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NZ Mathematics and Statistics Postgraduate Conference Top Students

Congratulations to Pedro and Josh

The University of Otago was successfully represented at this year’s New Zealand Mathematics and Statistics Postgraduate Conference, with Pedro Henrique and Josh Bardwell bringing home four of the six awards presented at the conference.

Pedro was awarded the “Reserve Bank of NZ’s people’s choice award” (presented to the most outstanding overall presentation), for the second year in a row, and also the award for “Top talk in applied mathematics” (presented to the most outstanding applied mathematics presentation).

Josh was awarded the “Runner-up people’s choice award” (presented to the second most outstanding overall presentation), and the award for “Top talk in pure mathematics” (presented to the most outstanding pure mathematics presentation).