Top performing Mathematics and Statistics students honoured with awards for excellence

The School of Mathematics and Statistics held its annual prize-giving ceremony on Tuesday 4 March to celebrate exceptional undergraduate and honours students from the 2024 prize round.

The ceremony recognised students across various categories including best performance by year, best in discipline, high achievers in the 2024 Simon Marais Mathematics Competition, and recipients of industry-sponsored awards.

Several students received multiple honours, with Mayuri Aithala standing out by earning an impressive seven prizes.

Head of School Professor Andrew Francis conferred certificates to the students, alongside representatives from Optiver and IMC Financial Markets who presented prizes sponsored by their organisations. Following the ceremony, recipients enjoyed a morning tea with members of the School.

A complete list of award recipients appears below. Congratulations to all of the School's prize winners on their outstanding achievements.

• Student name

  Anders Mah

  Award name

  The Head of School's Prize

  Prize description

  for the best performance by a student proceeding to the Honours Year

• Student name

  Anders Mah

  Award name

  The George Szekeres Prize

  Prize description

  for the best performance in Mathematics leading to Honours in Pure Mathematics

• Student name

  Anne Chen

  Award name

  The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize in Level 3 Pure Mathematics

  Prize description

  for the best performance by a female in Level 3 Pure Mathematics courses

• Student name

  Darshpreet Singh

  Award name

  The IMC Financial Markets Prize - MATH1251

  Prize description

  for the best performance by a male student in Mathematics for Actuarial Studies and Finance 1B - MATH1251

• Student name

  Hei Tong Klio Ng

  Award name

  Optiver Excellence Prize for Women in Mathematics - Advanced Mathematics

  Prize description

  for best performance by a female in Mathematics & Statistics in Advanced Mathematics, 1st prize

• Student name

  Hugh Wheaton

  Award name

  The Alma Douglas Prize for Level 3 Statistics

  Prize description

  for the best performance in Level 3 Statistics courses leading into Honours Year

• Student name

  Jaiden Lam-Po-Tang

  Award name

  The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize in Level 2 Pure Mathematics

  Prize description

  for the best performance by a female in Level 2 Pure Mathematics courses

• Student name

  Jialu (Gabrielle) Fang

  Award name

  The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize in Pure Mathematics Honours

  Prize description

  for the best performance by a female in Pure Mathematics Honours program

• Student name

  Jini Gao

  Award name

  The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize in Level 3 Applied Mathematics

  Prize description

  for the best performance by a female in Level 3 Applied Mathematics courses

• Student name

  Jini Gao

  Award name

  The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize in Level 3 Statistics

  Prize description

  for the best performance by a female in Level 3 Statistics courses

• Student name

  Jini Gao

  Award name

  The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize - Level 3

  Prize description

  for the best performance by a female in Level 3 Mathematics and Statistics courses

• Student name

  Kaiyang Zhou

  Award name

  The C H Peck Prize

  Prize description

  for the best performance in Year 2 Mathematics by a student proceeding to Year 3 in the School of Mathematics and Statistics

• Student name

  Lily Annabelle Miranda

  Award name

  Optiver Excellence Prize for Women in Mathematics - the Bachelor of Data Science & Decisions

  Prize description

  for best performance by a female in the Quantitative Data Science Major in the Bachelor of Data Science & Decisions, 2nd prize

• Student name

  Margaret Ritchie

  Award name

  The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize in Applied Mathematics Honours

  Prize description

  for the best performance by a female in Applied Mathematics Honours program

• Student name

  Mayuri Aithala

  Award name

  The CITADEL Securities Prize

  Prize description

  for the best performance in Level 1 Mathematics and Statistics courses in a Bachelor program

• Student name

  Mayuri Aithala

  Award name

  The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize, Level 1

  Prize description

  for the best performance by a female in Level 1 Mathematics and Statistics courses

• Student name

  Mayuri Aithala

  Award name

  The School of Mathematics and Statistics Prize for 1st Year Actuarial Maths

  Prize description

  for the best performance in MATH1151 Mathematics for Actuarial Studies and Finance 1A and MATH1251 Mathematics for Actuarial Studies and Finance 1B

• Student name

  Mayuri Aithala

  Award name

  The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize - Level 1

  Prize description

  for the best performance by a female in two or more Level 1 Mathematics and Statistics courses

• Student name

  Mayuri Aithala

  Award name

  Optiver Excellence Prize for Women in Mathematics in 1st Year Actuarial Mathematics

  Prize description

  for best performance by a female in Mathematics & Statistics - 1st Year Actuarial Mathematics, 1st prize

• Student name

  Mayuri Aithala

  Award name

  The IMC Financial Markets Prize - MATH1151

  Prize description

  for the best performance by a female student in Mathematics for Actuarial Studies and Finance 1A - MATH1151

• Student name

  Mayuri Aithala

  Award name

  The IMC Financial Markets Prize - MATH1251

  Prize description

  for the best performance by a female  student in Mathematics for Actuarial Studies and Finance 1B - MATH1251

• Student name

  Minghu Wang

  Award name

  The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize - Level 2

  Prize description

  for the best performance by a female in Level 2 Mathematics and Statistics courses

• Student name

  Nina Kesby

  Award name

  The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize in Level 2 Statistics

  Prize description

  for the best performance by a female in Level 2 Statistics courses

• Student name

  Noor Iliana Binti Noor Ilias

  Award name

  Optiver Excellence Prize for Women in Mathematics - the Bachelor of Data Science & Decisions

  Prize description

  for best performance by a female in the Quantitative Data Science Major in the Bachelor of Data Science & Decisions, 3rd prize

• Student name

  Rayan Mehta

  Award name

  The School of Mathematics and Statistics Prize for Level 2 Mathematics

  Prize description

  for the best performance in Level 2 Higher Mathematics units in a Bachelor program

• Student name

  Richard Wang

  Award name

  The CITADEL Prize

  Prize description

  for the best performance in Level 2 Mathematics and Statistics courses in a Bachelor program

• Student name

  Samuel Tyler 

  Award name

  The School of Mathematics and Statistics Prize for Level 1 Mathematics

  Prize description

  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

• Student name

  Sarah Talsania

  Award name

  Optiver Excellence Prize for Women in Mathematics in 1st Year Actuarial Mathematics

  Prize description

  for best performance by a female in Mathematics & Statistics - 1st Year Actuarial Mathematics, 2nd prize

• Student name

  Senuli Thinaya Edirisinghe

  Award name

  Optiver Excellence Prize for Women in Mathematics - the Bachelor of Data Science & Decisions

  Prize description

  for best performance by a female in the Quantitative Data Science Major in the Bachelor of Data Science & Decisions, 1st prize

• Student name

  Shannon Giles

  Award name

  The School of Mathematics and Statistics Prize for Level 3 Applied Mathematics

  Prize description

  for excellence in Level 3 Applied Mathematics courses in a Bachelor program

• Student name

  Shannon Giles

  Award name

  The Buchwald Prize

  Prize description

  for the best performance in Mathematics leading to Honours in Applied Mathematics

• Student name

  Shaoxuan Niu

  Award name

  The IMC Financial Markets Prize - MATH1151

  Prize description

  for the best performance by a male student in Mathematics for Actuarial Studies and Finance 1A - MATH1151

• Student name

  Stella Gunawan

  Award name

  The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize in Level 2 Applied Mathematics

  Prize description

  for the best performance by a female in Level 2 Applied Mathematics courses

• Student name

  Xiao Wei Huang

  Award name

  Optiver Excellence Prize for Women in Mathematics - Advanced Mathematics

  Prize description

  for best performance by a female in Mathematics & Statistics in Advanced Mathematics, 2nd prize

• Student name

  Xinyu Li

  Award name

  Optiver Excellence Prize for Women in Mathematics - Advanced Mathematics

  Prize description

  for best performance by a female in Mathematics & Statistics in Advanced Mathematics, 4th prize

• Student name

  Xuechun Wang

  Award name

  The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize in Statistics Honours

  Prize description

  for the best performance by a female in Statistics Honours program

• Student name

  Yu Tyan Ng

  Award name

  Optiver Excellence Prize for Women in Mathematics - the Bachelor of Data Science & Decisions

  Prize description

  for best performance by a female in the Quantitative Data Science Major in the Bachelor of Data Science & Decisions, 4th prize

• Student name

  Yue Wing

  Award name

  Optiver Excellence Prize for Women in Mathematics - Advanced Mathematics

  Prize description

  for best performance by a female in Mathematics & Statistics in Advanced Mathematics, 3rd prize