RESEARCH TALKS
Counting curves on surfaces - May 2016
Counting curves on surfaces - February 2016 (PDF)
Topological recursion for irregular spectral curves: A tale of two tau-functions - February 2016
The combinatorics of tetrahedron index ratios - June 2015 (PDF)
An introduction to the spin ELSV conjecture - December 2014
Topological recursion and the quantum curve for monotone Hurwitz numbers - October 2014 (PDF)
Topological recursion and the quantum curve for monotone Hurwitz numbers - October 2014
Topological recursion and the quantum curve for monotone Hurwitz numbers - October 2014 (PDF)
Counting surfaces: ribbon graphs, branched covers, and more - September 2014
Counting surfaces: ribbon graphs, branched covers, and more - August 2014
Gopakumar-Vafa invariants of toric Calabi-Yau threefolds - April 2014
An introduction to Gromov-Witten theory - March 2014
Counting ribbon graphs: A mixed bag of combinatorics, geometry, and physics - September 2013
Orbifold Hurwitz numbers and topological recursion - May 2013
Orbifold Hurwitz numbers and topological recursion - February 2013 (PDF)
Spin Hurwitz numbers - September 2012
Dominoes, dimers and determinants - August 2012 (PDF)
Surface tilings, Hurwitz numbers, and Gromov-Witten theory - August 2012 (PDF)
The geometry and combinatorics of moduli spaces - March 2012 (PDF)
The geometry and combinatorics of moduli spaces - January 2012 (PDF)
The geometry and combinatorics of Gromov-Witten theory - November 2011 (PDF)
Counting lattice points in compactified moduli spaces of curves - September 2011 (PDF)
An introduction to "An introduction to the volume conjecture" - August 2011 (PDF)
Counting lattice points in compactified moduli spaces of curves - July 2011 (PDF)
How to calculate in the infinite wedge space - May 2011 (PDF)

MORE RESEARCH TALKS
Counting lattice points in compactified moduli spaces of curves - May 2011 (PDF)
Young diagrams, Plancherel measure, and the semicircle distribution - April 2011 (PDF)
Lattice points in moduli spaces of curves - September 2010 (PDF)
The geometry and combinatorics of moduli spaces of curves - August 2010 (PDF)
Lattice points in moduli spaces of curves - May 2010 (PDF) (VIDEO)
Lattice points in moduli spaces of curves - March 2010 (PDF)
Lattice points in moduli spaces of curves - March 2010 (PDF)
Intersection theory on moduli spaces of curves via hyperbolic geometry - September 2009
A tourist's guide to intersection theory on moduli spaces of curves - September 2009
A new path to Witten's conjecture via hyperbolic geometry - May 2008
Intersection theory on moduli spaces of curves via hyperbolic geometry - April 2008 (PDF)
A tourist's guide to intersection theory on moduli spaces of curves - September 2007 (PDF)
A new path to Witten's conjecture via hyperbolic geometry - June 2007 (PDF)
From pairs of pants to Witten's conjecture - October 2004
Calculating the volumes of moduli spaces - October 2004
A remarkable identity for lengths of curves II - September 2004
A remarkable identity for lengths of curves I - September 2004
A naive calculation of the intersection numbers of moduli space - October 2003

SEMINAR SERIES
In Semester 2 (2011), Callum Sleigh and I organised a seminar series on the volume conjecture. For more information, please click HERE.

RECREATIONAL TALKS
Constant curiosity - May 2016
The hitchhiker's guide to geometry - January 2015 (PDF)
How, what, and why I think about maths - December 2014
How, what, and why I think about maths - November 2014 (PDF)
The mathematical art of tiling - September 2014 (PDF)
Doughnuts, coffee cups, and the shape of the universe - April 2014 (PREZI)
How twisty is your tangle? - August 2013
Variations on vertices and vortices - March 2013 (PDF)
Constant curiosity - August 2012 (PDF)
Musings of a mathemagician - June 2012
The secret life of a mathematician - June 2012 (PDF)
Constant curiosity - April 2012 (PDF)
Variations on vertices and vortices - September 2011
Variations on vertices and vortices - August 2011 (PDF)
Dominoes, dimers and determinants - October 2010 (PDF)
Constant curiosity - February 2010 (PDF)
The mathematical art of tiling - October 2008 (PDF)
How to win at tic-tac-toe - March 2007 (PDF)
Constant curiosity - March 2006 (PDF)
The mathematics of voting - October 2004
Art gallery theorems - May 2001
Mathematical titbits - September 2000