ICMS

Feb 3, 2010

Sidlaw auditorium, The West Park Conference Centre, 319 Perth Road, Dundee

This is the third joint generic skills training/SMSTC event for first year PhD students.

Organised by
The Edinburgh Mathematical Society
The Scottish Mathematical Sciences Training Centre
The International Centre for Mathematical Sciences

Arrangements

SMSTC/ Generic Skills training session

Time 10.30 to 18.00

Venue
The workshop will be held in the Sidlaw auditorium of the West Park Conference Centre, 319 Perth Road, Dundee. The room is equipped with OHP, flipchart, data projector and laptop.

Registration
Please register for the training session by completing this application form.

How to get there
For further information on how to get to the West Park Conference Centre, 319 Perth Road, Dundee, DD2 1NN, please follow this link.

Travel reimbursement
First year PhD students funded by EPSRC can claim their travel expenses through SMSTC. You'll be given a claim form at Registration. This should be submitted to ICMS, with receipts.

Johanna Kytöharju
ICMS
15 South College Street
Edinburgh
EH8 9AA

Non-EPSRC students - You should ask your department if they will cover the cost your travel before you register.

Public Lecture

Time 16.00 to 17.00

As part of the joint generic skills training/SMSTC event for first year PhD students, David Acheson will deliver a public lecture in the Sidlaw auditorium of the West Park Conference Centre, 319 Perth Road, Dundee, DD2 1NN. Those interested in attending the lecture only should register their interest by emailing Johanna Kytöharju at ICMS, giving the following information:

• your name and institution

Programme

Wednesday 3 February - The Sidlaw auditorium

10.30 - 11.00	Registration & tea/coffee
11.00 - 11.05	Welcome
11.05 - 11.45	Penny Davies (University of Strathclyde) Elements of paper/report writing
11.45 - 12.25	Dugald Duncan (Heriot-Watt University) Software for scientific computation
12.30 - 13.40	Lunch
13.40 - 14.40	SMSTC "Repair shop"
14.40 - 15.40	The SMSTC so far: how was it for you?
15.40 - 16.00	Tea/coffee

Wednesday 3 February Public Lecture - The Sidlaw auditorium

16.00 - 17.00	David Acheson Mathematics, magic and the electric guitar
17.15 - 18.00	Wine reception in the Sidlaw foyer

 

There will be a wine reception for first year PhD students after the public lecture. See details above.

Participants

Name	Institution
Almarashi, Abdullah	University of Strathclyde
Baird, Graham	University of Strathclyde
Basile, Raffaele	University of Edinburgh
Blackbourn, Luke	University of St Andrews
Bradley, Aoibhinn	University of Strathclyde
Dagbovie, Ayawoa	Heriot-Watt University
Deakin, Niall	University of Dundee
Donald, Andrew	University of Glasgow
Fraser, Jonathan	University of St Andrews
Gonzalez Brevis, Pablo	University of Edinburgh
Hunt, Gordon	Heriot-Watt University
Huo, Wenwen	University of Strathclyde
Iliopoulou, Marina	University of Edinburgh
Jahn, Astrid	University of Glasgow
Karambal, Issa	Heriot-Watt University
Logan, Alan	University of Glasgow
Loughlin, Nicholas	University of Glasgow
Ma, Xingshuang	University of Glasgow
Martinez Garcia, Jesus	University of Edinburgh
Matthews, Charles	University of Edinburgh
McArdle, Catriona	University of Strathclyde
McLellan, Chris	University of Edinburgh
O'Connor, Zoe	Heriot-Watt University
Pan, Jiafeng	University of Strathclyde
Paterson, Colin	University of Strathclyde
Payne, Mark	Heriot-Watt University
Plotka, Hanna	University of St Andrews
Qureshi, Muhammad	University of Glasgow
Riaz, Omer	University of Strathclyde
Roj, Mikolaj	University of Strathclyde
Sakovics, Dmitrijs	University of Edinburgh
Savory, Andrew	University Of Dundee
Saxena, Prashant	University of Glasgow
Sturrock, Marc	University of Dundee
Torlina, Lisa	University of Edinburgh
Wallis, Alistair	Heriot-Watt University
Xia, Wenjun	University of Edinburgh
Yeo, Wee Ping	University of Strathclyde
Yeung, Alan	University of Strathclyde