Tue, 15 Jun 2021
14:30
Virtual

Numerical Relativity

Katy Clough
(Department of Physics)
Abstract

Numerical relativity allows us to simulate the behaviour of regions of space and time where gravity is strong and dynamical. For example, it allows us to calculate precisely the gravitational waveform that should be generated by the merger of two inspiralling black holes. Since the first detection of gravitational waves from such an event in 2015, banks of numerical relativity “templates” have been used to extract further information from noisy data streams. In this talk I will give an overview of the field - what are we simulating, why, and what are the main challenges, past and future.

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Some Observations on the Computational Sensitivity of Rotating Cavity Flows
 Hickling, T He, L (21 Sep 2020)
Thu, 24 Jun 2021

17:00 - 18:00

Equal Opportunity Cities (this lecture is open to everyone)

Sandy Pentland
(MIT)
Further Information

Using data from four continents, we show that diversity of consumption and of diversity of social exposure are perhaps the single most powerful predictor of life outcomes such as increasing neighborhood GDP, increasing individual wealth, and promoting intergenerational mobility, even after controlling for variables such as population density, housing price, and geographic centrality. The effects of diversity in promoting opportunity are causal, and inequality in opportunity stems more from social norms that promote segregation than from physical segregation. Policies to promote more equal opportunities within cities seem practical.

You can register here. Everyone is welcome.

Bernadette Stolz awarded the 2021 Anile-ECMI Prize

The Anile-ECMI Prize is given to a young researcher for an excellent PhD thesis in industrial mathematics successfully submitted at a European university. It was established in honour of Professor Angelo Marcello Anile (1948-2007) of Catania, Italy and consists of a monetary prize of 2500 Euros and an invitation to give a talk at the ECMI 2021 conference on Wedneday 14 April.

Optimizing deep brain stimulation based on isostable amplitude in essential tremor patient models
 Duchet, B Weerasinghe, G Bick, C Bogacz, R Journal of Neural Engineering volume 18 issue 4 (31 Mar 2021)
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