LMS Prospects in Mathematics

Are you considering applying for Ph.D. studies in Mathematics for entry in 2013? If yes, this meeting is for you!

About the meeting:

The meeting is aimed at final year undergraduate (and MSc) students across the UK considering applying for Ph.D. studies in Mathematics for entry in 2013. The conference has the goal to introduce the many and varied opportunities for research in mathematics that exist at universities in the UK. Speakers will share their passion about mathematical research by describing the type of questions they are working on, and will discuss where their research topic is being actively studied in the UK. Moreover, information about the Doctoral Training Centers in Mathematical Sciences and funding opportunities will be available. The event will be held in Manchester 18-19 December 2012 and will be sponsored by the London Mathematical Society. The talks will be held in the afternoon of Tuesday 18 December and the meeting will finish in the early afternoon of Wednesday 19 December. The conference dinner on Tuesday evening and the various breaks will provide plenty of opportunity to interact informally with the speakers.

Confirmed speakers:

• Colm Caulfield, Cambridge.
• Anand Pillay, Leeds.
• Michael Wemyss, Edinburgh.
• Jane Hutton, Warwick.
• Chris Hughes, York.
• Nick Bingham, Imperial.
• Rob Scheichl, Bath.
• Sarah Whitehouse, Sheffield.
• Darren Crowdy, Imperial.
• Mark Holland, Exeter.
• Carmen Molina Paris, Leeds.

• STOR-i: Statistics and Operational Research Doctoral Training Centre, Lancaster.
• MASDOC - Mathematics and Statistics Doctoral Training Centre , Warwick.
• CCA -- Cambridge Centre for Analysis, Cambridge.

Program:

Tuesday, 18 December:

• 12.00 -- 1.00: Registration
• 1.00 -- 1.15: Welcome, overview of meeting and few words about funding for PhD studies.
• 1.15 -- 2.00: Colm Caulfield "Shaken or stirred? Inherent nonlinearity in fluid dynamics"
• 2.00 -- 2.45: Michael Wemyss "Interactions between Algebra and Algebraic Geometry".
• 2.45 -- 3.30: Jane Hutton "Modelling life and death: good life or bad drugs?"
• 3.30 -- 4.00: Tea break
• 4.00 -- 4.45: Presentations from the Doctoral Training Centres
• 4.45 -- 5.30: Mark Holland "Recurrence and Chaos in Dynamical Systems"
• 5.30 -- 6.15: Carmen Molina Paris "Mathematical Immunology at the molecular, cellular and population scales"
• 6.30 -- 9.00: Reception and Dinner Buffet

Wednesday, 19 December:

• 9.00 -- 9.45: Darren Crowdy "Lotus leaves, ketchup, and boundary value problems, fixed and free, in applied mathematics"
• 9.45 -- 10.30: Anand Pillay "Logic, model theory, applications"
• 10.30 -- 11.00: Coffee break
• 11.00 -- 11.45: Nick Bingham "Probability everywhere"
• 11.45 -- 12.30: Chris Hughes "Applications of Random Matrix Theory"
• 12.30 -- 1.30: Buffet lunch
• 1.30 -- 2.15: Rob Scheichl "Multiscale Problems: Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing"
• 2.15 -- 3.00: Sarah Whitehouse "Algebraic structures in topology"

Location and practical information:

The School of Mathematics is housed in the Alan Turing Building. On the University Campus map the building is marked as number 46. Lectures will be given in the Frank Adams room (on the first floor; follow the signs).

Further information about travel to Manchester and the School of Mathematics is available on the School webpages.

Accommodation will be at the

Google maps or this pdf copy of that webpage show you how to get from the Alan Turing Building to the hotel (and back!).

How to participate:

• evidence of the degree classification you are on track to receive (this could include a transcript and/or a letter from a member of staff at you institution -- please make sure that any email attachments with such information are contained in a single file in pdf format!) and include a statement that "I am on track academically to begin Ph.D. studies in 2013" or explain why you should attend if this is not the case.
• Your name and institution (as you wish them to appear on your name badge during the meeting).
• Any dietary requests.
• Gender (for equal opportunities and shared-room allocation purposes).
• An indication if you need accommodation or if you will be making your own arrangements. (Note that accommodation will be provided in shared hotel rooms with twin beds and ensuite bathroom; please let us know if you want to share with a particular participant.)
• Any other special requests.

Funding decisions will be made shortly thereafter. Late applications are considered at the discretion of the organisers.

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Some pictures of the Manchester event

Some of the presentations

• Matthias Heil: "Overview of meeting and a few words about PhD funding"
• Anand Pillay: "Logic, model theory, applications"
• Nick Bingham: "Probability everywhere"
• Francoise Tisseur: "Numerical linear algebra applications of Tropical Mathematics"
• Chris Hughes: "Applications of Random Matrix Theory"
• Rob Scheichl: "Multiscale Problems: Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing"
• Sarah Whitehouse: "Algebraic structures in topology"
• Carmen Molina Paris: "Mathematical Immunology at the molecular, cellular and population scales"
• CCA -- Cambridge Centre for Analysis: "PhD 2013"
• MASDOC - Mathematics and Statistics Doctoral Training Centre: "The MASDOC Opportunity"