Lectures and seminars

Deacon Linkhorn - Lindström's theorem

15:00 - 16:00 29 November 2019
This week's pure postgrad seminar will be given by Deacon Linkhorn at 3pm in Frank Adams 1. Abstract: Lindström's theorem says that no abstract logic satisfying both the Löwenheim-Skolem…

Jake Harris and Ellie Johnstone - Informal Applied Mathematics Seminar

15:00 - 16:00 29 November 2019
The Informal Applied Mathematics seminar will continue with a double bill from Jake Harris and Ellie Johnstone. Talks will take place in Frank Adams 2 (next to the Alan Turing Building's…

Jan Ackmann - Reduced Precision Computing for Weather and Climate Models

14:00 - 15:00 29 November 2019
Jan Ackmann from University of Oxford will be speaking at the seminar. Abstract : Weather and Climate (W&C) prediction models are required to satisfy strict time-to-solution and energy-to-solution…

(POSTPONED) Jon Pitchford - Mathematics in the Life Sciences Seminar

14:00 - 14:50 2 December 2019
(Room 3.44b Simon Building) Join us for this seminar by Jon Pitchford (York) as part of the Mathematics in the Life Sciences Series. Abstract to follow. To subscribe to the mailing…

DMDS Divisional Seminar - Monday 2 December 2019

13:00 - 14:00 2 December 2019
DMDS Divisional Seminar Date: Monday 2 December 2019 Time: 1.00pm Venue: Stopford Building, Room 2.823/5 Claire Deakin – “Integrated analyses of genomics and long-term outcomes in…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Nayanika Mathur - Monday 2nd of December 2019 - This seminar has now been cancelled

16:00 - 18:00 2 December 2019
Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Nayanika Mathur - Monday 2nd of December 2019 - This seminar has now been cancelled

CANCELLED Richard Nickl - Statistical guarantees for the Bayesian approach to inverse problems

12:00 - 13:00 3 December 2019
**This seminar has been cancelled due to the industrial action** We are planning to reschedule for the spring semester. Abstract: Bayes methods for inverse problems have become very…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Christina Lupton (Copenhagen): Queer Times for the Straight Book: Michel Serres and Maggie Nelson

17:00 - 19:00 3 December 2019
This event is part of CIDRAL's Work, Leisure, Culture strand. Christina Lupton (University of Copenhagen) will deliver a public lecture entitled 'Queer Times for the Straight Book:…

Kyle Pratt (Oxford) - Low-lying zeros of Dirichlet L-functions

15:00 - 16:00 3 December 2019
Join us for this research seminar, part of the Number Theory Seminar Series. Abstract: I will present work in progress with Sary Drappeau and Maksym Radziwill on low-lying zeros of…

Macro Seminar - Spyridon Lazarakis (Lancaster)

16:00 - 17:00 3 December 2019
Title: The Distributional Effects of Peer and Aspirational Pressure

Manchester Algebra Seminar - Quest for D-Affinity

14:00 - 15:00 3 December 2019
Speaker: Dmitriy Rumynin (Warwick) TITLE: Quest for D-Affinity. ABSTRACT: I am interested in the following problem: "classify all smooth connected D-affine projective varieties".…

Manchester Neuroimaging Seminar Series

15:30 - 16:30 3 December 2019
Manchester Neuroimaging Seminar Series - Holly Kings, CUBRIC, University of Cardiff, will give a talk entitled Investigating the impact of closed loop auditory stimulation upon sleep and memory

Maxwell, Manchester and Me Seminar

17:30 - 19:30 3 December 2019
This talk will take a look at the role of a research academic by tracking the journey of three different research programmes from their initial conception, through their various phases…

Seminar: A radical vision for the future of public service broadcasting? How to get involved...

12:00 - 13:00 3 December 2019
Join us for our next Computer Science Seminar with speaker Ian Forrester Ian, Senior Firestarter from BBC R&D will run through a number of the BBC R&D projects and how they merge…

CGP Research Seminar with Vicki Squire

15:30 - 17:00 4 December 2019
Please join the Critical Global Politics Research Cluster for a seminar with Vicki Squire (University of Warwick) Vicki's research cuts across the fields of critical citizenship, migration,…

CIDRAL Key Ideas Seminar: Michel Serres, The Troubadour of Knowledge: Led by Christina Lupton (Copenhagen)

14:00 - 16:00 4 December 2019
This event is part of CIDRAL's Work, Leisure, Culture strand. Christina Lupton (University of Copenhagen) will lead a CIDRAL Key Ideas Seminar entitled Michel Serres, The Troubadour…

CPPI Research Cluster Seminar with Kate Mattocks: ‘What does successful policy experimentation look like? Lessons from Canadian cultural policy’

15:30 - 17:00 4 December 2019
Please join the CPPI Research cluster for Dr Kate Mattocks (University of East Anglia), speaking on ‘What does successful policy experimentation look like? Lessons from Canadian cultural…

MANCEPT Seminar with Kimberley Brownlee

16:00 - 17:30 4 December 2019
Please join MANCEPT for a research seminar with Kimberley Brownlee (Warwick University). Kimberley Brownlee is a Professor of Philosophy. Her areas of expertise lie within moral, political,…

Organic/Inorganic interactions during analysis: Implications for life detection missions to Mars

13:00 - 14:00 4 December 2019
Dr Samuel Royle, Imperial College London, joins us for a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences seminar. Abstract below. Attempts by both current (Mars Sample Laboratory/Curiosity)…

Seminar: Aviation, shipping and the climate change challenge in Kilburn L.T 1.5

14:00 - 15:00 4 December 2019
Join us for the next Computer Science Seminar with speaker Professor Alice Larkin on Wednesday 4 December 2019 at 2pm in Kilburn L.T 1.5 In 2015 nations came together to draft the…

Applied Economics Seminar - Patrick Nolen (Essex)

13:00 - 14:15 5 December 2019
Title: TBA

Aviation and the Environment: New Regulatory Standard for Aircraft Engine non-volatile Particulate Matter Emissions

13:00 - 14:00 5 December 2019
The civil aviation sector has been forecast to grow at the rate of ~5% per year for the foreseeable future. There are increasing concerns about the impact of aircraft emissions on local…

CTIS Seminar: Shifting Characterisations of the ‘Common People’ in English Retranslations of Thucydides: A Corpus-based Analysis

14:00 - 15:30 5 December 2019
Characterisation is the process through which readers may distinguish from each other the various actors depicted in a narrative and develop an understanding of their individual traits…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr Adrian Curtis (University of Manchester) “Weeping at Bethel: An Old Idea Revisited.”

14:00 - 16:00 5 December 2019
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. These seminars are free with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute Q&A session. Tea and biscuits…

Elena Luca - Physical Applied Mathematics Seminar

14:00 - 15:00 5 December 2019
Elena Luca (UC San Diego) joins us for the Physical Applied Mathematics Series. This seminar is unusually scheduled for Thursday 5th December. The seminar will be in Frank Adams 1 at…

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