The Neumann Talk

1992 - Jacqui Ramagge

Professor Jacqui Ramagge is the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science at Durham University. We spoke to her about why her Neumann Prize is attributed to UNSW, what lea

1993 - Maureen Edwards

Maureen Edwards is an Associate Professor and Head of the School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics at the University of Wollongong. We spoke to her about how she came

1987 - Eamonn O'Brien

Eamonn O'Brien is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Auckland. We spoke to him about the technical issue that interfered with his Neumann t

2006 - Benjamin Wilson

Dr Benjamin Wilson the Chief Scientist at Lateral GmbH. We chat with him about what his work in Representation Theory and in Machine Learning have in common, how his math

2020 - Vinesha Peiris

Vinesha Peiris is a PhD student at the Swinburne University of Technology. In her final moments as a reigning Neumann winner, we talked about what it was like giving her

1990 - Xuan Thinh Duong

Xuan Thinh Duong is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Macquarie University. We talk to him about where problems in pure mathematics come from

1997 - Marcel Jackson

Marcel Jackson is an Associate Professor at La Trobe University. We spoke to him about the challenges of picking a Neumann winner, how his research relates to computer sc

2013 - Adrian Dudek

Dr Adrian Dudek is a Derivatives Trader at Optiver. We talk to him about some of the problems in number theory that he worked on, the extent to which a PhD in pure mathem

2017b - Adrianne Jenner

Dr Adrianne Jenner is a lecturer at the Queensland University of Technology. We chat with her about how she got into mathematical biology, what modelling really is and he

2018b - Liam Hodgkinson

Dr Liam Hodgkinson is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of California, Berkeley. We chat with him about winning the Neumann Prize when he least expected it, the

2015b - Matthew Tam

Dr Matthew Tam is a Lecturer at the University of Melbourne. He tells us about what it was like to work with the late Jon Borwein, different perceptions of applied mathem

Bonus Episode - How academia works

In this bonus episode, we briefly discuss the typical pathway into a career in academia after finishing a PhD and what academics do.

Bonus Episode - Studying mathematics at university

In this bonus episode, we briefly explain the typical progression for mathematics students at universities in Australia from when they start their undergraduate degree to

2003a - Ben Burton

Ben Burton is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Queensland. We talk to him about how he got into computational topology, his involvement in the Internationa

2019b - Trang Nguyen

Dr Trang Thi Thien Nguyen just recently completed her PhD from the University of South Australia. In her final moments as a reigning Neumann winner, we chat with her abou

1996 - Ian Wanless

Ian Wanless is a Professor of Mathematics at Monash University. We talk to him about his upbringing in Canberra, how he does his research and his passion for mathematics

Motivation

In this introductory episode, host Yudhi Bunjamin talks about the B.H. Neumann Prize and explains the motivation behind starting this podcast series. Check out the Schoo