Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
East Midlands Branch
Welcome to the Home Page of the East Midlands Branch of the Institute of
Mathematics and its Applications (IMA). Here you will find details of upcoming
talks and events as well as details of how to contact branch committee members.
If you want more information about an event, or want to be added to our
electronic mailing list, please send an email to christian.beardah@ntu.ac.uk or to
the Branch General Secretary, Dr. Stephen Hibberd, Stephen.Hibberd@nottingham.ac.uk
The Branch Chair is Dr. Christian Beardah (Nottingham Trent University email: christian.beardah@ntu.ac.uk).
If you have any ideas or requests for branch events, please email us.
You can find more general information about the organisation at the Institute's Home Page.
Timetable of events, 2008-2009 season:
Click on the date for further details and an abstract.
- Friday 19th September 2008. Knots. A talk by Dr Stephen Huggett (Plymouth University). 7.30 p.m. in the Law Court Lecture Theatre, University of Derby, Kedleston Road Site [Campus map.]
- Tuesday 7th October 2008. Enigma, Bletchley Park & The Battle of the Atlantic. A talk by Dr. Mark Baldwin (M & M Baldwin, Booksellers & Publishers). 7:00 p.m. in the Queens Building, De Montfort University, Leicester [Campus map.] This is a joint meeting with BCS and IMechE.
- Tuesday 11th November 2008. Mathematics and Sports Engineering. A talk and tour by Professor Roy Jones (Professor of Sports Technology, Loughborough University). 7:00 p.m. for 7.30 p.m. in the Wolfston School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University [Campus map.]
- Wednesday 3rd December 2008. An Eulerian Journey. A talk by Emma McCoy (Imperial College London). 7:30 p.m. in Lecture Theatre 1, Ken Edwards Building, Leicester University [Campus map.]
- Wednesday 21st January 2009. Observatories without Telescopes: The Horizon Observatory and Giant Sundial on the Halde Hoheward, Germany. A talk by Dr Daniel Brown (Nottingham Trent University) followed by a tour of the NTU observatory. 7.30 - 9.00 p.m. at The Nottingham Trent University Clifton Site, CELS building, Room 015. This meeting will comprise a short talk followed by group tours of the NTU telescope and of previous images from the telescope. Due to restricted access, number are limited to 30 persons; please email: Stephen.Hibberd@nottingham.ac.uk> to book a place. [Campus map.]
- Wednesday 11th February 2009. Presidential Address: Effective Mathematics, Effective Mathematicians, by Professor David Abrahams (Manchester University). 7.30 p.m. in Room W003, Sir David Davies Building, Loughborough University [Campus map.]
Timetable of events, 2007-2008 season:
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- Thursday 13th September 2007. Branch Social Event at the Grainstore Brewery, Station Approach, Oakham, Rutland. (The location can found via the postcode, LE15 6RE, in Multimap). Meet by 7.30 p.m. in the bar for a group visit.
- Monday 15th October 2007. Maths, Magic and the Electric Guitar. A talk by David Acheson (Oxford University). 7.30 p.m. in the Law Court Lecture Theatre, University of Derby, Kedleston Road Site [Campus map.]
- Tuesday 13th November 2007. The Tay Bridge Disaster: Act of God or Gross Negligence. A talk by Peter R. Lewis (Open University). 7.30 p.m. in the Queens Building, City Campus, De Montfort University, Leicester [Campus map.]
- Thursday 6th December 2007. Euler - 300 years on. A talk by Robin Wilson (Open University). 7.30 p.m. in the Law Court Lecture Theatre, University of Derby, Kedleston Road Site [Campus map.]
- Tuesday 8th January 2008. The Duckworth-Lewis Method: 11 years on. A talk by Frank Duckworth (Royal Statistical Society). 7.30 p.m. in the Ken Ewards Building, Leicester University [Campus map.]
- Tuesday 19th February 2008. Genetic Algorithms. A talk by Dr Dick Pitt (Sheffield Hallam University). 7.30 p.m. in Room GEE004-LT1, George Eliot Building, Clifton Campus, Nottingham Trent University. [Campus map.]
- Tuesday 11th March 2008. Crowd Dynamics. A talk by Keith Still (Crowd Dynamics Limited). 7.30 p.m. in the Law Court Lecture Theatre, University of Derby, Kedleston Road Site [Campus map.]
- Saturday 19th April 2008. Branch Dinner at The Country Cottage Hotel, Easthorpe Street, Ruddington, NG11 6LA. Meet 7.30 p.m. in the private room for a meal starting 8.00 p.m.[Map.]
- Thursday 8th May 2008. Patterns in the Sand: the Physics of Granular Flow. A talk by Professor Tom Mullin (Director of the Manchester Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester) 7.30 p.m. in Room B13, Maths & Physics Building, University of Nottingham, University Park. [Campus map.]
- Thursday 12th June 2008. Joint Branch Social Event at The Bull's Head, The Nook, Cosby, Leicester. (The location can be found via the postcode, LE9 1RQ, in Multimap) Meet by 6.30 p.m. in the bar for a directed walk and quiz, or 7.30 p.m. in the Skittle Alley.
Timetable of events, 2006-2007 season:
Click on the date for further
details and an abstract.
- Sunday 10th September 2006. East and West Midlands Branch
Visit. Belgrave Hall, Leicester (at 1:00 pm) and Leicester Museum of Science
and Technology, Arts and Craft Steam Day (at 2:15 pm)
- Wednesday 4th October 2006. Presidential Address: From
Curiosity To Commerce, by Peter Grindrod. 7.00 p.m. in Room B13, Maths &
Physics Building, University of Nottingham. [Campus
map.]
- Wednesday 11th October 2006. Presidential Address: From
Curiosity To Commerce, by Peter Grindrod. 7.00 p.m. in Lecture Theatre 1,
Ken Edwards Building, Leicester University. [Campus map.]
- Thursday 16th November 2006. Rock Guitar In 11 Dimensions:
Strats, Strads & Superstrings. A performance by Dr. Mark Lewney. 7.30
p.m. in Room GE004, George Eliot Building, Clifton Campus, Nottingham Trent
University. [Campus
map.]
- Wednesday 6th December 2006. [Joint meeting with the British
Computer Society (BCS), Coventry University and Sigma.] Cracking the Cipher
Challenge. A talk by Simon Singh. 7.00 p.m. in the Goldstein Lecture Theatre,
Alan Berry Building, Coventry University.
- Tuesday 12th December 2006. The Future Of Mathematics Education
14-19: What Might It Look Like?. A talk by Tom Roper (School of Education,
University of Leeds). 7.30 p.m. in the Heap Lecture Theatre, University of
Derby, Kedleston Road Site [Campus
map.]
- Wednesday 24th January 2007. Statistical Modelling In Sport.
A talk by Dr. Phil Scarf (Salford University). 7.30 p.m. in the Heap Lecture
Theatre, University of Derby, Kedleston Road Site [Campus
map.]
- Tuesday 13th February 2007. [Joint meeting with the British
Computer Society (BCS).] The WASP Search for Extra-solar Planets: an IT Challenge
in Astronomy. A talk by Dr. Richard West (Department of Physics & Astronomy,
University of Leicester). 7.00 p.m. in the Charles Wilson Building, University
of Leicester. [Campus map.]
- Thursday 22nd February 2007. Marston’s Brewery Visit. The
Brewery, Shobnall Road, Burton on Trent, DE14 2BW. An Evening event has been
arranged for Branch members and their friends, starting at 7.00pm and lasting
approximately 3 hours. [Map.]
- Saturday 10th March 2007. Branch Dinner at The Country
Cottage Hotel, Easthorpe Street, Ruddington, NG11 6LA. Meet 7.30 p.m. in the
private room for a meal starting 8.00 p.m.[Map.]
- Tuesday 20th March 2007. MAESTRO to the Rescue.
A talk by Olivier Haas (Control Theory and Applications Centre, Coventry University).
7.30 p.m. in Room Q1.10, Queen’s Building, City Campus, De Montfort University,
Leicester. [Campus
map.]
- Wednesday 16th May 2007. Mathematics, Statistics and Horse Race Betting (or why Lucky Jim did not win the 3.00 p.m. at Newmarket! A talk by Tony Palmer (previously of De Montfort University). 7.30 p.m. in Room Q1.10, Queen’s Building, City Campus, De Montfort University, Leicester. [Campus map.]
- Tuesday 19th June 2007. Joint Branch Social Event at The Wheatsheaf Inn, Leicester Road, Thurcaston, Leicester. (The location can be found via the postcode, LE7 7JN, in Multimap) Meet by 6.30 p.m. in the bar for a directed walk and quiz, or 7.30 p.m. in the Skittle Alley.
Timetable of events, 2005-2006 season:
Click on the date for further
details and an abstract.
- Saturday 24th September 2005. Branch Visit to Rushton Triangular
Lodge, Northamptonshire. Meet for tour and talk at 11.00 a.m.. (For more information,
visit the English
Heritage web-site.)
- Tuesday 4th October 2005. The Geometry of Mediaeval Gothic
Windows. Hugh Williams. 7.30 p.m. in the Heap Lecture Theatre, Kedleston Road
Site, University of Derby.
- Friday 11th November 2005. Are we Star Dust or Nuclear
Waste? Robin Catchpole. 7.30 p.m. in Room B13, Maths & Physics Building,
University of Nottingham. [Campus
map.]
- Wednesday 7th December 2005. Good Vibrations: Some Counter-intuitive
Experiments in Vibration. A talk and demonstration by Hugh Hunt (Cambridge
University). 7.30 p.m. in Room B13, Maths & Physics Building, University
of Nottingham. [Campus
map.]
- Friday 24th February 2006. Juggling – Theory and Practice.
A performance by Colin Wright. 7.30 p.m. in Room Q1.10, Queen’s Building,
City Site, De Montfort University, Leicester.
- Saturday 11th March 2006. Branch Dinner at the Country
Cottage Hotel, Easthorpe Street, Ruddington, NG11 6LA. Follow the link for
more information and a map: http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?pc=NG116LA&cat=hot)
- Tuesday 28th March 2006. Imaging Skin in the Infrared and
Visible Regions of the Spectrum. A talk by Bryan Jones (Derby University).
7.30 p.m. in the Heap Lecture Theatre, University of Derby, Kedleston Road
Site.
- Wednesday 17th May 2006. Keeping the enthusiasm for mathematics.
A talk by Neil Challis (Sheffield Hallam). 7.30 p.m. Edward Herbert Building,
Room J002, Edward Herbert Building, Loughborough University. The East Midlands
Branch AGM precedes the talk and is scheduled to start at 7.00 p.m. in the
Manzioni Building.
- Wednesday 21st June 2006. Joint Branch Social Event at
The Wheatsheaf Inn, Leicester Road, Thurcaston, Leicester. (The location can
found via the postcode, LE7 7JN, in http://www.multimap.co.uk/.)
Meet by 6.30 p.m. in the Bar for a directed walk and quiz or 7.30 p.m. in
the Skittle Alley.
Timetable of events, 2004-2005 season:
Click on the date for further
details and an abstract.
- Saturday 25th September 2004. Branches Visit to Bletchley
Park. Meet 12.00 noon in front of the main house.
- Monday 11th October 2004. Let Buildings Design Themselves!
- The Use of Heuristic Techniques in Architectural Design. Boris Ceranic (University
of Derby ). 7.30 p.m. in the Heap Lecture Theatre, Kedleston Road Site, University
of Derby.
- Tuesday 16th November 2004. Mathematics of Software Testing.
Professor Rob Hierons (Brunel University). 7.30 p.m. in the Heap Lecture Theatre,
Kedleston Road Site, University of Derby.
- Monday 13th December 2004. Presidential Address: Applying
Mathematics. Professor T.J. Pedley, GI Taylor Professor of Fluid Mechanics
(Cambridge University). 7.15 p.m. in the Pope Building, University of Nottingham.
- Tuesday 18th January 2005. Public Key Cryptography. Clifford
Cocks (GCHQ Cheltenham). 7.30 p.m. in the Queen’s Building, City Site, De
Montfort University, Leicester. This is a joint Meeting with the British
Computer Society.
- Thursday 3rd March 2005. The Music of the Primes. Marcus
du Sautoy (Department of Mathematics, Oxford University). 7.30 p.m. in the
Heap Lecture Theatre, Kedleston Road Site, University of Derby.
- Wednesday 11th May 2005. The Mathematics of Chocolate.
Heather Tewkesbury (Smith Institute, Cambridge). 7.30 p.m. in Room J002, Edward
Herbert Building, Loughborough University. The 2005 Branch AGM will be
held prior to the talk, starting at 7.00 p.m. in the Manzoni Building.
- Wednesday 18th May 2005. Joint IMA/LMS Regional Meeting:
Open Discussion on the LMS-IMA Frameworks Study Initiative. Watson Building,
School of Mathematics, University of Birmingham. IMA members are invited to
arrive at 2.30 pm, 5.00 pm or 6.15 pm.
- Thursday 23rd June 2005. Joint Branch Social Event at The
Old Inn, The Square, Littlethorpe, Leicester. (The location can found via
the postcode, LE19 2HX, in http://www.multimap.co.uk/)
Meet by 6.30 p.m. in the Bar for a directed Walk and Quiz or 7.30 p.m. in
the Skittle Alley.
Archive of events from previous seasons
Information on events from previous seasons has been maintained to enable members
to see the types of events organised by the branch.
Committee members:
You should be able to email committee members by
clicking on the appropriate email address.
East Midlands Universities: