The Mathematics and Physics Postgraduate Research Conference was held this week (on Tuesday 16 January). The Organising Committee consisted of Jessica Furber, Laura Jones, Ryan Poole, and Elliott Sullinge-Farrall, with Laura and Jessica taking the lead as Principal Organisers. This event showcases the research of current PhD students. This year it included a guest speaker […]
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Camilla Nobili is visiting Imperial College London today (Thursday 18 January) to give a talk in the London Analysis and Probability Seminar. Her talk is on “Scaling laws in turbulent convection” and a link to abstract and other details can be found at the LAPS website. The event is being held in the Thomas Huxley […]
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The paper “The maths of rightwing populism: easy answers + confidence = reassuring certainty“, authored by Dorje Brody, has been published today (18 January) in The Conversation. Populism appears to be enjoying a surge across the western world. For those who don’t support the parties of populism, their appeal can be baffling and unsettling. They […]
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On Wednesday 10 January, the Interface Group in Mathematics organised a one-day Workshop on “Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence in Health, Social Networks, and Climate and Sustainability“. The workshop was held as part of a series of workshops associated with the “Surrey Institute for People-Centred Artificial Intelligence (PAI)“. The Principal Organiser of the workshop was Werner […]
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A team from Surrey (Werner Bauer, Paul Bergold, Cesare Tronci, and David Martinez Crespo) are in Bristol this week (8-10 January) for the CHAMPS 3-day workshop on “Electron and Nuclear Dynamics in Phase Space“. David Martinez Crespo is a visiting PhD student from Spain. David and Paul are presenting posters and Cesare is giving a […]
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Dan Hill, a Humboldt Research Fellow at the University of Saarland, is visiting the Interface Group this week (Wednesday to Friday, 4-6 January). The University of Saarland is just outside Saarbrücken in northwest Germany. His host for the visit is Dave Lloyd. They are working together on various questions in pattern formation, in particular dihedral […]
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