Rachel Bernasconi, Jessica Furber, and Elliott Sullinge-Farrall attended the SIAM UKIE National Student Chapter Conference 2023 (link here), hosted by the University of Oxford (1-2 June). Jessica presented a 12 minute talk, titled: “Spending Energy for a Reward: Understanding the Fine Movements of Badgers“; Rachel presented a 12 minute talk, titled “Owls, larks, and tongues. Sleep timing in the two-process model of sleep-wake regulation”; and Elliott spoke about his poster, titled “ Optimisation of a 1D Family of Polyconvex Functionals”. The pictures below show (i) the team outside the venue, (ii) Jessica speaking, (iii) Rachel speaking, and (iv) Elliott describing his poster.
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