Congratulations to Daniel Catlin for passing his PhD viva! The viva took place on Friday 10 July. Daniel’s thesis was on “Understanding criminal networks.” His examiners were Tomáš Diviák (Manchester) and Anne Skeldon. Daniel’s principal supervisor was David Lloyd with second supervisor Giulia Berlusconi (Sociology). The photo below shows David, Daniel and Giulia at the post-viva celebration.
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On Thursday 16 July, a team of PGRs and ECRs from Mathematics (Owen Pennington, Stanislaw Biber, Jessica Furber and Laura Jones) and the Vet School (Emma Carter, Mahbod Entezami, and Wenzhao Zhang) visited and received a guided tour of the Ion Beam Centre at the University of Surrey. The visit was organised by Laura Jones. […]
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The 14th European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology was held last week (13th to 17th July) in Graz, Austria. It is a joint meeting of SMB (Society of Mathematical Biology) and ESMTB (European Society for Mathematical and Theoretical Biology). Esha Joshi, Daniel Knott and Anne Skeldon attended and gave talks. Anne gave a contributed […]
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Werner Bauer was in Edinburgh last week (29 June to 3 July) attending “Scientific Computing and Differential Equations” (SciCADE 2026). SciCADE is a major international conference that has been running every other year since 1995. It brings together experts in numerical analysis, computational science, and applications in physics, biology, engineering, and finance. Werner was an […]
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The XII International Workshop on Information Geometry, Quantum Mechanics and Applications 2026 was held in Policeta – Sun Rufo, in the south of Italy, last week (28 June to 4 July). This workshop is part of a series of meetings on quantum mechanics and its applications held either in Italy (Naples, Policeta), or Spain (Madrid, […]
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Matt Turner has been awarded a “Collaboration with Developing Countries” travel grant by the London Mathematical Society to fund a 10 day visit for Dr Sara Chikhi to visit the University of Surrey. Dr Chikhi’s home institurion is the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB), Algeria. The LMS scheme promotes the collaboration of […]
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