Yeeka Yau

Dr. Yeeka Yau is an Education-Focused Lecturer at the School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney, where they returned in 2024 after academic appointments in the United States. They completed their PhD in 2021 at the University of Sydney under the supervision of Associate Professor James Parkinson.

Current research interests include:

• Geometric and combinatorial aspects of Coxeter groups
• Application of statistics and machine learning in historical cryptology
• Enhancing student engagement in large mathematics and statistics courses

Publications highlight contributions to algebraic combinatorics, automata theory, and computational group structures, with a focus on Garside shadows and Brink-Howlett automaton minimization. Their educational work includes a 2025-2027 University of Sydney SoTL grant for improving student belonging in first-year data science courses.

Teaching responsibilities for Semester 2, 2025 include MATH1062 Mathematics 1B (Statistics), MATH1115 Interrogating Data, and the data/statistics component of SCIE1001.