Events in the Department of Mathematics
Find out more about events, seminars and public lectures in the Department of Mathematics.
HIMR Sponsored Seminar: Katie Bentley -- Temporal regulation of vascular patterning: in silico, in vitro and in vivo [IN PERSON]
Join us for this seminar by Katie Bentley (KCL/Crick) as part of the Maths in the Life Sciences seminar series (and the online North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences in collaboration with Liverpool Universities). A description of the project that Katie will present is provided below. Though angiogenesis (the growth...
Maths education seminar: Jonas Latz an analogy between machine learning and a child learning through a game
Speaker: Jonas Latz (University of Manchester) Title: Machine Learning is (not) child’s play Abstract: Machine learning describes the generation of an artificial intelligence (AI) through data. The terminology creates an analogy between this process and the learning in intelligent beings: An analogy that has been criticised as inaccurate in the...
Heilbronn Algebra Seminar - Charley Cummings
Title: tbc Abstract: tbc
AI-Fun & ELLIS Invited Speaker Series | Nikolay Malkin
For May's AI-Fun and ELLIS invited speaker series, we will have Nikolay Malkin from the University of Edinburgh. Title: Inferring stochastic dynamics without data: from diffusion samplers to discrete Schrödinger bridges Abstract: Probabilistic models that approximate a distribution by transporting particles from a source distribution to the...
Interdisciplinarity &: 2026 Series - Research Ethos: Speed-Networking
Each research discipline has its own ethos—distinct ways of asking questions, applying methods, and communicating ideas. This diversity can sometimes feel like a barrier to collaboration, even within schools, let alone across the wider university. As interdisciplinary research becomes increasingly vital—driven by complex societal challenges...
Logic Seminar - Leo Gitin
Speaker: Leo Gitin (University of Oxford) Infinitary methods in valuative algebra Infinitary logic is a well-established extension of "ordinary" first-order logic, which flourished in the 60s and 70s. Its usefulness for algebraic applications has been recognised by many, though now it is less commonly used for such purposes. We explain that basic...
SQUIDS Seminar (HIMR-funded): Dissecting Deep Neural Networks
Speaker: Dr Tiffany Vlaar (University of Glasgow) Abstract: First, I will discuss the role played by individual layers and substructures of deep neural networks. Layer-wise sensitivity to the choice of initialisation and optimiser hyperparameter settings varies. I will show that training neural network layers differently can lead to enhanced...
Training course on advanced scripting and batching of tomographic datasets
Although X-ray tomography is an attractive characterisation technique in materials science, it generates a huge amount of data at a fast rate and it can be extremely time consuming to process the data manually. A great benefit to creating scripts and plugins in Avizo is the ability to reuse a workflow on more than one image or to develop a bespoke...
Dynamical Systems and Analysis Seminar - Ethan Ackelsberg
Speaker: Ethan Ackelsberg (EPFL) Title: TBA Abstract: TBA Room: Frank Adams 1 Further information: https://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/yotam.smilansky/dynamics_analysis
Logic Seminar - Philip Saville
Speaker: Philip Saville (University of Sussex) TBC
