West Midlands Branch
Welcome to the Home Page of the West 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 one of the committee members by clicking on the names below.
If you have any ideas or requests for branch events, please email us.
Chairman: Andy Verity-Harrison Treasurer: Martine Barons Secretary: Linda Brown
Committee Members: Gareth Jones, Colin Johnson and James Key
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17 May 2012 Patterned Segregation: Order out of Complexity by Professor Tom Mullin, Venue: Room 321d, 3rd Floor, Armstrong Siddeley Building, Coventry University No charge is made; non-IMA members welcome. |
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Forthcoming events 2012 |
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| Tuesday 26 June 2012 The Big Bang (West Midlands) Venue: ThinkTank (Birmingham Science Museum) For more details, see: http://regional.thebigbangfair.co.uk/westmidlands/ |
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| Tuesday 26 June 2012 LMS 30th Anniversary Popular Lectures Can Anything be Salvaged from the Wreckage of Hilbert's Dream? Professor Tim Gowers, FRS (University of Cambridge) and Attempting to Model the Mathematical Mind Professor Sir Roger Penrose (University of Oxford) Venue: Institute of Education, London |
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| Wednesday 26 September 2012 LMS 30th Anniversary Popular Lectures Can Anything be Salvaged from the Wreckage of Hilbert's Dream? Professor Tim Gowers, FRS (University of Cambridge) and Attempting to Model the Mathematical Mind Professor Sir Roger Penrose (University of Oxford) Venue: King Edward School, Birmingham |
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| Monday 15 October 2012 Presidential Address: Complex Systems in Science and Society by Professor Robert MacKay Venue: To be confirmed. |
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| Autumn 2012 What can our students learn from the old (mathematical) masters? by Snezana Lawrence Venue: To be confirmed. |
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| Autumn 2012 From complex sentiments to sentiment in complexity by Mike Thelwall Venue: To be confirmed. |
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| March 2013 Modern Cryptography by Richard Pinch Venue: To be confirmed |
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| May 2013 Rock Guitar in 11 Dimensions by Mark Lewney Venue: To be confirmed |
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| 2013 Euler – 300 years on by Robin Wilson Venue: To be confirmed |
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