Department of Mathematics

James E. Moore Jr -- Challenges in Quantifying Lymphatic System Transport and Immune Cell Trafficking [IN PERSON]

14:00 - 15:00 14 November 2022
Join us for this seminar by Jimmy Moore (Imperial) as part of the North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences. Details of the full series can be found here https://www.cms.livjm.ac.uk/APMSeminar/…

Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw lecture by Professor Kevin Buzzard: Will computers replace mathematicians?

18:00 - 20:30 15 November 2022
For decades now, computers have been much better than humans at calculating. But mathematical research is not all about calculating -- humans make conjectures and prove theorems. Until…

Manchester Algebra Seminar - Michael Livesey

13:00 - 14:00 15 November 2022
Speaker: Micheal Livesey Title: RoCK blocks for double covers of symmetric groups Abstract: Broué's conjecture posits that a block with abelian defect group is derived equivalent…

Manchester Number Theory Seminar - Francesco Ballini

15:00 - 16:00 15 November 2022
Speaker: Francesco Ballini (University of Oxford) Title: Hyperelliptic continued fractions Abstract: We can define a continued fraction for formal series f(t)=\sum_{i=-\infty}^d c_it^i…

Florian Schweiger - The maximum of log-correlated Gaussian fields in random environments (online)

15:00 - 16:00 16 November 2022
Florian Schweiger (Weizmann Institute of Science) will speak in the Probability seminar. (online) In recent years there has been a lot of progress in studying the extrema of logarithmically…

Logic seminar: Jonathan Kirby (UEA)

15:15 - 16:15 16 November 2022
Title: Quasiminimality of complex powers Abstract: Boris Zilber conjectured that the complex exponential field is quasiminimal: every definable subset is countable or co-countable.…

Tatiana Bubba - Deeply learned regularization for limited angle computed tomography, with a little help from microlocal analysis

15:00 - 16:00 16 November 2022
Join us for this research seminar, part of the SQUIDS (Statistics, quantification of uncertainty, inverse problems and data science) seminar series. Abstract: In recent years, limited…

Manchester Algebra Seminar - Sue Sierra

13:00 - 14:00 22 November 2022
Speaker: Sue Sierra Title: TBC Place: Frank Adams (this term the seminar will not be streamed online) Tea and biscuits 12:45 in the foyer

Manchester Number Theory Seminar - Roger Plymen

15:00 - 16:00 22 November 2022
Speaker: Roger Plymen (University of Manchester) Title: TBA Abstract: TBA Room: Frank Adams 1

Logic seminar: Vahagn Aslanyan (Leeds)

15:15 - 16:15 23 November 2022
Title: Model-theoretic Algebraic Closure in Zilber’s Field Abstract: I will explain how the model-theoretic algebraic closure in Zilber’s pseudo-exponential field can be described…

Robert Gaunt - Normal approximation for the posterior in exponential families (in-person)

15:00 - 16:00 23 November 2022
Robert Gaunt (University of Manchester) will speak in the Probability seminar. (in-person) The Bernstein-von Mises (BvM) Theorem is a cornerstone in Bayesian statistics. Loosely put,…

Thomas Barker -- Continuum modelling of flowing grains [ONLINE]

13:00 - 14:00 23 November 2022
Join us for this seminar by Tom Barker (Cardiff -- previously Manchester) as part of the North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences. Details of the full series…

Logic seminar: Brian Tyrell (Oxford)

13:00 - 14:00 28 November 2022
Title: Weil Descent on Modules Abstract: Given a finite extension of fields L/K (let's say of characteristic 0 and the extension is Galois) there is a "really nice" functor from the…

Manchester Algebra Seminar - Leo Margolis

13:00 - 14:00 29 November 2022
Speaker: Leo Margolis Title: Units in group rings and representation theory of C_p Abstract: The unit group U(ZG) of the integral group ring ZG of a finite group G is a long studied…

Manchester Number Theory Seminar - Elvira Lupoian

15:00 - 16:00 29 November 2022
Speaker: Elvira Lupoian (University of Warwick) Title: Two-Torsion Subgroup of Jacobians of Genus 5 Curves Abstract: Let C be a smooth, projective and non-hyperelliptic curve of…

Bertrand Gauthier - TBC

15:00 - 16:00 30 November 2022
Join us for this research seminar, part of the SQUIDS (Statistics, quantification of uncertainty, inverse problems and data science) seminar series. Abstract: TBC

Manchester Algebra Seminar - Emine Yilidirim

13:00 - 14:00 6 December 2022
Speaker: Emine Yilidirim Title: Categories from poset quivers Abstract: Let Q be a quiver which is simply a directed graph. We will talk about a construction of a new quiver Q'=(Q,P)…

Manchester Number Theory Seminar - Kostas Karagiannis

15:00 - 16:00 6 December 2022
Speaker: Kostas Karagiannis (University of Manchester) Title: The Galois module structure problem for Fermat curves Abstract: The function field analogy is a general principle that…

Dominykas Norgilas - Supermartingale shadow couplings (cancelled)

15:00 - 16:00 7 December 2022
Dominykas Norgilas (University of Michigan) will speak in the Probability seminar. A classical result of Strassen asserts that given probability measures $\mu,\nu$ on the real line…

Larisa Soldatova -- Data solutions for the robot scientist [ONLINE]

13:00 - 14:00 7 December 2022
Join us for this seminar by Larisa Soldatova (Goldsmiths) as part of the North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences. Details of the full series can be found…

Logic seminar: Uli Sattler (Manchester)

15:15 - 16:15 7 December 2022
Title: Description Logics, Ontology Languages, Modularity, and Automated Reasoning Abstract: Description Logics have been developed for knowledge representation and reasoning, and…

Omer Bayraktar -- Mapping human tissue architecture and pathology using spatial genomics [ONLINE]

12:00 - 13:00 8 December 2022
Join us for this seminar by Omer Bayraktar (Sanger) as part of the North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences. Details of the full series can be found here…

Carina Dunlop -- What do cells and tissues feel? The integration of cellular contractility, extracellular adhesion and tissue stiffness in mechanosensing.[IN PERSON]

14:00 - 15:00 12 December 2022
Join us for this seminar by Carina Dunlop (Surrey) as part of the North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences. Details of the full series can be found here https://www.cms.livjm.ac.uk/APMSeminar/…

Manchester Algebra Seminar - Gareth Tracey

13:00 - 14:00 13 December 2022
Speaker: Gareth Tracey Title: How many subgroups are there in a finite group? Abstract: Counting the number of subgroups in a finite group has numerous applications, ranging from…

Kostas Zygalakis - TBC

15:00 - 16:00 14 December 2022
Join us for this research seminar, part of the SQUIDS (Statistics, quantification of uncertainty, inverse problems and data science) seminar series. Abstract: TBC

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