I spent some time yesterday remaking the E-Learning in Mathematical Subjects (ELMS) website, which has had an extended period of downtime since my previous webhost deleted my server without warning. ELMS is a research seminar series at Nottingham Trent University which I set up with Dr. David Fairhurst in 2005 and the website contains videos…
Mathematics Today August: University Liaison Officer’s Report
Enthusiastic individuals and persistent institutions Recently, on Twitter no less, I came across the following quote: “Without individuals, nothing happens; without institutions, nothing survives.”Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord This quote attracts me for two reasons. Firstly, I recently met a young mathematician interested in meeting others with similar academic interests. When I suggested he might want…
Podcast People 2008/9
The following people have contributed to the Travels in a Mathematical World Podcast this year: Philip Maini (mathematical biology), Noel-Ann Bradshaw (maths history; evolutionary algorithms for finance), Joanna Hartley (public transport modelling), Sarah Shepherd (maths news), Nira Chamberlain (mathematical modelling projects), Neil Goldwasser (dyslexia support and adult numeracy), Adrian Bowyer (his career part 1 &…
European Postgraduate Fluid Dynamics Conference at Nottingham
Last week I went to the University of Nottingham with an IMA stall for the 3rd European Postgraduate Fluid Dynamics Conference (EPFDC). This is a conference organised by, and aimed at, postgraduate researchers in fluid dynamics and related fields and was partly funded by a grant from the IMA. I attended the final day of…
Podcast: Episode 38 – David Spiegelhalter, Public understanding of risk
These are the show notes for episode 38 of the Travels in a Mathematical World Podcast. 38 is the magic constant in the only possible non-trivial normal magic hexagon. More about 38 from Number Gossip. More about magic hexagons from Wolfram Mathworld. Before the episode proper, I gave a little ramble on listenership to the…
Podcast: Episode 37 – David Mitchell, Channel coding and maths in engineering
These are the show notes for episode 37 of the Travels in a Mathematical World Podcast. 37 is prime, the number you get if a three digit number having the same digits is divided by its digit sum. More about 37 from Number Gossip. This week on the podcast we hear from David Mitchell of…
Podcast: Episode 36 – Maths news with Sarah Shepherd
These are the show notes for episode 36 of the Travels in a Mathematical World Podcast. 36 is the smallest number (besides 1) which is both square and triangular. More about 36 from Number Gossip. This week on the podcast I met Sarah Shepherd, PhD student at the University of Nottingham and Editor of iSquared…