Edinburgh Mathematical Society Postgraduate Students' Meeting
Jun 3, 2008 - Jun 5, 2008
The Burn, Edzell
Organisers
| Name | Institution |
|---|---|
| Boulton, Lyonell | Heriot-Watt University |
| Roney-Dougal, Colva | University of St. Andrews |
The Society will host its eleventh residential meeting for postgraduate students from all Scottish Universities at The Burn, a mansion house situated in extensive grounds near Edzell, in June 2008. The aim is to provide an informal setting for students to meet others working in similar areas. Participants are encouraged to give short talks on their research and the programme will also consist of other intellectual activities, with ample time left for exploration of the grounds and for socialising.
Arrangements
The cost of the meeting will be subsidised by the Society, but it is necessary to make a charge to each student of £40.00, payable in advance. This covers the cost of accommodation and all meals at The Burn, from Tuesday evening to Thursday afternoon. Places are strictly limited to 30 and will be allocated (by ballot if necessary) to those who register before the preliminary closing date of 28 March 2008. Registration will continue until April 2008 if there are still places available.
We are not able to reimburse the cost of travel to The Burn, but you may be able to recover this from your department. We will provide transport to The Burn from Montrose station for the outgoing journey on Tuesday 3 June. The minibus will depart at 14:45. For the return journey on Thursday 5 June the minibus will depart at 14:00. Please note places are strictly limited to those who have requested minibus transportation. The journey between the Montrose station and The Burn will take approximately 30 minutes.
Participation
You may register your interest in attending this meeting by completing the application form available from this website. Numbers are limited and if your application has been successful you will be notified by e-mail after 18 April 2008.
Timetable
The meeting will begin in the afternoon on Tuesday 3 June at 15:15, and will end after lunch on Thursday 5 June at 13:45.
How to get there
The Burn is 1½ miles east of Edzell on the B966 road. If you intend to travel by CAR, you should aim to arrive at the Burn before 15:15 on Tuesday 3 June. Please visit this link for driving instructions. Please note that it is your responsibility to ensure that you are properly insured. Some insurers may regard the trip as business travel, particularly if expenses are being refunded.
If you are travelling by TRAIN, you should go to MONTROSE. We will provide transport to The Burn from Montrose station for the outgoing journey on Tuesday 3 June. The minibus will depart at 14:45. For the return journey on Thursday 5 June the minibus will depart at 14:00. Please note places are strictly limited to those who have requested minibus transportation. The journey between the Montrose station and The Burn will take approximately 30 minutes.
On Tuesday 03 June, 2008.
Suitable trains to Montrose are:
Aberdeen Departs 13:42 Arrives 14:14
Dundee Departs 14:00 Arrives 14:31
Edinburgh Departs 12:10 Arrives 14:31
Glasgow Queen Street Departs 12:41 Arrives 14:31
Leuchars Departs 13:12 Arrives 14:31
Stirling Departs 13:07 Arrives 14:31
For further information please visit the National Rail website.
Facilities
Bedding is provided at the Burn, BUT please bring your own towel and if you have indicated a special diet, this will be catered for. Tennis, croquet and bowls can be played in the grounds, and the area is good for hill-walking. (Note that you are responsible for your own safety during any activity).
The Burn contact details
The Burn
Glenesk
Brechin
Angus DD9 7YP
Contact numbers are:
(01356) 648281 (business)
(01356) 648395 (residents)
Rules
Please read the enclosed Customs of the House (pdf file available here) and abide by them during your stay.
Note the strict rules:
DON'T BRING DRINK INTO THE HOUSE FROM OUTSIDE.
DON'T TAKE DRINK TO YOUR BEDROOM.
Further Info
Contacts:
Dr Lyonell Boulton,
Department of Mathematics, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS.
Tel: 0131 4513973
Fax: 0131 4513249
Email: L.Boulton@hw.ac.uk
Dr Colva Roney-Dougal,
Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics, University of St Andrews, Mathematical Institute, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9SS.
Tel: 01334 463806
Fax: 01334 463748
Email: colva@mcs.st-and.ac.uk
Johanna Kytöharju,
ICMS, 14 India Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6EZ.
Tel: 0131 220 1777
Fax: 0131 220 1053
Email: johanna.kytoharju@icms.org.uk
Giving a Talk
• Talks should be at most 20 minutes long. Session chairs will be keeping a close eye on the time, so don't overrun!
• There are no blackboards at the Burn. You must prepare over-head projector transparencies, a data projector is available for those wishing to give a power-point/acroread presentation. A MacBook will be available for this purpose which will run MS PowerPoint and Adobe Acroread. Bring your talk on a USB key, or as a last resort you can e-mail the talk directly to Dr Colva Roney-Dougal.
• Please remember that you may be the only expert in your subject area at the Burn - so don't make things too difficult for the rest of us.
Not Giving a Talk
Those of you not giving a talk will be allocated the job of session chair. Details about the role of the session chair will follow shortly with the full programme.
Programme
Tuesday 3 June
| 15.15 | Tea |
| 16.00 | Fiona Brunk (University of St Andrews) Intersecting families of posets |
| 16.25 | Meetu Gupta (University of Strathclyde) Curvature elastic model for red blood cell shape |
| 16.50 | Richard Rankin (University of Strathclyde) Fully computable error bounds for nonconforming finite element approximations |
| Session Chairs | David Jones, Adam Leslie |
| 17.15 | Coffee |
| 17.40 | Iyabo Bello (Heriot-Watt University) Numerical simulation of stochastic partial differential equations based on the exponential time differencing scheme |
| 18.05 | Yohei Negi (University of St Andrews) Computing with finite inverse semigroups |
| 18.30 | Georgious Papageorgiou (Heriot-Watt University) 3d gravity for dummies |
| Session Chairs | Fiona Roberts, Paul Reynolds |
| 19.00 | Dinner |
| 20.15 | “Icebreaker” (bring pen, paper, brain) |
Wednesday 4 June
| 09.00 | Breakfast |
| 10.00 | Erida Gjini (University of Glasgow) Mathematical modelling of evolutionary dynamics of the genome and how to capture gene conversion |
| 10.25 | Hafiz Abdul Wajid (University of Strathclyde) Computational wave propagation |
| 10.50 | Andreas Distler (University of St Andrews) Enumeration of nilpotent semigroups |
| Session Chairs | Ann Louise Smith, Sara Munday |
| 11.15 | Coffee |
| 11.40 | Yazariah Mohd Yatim (University of Strathclyde) Similarity solutions for unsteady gravity-driven slender rivulets |
| 12.05 | Nora Seeliger (University of Aberdeen) Fusion systems and associated centric linking systems |
| 12.30 | Hannah Coutts (University of St Andrews) Classifying primitive permutation groups |
| Session Chairs | Pamela Docherty, Ros Johnson |
| 13.00 | Lunch |
| 19.00 | Dinner |
| 20.00 | Daniel Mintz (University of St Andrews) The hunt for the lost cities of Ptolemy |
| 20.25 | Cornelius Reinfeldt (Heriot-Watt University) The word problem of groups and group cryptography |
| Session Chairs | Yann Péresse, Meetu Gupta |
Thursday 5th June
| 09.00 | Breakfast |
| 10.00 | Antoine Tambue (Heriot-Watt University) Advection - diffusion- reaction in geological reservoir |
| 10.25 | Yann Péresse (University of St Andrews) A preorder on subsets of N^N |
| 10.50 | Bart Vlaar (University of Glasgow) The six-vertex model |
| Session Chairs | Richard Rankin, Yongqiang Bu |
| 11.15 | Coffee |
| 11.40 | Dan Lucas (University of St Andrews) Helical vortex equilibria |
| 12.05 | Dorothy Winn (University of Glasgow) The 27 lines on a cubic surface |
| 12.30 | Ros Johnson (University of Stirling) Managing louping ill virus in red grouse |
| Session Chairs | Fiona Brunk, Georgios Papageorgiou |
| 13.00 | Lunch |
Equipment supervisors:
Tuesday: Pamela Docherty, Sara Munday
Wednesday am: Paul Reynolds, Cornelius Reinfeldt
Wednesday pm: Andreas Distler, Yongqiang Bu
Thursday: David Jones, Adam Leslie
Participants
| Name | Institution |
|---|---|
| Bello, Iyabo | Heriot-Watt University |
| Brunk, Fiona | University of St Andrews |
| Bu, Yongqiang | Heriot-Watt University |
| Coutts, Hannah | University of St Andrews |
| Distler, Andreas | University of St Andrews |
| Docherty, Pamela | University of Edinburgh |
| Gjini, Erida | University of Glasgow |
| Gupta, Meetu | University of Strathclyde |
| Johnson, Ros | University of Stirling |
| Jones, David | Heriot-Watt University |
| Leslie, Adam | University of Strathclyde |
| Lucas, Dan | University of St Andrews |
| Mintz, Daniel | University of St Andrews |
| Munday, Sara | University of St Andrews |
| Negi, Yohei | University of St Andrews |
| Papageorgiou, Georgios | Heriot-Watt University |
| Péresse, Yann | University of St Andrews |
| Rankin, Richard | University of Strathclyde |
| Reinfeldt, Cornelius | Heriot-Watt University |
| Reynolds, Paul | University of Edinburgh |
| Roberts, Fiona | University of Strathclyde |
| Seeliger, Nora | University of Aberdeen |
| Smith, Ann Louise | University of Strathclyde |
| Tambue, Antoine | Heriot-Watt University |
| Vlaar, Bart | University of Glasgow |
| Wajid, Hafiz Abdul | University of Strathclyde |
| Winn, Dorothy | University of Glasgow |
| Yatim, Yazariah Mohd | University of Strathclyde |