It is with huge sadness and a profound sense of loss that we must announce that Vicky Neale, teacher, advocate, inspiration and much loved colleague, died on May 3 after a long illness.
Vicky is well known to many people in the mathematical community and beyond, from fellow academics to the many schools that she visited and, most of all, through her many lectures, talks and films. Her digital footprint is a fitting and wonderful legacy.
Mathematrix x Mirzakhani : Short Talks and Q&A with Female PhD students/Postdocs
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Female PhD students and Postdocs will be giving short talks about their research. This will be followed by a Q&A and a chance to mingle with the speakers over lunch.
Speakers:
- Rhiannon Savage, DPhil Student in Algebra and Geometry
- Shanshan Hua, DPhil Student in Functional Analysis
- Silvia Butti, Postdoc in Theoretical Computer Science
- Anna Berryman, DPhil Student in OCIAM (Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics)
- Carmen Jorge Diaz, DPhil Student in Mathematical Physics
Mathematrix: Navigating Conferences as a Minority
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With conference season fast approaching, we will be meeting up to discuss our experiences of going to conferences and how best to prepare for them as a minority in Mathematics.
Diffusion Limited Aggregation: what we do and do not know about it
Abstract
Diffusion Limited Aggregation is a very simple mathematical model which describes a wide range of natural phenomena. Despite its simplicity, there is very little progress in understanding its large-scale structure. Since its introduction by Witten and Sander over 40 years ago, there was only one mathematical result. In 1987 Kesten obtained an upper bound on the growth rate. In this talk I will discuss DLA and some related models and the recent progress in understanding DLA. In particular, a new simpler proof of Kesten result which generalizes to other aggregation models.
We are pleased to announce that Oxford Mathematician Alison Etheridge has been elected as an international member of the National Academy of Sciences in the United States.