Events in the Department

Today:
This afternoon Fridays@4 is in the Dept of Statistics for their Florence Nightingale Lecture:

Professor Marloes Matthuis (ETH Zurich) - Causal learning from observational data

Mathematrix has teamed up with the Mirzakhani Society, the undergraduate society for women and non-binary students in Maths, to host a lunch on Wednesday 1st February from 1 - 2 in the boardroom (N4.01) on the top floor of the North Wing.

Wednesday was Burns Night, a celebration of the life and poetry of the Scots poet Robert Burns. Our friends across the way in Green Templeton College are celebrating with their annual Burns Supper tonight followed by a Ceilidh here in the Andrew Wiles Building to which you are all invited. 

How to give a talk - L1, 4pm

In this session, we will hold a panel discussion on how to best give an academic talk. Among other topics, we will focus on techniques for engaging your audience, for determining the level and technical details of the talk, and for giving both blackboard and slide presentations. The discussion will begin with a directed panel discussion before opening up to questions from the audience.

Prime numbers: Techniques, results and questions

Today, 4 pm, Lecture Theatre 1

Followed by a reception in the Common Room to celebrate our 2022 Fields medallist. You are all very welcome.

Prime numbers: Techniques, results and questions

Friday 20 January, 4 pm, Lecture Theatre 1

The basic question in prime number theory is to try to understand the number of primes in some interesting set of integers. Unfortunately many of the most basic and natural examples are famous open problems which are over 100 years old!

Anyone for a mince pi? Mathematical modelling of festive foods - Helen Wilson, UCL

Tuesday, 13 Dec 2022, 17:00

In this talk we'll look at a variety of delicious delights through a lens of fluid dynamics and mathematical modelling. From perfect roast potatoes to sweet sauces, mathematics gets everywhere!

Strong cosmic censorship versus Λ - Mihalis Dafermos, University of Cambridge

Friday 2nd December, 4pm, Lecture Theatre 1

Reception afterwards in the Common Room.

The Cafe will be serving Christmas lunch from 12 noon on Monday 5th December. You can reserve a table for your group or team by emailing: @email  

The Oxford Mathematics Christmas merchandise sale will take place outside Lecture Theatre 1 on Tuesday 29 November at 11am. Cash only. 

Christmas presents? Sorted.