Master students
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Current Master students
- Pip (Phillipa Mareea) Arnold (2007-2009 part-time), Mathematics Education, supervised by Maxine Pfannkuch
- Thesis: Investigating the the development of specialised content knowledge in Statistics
- Tuan-Yow Chien (since S1 2009), Analysis, supervised by Shayne Waldron, Tom ter Elst
- Thesis: On the construction of finite tight-frames
- Paul Dick (since S1 2009), Algebra, supervised by Jianbei An and Eamonn O'Brien
- Thesis: Algorithms for blac-box linear groups
- Jason Florence (since S1 2009), Mathematics Education, supervised by Maxine Pfannkuch
- Thesis: Year 10 students probabilistic thinking
- Jin Won Lee (since S2 2009). Algebra, Supervised by Marston Conder
- Thesis: Graphs with cyclic symmetry
- Torsten Neher (since S1 2009), Algebra
- Thesis: Orders on multisets and case-based decision theory
- James Nelson (since S2 2009), Algebra
- Thesis: Bhargava's higher composition laws for quadratic forms
- Geon Oh (since 2008-2009), Differential Geometry, supervised by Paul-Andi Nagy
- Thesis: Linear Connections, their curvature and special frames
- Joann Palmer (since 2008), Mathematics Education, supervised by Mike Thomas
- Research portfolio: To be announced.
- Matthew Randall (since S1 2009), Analysis, supervised by Rod Gover
- Thesis: Submanifolds and naturally projectively invariant PDE
- Attique Ur Rehman (since S2 2009), Applied Mathematics, supervised by Philip Sharp
- Thesis: Numerical solutions for differential equations
- Jeanette Saunders (since 2009), Mathematics Education
- Thesis: Exploring undergraduates' orientation to Mathematics learning, supervised by Bill Barton
- Katie Sharp (since 2009), Applied Mathematics, supervised by James Sneyd
- Thesis: Calcium microdomains and calcium influx
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Master of Science and Master of Arts Alumni
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2009
- Samuel Mark Porath (2007-2009 part-time) , Applied Mathematics, supervised by Philip Sharp
- Thesis: Applications of the gravitational restricted three-body problem
- Valerie Ong (2008 - 2009) Mathematics Education, supervised by Hannah Bartholomew, Mike Thomas
- Research portfolio Changes in feeling and thinking about Mathematics in students at the Intermediate/High-school interface
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2008
- Anne Blundell, Mathematics Education, supervised by Maxine Pfannkuch
- Thesis: Transfer of students' statistical reasoning,
- Samuel Dillon, supervised by Boris Pavlov
- Thesis: Multiple-Eigenvalues perturbation and associated diagram techniques
- Dinushi Jayasuriya, Algebra, supervised by Marston Conder
- Thesis on: Graphs isomorphism testing
- Lina Khalaf, Research portfolio in Mathematics Education, supervised by Mike Thomas
- Research portfolio: The influence of graphic calculatorson the NCEA assessment level 1 in the sketching and interpretinggraphs standard
- Dawoomi Kim, Applied mathematics, supervised by Philip Sharp
- Thesis Modelling Selected New Zealand Stock Options Using a Non-Linear Black-Scholes Equation
- Dominic Searles, Algebra, supervised by Marston Conder
- Thesis: Exterior algebras - theory, examples and applications
- Callum Sleigh, Differential Geometry, supervised by Rod Gover
- Thesis: Bernstein-Gelfand-Gelfand complexes and Spencer cohomology
- Marina McFarland, Mathematics Education, supervised by Maxine Pfannkuch
- Thesis: Students' statistical thinking behind the choice of graphical representations
- Cathy Wu, Master of Arts-Mathematics Education, supervised by Mike Thomas
- Research portfolio: To be announced.}}
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2007
- Tara Rose A. Bonda, supervised by Eamonn O'Brien
- Thesis: To be announced.
- Robin Christian, supervised by Paul Bonnington
- Thesis: Induced Non-Separating Cycles, Bridges and Connectivity
- Gillian Anne Frankcom-Burgess, supervised by To be announced.
- Thesis: To be announced.
- Megan Leigh Jowsey, supervised by To be announced.
- Thesis: To be announced.
- Suzanne Kerr, supervised by Barbara Kensington-Miller
- Thesis: How year 13 students of Mathematics with Calculus develop their understanding through interactions in the classroom
- Viliami Latu, supervised by Hannah Bartolomew
- Essay: Essays and reflection on presentations as part of the requirements for a degree of Master of Science
- Thesis: The development of the Tongan Mathematical discourse
- John Christopher McCabe-Dansted, supervised by Arkadii Slinko
- Thesis: Approximability and computational feasibility of Dodgson’s rule
- Lynda Vivien Merriman, supervised by Maxine Pfannkuch & Andy Begg
- Thesis: Using media reports to develop statistical literacy in Year 10 students
- Robert Stafford, supervised by Rod Gover
- Thesis: Tractor Calculus and invariants for conformal sub-manifolds
- Joanne Woodward, supervised by Maxine Pfannkuch
- Thesis: Statistical thinking as modelled by two Year 10 teachers when teaching informal inference using box plots
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2006
- Matthew Auger, supervised by Marston Conder
- Thesis: Torsion-free Subgroups of Small Index in Coxeter Groups Associated with Compact Hyperbolic 4-manifolds
- Norma Jean Black, supervised by To be announced.
- Thesis: To be announced.
- Kok Theng Chan, supervised by Rod Gover
- Thesis: A Nonexistence Proof for a Conformally Invariant 6th Order Laplacian Type Operator in Dimension 4
- Lisa J. Darragh, supervised by To be announced.
- Thesis: Teachers Perceptions of the Factors Influencing their Decision Making in the Mathematics Classroom
- Elan Gin, supervised by Viven Kirk & James Sneyd
- Thesis: A bifurcation analysis of calcium buffering
- Christopher David Hay, supervised by Warren Moors
- Thesis: Separability with respect to the topology of pointwise convergence on the extrem points of compact convex sets
- Ku Azlina Ku Akil, supervised by Shixiao Wang
- Thesis: Stability Analysis in solid body rotation flow. A linear operator theory approach
- Jing Ma, supervised by Steve Taylor
- Thesis: Modelling the distribution of volcanic ash
- Johanna Maria Getruda McHardy, supervised by Mike Thomas & Constance Brown
- Thesis: Investigating the impact of a technology intergrated flexible programme on senior mathematics students learning
- Rogani Naidoo, supervised by To be announced.
- Thesis: To be announced.
- Stephanie Ng, supervised by Maxine Pfannkuch
- Thesis: Understanding PISA 2003. Student Mathematical performances between and within schools and what an international perspective can say about the New Zealand educational system
- Vithya Shanmuganathan, supervised by Philip Sharp
- Thesis: The Phase error of explicit Runge-Kutta-Nystrom methods
- Elisabeth Sneddon, supervised by Hannah Bartholomew & Bill Barton
- Thesis: Collaborative Tutorials and the development of team skills in Engineering Mathematics
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2005
- Weng Lam Elvinia Chan, supervised by To be announced.
- Thesis: To be announced.
- Yi-Lin Ho, supervised by To be announced.
- Thesis: To be announced.
- Abdulla Nazim Ibrahim, supervised by To be announced.
- Thesis: To be announced.
- Jeong Eun Lee, supervised by Collin Fox & Geoff Nicholls
- Thesis: Sample Based Inference for Inverse Obstacle Scattering
- Garry Robert Nathan, supervised by To be announced.
- Thesis: To be announced.
- Maree Shaw, supervised by Chris King
- Thesis: Mathematical techniques applied to Neuroscience
- Cynthia C. Sundram, supervised by To be announced.
- Thesis: A case study on the effects of tutoring on the tutors mathematics
- Arnold Wouter Luke Van den Heuvel, supervised by Maxine Pfannkuch & Bill Barton
- Thesis: Understanding probability
- Yu Wang, supervised by James Sneyd
- Thesis: Modeling the contraction of the smooth muscle in the lung
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2004
- David H. Grant, supervised by Rod Gover
- Thesis: A Conformally Invariant Third Order Neumann-type Operator for Hypersurfaces
- Jane Ho Jin Lee, supervised by John Butcher
- Thesis: Numerical methods for ordinary differential equations. A survey of some standard methods
- Malcolm James Walsh, supervised by To be announced.
- Thesis: To be announced.
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2003
- Ying-Hsuan Chen, suprvised by To be announced.
- Thesis: To be announced.
- Martin Gwengo, supervised by To be announced.
- Thesis: To be announced.
- Rula Jihad, supervised by To be announced.
- Thesis: To be announced.
- Barbara Kensington-Miller, supervised by Bill Barton
- Thesis: Professional Development of Senior Mathematics Teachers in Low-decile Secondary Schools in NZ
- Mark Li-Chen Liu, supervised by To be announced.
- Thesis: To be announced.
- Michael Richard Loretz, supervised by To be announced.
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- Ferna Mary Payne, supervised by To be announced.
- Thesis: To be announced.
- Robert Kieran, supervised by To be announced.
- Thesis: Numerical Solutions for the Perturbation of the Schrodinger Equation on Various Domains
- Edward Rosser, supervised by Colin Fox & Geoff Nicholls
- Thesis: Computational Inference in electrical impedence tomography
- Pui Sze Tse, supervised by John Butcher
- Thesis: Lie Group Methods in Geometric Integration
- Shing Shan Yim, supervised by To be announced.
- Thesis: To be announced.
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2002
- Ruby Cheng-Pei Chen, supervised by John Butcher & Robert Chan
- Thesis: Application of Trees to the Study of Runge-Kutta Methods
- Sikimeti Lu'isa Ma'u, supervised by To be announced.
- Thesis: To be announced.
- Helen Joyce McKenzie, supervised by To be announced.
- Thesis: To be announced.
- Jonathon Sim, supervised by Vivien Kirk & James Sneyd
- Thesis: Saddle-node/Hopf Bifurcations in a Physiological Model
- Sanja Timarac, supervised by Rod Gover & Wiremu Solomon
- Thesis: A Survey of Models and Numerical Techniques for Option Pricing
- Caroline Sokyong Yoon, supervised by To be announced.
- Thesis: To be announced.
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2001
- Wayland Leung, supervised by Arkadii Slinko
- Thesis: A statistical investigation of social choice functions
- Kathleen Anne Niederer, supervised by To be announced.
- Thesis: To be announced.
- Daniel Timarac, supervised by Joel Schiff & Philip Sharp
- Thesis: Using the One-step Method to find the Orbit of an Asteroid
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2000
- Lin Yi Chou, supervised by Philip Sharp
- Thesis: On order 5 and 6 sympletic explicit Runge-Kutta Nystroem methods
- Bethanna Marie Jackson, supervised by John Butcher
- Thesis: Effective order Runge-Kutta methods with zero spectral radius
- Alannah E. O'Sullivan, supervised by John Butcher
- Thesis: Hybrid Methods in Nordsieck Representation: A Theoretical and Practical Investigation
- Angela Tsai, supervised by Robert Chan
- Thesis: A Study of Extrapolation Applied to Hamiltonian Problems
- William Wright, supervised by To be announced.
- Thesis: General Linear Methods for Ordinary Differential Equations: Theoretical and Practical Investigation
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1999
- Nigel Damian Ellis, supervised by Sze Tau & Collin Fox
- Thesis: The development of a computerprogramm to approximate the acoustical analysis provided by a revoberation chamber
- Matthias Palm, supervised by Colin Fox & Geoff Nicholls
- Thesis: Monte Carlo methods in electric conductance imaging
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1998
- C. Alford, supervised by C. Claude
- Thesis: DNA computation: from Turing machine to H System
- S.K. Barik, supervised by R.Klette
- Thesis: An interactive computer vision course
- Hyuck Chung, supervised by Collin Fox
- Thesis: Conductance Imaging
- R. Curtis, supervised by Margaret Morton & Marston Conder
- Thesis: Subgraphs of Hypercubes with No Small Cycles
- P.Denny, supervised by P.Gibbons
- Thesis: Search and Enumeration Techniques for Incidence Structures
- Nicolette Goldwin, supervised by John Butcher
- Thesis: Almost Runge-Kutta methods
- Morteza Khomani, supervised by P.Fenwick
- Thesis: Study of Queue Prediction: A Fast Cell Scheduling Algorithm
- Jeong Seon Koo, supervised by H.Guesgen
- Thesis: DermatExpert: A Knowledge Based System for Dermatological Diagnosis through the Internet
- Alexander Kraegeloh, supervised by Boris Pavlov
- Thesis: Unstable dynamics on a markow backround and stability in average
- Emily Lane, supervised by Viven Kirk
- Thesis: Switching Induced by Complex Eigenvalues within a Structurally Stable Heteroclinic Network
- Angela Kar Man Ng, supervised by R.Klette
- Thesis: Towards 3D Model Reconstruction from Photometric Stereo
- L.Parsons, supervised by Graeme Wake
- Thesis: Modelling feeding behaviour of dairy cows in a paddock
- Jamie David Sneddon, supervised by To be announced.
- Thesis: To be announced.
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1997
- Ienau David Wickham, supervised by Graeme Wake
- Thesis: Dynamical systems models of the protein pool in animal growth
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1994
- Shing-Hoi Lee, supervised by M.Ronqvist & D.M.Ryan
- Thesis: Lagrangian relaxtion and dual based methods for solving crew rostering problems
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1991
- Peter Bruce Johnston, supervised by John Butcher
- Thesis: Local trunkation error estimation and dense output for Runge-Kutta methods
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1979
- A.N. Grace, supervised by John Butcher
- Thesis: Structural patterns in irreducible and fully indecomposable matrices
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1973
- Vaughan Jones, supervised by To be announced.
- Thesis: To be announced.
