8-10 August 2019
Location: Engineers House
The programme can be viewed here.
These workshops are by invitation only.
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Noncommutative mathematics and quantum information
8-10 August 2019 Location: Engineers House The programme can be viewed here. These workshops are by invitation only.
HEILBRONN ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2019
12 – 13 September 2019 University of Bristol The Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research welcomes a distinguished selection of speakers for the 2019 conference. Melody Chan, Brown Hugo Duminil – Copin, IHES Emmanuel Kowalski, ETZ Zürich Holly Krieger, Cambridge Kannan Soundararajan, Stanford Leslie Valiant, Harvard Bianca Viray, University of Washington Julia Wolf, Cambridge Registration will […]
Heilbronn Colloquium – Prof. Marta Casanellas, UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Title: From phylogenetics to algebraic geometry
Abstract: Many of the evolutionary models used in phylogenetics can be viewed as algebraic varieties. In this expository talk we will explain the main goals of phylogenetics, introduce evolutionary Markov models on trees, and show how algebraic varieties arise in this context. Moreover, we will see how an in-depth geometric study of these varieties leads to improvements on phylogenetic reconstruction methods. We shall illustrate these improvements by showing results on simulated and real data and by comparing them to widely used methods in phylogenetics.
Further information
The colloquium will take place in Mott Lecturer Theatre in the Physics Building at 16.00-17:00 on Wednesday 12th December. It will be followed by a drinks reception in the Maths Common Room.
To help us plan space and catering, please complete the short registration form if you are planning to come.
Heilbronn Annual Conference 2018
SM1, Main Maths Building, University Walk, University of Bristol
The Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research welcomes a distinguished selection of speakers for the 2018 Annual Conference:
Mark Gross, Cambridge
Jacob Fox, Stanford
Martin Hairer, Imperial College London
Francis Brown, Oxford
Shekhar Khare, UCLA
Sarah Zerbes, University College London
Please register using the form .
Funding has been secured to support a limited number of PhD and Early Career Researchers. Please apply using the relevant section of the registration form. We also welcome applications for caring costs.* For further information email heilbronn-coordinator@bristol.ac.uk
*Applies to expenses incurred exceptionally as a result of attending the conference.
Graduate student lecture: Random matrices in wireless communication systems
Benjamin Meaker visiting Professor: Peter Smith Date: 23 July 2018 Time: 2pm Location: Howard House, Level 4 Seminar Room This talk will outline the many applications of random matrices in communications. In particular, modern cellular systems where base stations communicate with many mobile users with smart phones are discussed. The modelling, design and analysis of […]
Departmental lecture: Asymptotics of large communication systems
Benjamin Meaker visiting Professor: Peter Smith Date: 26 July 2018 Time: 2pm Location: Howard House, Level 4 Seminar Room Large wireless communication networks are widely believed to offer “free” interference reduction. This has led to a huge growth of research in performance analysis of large systems, where many users communicate with 100s of antennas located […]
Open lecture: Smart phones and statistics – where is the connection?
Benjamin Meaker visiting Professor: Peter Smith Date: 18 July 2018 Time: 2pm Location: Howard House, Level 4 Seminar Room Although we take them for granted, mobile devices such as smart phones are small miracles of engineering and electronics. These devices are constantly evolving and fundamental research and long term planning is always running in parallel […]
Colloquium – Prof. Jim Davis, University of Richmond
Due to today’s weather conditions this talk has been cancelled. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Title: Apple vs. Samsung. A mathematical battle
Apple and Samsung have been fighting patent battles around the world. Come learn about the mathematics at the heart of one of these battles, the error correcting codes used in 3G communication. We will give a gentle introduction to coding theory, explain why this caused a legal battle, and we will conclude by describing why President Obama ultimately vetoed the ruling by the court (the first time a president had used that veto power in nearly 30 years!). Also, come to find out how Bristol played a crucial role in this story.
The talk will be held from 4.30pm in Powell Lecture Theatre, Physics, and will be followed by a drinks reception in the Maths common room.
Rational points in Bristol
This is a one day meeting in Bristol about rational points, featuring talks by Ulrich Derenthal and Nils Bruin, organised by Tim Browning and Adelina Mânzateanu.
