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Dynamical Systems and Analysis Seminar - Steven Robertson

14:00 - 15:00 14 October 2024
Speaker: Steven Robertson (University of Manchester) Title: Low Discrepancy Digital Hybrid Sequences and the t-adic Littlewood Conjecture Abstract: The discrepancy of a sequence measures…

Exhibition – Alison Wilding: Sculptor's Drawings

6 June 2024 - 12 January 2025
Alison Wilding: Sculptor's Drawings A display of newly acquired works on paper by the British sculptor Alison Wilding. Please note the Whitworth is closed on Mondays …

Exhibition – Barbara Walker

4 October 2024 - 26 January 2025
Barbara Walker 4 October 2024 – 26 January 2025 Please note the Whitworth is closed on Mondays Our autumn 2024 programme leads with the first-ever survey exhibition…

Exhibition – The ‘Death’ of the Life Room

6 June 2024 - 12 January 2025
The ‘Death’ of the Life Room 6 Jun 2024 – 12 January 2025 *Please note the Whitworth is closed on Mondays* Set against the backdrop of the 1950s this collection display highlights…

Fiona Whelan -- Gene-gene associations in microbes from human-associated microbial communities [IN PERSON]

14:00 - 15:00 14 October 2024
Join us for this seminar by Fiona Whelan (Manchester) as part of the North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences. More details about the joint series can be…

Hear me! Exhibition

1 - 31 October 2024
The Hear Me! science/art exhibition about impact of hearing loss, tinnitus and dizziness, which has just been installed at Students Hub in Jean McFarlane building. The exhibition…

Malgorzata Stelmaszyk (Manchester): Living the Dream: Nanai shamanic experiments and porous engagements in the Siberian Far East

15:00 - 17:00 14 October 2024
This presentation is about the ways in which shamanic practice is engaged in navigating and responding to the current climatic and geopolitical crisis in Far East Siberia through proposing…

Mandarin Corner (EVERY WEDNESDAY)

16:30 2 October - 17:30 4 December 2024
THIS IS A RECURRING EVENT - EVERY WEDNESDAY at 4:30PM – 5:30PM Mandarin Corner is back for another term and we're delighted to bring you more language practice and some cultural activities.…

MLF 2024: Joe Boyd

19:00 - 20:15 14 October 2024
“New technologies may divert our attention, but music created in the moment can still be found where it always has been, in the feet, fingers, voices and spirits of musicians in every…

Training Course on In situ experiments and Digital Volume Correlation

09:00 14 - 17:00 15 October 2024
Digital Volume Correlation (DVC) is a powerful experimental technique that computes 3D full-field displacement and strain maps from volumes images acquired during a deformation process…

Algebra seminar - Aluna Rizzoli

14:00 - 15:00 15 October 2024
Title: Generic stabilizers and how to find them} Abstract: Given the action of an algebraic group G on a variety Y, one of the most fundamental ways to understand the action is to determine…

DR GREGORY SCOTT: Buddhist Mass Media in Modern China [Research Talk]

17:00 - 18:30 15 October 2024
Join us for an in-person talk with Dr Gregory Adam Scott at Oddfellows Hall to learn more about Buddhist mass media in modern China. ABOUT THE TALK: Mass media, that is, media designed…

Getting started with secondary analysis

10:00 - 11:30 15 October 2024
Participants will learn about the key issues to consider when using secondary data analysis as a method. This introductory workshop will briefly cover the pros and cons of reusing data…

Macro Seminar - Tim Obermeier (Leicester)

16:00 - 17:00 15 October 2024
Title: Household Taxation, Work Hours Flexibility and Occupational Choice

Manchester Number Theory Seminar - Jack Sempliner

15:00 - 16:00 15 October 2024
Speaker: Jack Sempliner (Imperial College London) Title: On relations between the cohomology of some Shimura varieties Abstract: I will discuss some joint work in progress with Pol…

Social Statistics Seminar Series - Andrew Bell

14:00 - 15:30 15 October 2024
Intersectional Multilevel Analysis of Individual Heterogeneity and Discriminatory Accuracy (MAIHDA) - what is it, and how can it be extended for longitudinal data? The intersectional…

Team Research Microcatalyst Funding Launch

10:00 - 13:15 15 October 2024
Register Now! Team Research Community Event: Micro-catalyst Call Launch 2024/5 Date: 15th October Time: 10.00 – 13.15 Location: Jocelyn Bell Burnell Lecture Theatre, Schuster Building…

AI-Fun with ELLIS Seminar | Tolga Birdal: Topological Complexity Measures as Proxies for Generalization in Neural Networks

11:00 - 12:00 16 October 2024
The Manchester Centre for AI Fundamentals and Manchester's ELLIS Unit are co-hosting a series of seminars featuring expert researchers working in the fundamentals of AI. On 16 October,…

Brownbag - Abhishek Chakravarty

13:00 16 October 2024
Title: tbd

Division of Psychology & Mental Health September Research Seminar

12:00 - 13:00 16 October 2024
Please join us in October for the Division of Psychology and Mental Health PhD Student Research Seminar. Wednesday 16 October, 12:00 - 13:00 *Online Seminar*. For the divisional…

From Galaxies to Galacticos: data-driven decision making in professional football

15:00 - 16:00 16 October 2024
The quantity of data collected during professional football games has increased enormously over the last decade, as has the demand for techniques for gaining competitive advantage through…

Future Lives and Austerity - Austerity and Altered Life Courses online symposium

09:00 - 17:30 16 October 2024
The international online symposium has been designed in collaboration with brilliant partner organisations, institutions, and experts, and aims to amplify the experiences of young people…

IBIC Academic Workshop

10:00 - 16:00 16 October 2024
The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Catalyst (IBIC) invites you to an Academic Workshop on Wednesday 16th October 2024. This free, one-day, in-person event will take place at The…

Mark Chaplain -- Mechanical Models of Pattern and Form in Biological Tissues: The Role of Stress–Strain Constitutive Equations [ONLINE]

13:00 - 14:00 16 October 2024
Join us for this seminar by Mark Chaplain FRSE (St Andrews) as part of the North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Science. More details about the joint series can…

Statistics Seminar - Reproducibility of Statistical Hypothesis Tests

14:00 - 15:00 16 October 2024
Abstract: Reproducibility is of great importance for scientific research. While many practical issues affecting reproducibility have received much attention in recent years, the reproducibility…

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