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Events
A listing of mathematics-related events for the public (say,
up to and including undergraduate-level). Note: only countries are present
for which an event has been listed - add your country to the list! Please contact me if you would
like an event included; I can't promise to include everything but I will
do my best. I cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information given –
please check the links given in case of updates or corrections.
This list last updated: 25
August, 2010
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Argentina
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Australia
- Café Scientifique
- Imperfect Creation - The Gloriously Messy Universe
Presented by ABC Science, Breezeway,, Brisbane, Sunday 5 September, 3.00 pm - 5.00 pm
- Free Public Lecture Series
- Presented by Marty Ross and Burkard Polster
Melbourne Museum, Sunday mornings from 11.30 to 12.30 on 12th September and 17th October.
- Public Lecture
- "The life of π by Jonathan Borwein
The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Tuesday 28th September at 6.30pm.
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Belgium
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Canada
- Public Lecture and Open House
- at the Institute for Quantum Computing
University of Waterloo, Saturday 18 September, 10am–5pm (lecture by David Cory at 2pm, free but registration required)
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Denmark
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France
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Germany
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Ireland
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Italy
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Japan
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New Zealand
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Singapore
- Distinguished Visitor Programme
- Hung Hsi Wu's visit will include a public lecture
Monday 30 August – Saturday 4 September, programm tba
Spain
- Mathematics Education Event
- "Jornada Internacional: MATEMÁTICAS EVERYWHERE"
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 1 October
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Sweden
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United Kingdom
- Evening Lecture
- "Particle Laden Viscous Fluids and the Gulf of Mexico Oilspill" by Andrea Bertozzi, UCLA
Hosted by the Lighthill Institute at the London Mathematical Society, Wednesday 8th September 2010, 17.30– 19.00
- Popular Mathematics Events
- at the British Science Festival (in the programme search check the 'Free Keyword' box and type 'mathematics')
Birmingham, various venues/prices, 14–19 September
- Weekend School
- Paul Erdős and 'The Book' led by C.G. Rutherford and R Whitty
Oxford University, Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 September 2010.
- LMS 2010 Popular Lectures
- "Modelling the Circle of Life" and "Clutching at Random Straws" by Dorothy Buck and Matt Parker,
University of Birmingham, Wednesday 29 September, 6.30-9pm.
- Gresham College Geometry Lecture
- "Maths with Pictures" by John D Barrow FRS
at the Museum of London, Tuesday 5 October at 1pm
- Public Lecture
- "Triangular Relationships" by Patricia Fara
at Gresham College, joint event with BSHM, Thursday 4 November at 5.30
- Inaugural Lecture
- "Patterns and Invariants in Mathematics" by Nicole Snashall
University of Leicester, Tuesday 9 November at 5.30pm.
- Gresham College Geometry Lecture
- "Continued Fractions" by John D Barrow FRS
at the Museum of London, Tuesday 16 November at 1pm
- Gresham College Geometry Lecture
- "The Bounce of the Superball" by John D Barrow FRS
at the Museum of London, Tuesday 7 December at 1pm
- Gresham College Geometry Lecture
- "The Uses of Irrationality: Paper Sizes and the Golden Ratio" by John D Barrow FRS
at the Museum of London, Tuesday 11 January, 2011 at 1pm
- Gresham College Geometry Lecture
- "Benford's Very Strange Law" by John D Barrow FRS
at the Museum of London, Tuesday 1 February, 2011 at 1pm
- Gresham College Geometry Lecture
- "Doing Business in Intersellar Space" by John D Barrow FRS
at the Museum of London, Tuesday 1 March, 2011 at 1pm
- Free Public Lecture
- "The Importance of Proving Things" by
Mark Ronan
at Gresham College, Thursday 10 March, 2011 at 6pm
- One-day Meeting
- on Early Mathematics
at Gresham College, joint event with BSHM, Friday 6 May 2011 at 10.30
- Free Public Lecture
- "Undecidable and decidable problems in mathematics. A survey and some reflections, for the centenary of Turing's birth" by
Angus Macintyre
at Gresham College, Tuesday 17 May, 2011, 6pm
USA
- IMA Public Lecture
- Andrew W. Lo
at the
IMA, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Tuesday, September 21
- 2010 Einstein Lecture
- "The Cosmic Distance Ladder" by Terence Tao,
at AMS Western Section Meeting, UCLA, Saturday, Sunday, October 9–10
- IMA Public Lecture
- Jon Kleinberg
at the
IMA, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Tuesday, November 9
- Public Lecture
- Title and speaker to be announced
University of Purdue, Tuesday, November 16, 4:30 - 5:30 PM EST
- IMA Public Lecture
- Chris Volinsky
at the
IMA, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Wednesday, April 13, 2011
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