Join us for our movie night, complete with free drinks and snacks! We are showing A Beautiful Mind, a biographical drama based on the life of the schizophrenic Mathematician, John Nash, a Nobel Laureate in Economics and Abel Prize winner. Doors open at 16:15 for a 16:30 start. The movie is 2 hours and 15…
We're delighted to be hosting Alain Goriely for a talk via Teams. Abstract: The natural and artificial world around us is full of active filamentary structures that respond to external stimuli and modify their internal structures through growth or remodeling to achieve specific functions. For instance, to survive and to thrive, plants rely on their ability…
On behalf of the UoN SIAM & IMA student chapter, I would like to let you know that we will be hosting a movie night! The movie that will be shown will be Hidden Figures, starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe and others... ""Hidden Figures" is the incredible untold story of Katherine G.…
We're delighted to be hosting Peter Ashwin for a talk via Microsoft Teams Abstract The development of mathematical concepts, theories and applications has been enabled by the emergence of new technologies of thought and communication (media, understood in the widest sense possible) that have given new approaches to mathematical questions. These new approaches compete with…
On behalf of the UoN SIAM & IMA student chapter, I would like to let you know that we will be hosting a movie night! The movie that will be shown will be Interstellar. The film will be shown in Monica Partridge A03 on Wednesday 1st July at 5:00pm. There will be drinks and snacks provided! Please see…
On behalf of the UoN SIAM & IMA student chapter, I would like to let you know that we will be hosting a movie night! The movie that will be shown will be Good Will Hunting. The film will be shown in Chem X1 on Friday 30th September at 5:00pm. There will be drinks and snacks provided! After…
Location: Monica Partridge Building C10 SIAM & IMA Student Chapter External Speaker Seminar: Bridget Smart The SIAM & IMA Student Chapter are happy to host Bridget Smart, University of Adelaide, for a seminar talk Monday 24th October from 13:00 to 14:00. The talk will be held in person in C10, Monica Partridge Building. Abstract Social…
The SIAM & IMA Student Chapter is organising a PGR Practice Talk, giving PGR students the opportunity to present their work and ask for input from other PGR students. The event will be held on Monday the 14th of November, from 14:00-17:30 in Room D04, Monica Patridge Building (formerly known as Teaching and Learning building).…
Dear undergraduates, we are pleased to announce that the SIAM maths challenge returns on 25th November with £200 OF PRIZES TO BE WON! Questions will be available from 9-10AM in Pope A17, and online from 10AM at, with scores and prizes beginning at 5pm in the same place, where there will be food and refreshments! All undergraduate students…
We are pleased to announce that the SIAM Maths Challenge returns on 1st December with £150 WORTH OF PRIZES TO BE WON! Questions will be available from 9-10am in Pope A15 and online from 10am here on this page, with scores and prizes beginning at 2pm in Pope A14 where there will be food and…
Maria Angonese, Head of Innovation at SportAnalytics, is joining us for an exciting talk about maths and sport! Maria has a degree in Mathematics and over 10 years of consulting experience for top clubs, national teams, and leagues in various sports, particularly football and volleyball. She specialises in data analytics and custom metric development, with…
Linnéa Franssen, Principal Modeling and Simulation Scientist at Roche, is joining us to share personal reflections and suggestions regarding opportunities to enter the pharmaceutical industry from academia as a modeller. Linnéa holds a PhD in Mathematical Oncology from the University of St Andrews, following an MSci in Mathematics at the University of Glasgow. She joined…
