Key speakers

Peter Cameron, (Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Queen Mary, University of London)

Title: Graphs defined on groups

Abstract:

As my title slide suggests, there are many people currently working on this topic, in Iran, India, China, and various other countries.

I will give a few results along the way. But my main purpose is to address the question: Why study graphs on groups? There are several reasons:

• We learn new results about groups.
• Using graphs we can characterise some important classes of groups.
• We might find some beautiful graphs in the process.

Thomas Britz (UNSW Sydney) 

Title: A Nice Proof of Wei's Duality Theorem

Abstract:

The Tutte polynomial was once an esoteric object known only to the then small community of combinatorialists. That changed when Greene (1976) pointed out the connection between this polynomial and weight enumerators, and how that connection provided a beautifully simple proof of the MacWilliams Identity (MacWilliams 1963) of coding theory fame. The Tutte polynomial is now of wide interest and appeal to the broader mathematical community who have found it lurking disguised in numerous areas of mathematics. Despite its present prominence, few are aware of how the Tutte polynomial provides another beautifully simple proof of a second celebrated duality theorem from coding theory, namely Wei’s Duality Theorem (Wei 1991). This proof, due to Duursma (2004), deserves better exposure, so this talk will present Duursma’s proof.

Gautam Srivastava (Brandon University)

Title: Blockchain Technology for the Internet of Medical Things

Abstact:

The healthcare industry has been at the cutting edge of technology since time immemorial. Hardware, software, medication, surgical procedures; the quality of care available to patients in 2022 has never been better. And yet, the administration and data management underpinning that care is severely lagging behind. In this talk, we will examine how Blockchain Technology may be a game changer for the Medical profession. The technology most commonly associated with Bitcoin could actually transform how we manage electronic medical records (EMR). Deploying EMR using blockchain has the potential to fundamentally disrupt the healthcare industry for good. During this tutorial, we will look at the pros as well as the cons of such implementations. We will dive into current research that is ongoing in this growing field and try to predict future directions this research may take. 

Accepted Papers

 01220-70001