Institute of Mathematics and its Applications

East Midlands Branch

Timetable of events, 2003-2004 season:

• Thursday 18th September. Deriving Optimal Settings for Surround Sound Systems. Bruce Wiggins (University of Derby). 7.30 p.m. in the Heap Lecture Theatre, Kedleston Road Site, University of Derby.
• Tuesday 18th November. Computer Assisted Marking using the Internet. Chris Sangwin (School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Birmingham). 7.30 p.m. in Room GE004, Clifton Site, Main Building, The Nottingham Trent University.
• Wednesday 21st January. Statistics on Trial. Helen Joyce (Editor of Plus Online Magazine, Millennium Mathematics Project, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge). 7.30 p.m. in Room J001, Edward Herbert Building, Loughborough University.
• Thursday 19th February. Modelling Internet packet traffic. Professor D. Arrowsmith (Queen Mary, London). 7.30 p.m., Queens Building, De Montfort University, Leicester.
• Saturday 6th March. Branch Dinner at Midland Hotel, Midland Road, Derby (opposite Derby Railway Station). Meet 7.30 p.m. in the Main Bar for a meal starting 8.00 p.m.. Tickets for the dinner are priced at £21.50 each and are available from the Branch Secretary, Dr Stephen Hibberd; cheques made payable to ‘East Midlands Branch, IMA’, please. Bookings should be made by Monday 23rd February 2004.
• Thursday 25th March. The Mathematics of Road Collision Investigation. Dr. Roy Smith (De Montfort University). 7.30 p.m. in Room GE004, George Eliot Building, Clifton Campus, The Nottingham Trent University.
• Thursday 20th May. The Wonderful Physics of Gyroscopes and Boomerangs. Hugh Hunt (Cambridge University). 7.30 p.m. in Room B23, Maths & Physics Building, Nottingham University.
• Tuesday 22nd June. Joint Branch Social Event at the Heathcote Arms, Croft, Leicester. Apart from the date, arrangements are basically the same as last year: see below for directions and maps. 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, 2002-2003 season:

• Tuesday 8th October. Walking with Dinosaurs and Tree Climbing with Levi's (IEE event). Double Visual Effects Emmy-award winner: Mike McGee. 7.00 p.m. (Tea at 6.30 p.m.), Novotel Hotel, Bostock's Lane, Sandiacre, Nottingham. (See IEE East Midlands branch web site for detailed map.)
• Thursday 10th October. Modelling the Spread of HIV/AIDS. Professor J. Griffiths (Cardiff University). 7.30 p.m., James Went Building, City Site, De Montfort University, Leicester.
• Wednesday 13th November. Stamping through Mathematics. Robin Wilson (Open University). 7.30 p.m. in Room A1, Pope Building, Nottingham University. (Campus map.)
• Thursday 5th December. IMA Presidential Address 2002. Mathematics and Signal Processing. Professor J.G. McWhirter FRS FREng C.Math FIMA. 7.15 p.m. in Room GE004, Clifton Site, Main Building, The Nottingham Trent University.
• Friday 17th January 2003. Chebyshev Polynomials - here there and everywhere. John Mason (Huddersfield University). 7.30 p.m. in the Heap Lecture Theatre, Kedleston Road Site, University of Derby.
• Monday 24th February 2003. Data with Attitude: Data Approximation in Metrology. Alistair B. Forbes (Centre for Mathematics and Scientific Computing, National Physical Laboratory). 7.30 p.m. in Room J001, Edward Herbert Building, Loughborough University.
• Saturday 8th March 2003. Branch Dinner at Midland Hotel, Midland Road, Derby (opposite Derby Railway Station). Meet 7.30 p.m. in the Main Bar for a meal starting 8.00 p.m.. Tickets for the dinner are priced at £21.00 each and are available from the Branch Secretary, Dr Stephen Hibberd; cheques made payable to ‘East Midlands Branch, IMA’, please. Bookings should be made by Monday 24th February 2003.
• Thursday 27th March. The Magic of Soap Bubbles. A talk and demonstration by Dr Cyril Isenberg (University of Kent at Canterbury). 7.30 p.m. in Room B13, Mathematics & Physics Building, Nottingham University.
• Friday 16th May 2003. Close Encounters of the Martian Kind, Three Eclipses and a Transit. Michael McCabe (Portsmouth University). 7.30 p.m. in Room A1, Pope Building, Nottingham University.
• Tuesday 24th June 2003. Joint Branch Social Event at the Heathcote Arms, Croft, Leicester. 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, 2001-2002 season:

• Thursday 18th October. The Geometry of Mediaeval Gothic Windows. Hugh Williams. 7.30 p.m. in Room JW1.12, James Went Building, City Site, De Montfort University, Leicester.
• Friday 23rd November. What can Cryptography provide besides secrecy? R.J. Lance. 7.30 p.m. in Room J001, Edward Herbert Building, Loughborough University.
• Tuesday 22nd January 2002. Geometry Ancient and Modern. John Silvester (Kings College, London). 7.30 p.m. in James Went Room W1.12, City Site, De Montfort University, Leicester.
• Thursday 21st February. The Random Graph. Peter Cameron (Queen Mary College, London University). 7.30 p.m. in Room CM004, Main Building (a.k.a. George Eliot Building), Clifton Site, The Nottingham Trent University.
• Saturday 2nd March. Branch Dinner at the Midland Hotel, Midland Road, Derby (opposite Derby Railway Station). Meet 7.30 p.m. in the Main Bar for a meal starting 8.00 p.m..
• Friday 15th March. Juggling – Theory and Practice. A performance by Colin Wright. 7.30 p.m. Heap Lecture Theatre, University of Derby, Kedleston Road Site.
• Friday 3rd May. The Music of Numbers, Keyboards and Calendars. A performance by Professor Kevin Jones (School of Music, Kingston University). 7.30 p.m. Repton School, Derbyshire.
• Saturday 25th May. Informal Visit to Woolsthorpe Manor (Birthplace and Family home of Sir Isaac Newton.) Meet 2.00pm at Woolsthorpe Manor.

Timetable of events, 2000-2001 season:

• Saturday 16th September. Visit to Woolsthorpe Manor (Birthplace of Newton).
• Friday 20th October. Self-similar Syncopations: Fibonacci, L-systems, Limericks and Ragtime. Kevin Jones (School of Music, Kingston University). 7.30 p.m. in Room G006, Edward Herbert Building, Loughborough University.
• Thursday 7th December. Using Genetic Algorithms to incorporate taste into diet problems. Dr Stuart Berry (University of Derby). 7.30 p.m. in Room A1, Pope Building, University of Nottingham.
• Wednesday 10th January. Presidential Address: Mathematics of Impact and Impact of Mathematics. Professor S. Reid (Mech.Eng., UMIST). 7.15 p.m. in Room CM004, Main Building, Clifton Site, Nottingham Trent University.
• Friday 26th January. Juggling – Theory and Practice, a performance by Colin Wright. 7.30 p.m. in Room JW1.12, James Went Building, City Site, De Montfort University, Leicester.
• Wednesday 7th February. Mathematics and Bowls: the story of a search for an answer. Tom Roper (Leeds University). 7.30 p.m. in Room A1, Pope Building, Nottingham University.
• Wednesday 21st March. Beautiful Music - an amazing mathematical fluke. Malcom Savage (Branch Chairman). 7.30 p.m. in the Lecture Theatre, Angear Arts Centre, Nottingham University.

Timetable of events, 1999-2000 season:

• Wednesday 20th October. On the statistics of dimension. Professor Jonathan Blackledge (De Montfort University). 7.30 p.m. in the SERCentre, Hawthorn Building, De Montfort University, Leicester.
• Wednesday 17th November. Spread betting, or how to beat the bookies. Mark Dixon (City University). 7.30 p.m. in Room J001, Edward Herbert Building, Loughborough University.
• Thursday 9th December. Fuzzy logic - is it just a lot of Boole? Dr. Alan Stevens (Rolls Royce, Derby). 7.30 p.m. in the Heap Lecture Theatre, Kedleston Road Site, Derby University.
• Tuesday 18th January. Control of chaos. Dr. Des Hill (University of Western Australia). 7.30 p.m. in the Heap Lecture Theatre, Kedleston Road Site, Derby University.
• Tuesday 1st February. Mechanics and human motion. Tom Roper (University of Leeds). 7.30 p.m. in Room A1, Pope Building, Nottingham University.
• Monday 20th March. A tail of pi. Roger Webster (University of Sheffield). 7.00 p.m. at the George Green Windmill, Sneinton, Nottingham.
• Wednesday 22th March. Mathematics applied to archaeology. Bob Laxton (University of Nottingham). 7.00 p.m. at the George Green Windmill, Sneinton, Nottingham.
• Wednesday 26th April. Rationale and implementation of SARTOR 3. A Forum discussion chaired by Professor T. Easingwood (University of Derby). 7.30 p.m. at British Gas Research, Ashby Road, Loughborough.
• Wednesday 3rd May. A tail of pi. Roger Webster (University of Sheffield). 7.30 p.m. at Repton School, Derbyshire (meet at the Main Entrance).
• Friday 19th May. Fire from heaven - calculating doomsday's date. B. Steves (Glasgow Caledonian University). 7.30 p.m. in Room CM004, Clifton Site, The Nottingham Trent University. The Branch Annual General Meeting will precede this talk.

Timetable of events, 1998-99 season:

• Wednesday 7th October. Surface Fitting and its Applications to Global Minimum-Time Targeting and Control of (Chaotic) Dynamical Systems. M. Paskota (Derby University). 7.30 p.m. in Room J001, Edward Herbert Building, Loughborough University.
• Wednesday 11th November. IMA Presidential address: Mathematics at work. Professor H. Beker. 7.15 p.m. in Room A1, Pope Building, Nottingham University.
• Tuesday 1st December. The Bridges of Konigsburg and all that. David Poutney (Liverpool John Moores University). 7.30 p.m. in Room CM004, Main Building, Clifton Site, Nottingham Trent University.
• Wednesday 17th February. Four Weightings and a Funeral. G. Hesketh. Location: Derby University.
• March. The use of virtual reality in training. T. Mayfield. Location: De Montfort University.
• April. Industrial visit: Beeston Postal Sorting Office.
• May. Annual General Meeting (7.00 p.m.) and talk (7.30 p.m.) entitled "The magic lantern show - it's all Greek to me" by David Fowler. Location to be announced.
• July. Annual Dinner.

Timetable of events, 1997-98 season:

• Wednesday 19th November. The Mathematics of the Barbershop Quartet. M. Peters (Liverpool John Moores Univ.). 7.30 p.m. in Room A1, Pope Building, Nottingham University.
• Wednesday 18th February. Joint West Midlands/East Midlands Branch Open Forum with guest N. Steele. Leicester De Montfort University.
• Wednesday 4th March. Is Mathematics Education in the UK in crisis? Professor D. Burghes (Exeter University). 7.30 p.m. in Room CM004, Main Building, Clifton Site, Nottingham Trent University.
• Saturday 7th March. Annual Dinner. Midland Hotel, Derby.
• Tuesday 31st March. Making finanancial sense of the future. Graham Mitchell (Watson Wyatt Partners). 7.30 p.m. in Room J002, Edward Herbert Building, Loughborough University.
• Wednesday 13th May. Annual General Meeting (7.00 p.m.) and talk (7.30 p.m.) entitled "What the heck's 5 1/2 factorial?" by R. Webster (Sheffield University). Kedleston Road Site, Derby University.
• Tuesday 9th June. Industrial visit: Cropston Water Treatment Works.
• Friday 10th July. Quiz and Barbecue evening. Repton School.

Timetable of events, 1996-1997 season:

• Monday September 2nd at 12.45 p.m.. An Industrial Visit to Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd., Burnaston, Derbyshire.
• Tuesday 24th September. (Joint visit with IMechE.) Visit to the British Horological Institute, Upton Hall.
• Wednesday 9th October. IMA Presidential Address: Applied Mathematics Research - the key to the Engineering future. Professor David Crighton (University of Cambridge). 7.30 p.m. De Montfort University.
• Monday 4th November. (Joint with IMechE.) Operational Research Modelling to Increase the Output of a High-Tech Production Plant. Professor A.H. Christer (University of Salford). 7.30 p.m. in the Heap Lecture Theatre, University of Derby, Kedleston Road Site.
• Monday 2nd December. Sunshine on a Rainy Day: Chaos and Fractals in Simple Mathematical Systems. Dr. C.C. Beardah (The Nottingham Trent University). 7.00 p.m. in Room G030, Clifton Main Site, The Nottingham Trent University.
• Monday 3rd February. Who needs Mathematics Teachers now Technology does it all? Neil Challis and Harry Gretton (Sheffield Hallam University). 7.30 p.m. in Room A1, Pope Building, Nottingham University.
• Thursday 13th February. (Joint with RSS.) Public Opinion Polls: the 1992 Disaster and the Prospects for 1997. Professor T.M.F. Smith (University of Southampton). 7.30 p.m. in Room 004, Clifton Main Site, The Nottingham Trent University.
• Saturday 8th March. Branch Dinner. Midland Derby Hotel (Opposite Railway Station), Midland Road, Derby DE1 2SQ.
• Wednesday 14th May. Secret Mathematics. Gareth Davies (Coventry University). 7.30 p.m. in Lecture Room J001, Edward Herbert Building, Loughborough University.
• Wednesday 11th June. Industrial Visit. Church Wilne Treatment Works (Severn Trent Water). 7.00 p.m..