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School of Mathematics and Statistics Prize Giving 2008
The prize giving ceremony for winners of awards in Mathematics & Statistics in 2007 was held in the School of Mathematics and Statistics common room on 5th May 2008. Many staff and students were present, along with representatives of the sponsors of some of the prizes awarded.
Prize Winners for 2007
- Chin Pin Wong and Duncan Edwards
School of Mathematics and Statistics Prize 1
For the best performance in MATH1131 Mathematics 1A or MATH1141 Higher Mathematics 1A, and MATH1231 Mathematics 1B or MATH1241 Higher Mathematics 1B in a Bachelor program.
- Christopher Rosengren
For the best performance in MATH2881.
- Keith Cheung
Head of School's Prize
For excellence in four or more Mathematics subjects in Year 2 in a Bachelor Degree program.
- Adrian Ho
The C.H. Peck Prize
For the best performance in Year 2 Mathematics by a student proceeding to Year 3 in the School of Mathematics and Statistics.
- Tommy Li
J.R. Holmes Prize
For excellence in Level 3 Pure Mathematics course in a Bachelor Degree Program.
- Maria Albania
J.R. Holmes Prize
For excellence in at least 4 pass-level Pure Mathematics Level 3 courses taken over no more than two consecutive years by a student in the Science, Arts or Education Degree program.
- Charles Qin
Applied Mathematics Prize
For excellence in level 3 Applied mathematics courses in a Bachelor program.
- Charles Quin
The Michael Mihailavitch Eirhman Award
For the best performance by a student enrolled in a Mathematics program, in examinations conducted by the School of Mathematics and Statistics in any one year.
- Leah Shepard
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Prize for Statistical Methods in Social and Market Research
Presented by Sepideh Helali, Senior Statistician, Programme Performance, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.
The Department has graduate employment opportunities.
- Adrian Nicholas
The Alma Douglas Prize for Statistics
For the best performance in Statistics courses in the School of Mathematics and Statistics
- Michelle Dunbar
The IAPA Prize in Data Mining
For the best performance in MATH5836 Data Mining.
- Brett Hallam
Weather Company Prize
For the best performance in MATH3261 Fluids, Oceans and Climate.
Presented by Mark Hardy, Managing Director, The Weather Co.
- Brett Hallam
Weather Company Prize
For the best performance in MATH2240 Introduction to Oceanography and Meteorology.
Presented by Mark Hardy, Managing Director, The Weather Co.
- Damien Wee
The SAS Institute Australia Pty Ltd Prize
For the best performance in MATH2871 Data Management for Statistical Analysis.
Presented by James Enoch, Academic Program Manager, SAS Institute Australia, Pty. Limited.
Scholarships
- Charles Qin
George Szekeres Award
For a student entering final year Pure Mathematics Honours.
MCM/ICM Modelling Contest
- Jessica Egan, Gabriel McManus and Michael Thomson
Congratulations to the team for having achieved a 'Meritorious' result (top 14% of teams worldwide) in the MCM/ICM Modelling Contest for their paper on algorithms for generating sudokus of different levels of difficulty.
- Sabil Chowdhury and Nicholas Fewster
Congratulations on achieving an 'Honourable Mention' in the MCM/ICM Modelling Contest for your work in predicting the effects of sea level rise on Florida over the next 50 years.
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