Young Mathematicians Colloquium
University of Birmingham, 18th April 2018
The aim of this colloquium is to consolidate the network among young researchers and postgraduate students from all across the country, especially in the branches of mathematics studied in our school — algebra, analysis, combinatorics, applied mathematics and optimisation. The event will be divided into two parallel sessions (pure maths, and applied maths and optimisation), each of them with plenary talks and short postgraduate talks spread throughout the day.
Call for abstracts
Postgraduate students working in any field of mathematics are encouraged to submit an abstract for a short (25 minutes) talk. This includes students from the UK as well as abroad. Funding is available for students of the universities in the MAGIC network, see below. Limited funding is available for other students. The submission deadline is the 31st of March. Send submissions to pgbumps@gmail.com.
Programme
It is a pleasure to have the following as invited speakers:
Pure Maths
- Kenneth Falconer,
University of St Andrews: - Valentina Grazian,
University of Aberdeen: - Annika Heckel,
University of Oxford:
Applied Maths
- Daniel Jones,
INRIA and École Polytechnique: - Fabian Spill,
University of Birmingham: - James Sprittles,
University of Warwick:
The list of participants is also available.
Schedule
| Time | Pure Maths | Applied Maths |
|---|---|---|
| 09.30 - 10.00 | REGISTRATION | REGISTRATION |
| 10.00 - 10.50 | Kenneth Falconer Results and problems in fractal geometry |
James Sprittles Nanoscale free surface flows: modelling beyond Navier-Stokes-Fourier |
| 10.50 - 11.15 | COFFEE BREAK | COFFEE BREAK |
| 11.15 - 12.05 | SHORT TALKS | SHORT TALKS |
| 12.05 - 13.35 | LUNCH | LUNCH |
| 13.35 - 14.25 | Valentina Grazian I'm a fusion system, nice to meet you |
Daniel Jones Tropical cellular automata - why urban fires propagate according to polyhedral balls |
| 14.25 - 15.15 | Annika Heckel Colouring random graphs |
Fabian Spill Uncovering the malignant interplay of geometrical, physical and molecular drivers of tumour progression through mathematical models |
15.15 - 15.45 | COFFEE BREAK | COFFEE BREAK |
| 15.45 - 17.30 | SHORT TALKS | SHORT TALKS |
| Conference dinner in the evening (18:30). Subsidised in part by MAGIC funding for MAGIC students. | ||
The list of abstracts is now available!
Registration
The registration period is over.
There is limited funding available to help with travel, subsistence and, if required, accommodation costs for research students coming from MAGIC nodes. For the full list of universities participating in this initiative, please visit the MAGIC website. There is further limited funding to help with the costs for students from other universities. If you require this support, please get in touch with us.
Local information
The colloquium will take place at the University of Birmingham, which is located about 2 miles from Birmingham city centre. The university is most easily reached by train, University railway station being just a short ride from Birmingham's main New Street station. Full campus maps and directions to the university can be found here. The School of Mathematics is based in Watson Building (R15 on the map).
All the talks will take place in the Watson Building.
Participants are invited to make their own accommodation arrangements if they so require. Below, we list a few possible alternatives.
- Lucas House, university run accommodation (10 minute walk from the Uni)
- Renwick House, inexpensive hostel like accommodation (10 minute walk from the Uni)
- Ibis Budget Birmingham Centre, inexpensive hotel option (45 minute walk from the Uni; bus service also available, number 61 or 63)
- Alternatively, you can find suitable accommodation via a service such as booking.com
Contact us
Email: pgbumps@gmail.com
Alternative email: axe673 [at] bham [dot] ac [dot] uk
Organising Committee:
Alexander Brune,
Padraig Condon,
Alberto Espuny Díaz (chair),
Joel Mitchell.
Acknowledgement
We would like to express our thanks for the support we are receiving from the School of Mathematics, University of Birmingham, and the MAGIC group.
