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The 3MT competition will happen on May 15'th.
Participants:
Khalil Besrour - University of Ottawa
Samuel Desrochers - University of Ottawa
Minh Dinh - University of Montreal, Polytechnique
Jerin Tasnim Farin - Queen's University
Niall Larney - Carleton University
Mithun Manivannan - McMaster University
Prangya Parida - University of Ottawa
The 3MT Competition is a great opportunity to practice and develop your science communication skills! If you would like to participate, please indicate this when you fill out your registration form.
Cash prizes:
1st place: $150.00
2nd place: $100.00
3rd place: $50.00
Rules for participants:
Each presentation must be a maximum of 3 minutes. Presenters exceeding 3 minutes will be disqualified. A timer will be provided.
Presentations are considered to have commenced when a presenter initiates speech.
Each presentation can have a maximum of 3 slides, including the title page.
The slides must be static: they cannot contain any animations.
The decision of the judging panel is final.
Judging Criteria:
Each competitor’s presentation will be assessed according to the criteria listed below.
Comprehension
The presentation should aim to:
provide a background to the research question being addressed,
clearly explain the significance and context of the research,
clearly state the key results of the research, including conclusions and outcomes, and
follow a clear and logical sequence, adequately explaining each part.
Communication and Audience Engagement
The presenter should aim to:
make the audience want to know more and maintain their attention,
be careful not to generalize their research,
convey enthusiasm for their research, and
project sufficiently and maintain a steady pace.
Mathematical Content
The presentation should aim to:
use mathematical symbols correctly and judiciously,
use a level of detail of the mathematics appropriate for both the research content and the intended audience,
include an appropriately substantial amount of mathematical content,
not overly generalize their research.
Panel of Judges
Panel of Judges
Professor Mike Newman
Professor Monica Nevins
Professor Kelly Burkett
2024
1st place: Masoomeh Akbari - University of Ottawa - On the Generalized Honeymoon Oberwolfach Problem
2nd place: Arman Jahangiri - University of Calgary - Binary Classification of High Dimensional Data using Quadratic Discriminant Analysis
3rd place: Mico Luo - University of Ottawa - Group Testing in Digital Signatures
2023
1st place: Runtian Zhou - Trent University - Mathematical Analysis in SIR Disease Model and its Threshold Quantity
2nd place: William Verreault - Université Laval - Nonlinear expansions in reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces
3rd place: Yizhen Teng - University of Ottawa - Robust estimation and prediction in the presence of influential units in surveys
2022
1st place: Christopher Beeler - University of Ottawa - Dynamic programming with reinforcement learning for nautical navigation
2nd place: Jody Krahn - University of Ottawa - Weight trimming in survey data
3rd place: Xiao Yang - Carleton University - An optimizer for PDE & Davoud Abdi - University of Calgary - Siblings of Some Binary Relational Structures
2021
1st place: Benoît Corsini - McGill University - Local tree exploration
2nd place: Raja M. Milad - Dalhousie University - Harmonic analysis on Affine groups
3rd place: Sean Leizerovich - Ryerson University - Search on an ℓp Disc
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