, is it a smooth transition?” by Dr Prof Ben Herbst (Praelexis, Stellenbosch) and “Learning to make decisions in an uncertain world” by Dr Benjamin Rosman (School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg). Please view the advert here.

    15 February 2019 – SEMINAR entitled “Novel quasicrystal orders in the realm of quanta” by Prof Fabio Cinti (Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics, University of Johannesburg). Please view the advert here.

    01 February 2019 – SEMINAR entitled “Characteristics of chaos evolution in one-dimensional disordered nonlinear lattices” by Prof Haris Skokos (Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town). Please view the advert here.

     

    2018

    30 November 2018 – SEMINAR entitled “Highlights from the Cassini spacecraft mission to Saturn and it’s moons” by Prof Michele Dougherty (Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom). Please view the advert here.

    26 October 2018 – SEMINAR by Prof Fabio Cinti (University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa).

    12 October 2018 – SEMINAR entitled “Gender and the MaSS Fields: Representation and Harassment” by Ms Crystal Dicks (Wits Gender Equity Office). Please view the advert here.

    8 October 2018 – SEMINAR by Dr Elizabeth Angstmann (University of New South Wales, Australia).

    28 September 2018 – SEMINAR entitled “Large deviation theory: From physics to mathematics and back” by Prof Hugo Touchette (Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa). Please view the advert here.

    21 September 2018 – SEMINAR entitled “Operator algebras and non-normed topological algebras “by Dr Martin Weigt (Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa). Please view the advert here.

    07 September 2018 – SEMINAR entitled “Multifractality and spatial pattern in ecology” by Dr Henri de Guise Laurie (University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa). Please view the advert here.

    31 August 2018 – SEMINAR entitled “It’s a wonderful life! - reflectionson a career as a Mathematician” by Prof Luise-Charlotte Kappe (Binghamton University, USA). Please view the advert here.

    24 August 2018 - SEMINAR: “Applications of group theory to Mathematical Biology” by Prof Keshlan Sathasiva Govinder, (School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa). Please view the advert here.

    17 August 2018 - SEMINAR: “Topogenous structures induced by (co)pointed endofunctors” by Mr Minani Iragi (University of the Western Cape, South Africa). Watch the video recording here.

    03 August 2018 - SEMINAR: “Internal Neighbourhood Spaces” by Dr Partha Pratim Ghosh (University Of South Africa, Florida Science Campus). Please view the advert here. Watch the video recording here.

    27 July 2018 - SEMINAR: “Zeros of Ultraspherical and Pseudo-Ultraspherical Polynomials” by Prof Kathy Driver (University of Cape Town, South Africa). Please view the advert here. Watch the video recording here.

    20 July 2018 - SEMINAR: “First-order definability within trees, and axiomatisations of first-order theories of classes of trees” by Dr Ruaan Kellerman (University of Pretoria, South Africa). Please view the advert here. Watch the video recording here.

    06 July 2018 - SEMINAR: “How to Find Proper Projective Symmetry in Space-Times” by Prof Ghulam Shabbir (Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi, Swabi, KPK, Pakistan). Please view the advert here. Watch the video recording here.

    29 June 2018 - SEMINAR: “Applications of Nonclassical Symmetry Reductions of Nonlinear Reaction-Diffusion Equations” by Prof Philip Broadbridge (La Trobe University, Bundoora, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia). Please view the advert here.. Watch the video recording here.

    20 June 2018 - SEMINAR: “Autostabilized Electron” by Prof Munawar Karim (St. John Fisher College, Rochester, New York, USA & NUST, Windhoek, Namibia). Please view the advert here. Watch the video recording here.

    8 June 2018 - SEMINAR: “Ultraspherical Spectral Methods” by Dr Nick Hale (Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa). Please view the advert here.. Watch the video recording here.

    25 May 2018 - SEMINAR: “Forensic geography and GIS” by Prof Peter Schmitz (UNISA, South Africa). Please view the advert here. Watch the video recording here. 

    14-18 May 2018 - COURSE “Individual-based Modelling in Epidemiology: A Practical Introduction” will be held at SACEMA (Stellenbosch University, South Africa). Please view the advert here.

    9 May 2018 - COMPETITION “Wits Mathematics Competition” hosted by Wits University School of Mathematics (Wits Science Stadium, Wits University, Braamfontein, Johannesburg). Please view the advert here.

    8 May 2018 - SEMINAR “Math by design: 3D printing for the working mathematician” by Dr Laura Taalman (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, James Madison University, Virginia, USA). Please view the advert here. Watch the video recording here.

    4 May 2018 - SEMINAR “Special LCD codes from graphs” by Prof Jennifer Key (University of the Western Cape, Belville, South Africa). Please view the advert here.. Watch the video recording here. 

    6 April 2018 - SEMINAR “An overview of Wolfram Mathematica’s applications in research and training” by Mr Clemens Dempers (Blue Stallion Technologies, Johannesburg, South Africa). Please view the advert here.

    23 March 2018 - SEMINAR “Selection models for discrete and other non-Gaussian response variables” by Prof Adelchi Azzalini (Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Padua, Italy). Please view the advert here. Watch the video recording here. 

    2 March  2018 - SEMINAR "Three-dimensional manifolds and braided monoidal categories " by Dr Bruce Bartlett (Senior Lecturer at Stellenbosch University). Please view the advert here..

    16 February 2018 - SEMINAR: "Invariants of Algebraic and Differential Equations" by Prof Fazal Mahomed (CoE-MaSS, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa). Please view the advert here.Watch the video recording here. 

    2 January 2018 - SEMINAR "Writing Honestly” by Ms Denise Nicholson
    (Scholarly Communication Librarian, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa). Please view the advert here.

    2017

    7 – 10 November 2017 – Intermediate GPU Computing using CUDA and C/C++. Please view here and apply via the online application form here.

    20 – 22 November 2017 – 60th Annual Congress of SAMS, North-West University- Potchefstroom.

    27 October 2017 - SEMINAR “On the Sensitivity Analysis of Commodity Quanto Options” by Dr Rodwell Kufakunesu, University of Pretoria, Department of Maths and Applied Mathematics. Please view the advert here. Watch the video recording here.

    20 October 2017 - SEMINAR entitled “Higher curvature extensions of Einstein’s theory” by Dr Sudan Hansraj, Senior Lecturer, Department of Maths, Statistics and Computer Science, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal. Please view the advert here. Watch the video recording here. 

    13 October 2017 - SEMINAR entitled “Convexity in asymmetric spaces” by Prof Olivier Olela Otafudu, University of Witwatersrand. See flyer here.

    29 September 2017 – SEMINAR entitled “Hidden Markov Movement Modelling with Irregular Data” by Dr Victoria Goodall Senior Lecturer, Department of Statistics, Nelson Mandela University. See flyer here.Watch the video recording here.

    22 September 2017 - SEMINAR entitled “Big Data Quality Issues”by Prof Bhekisipho Twala, DIRECTOR Institute for Intelligent Systems, Professor in Artificial Intelligence & Statistical Science. See flyer here.

    8 September 2017 - SEMINAR entitled “On a generalization of quantum algebras: coherent states maps, special functions and differential calculus” by Prof Mahouton Hounkonnou, Chair Holder, International Chair in Mathematical Physics and Applications, (ICMPA-UNESCO Chair), University of Abomey-Calavi.

    25 August 2017 - SEMINAR entitled “Ethics and Publication - Academic Evaluation” by Prof Asghar Qadir, Department of Physics, SNS, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST).

    11 August 2017 - SEMINAR entitled "Loop Models on a Fractal" by Prof Stephan Wagner, Stellenbosch University. Please review the ad here.

    4 August 2017 - SEMINAR entitled "Learning image interest and saliency from pairwise image comparisons" by Dr Michael Burke, CSIR.

    17 March 2017 – SEMINAR entitled “The African Research Cloud: Enabling a New Era of Data Intensive Research” by Prof. Russ Taylor, SKA Research in Radio Astronomy, University of Cape Town, and University of Western Cape, South Africa. Please view the ad here. - See more at: /coe-mass/news-and-events/events/#sthash.puhvIoCu.dpuf

    17-21 July 2017 - ACCREDITED SHORT COURSE: R Software Fundamentals with Applications to Statistical Analysis & Modelling will be offered by the Wits School of Statistics and Actuarial Science (SSAS). Please address all queries to the contact people listed on the attached flyer.

    14 July 2017 - SEMINAR entitled “Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulent Flow and Kolmogorov's Spectral Theory; K41” by Dr Tesfalem Tegegn, University of Pretoria. Please review the ad here.

    25-30 June 2017 - CONFERENCE: International Conference on Mathematical Methods and Models in Biosciences, and a School for Young Scientists (Biomath2017). Skukuza, Kruger Park. http://www.biomath.bg/2017/

    23 June 2017 - SEMINAR entitled “Stochastic calculus for pure jump processes: Girsanov's theorem”by Mr Gerrit Grobler, School of Computer, Statistical and Mathematical Sciences, North West University. Please review the ad here.

    9 June 2017 - SEMINAR entitled “Nonparametric regression by property matching of kernel density estimates” by Mr Theodor Loots, School of Statistics, University of Pretoria. Please review the ad here.

    26 May 2017 - SEMINAR entitled “The Orlicz-Pettis Theorem for Multiplier Convergent Series”by Prof Charles Swartz, New Mexico State University. Please review the ad here.

    19 May 2017 - SEMINAR entitled "Data Science in Africa and the Evolving Role of the Data Scientist" by Prof Matthew Bernath, RMB. Please review the ad here.

    19 May 2017 - SEMINAR entitled "The Age of Analytics – How Data is Changing the Business World today" by Prof Mayven Naicker, McKinsey and Co. Please review the ad here.

    5 May 2017 - SEMINAR by Dr Daniel Maposa, School of Computational and Mathematical Sciences (Statistics and Research Operations Research).

    21 April 2017 - SEMINAR entitled ”Total Domination in Graphs and Transversals in Hypergraphs” by Prof Michael A. Henning, Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. View the ad here.

    7 April 2017 - SEMINAR by entitled ”On the study of σ-Biderivations of Triangular Algebras” by Dr J Sanchez-Ortega, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town, South Africa. View the ad here.

    31 March 2017 – SEMINAR entitled ”Patient-specific numerical simulation of Cortical Spreading Depression” by Prof Luca Gerardo-Giorda; Centre for Applied Mathematics, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. Please review the ad here.

    31 March 2017 – SEMINAR entitled ”Complex Variable Methods in Polynomial Interpolation and Numerical Integration” by Prof JAC Weideman, Department of Applied Mathematics, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa. Please review the ad here.

    28-30 March 2017 - CONFERENCE: South African Symposium of Numerical and Applied Mathematics (SANUM2017). Johannesburg, South Africa. http://sanum.github.io/

    20-23 March 2017 - CONFERENCE: 4th International Conference of Statistics: New Methods of Data Analysis and Statistical Applications to Big Data. The Ranch, Polokwane. https://www.ul.ac.za/aic/

    24 March 2017 – SEMINAR entitled “Efficiency Analysis of South African Water and Electricity Service Provision” by Prof Warren Brettenny, Department of Statistics, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa. Please review the ad here.

    17 March 2017 – SEMINAR entitled “The African Research Cloud: Enabling a New Era of Data Intensive Research” by Prof. Russ Taylor, SKA Research in Radio Astronomy, University of Cape Town, and University of Western Cape, South Africa. Please view the ad here.

    10 March 2017 – SEMINAR entitled “Angular equivalence of normed spaces” by Dr Eder Kikianty, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria. Please review the ad here.

    3 March 2017 – SEMINAR entitled “Mathematical and Statistical Challenges of (Big) Data Science” by Prof Loyiso Nongxa, Centre for Mathematical and Computational Sciences (CMACS), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Please review the ad here.

    24 February 2017 – SEMINAR entitled “Hilbert’s metric and its isometries” by Prof Mark Roalands, School of Business Management, Faculty of Natural  Science, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa. Please review the ad here.

    17 February 2017 – SEMINAR entitled ”Computational Neuroscience Research Capacity Development in (South) Africa” by Mr Phumlani Khoza, School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Please review the ad here.

    10 February 2017 - SEMINAR entitled “Efficient and robust partitioned solution schemes for fluid - structure interactions” by Dr Alfred Bogaers from Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria. Please review the ad here.

    Past events 2014-2016

    2016

    7 December 2016 - SEMINAR entitled “The journey so far” Dr Andronikos Paliathanasis, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile. Please review the advert here.

    14 November 2016 - SEMINAR entitled “Introduction to the p-Laplacian” by Prof Paul Binding, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Universities of Calgary and Victoria. Please view the advert here.

    28 October 2016 - SEMINAR entitled “Aspects on Solving Convex and Non-Convex MINLP Problems” by Prof Tapio Westerlund, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Abo Akademi University, Turku, Finland. Please view the advert here.

    09 September 2016 - SEMINAR entitled “The journey so far” by Mr Igor Rodionov, School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand. Please view the advert here.

    02 September 2016 - SEMINAR entitled “Mathematical analysis of a lymphatic filariasis model with quarantine and treatment” by Dr Peter Mwamtobe, School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand. Please view the advert here.

    26 August 2016 - SEMINAR entitled “Inequalities of Young and McCarthy Type for Positive Operators in Hilbert Spaces”  by Prof Sever Dragomir, Chair Theory of Inequalities, Mathematics, College of Engineering & Science, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. Please view the advert here.

    19 August 2016 - SEMINAR entitled “Why not consider a new computational paradigm?”  by Dr Conrad Mueller, University of South Africa. Please view the advert here.

    12 August 2016 - SEMINAR entitled “Problems regarding the admissible Galois structure for the Stone-Cech reflection of locals” by Dr Partha Ghosh, School of Mathematical Sciences, College of Science, Engineering & Technology, UNISA. Please view the advert here.

    29 July 2016 - SEMINAR entitled “Symplectic affine action for momentum with cocycle”  by Prof Augustin Batubenge Tshidibi, University of South Africa, South Africa. Please view the advert here.

    22 July 2016 - SEMINAR entitled “ Hypercomplex analysis and integration of systems of ordinary differential equations” by Prof Celestin Wafo Soh, Jackson State University, United States of America. Please view the advert here.

    8 July 2016 - SEMINAR entitled “Designing universities for the 21st century. Can we improve on the 19th century model?” by Prof Judy Backhouse, School of Economics and Business Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Please view the advert here.

    1 July 2016 - SEMINAR entitled “Computational dynamics of viscoelastic liquids and selected applications” Dr Tiri Chinyoka, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town, South Africa. Please view the advert here.

    24 June 2016 - SEMINAR entitled “An initial framework to consider the alignment of organizational culture with enterprise risk management for South African insurers” by Mr Mark Hayes and Ms Krishna Nagar, School of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Please review the ad here.

    03 June 2016 – SEMINAR entitled “Some examples of non-trivial affine vector fields” by Prof Ghulam Shabbir (Dean of Graduate Studies, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute, Pakistan). Please view the advert here.

    01 June 2016 – SEMINAR entitled “Clifford algebras of OX-quadratic spaces”  by Prof Patrice Ntumba (Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Pretoria). Please view the advert here.

    27 May 2016 – SEMINAR entitled “Inequalities for Extreme Zeros of Classical Orthogonal Polynomials”  by Prof Kathleen Driver (Kathy) (Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, University of Cape Town). Please view the advert here.

    20 May 2016 - SEMINAR entitled “On the x-coordinates of Pell equations which are in some sequences” by Prof Alain Togbe, Mathematics Department, Purdue University North Central, Westville, USA. Please review the ad here.

    13 May 2016 - SEMINAR entitled “Total Domination in Maximal Outerplanar Graphs” by Prof Elizabeth Jonck, Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa. Please view the advert here.

    9 May 2016 - SEMINAR entitled “Solution hierarchies and matrix loop algebras” by Prof Wen-Xiu Ma, Department of Mathematics, University of South Florida, United States of America. Please view the advert here.

    22 April 2016--- SEMINAR entitled “Predictive modelling for rhino anti-poaching operations” by Dr Alta De Waal,  Department of Statistics, University of Pretoria. Please view the advert here.

    21 April 2016 – SEMINAR entitled “Direct Nonparametric Quantile Estimation” by Prof Jeffrey S. Racine (Department of Economics and Graduate Program in Statistics, McMaster University). Please view the advert here.

    18 March 2016 – SEMINAR entitled “Reaction-subdiffusion from continuous time random walks” by Dr Christopher Angstmann, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New South Wales, Australia. Please view the advert here.

    14 March 2016 - SEMINAR entitled "The Thompson Groups F and T and quantum spin chains" by Fields Medalist, Prof Sir Vaughan Jones (Dept of Mathematics, College of Arts and Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA). Please view the advert here.

    27 February – 5 March 2016 - UNISA-UP Workshop on Theoretical and Mathematical Epidemiology, Pure Joy Lodge and Conference Centre, Pretoria

    26 Feb 2016 - SEMINAR entitled "A new scheme for solving some subdiffusion fractional partial differential equations" by Dr Byron Jacobs (School Of Computer Science And Applied Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand). Please view the advert here.

    26 Feb 2016 - SEMINAR entitled "Group Theoretical Analysis and Invariant Solutions for Time-Dependent Flow Model of a Non-Newtonian Fluid" by Dr Taha Aziz (Centre of Excellence in Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand). Please view the advert here.

    19 Feb 2016 - SEMINAR entitled “Analytical Modeling of Entropy Generation for Casson Nano-Fluid” by Prof Mohammed Mehdi Rashidi, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tongji University. Please view the advert here.

    15 Feb 2016 - SEMINAR entitled "Collapsing ice sheets " by Prof Grae Worster (Cambridge, UK). Please view the advert here.

    12 Feb 2016 - SEMINAR entitled "Diophantine m-tuples" by Florian Luca (School of Mathematics, Wits University). Please view the advert here.

    22-25 January 2016 – WORKSHOP entitled Kinetic Theory and Multiscale Phenomena (KTMP). The Stellenbosch Hotel, Cape Town. Please view the call here.

    11-15 January 2016 – Annual Mathematics in Industry Study Group (MISG2016) to be hosted by Wits University. Please view the MISG2016 webpage here.

    2015

    29 November – 2 December 2015 – South African Statistics Association (SASA2015) Conference. Please view the SASA2015 webpage here.

    4-6 November 2015 – Annual South African Mathematical Society (SAMS2015) Conference.

    23 October 2015 - SEMINAR entitled “Orthogonal Polynomials and Interlacing of Zeros” by ? Professor Kathy Driver. Please view the advert here.

    9 October 2015 - SEMINAR ?entitled: “Mathematics without borders: Future of South African Mathematics and Statistics” by Prof Loyiso Nongxa. Please view the advert here.

    2 October 2015 - SEMINAR entitled: “Trajectory-based methods for nonlinear and mixed integer nonlinear programming problems” by Dr Terry Oliphant. Please view the advert here.

    18 September 2015 – SEMINAR entitled: “Why numbers matter in public health” by Prof Brian Gerard Williams. Please view the advert here. 

    11 September 2015 – SEMINAR entitled: “Multipliers, symmetries and conservation laws: the case of manifolds and geodesic equations” by Prof Abdul Kara. Please view the ad here.

    28 August 2015 - SEMINAR entitled: A Closed-Loop Supply Chain Network Problem Involving Competition Among Firms for New Products and Their Flow Routings” by Prof Kar Wong. Please view the advert here.

    21 August 2015 - SEMINAR entitled: Big data, data science, and analytics – The end of statistics?” by Prof Paul Fatti. Please view the advert here.

    14 August 2015 -SEMINAR entitled: "The Use of Mathematics, Very Simple or Less Simple, in Economicsby Prof Asghar Qadir. Please view the advert here. 

    7 August 2015 - SEMINAR entitled “On an NP-complete Problem in Ordered Sets” by Prof Clint Val Alten (School of Computer Science, Wits). Please view the advert here.

    24 July 2015 - SEMINAR entitled "The Goldbach Conjecture" by Prof Asghar Qadir (School of Physics, NUST, Pakistan). Please view the advert here.

    17 July 2015 - SEMINAR entitled "Dynamical systems on networks - on the crossroads of discrete and continuous mathematics" by Prof Jacek Banasiak (UKZN). Please view the advert here.

    10 July 2015 - SEMINAR entitled "A noncommutative transfer principle" by Prof Louis Labuschagne (School of Computer, Statistical and Mathematical Sciences, NWU). Please view the advert here.

    26 June 2015 - SEMINAR entitled "Proper Projective Vector Fields in Space-Times and the Rietmann Tensor" by Prof Ghulam Shabbir (Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Pakistan). Please view the advert here.

    19 June 2015 - SEMINAR entitled “Demystifying deep learning: Learning dynamics in deep linear neural networks” by Dr Andrew Saxe (Center for Mind, Brain, and Computation, Standford University / Visiting Researcher, Wits). Please view the advert here.

    12 June 2015 - SEMINAR entitled "A review on thin film flow on a rotating disk” by Prof Ebrahim Momoniat (Head of School Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, and Deputy Director of the CoE-MaSS). Please view the advert here.

    29 May 2015 - SEMINAR entitled “Hamiltonians in Economics: Reductions and Solutions” by Prof Fazal Mahomed (Director of the CoE-MaSS). Please view the advert here.

    26 May 2015 - SEMINAR entitled "A novel method for estimating optimal tree-based treatment regimes in randomized clinical trials" by Prof Iven Van Mechelen (KU Leuven, Belgium). Please view the advert here.

    25 May 2015 - SEMINAR entitled "How does the brain work?" by Prof Mina Teicher (Emmy Noether Institute, Israel). Please view the advert here.

    21 January 2015 - SEMINAR entitled "Particle systems as solutions of SDEs systems" by Prof Piotr Graczyk (University of Angers, France). Please view the attachment here.

    2014

    8 December 2014 - SEMINAR entitled "Check sums" by Prof Peter Leach (UKZN / DUT / University of Cyprus). Please view the attachment here.

     

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