Abstract The CICE sea ice model is used extensively by climate and Earth system research groups, and also by operational centers for applications such as numerical weather prediction and guidance for military operations. This presentation introduces the physics represented by large-scale sea-ice models, discusses some of the challenges in applying sea-ice modeling tools developed for…
Understanding biological tissue growth and mechanics is of fundamental importance to a wide range of diseases and biomedical applications. In this talk I will attempt to summarise (too briefly, probably) an optimistically large set of continuum-mechanical modelling approaches and experimental investigations that aim to shed light on some of these processes in the context of…
Describing the distribution of vibrational energy in real world applications is challenging, especially in the mid-to-high frequency regime. A very promising way is using densities of rays and creating a transfer operator T by a method called Dynamical Energy Analysis. This has been used in a range of real-world scenarios ranging from gear boxes over…
The SIAM&IMA Student Chapter is organising a virtual PGR Showcase Event, giving PGR students the opportunity to present their work and ask for input from other PGR students. The virtual event is split into two parts: the first part taking place on the 28th of May (13:00-14:25) and the second on the 4th of June (14:00-15:45).
The SIAM&IMA Student Chapter is organising a virtual PGR Showcase Event, giving PGR students the opportunity to present their work and ask for input from other PGR students. The virtual event is split into two parts: the first part taking place on the 28th of May (13:00-14:25) and the second on the 4th of June (14:00-15:45).
Abstract British mathematicians responded to the First World War in a variety of ways. Some volunteered their mathematical skills for work at the Royal Aircraft Factory where they could experience the risky practice of flying, while others went to the National Physical Laboratory where, safely on the ground, they did experiments using wind tunnels. Another…
The first SIAM&IMA Student Time to Write event where PGR students, especially those currently preparing for annual reviews, have the opportunity to write together. They will also be able to give and receive feedback on their written work. It will be a mix of Pomodoro technique sessions with optional peer feedback sessions, taking place via Gather Town.
Join us for our next movie night, complete with free drinks and snacks! We'll show the film Gifted, which features seven-year-old Mary Adler with a remarkable mathematical talent. This is a good social activity and we promote joining the society before the movie and are available to talk to students afterwards about the Chapter and…
Explorations of visual hallucinations, and in particular those of Billock and Tsou , show that annular rings with a background flicker can induce visual hallucinations in humans that take the form of radial fan shapes. The well-known retino-cortical map tells us that the corresponding patterns of neural activity in the primary visual cortex for rings…
Watch the recording below. In the United States, the second Monday of October is commonly referred to as "Columbus Day", a holiday meant to commemorate the "discovery" of America by Christopher Columbus in 1492. However, given the false and problematic nature of this narrative, many Americans in recent years have begun rebranding this holiday as…
Abstract Motivated by recent work with biologists, I will showcase some mathematical results on Turing instabilities in complex domains. This is scientifically related to understanding developmental tuning in a variety of settings such as mouse whiskers, human fingerprints, bat teeth, and more generally pattern formation on multiple scales and evolving domains. Some of these problems…
Title A Good Mathematician is a Lazy Mathematician Abstract I am not sure when I first heard this phrase, I suspect it was used by one of my sixth form maths teachers, but I have increasingly come to realise how true this is – and what is more remarkable this laziness has actually shaped the…
