Department of Mathematics

Logic Seminar - Mervyn Tong

15:00 - 16:00 18 February 2026
Speaker: Mervyn Tong (University of Cambridge) Higher-arity distality and hypergraph regularity In recent years, the intersection of model theory and combinatorics has been a fertile…

Probability Seminar: Jorge Yslas Altamirano - Heavy-tailed phase-type distributions

15:00 - 16:00 18 February 2026
Jorge Yslas Altamirano (University of Liverpool) will speak at the Probability seminar. Title: Heavy-tailed phase-type distributions Abstract: Heavy-tailed phase-type random variables…

SQUIDS Seminar: Kernel Quantile Embeddings and Associated Probability Metrics

13:00 - 14:00 18 February 2026
Speaker: Dr Masha Naslidnyk (University College London) Abstract: Embedding probability distributions into reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces (RKHS) has enabled powerful non-parametric…

Alex Browning -- Identifiability of Stochastic and Spatial Models in Mathematical Biology [IN PERSON]

14:00 - 15:00 23 February 2026
Join us for this seminar by Alex Browning (Melbourne as part of the Maths in the Life Sciences seminar series (and the online North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data…

Dynamical Systems and Analysis Seminar - Vicente Saavedra Araya

14:00 23 February 2026
Speaker: Vicente Saavedra Araya (University of Warwick) Title: Pointwise ergodic theorems along random sequences Abstract: A central problem in ergodic theory is to understand which…

Heilbronn Algebra Seminar - Coen de Valle

14:00 - 15:00 24 February 2026
TBA

Manchester Number Theory Seminar - Elvira Lupoian

15:00 - 16:00 24 February 2026
Speaker: Elvira Lupoian (UCL) Title: Torsion subgroups of modular Jacobians Abstract: In 1977 Mazur proved that the rational torsion subgroup of the Jacobian of the modular curve…

Logic Seminar - Calum Hughes

15:00 - 16:00 25 February 2026
Speaker: Calum Hughes (The University of Manchester) Title: Elementary axiomatisations of the (2,1)-category of groupoids Abstract: Axiomatising the notion of a set is not an entirely…

Probability Seminar: Indrajit Jana - CLT for LES of correlated Non-Hermitian Random Matrices

16:00 - 17:00 25 February 2026
Indrajit Jana (IIT Bhubaneswar) will speak at the Probability seminar. Title: CLT for LES of correlated Non-Hermitian Random Matrices Abstract: In this talk, We consider two (or…

Dynamical Systems and Analysis Seminar - Terry Soo

13:00 - 14:00 2 March 2026
Speaker: Terry Soo (UCL) Title: Entropy when the system is non-stationary Abstract: In joint work with Zemer Kosloff, we will discuss the dynamical properties of a seemingly innocuous…

Manchester Geometry Seminar - Lasse Rempe

15:00 - 16:00 2 March 2026
Speaker: Lasse Rempe (Manchester) Abstract. In 1965, cartographer L. P. Lee proposed using a conformal map of a tetrahedron to the sphere as the basis for a map projection with less…

Maths education seminar: Louise Walker on peer and self feedback

14:00 2 March 2026
Speaker: Louise Walker (University of Manchester) Title: Using peer and self-feedback to develop mathematical study skills. Abstract: This talk will describe how we developed the How…

Heilbronn Algebra Seminar - Amit Shah

14:00 - 15:00 3 March 2026
Title: Infinite discrete cluster categories and the index Abstract: The “cluster category” is a categorification of the cluster algebra, which has opened the door to a vast and growing…

Manchester Number Theory Seminar - Happy Uppal

15:00 - 16:00 3 March 2026
Speaker: Happy Uppal (Bristol) Title: Lines on del Pezzo surfaces Abstract: One of the crowning achievements of classical algebraic geometry is the Cayley–Salmon theorem, which states…

Logic Seminar - Asaf Karagila

15:00 - 16:00 4 March 2026
Speaker: Asaf Karagila (University of Leeds) Title: Intermediate models of ZF and weak versions of the Axiom of Choice. Abstract: It is a well-known fact that two models of ZFC with…

Probability Seminar: John Moriarty - Harmonic envelope representations for multidimensional optimal stopping

15:00 - 16:00 4 March 2026
John Moriarty (Queen Mary University of London) will speak at the Probability seminar. Title: Harmonic envelope representations for multidimensional optimal stopping Abstract: We…

Dynamical Systems and Analysis Seminar - Joaquin Carrasco Gomez

14:00 9 March 2026
Speaker: Joaquin Carrasco Gomez (University of Manchester) Title: A Modern Conjecture on Absolute Stability Abstract: The class of O’Shea–Zames–Falb multipliers currently yields the…

Manchester Geometry Seminar - Konstantinos Kourliouros

15:00 - 16:00 9 March 2026
Speaker: Konstantinos Kourliouros (Imperial) Title: Dynamical Propagation of Uncertainty: Contact Geometry, Statistics and Legendrian Singularities. Abstract: In this talk I will…

Heilbronn Algebra Seminar - Lleonard Rubio y Degrassi

14:00 - 15:00 10 March 2026
Title: Outer derivations on blocks of group algebras Abstract : Let G be a finite group and let k be a field whose characteristic divides the order of G. The derivation problem for…

Manchester Number Theory Seminar - Fred Tyrrell

15:00 - 16:00 10 March 2026
Speaker: Fred Tyrrell (Bristol) Title: TBA Abstract: TBA Room: Frank Adams 1

Logic Seminar - Manlio Valenti

15:00 - 16:00 11 March 2026
Speaker: Manlio Valenti (Swansea University) Title: Theorems as computational problems: an overview of Weihrauch reducibility Abstract: Weihrauch reducibility is a framework for studying…

Dynamical Systems and Analysis Seminar - Sophie Wright

14:00 16 March 2026
Speaker: Sophie Wright (University of Bristol) Title: Random covers of hyperbolic surfaces Abstract: Given a closed hyperbolic surface, we study random infinite-sheeted covers whose…

Manchester Geometry Seminar - Andrey Jivkov

15:00 - 16:00 16 March 2026
Speaker: Andrey Jivkov (Manchester) Title: What becomes of Geometry when the Manifold is gone? Abstract: Classical differential geometry describes physical systems as smooth fields…

Maths education seminar: Katie Steckles and Jon Shiach on group examinations

14:00 - 15:00 16 March 2026
Speakers: Dr Jon Shiach and Dr Katie Steckles (Manchester Metropolitan University) Title: Two-Stage Exams - implementing group assessment in an exam setting Abstract: At Manchester…

Maths education seminar: Richard Crossman on Mathematical Decolonisation

14:00 - 15:00 16 March 2026
Speaker: Richard Crossman (University of Durham) Title: Bring Down The Barricades! Clearing A Path For Mathematical Decolonisation Abstract: The process of decolonising higher education…

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