Mathematics and Statistics students receive awards for excellence
Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics students were awarded for their outstanding academic performance in 2022.
Published on the 03 May 2023 by Susannah Waters
On Tuesday 2 May the School of Mathematics and Statistics held its annual prize-giving ceremony to award an exceptional group of undergraduate and honours students from the 2022 round of awards.
Certificates were conferred to the outstanding group of students by Head of School Professor Adelle Coster and Deputy Head of School Professor Josef Dick.
The awards recognised excellence across different stages of Applied Mathematics, Pure Mathematics and Statistics, and included awards for the top performers of the 2022 Simon Marais Competition.
A full list of recipients is listed below. A very warm congratulations to all of the School's prize winners!
Pictured above right, L-R: Derek Xu; Haibing Wang; Kaiyang Zhou; Jessica Xu; Wenxin Bian; Yingkun Huang; Adelle Coster; Tim Leask.
| AWARD NAME | ACHIEVEMENT | STUDENT AWARDED |
| School funded prizes | ||
| The Head of School's Prize | for the best performance by a student proceeding to the Honours Year | Lim, Steven |
| The School of Mathematics and Statistics Prize for 1st Year Actuarial Maths | for the best performance in MATH1151 and MATH1251 | Zhou, Kaiyang |
| The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize, Level 1 | for the best performance by a female in Level 1 Mathematics and Statistics courses | Xu, Jessica |
| The School of Mathematics Prize for Level 1 Mathematics | for the best performance in MATH1131 Mathematics 1A, MATH1141 Higher Mathematics 1A and/or MATH1231 Mathematics 1B, MATH1241 Higher Mathematics 1B in a Bachelor program | Xu, Derek |
| The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize, Level 2 | for the best performance by a female in Level 2 Mathematics and Statistics courses | Kolar, Jovana |
| The School of Mathematics Prize for Level 2 Mathematics | for the best performance in Level 2 Higher Mathematics units in a Bachelor program | Chen, Bruce |
| The School of Mathematics and Statistics Prize for Level 3 Applied Mathematics | for excellence in Level 3 Applied Mathematics courses in a Bachelor program | Ifti, Asm Shahriar |
| The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize, Level 3 | for the best performance by a female in Level 3 Mathematics and Statistics courses. | Wang, Weijie |
| UNSW Philanthropy | ||
| The Alma Douglas Prize for Level 3 Statistics | for the best performance in Level 3 Statistics courses leading into Honours Year | Economides, John |
| The George Szekeres Prize | for the best performance in Mathematics leading to Honours Year in Pure Mathematics | Luo, Louie |
| 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 | Mah, Anders |
| The Buchwald Award | for the best performance in Mathematics leading to Honours in Applied Mathematics | Kaplan, Joshua |
| Paradice/Wilson Asset Management | ||
| The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize, Level 1 | for the best performance by a female in Level 1 Mathematics and Statistics courses | Dwyer, Isabelle |
| The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize, for excellence in Level 2 Applied Mathematics | for the best performance by a female in Level 2 Applied Mathematics courses | Kolar, Jovana |
| The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize, for excellence in Level 2 Pure Mathematics | for the best performance by a female in Level 2 Pure mathematics courses | Li, Grace |
| The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize, for excellence in Level 2 Statistics | for the best performance by a female in Level 2 Statistics courses | Zhu, Xinran |
| The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize, for excellence in Level 3 Applied Mathematics | for the best performance by a female in Level 3 Applied mathematics courses | Sun, Bethia Jiening |
| The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize, for excellence in Level 3 Pure Mathematics | for the best performance by a female in Level 3 Pure mathematics courses | Wang, Weijie |
| The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize, for excellence in Level 3 Statistics | for the best performance by a female in Level 3 Statistics courses | Sun, Helen |
| Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize, for excellence in Honours Applied Mathematics | for the best performance by a female in an Applied Mathematics Honours program | Huang, Yingkun |
| Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize, for excellence in Honours Pure Mathematics | for the best performance by a female in a Pure Mathematics Honours program | Lee, Jodie Wei-Ning |
| Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize, for excellence in Honours Statistics Mathematics | for the best performance by a female in a Statistics Honours program | Bian, Wenxin |
| CITADEL Securities | ||
| The CITADEL Securities Prize, Level 1 Mathematics & Statistics Courses in a Bachelor Program | for best performance in Level 1 Mathematics & Statistics Courses in a Bachelor Program | Wang, Haibing |
| The CITADEL Securities Prize, Level 2 Mathematics & Statistics Courses in a Bachelor Program | for best performance in Level 2 Mathematics & Statistics Courses in a Bachelor Program | Chen, Bruce |
| SIMON MARAIS MATHEMATICS COMPETITON 2022 | ||
| Simon Marais prize | Top UNSW Sydney Individual Competitor (female) | Kolar, Jovana |
| Simon Marais prize | Top UNSW Sydney Individual Competitor (male) | Hui, Ezra |
| Simon Marais prize | Top UNSW Sydney Pairs Competitor (with Eva Lin) | Leask, Tim |
| Simon Marais prize | Top UNSW Sydney Pairs Competitor (with Tim Leask) | Lin, Eva |
| Simon Marais prize | Top UNSW Sydney Pairs Competitor (with Yasiru Jayasooriya) | Wang, Haibing |
| Simon Marais prize | Top UNSW Sydney Pairs Competitor (with Haibing Wang) | Jayasooriya, Yasiru |