Teaching and outreach

Tutoring

I have been a tutor (i.e., a teaching assistant) for the following courses at UQ:

• Semester 1, 2024: MATH1071 (Advanced Calculus and Linear Algebra I, internal)

• Semester 1, 2023: MATH1071 (Advanced Calculus and Linear Algebra I, internal); MATH2301 (Linear & Abstract Algebra & Number Theory, internal)

• Semester 2, 2022: MATH2302 (Discrete Mathematics II, internal); MATH7861 (Discrete Mathematics, external)

• Semester 1, 2022: MATH2301 (Linear & Abstract Algebra & Number Theory, external); MATH3302 (Coding & Cryptography, internal)

• Semester 2, 2021: MATH1061/7861 (Discrete Mathematics, external)

• Semester 1, 2021: MATH2301 (Linear & Abstract Algebra & Number Theory, both internal and external); MATH3302 (Coding & Cryptography, external)

• Semester 2, 2020: MATH1061 (Discrete Mathematics, internal); MATH3306 (Set Theory & Mathematical Logic, both internal and external)

• Semester 1, 2020: MATH1061 (Discrete Mathematics); MATH2301 (Linear & Abstract Algebra & Number Theory); MATH2400 (Mathematical Analysis); MATH4303 (Advanced Combinatorics)

• Semester 2, 2019: MATH2100 (Applied Mathematical Analysis)

• Semester 1, 2019: MATH1050 (Mathematical Foundations)

QMSS

The Queensland Mathematics Summer School (QMSS) is a multi-day enrichment programme for students in Year 11. This summer school has been held annually since 2018, usually in January. The programme typically revolves around a series of lectures and tutorials, with the aim of exposing the students to concepts and challenges that are quite different from those seen in school. The rest of the time is filled by an assortment of workshops and activities.

To date, I have been involved in all seven editions of QMSS since 2018. My main role in the first five editions (from 2018 to 2022) was as a tutor. I have also presented workshops and lectures at various editions of QMSS, as detailed below.

Workshops

In the 2018 and 2020 editions of QMSS, the schedule included a 1-hour workshop that remained unfilled until a couple of days before the workshop was supposed to run. As a result, I ended up running semi-impromptu workshops on the following topics:

• 2018: Non-Euclidean geometry

• 2020: Distinct distances problem

Lectures

In 2022, 2023 and 2024, I presented the main lecture series for QMSS.

• 2022: I presented an abridged, 3-lecture version of Ben Burton's course on Machines and Mathematics, which discusses finite automata and regular expressions.

• 2023: I presented a 4-lecture version of the course on Machines and Mathematics.

• 2024: I presented a 3-lecture version of the course on Machines and Mathematics.