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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.
Events which are online are available everywhere subject to internet restrictions and are listed under letter O.
This list last updated: 18 May, 2013
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Argentina
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Australia
- Public Lecture
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"The Mathematics and Economics of Marine Protected Areas"
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Prof Hugh Possingham
Brisbane, Queensland, Monday May 20th 6.30–7.30
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Belgium
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Canada
- Public Lecture
- Avner Magen Memorial Lecture by Bernard Chazelle
Fields Institute, Toronto,
Friday May 31
- 2013 International Year of Statistics Public Lecture Series
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September 12, 2013, 4pm: “Statistics: the new sexy?” by Rob Tibshirani
October 10, 2013, 4pm: “Computationally Intensive Biology Problems” by Robert Gentleman
November 21, 2013, 4pm: “Smart Use of Smart Phones and other Mobile Devices to Improve Health” by Prof Susan Murphy
Series hosted by Department of Statistics, University of Toronto
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Denmark
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France
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Germany
- Mathematics of Planet Earth Lecture
- "CliMathematics: Models, Data, Structures" by Rupert Klein
Freie Universität Berlin, 5pm Friday May 23
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Hong Kong
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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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Norway
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Online
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Singapore
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South Africa
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Spain
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Sweden
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Switzerland
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United Kingdom
- Café Scientifique
- "What is the use of quantum information theory?" by Jonathan Oppenheim
Royal Society, London, Monday May 20, 6.30-8pm (doors & café open at 6)
- Day School
- "Tau vs Pi: Fixing a 250-year old mistake" by Robin Whitty and Robin Wilson
Oxford University, Saturday June 1
- 2013 LMS Popular Lectures
- "Mathematics in the Courtroom" by Ray Hill and "Addictive Number Theory" by Vicky Neale
London, Tuesday 25 June at 7pm and Birmingham, Thursday 26 September at 6.30pm. Free tickets via the above link.
- Exhibition
- Summer Science Exhibition 2013
Royal Society, London, Tuesday July 2– Sunday July 7
- Panel Discussion
- "Curious maths: finding the solution" with June Barrow-Green, Marcus du Sautoy and Ian Stewart
Royal Society, London, 6.30-8pm, Saturday 6 July. Registration required
- Public Lecture
- "John Wallis’s Lecture on the Parallel Postulate" by Jeremy Gray, preceded by short talks by Benjamin Wardhaugh
and Philip Beeley
Mathematical Institute, Oxford, Thursday 11th July from 3.00 to 5.00 pm.
- British Science Festival
- Various mathematics-related events
Newcastle, 7–12 September
- Public Lecture
- "Butterflies, Chaos and Fractals" by Raymond Flood
Gresham College talk at Museum of London, Tuesday 17 September at 1pm
- Public Lecture
- "Public Key Cryptography" by Raymond Flood
Gresham College talk at Museum of London, Tuesday 22 October at 1pm
- Annual Gresham–BSHM Joint lecture
- "A History of Computing in Three Parts": three talks incl. the Gresham–BSHM lecture by Doron Swade
Gresham College, London,
Thursday 31st October, from 4 to 7pm.
- Public Lecture
- "Symmetries and Groups" by Raymond Flood
Gresham College talk at Museum of London, Tuesday 19 November at 1pm
- Public Lecture
- "User Error: Why it's not Your Fault" by Tony Mann
Gresham College, London, Monday 20 January 2014 at 6pm
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- Public Lecture
- "Surfaces and Topology" by Raymond Flood
Gresham College talk at Museum of London, Tuesday 21 January 2014 at 1pm
- Public Lecture
- "Finding Stable Matches: the Maths of Computer Dating" by Tony Mann
Gresham College, London, Monday 17 February 2014 at 6pm
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- Public Lecture
- "Probability and its Limits" by Raymond Flood
Gresham College talk at Museum of London, Tuesday 18 February 2014 at 1pm
- Public Lecture
- "Might as Well Toss a Coin: How Random Numbers Help Us Find Exact Solutions" by Tony Mann
Gresham College, London, Monday 17 March 2014 at 6pm
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- Public Lecture
- "Modelling the Spread of Infectious Disease" by Raymond Flood
Gresham College talk at Museum of London, Tuesday 18 March 2014 at 1pm
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USA
- Public Lecture
- "Getting SMART about Adapting Interventions"
by Susan Murphy
Washington DC,6:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 29
- Math Encounters
- "Calculated Deceptions: The Art, Math, & Science of Fooling the Senses" by Matthew Brand
National Museum of Mathematics, New York, Wednesday, June 5, at 4:00 PM and 6.30PM. Register via weblink.
- Math Encounters
- "From Flapping Birds to Space telescopes: The Mathematics of Origami" by Robert Lang
National Museum of Mathematics, New York, Wednesday, July 3, 2013 at 6:30 PM. Register via weblink.
- Mathematics of Planet Earth Lecture
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Title TBA by L. Mahadevan
Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM)
Providence, Rhode Island, Tuesday September 24
- Mathematics of Planet Earth Lecture
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Title TBA by Martin Nowak
Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, Tuesday October 8
- Public Lecture
- MathAcrossCampus lecture by Simon Levin
University of Washington, Friday October 11 at 3pm
- Mathematics of Planet Earth Lecture
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Title TBA by
Emily Carter
Institute For Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM)
Los Angeles, California, Monday November 4
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