Mon, 06 Mar 2023

15:30 - 16:30
L1

Brownian excursions, conformal loop ensembles and critical Liouville quantum gravity

Ellen Powell
Abstract

It was recently shown by Aidekon and Da Silva how to construct a growth fragmentation process from a planar Brownian excursion. I will explain how this same growth fragmentation process arises in another setting: when one decorates a certain “critical Liouville quantum gravity random surface” with a conformal loop ensemble of parameter 4. This talk is based on joint work with Juhan Aru, Nina Holden and Xin Sun. 
 

Song of the Week: Janet Kay - Silly Games

Lovers' Rock, romantic reggae put crudely, came to prominence in London in the 1970s, and has been a huge influence in the decades since, especially on R&B and hip-hop. One of film director Steve McQueen's recent Small Axe films was entitled Lovers Rock and featured this song, probably the best known of the genre.

Mathematrix Week 5: Applying for Academic and Non-academic Jobs

Our next event is on Thursday 10th November from 1-2 pm in N3.12, and is all about applying for academic and non-academic jobs. We will be joined by Frances Kirwan to talk about the various careers available for Mathematricians and how to be a successful applicant. There will also be a free sandwich lunch!

MAT in 10 minutes or less

On Wednesday over 5000 applicants took the Mathematics Admissions Test, the entrance test, as you know, used for undergraduate mathematics at Oxford, and other courses at Oxford and other universities. It's a two and a half hour exam. Here James Munro gives you all the answers in 10 minutes or less. Very popular on YouTube.

Modelling the Covid-19 Pandemic in the UK: The Weldon Memorial Prize Lecture 2022

The Weldon Memorial Prize is awarded annually by Oxford University for “noteworthy contributions to the development of mathematical or statistical methods applied to problems in Biology”. It was first awarded in 1911 and past recipients have included Fisher, Haldane, Bartlett, Cox, May and Maynard-Smith.

This year, for the first time in its history, the award is being given not to an individual but to a group of people, the SPI-M-O group whose epidemiological modelling supported the UK’s policy response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Carina Hong wins AMS-MAA-SIAM Morgan Prize

Congratulations to Carina who has received the 2023 AMS-MAA-SIAM Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize for Outstanding Research in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Student.

Carina was an undergraduate at MIT and is now doing an MSc by research here in Oxford, working with Ben Green.

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OUPS x Jump Trading: Tournament Poker

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The Oxford University Poker Society is running an night of tournament poker, with guest speakers from Jump Trading! The event is taking place on the 9th November at 5pm. Those who wish to attend should RSVP by the 4th November. 

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MAT (Mathematics Admissions Test) in 10 minutes or less

Yesterday over 5000 applicants took the Mathematics Admissions Test, the entrance test used for undergraduate mathematics at Oxford, and other courses at Oxford and other universities. It's a two and a half hour exam. Here Dr James Munro gives you all the answers in 10 minutes or less.

The MAT is used by Oxford Mathematics to help us decide which candidates to invite for interview.

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