I have been listening to music through Spotify, the ad-supported streaming music service. On the application home page this recommends “Artists you may like”. This morning I turned on and it had a fairly eclectic mix – Motörhead, Marilyn Manson, Faster Pussycat, Pantera,… Wham! and George Michael. I presume this ‘personalised’ list is based on…
So I have a blog (redux)
Back in the first post on this blog, I suggested the purpose of this blog is to “keep track of where I go and highlight any interesting tidbits I pick up along the way”. As time has gone on my use of the blog has expanded to include aspects of my other work, in maths…
E-Learning in Mathematical Subjects online videos
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…