Workshops Events and Seminars
Workshop
16-20 Oct 2017
Growth, Form and Self-Organisation in Living Systems
This workshop, closely related to D’Arcy Thompson’s legacy, focused on recent advances, mathematical challenges, and promising new directions in research on mathematical aspects of form in living systems. Stochastic models...
Events
10-10 May 2017
Rogue waves, tsunamis and solitons
A public lecture by Peter Clarkson, Kent In 1834, John Scott Russell, a Scottish engineer, naval architect and shipbuilder, first observed a solitary wave whilst riding on horseback beside the...
Events
23-23 May 2017
Polynomials, braids and you
A public lecture for curious people of any age by Benson Farb, Chicago Whether you like it or not, polynomials run your life : almost every equation that describes the...
Events
17-17 May 2017
From Newton and Itô to Rough Paths and Regularity Structures – Calculus for the modern world!
A public lecture by Terry Lyons, Oxford Newton, around 1665-7 developed his theory of fluxions which gave us the tools of calculus and differential equations. They provide mathematical models for...
Events
27-27 Jun 2017
Strange bedfellows: what do quantum mechanics, Google search, number theory, and tertiary admissions rankings have in common?
Strange bedfellows: what do quantum mechanics, Google search, number theory, and tertiary admissions rankings have in common? A public lecture by Aidan Sims,University of Wollongong Early in the 20th century,...
Events
19-19 Jul 2017
Pools of blood (public lecture)
Professor Keith Ball, (FRS, FRSE,) University of Warwick How should we design testing protocols for blood samples? This is a typical example of a problem in mathematical information theory. The...
Events
14-14 Sep 2017
Mary Somerville and the Secrets of the Universe
Mary Somerville and the Secrets of the Universe A public lecture by Elisabetta Strickland University of Rome “Tor Vergata” & Gender Interuniversity Observatory, Italy It is an astonishing experience to...
