Next week, in partnership with the Clay Mathematics Institute, we host Hatfest. This is a celebration of the new aperiodic monotile, with a public talk and workshops on the 20th of July and mathematical talks aimed at a broad audience on 21st July. Why not come and join us?
The speakers are Natalie Frank, Adolfo Grushin, Craig Kaplan, Jarkko Kari, Chaim Goodman-Strauss, Daniel Roca González, Rachel Greenfeld, Shrey Sanadhya, Lorenzo Sadun, Marjorie Senechal, Jamie Walton and our own Roger Penrose.
Mfano Africa is a mentorship platform launched in August 2020 which helps pre-PhD mathematics students to improve the quality of their postgraduate applications through research experience and professional training workshops. Following on from the programme’s success last year, Oxford Mathematics are fortunate to once again collaborate with Mfano Africa and its Founder and Director, Geoffrey Mboya, who completed his DPhil in Oxford earlier this year.
The department is running a programme of mock interviews for DPhil students and postdocs again this summer, to give individuals some practice in producing a job application and being interviewed. Interview panels will comprise both senior faculty with experience of recruiting in those roles and postdocs looking to develop their own experience.
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Imagination is the creative force for artists. But what about mathematicians and scientists? What part does imagination play in their work? What do the artist and the scientist have in common? And how do each envision things that will never be seen?
In this panel discussion two scientists and one artist, all leaders in their field, will provide an answer. They have more in common than you would think.