Maths for Industry Day
We are delighted to invite you to the Maths for Industry Day in the Sbarc/Spark building, at the heart of the Cardiff University Innovation Campus.
Date and time: 9.30 -13.30 on 30 November 2023.
If you are interested in learning about the impactful research going on in our School and in networking with academics, students and companies, then please register using the Eventbrite link below. Registration will be open until the 23rd of November. We are aiming to have about 100 participants from academia and industry. The full event programme can be found below.
We are greatly looking forward to seeing you on the 30 of November. Please tell us if you would like a Welsh translator.
Schedule
9:30–10:00 | Registration accompanied by refreshments |
10:00–10:20 | Welcome and introduction Dr Jonathan Thompson, Head of School Dr Katerina Kaouri, Director of Impact and Engagement |
10:20–11:20 | Examples of successful collaboration with the School of Mathematics Trish Chalk Assistant Director ABCi & Interim Assistant Director Insight & Planning Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Kevin Parry Chief Data Officer, Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water and the Cardiff University School of Mathematics Dr Yuri Staraselski Chief Technical Officer, Crimtan Statistical Modelling for Improving Efficiency of Online Advertising: Panel discussion and Q&A session Moderated by Prof. Paul Harper |
11:20–11:40 | Refreshments and networking |
11:40–12:20 12:20-12:30 | Applied mathematics research at Cardiff University Prof. Tim Phillips, Head of the Applied and Computational Maths group Prof. Maggie Chen, Head of the Financial Mathematics group Prof. Jon Gillard, Head of the Statistics group Chair: Prof. Owen Jones Lightning talks on impactful research Prof. Rhyd Lewis, Prof. Owen Jones, Dr Geraint Palmer and Dr Katerina Kaouri |
12:30–13:30 | Lunch, networking and poster exhibition |
Game on! (ages 11-15)
10:00-10:45, Abacws 0.04, (ages 11-15), game
Lois Mullins
Come and play a new Maths board game developed in Cardiff Maths.
The Shannon switching game (ages 9-15)
11:00-11:45, Abacws 0.04, (ages 9-15), game
Michela Corradini
Does making the first move matter? Maths has the answer.
The secret of the winning streak (ages 11-16)
11:00-11:45, Abacws 0.34, (ages 11-16), game
Layla Sadeghi Namaghi
Cool mathematical strategies in two-player games that ensure winning well, certainly not losing.
Making 3D shapes (ages 4-8)
12:00-12:45, Abacws 0.04, (ages 4-8), workshop
Dr Yasemin Sengul Tezel
Who doesn't like arts and crafts? Let's make three-dimensional objects and colour them.
Close encounters of the loud kind (ages 11-99)
12:00-12:45, Abacws 0.01, (ages 11-99), talk
Dr Katerina Kaouri
Learn about the maths of supersonic flights and listen to many loud sonic booms and bangs.
Diffusion of the dead (ages 11-99)
13:00-13:45, Abacws 0.01, (ages 11-99), talk
Dr Thomas Woolley
How do you survive in a zombie apocalypse? Mathematical models can come to the rescue.
From Florence Nightingale to Amazon's Al (in Welsh)
13:00-13:45, Abacws 0.04, (ages 11-99), talk
Dr Geraint Palmer
How is data collected, analysed and visualised, in the past and nowadays? Where are we headed with Al?
Maths in motion (ages 11-18)
14:00-14:45, Abacws 0.34, (ages 11-18), interactive talk presentation
Dr Thomas Barker
Inspired by the videos shown in the foyer? Delve deeper into the maths behind videos and animations.
Darned lies and statistics (ages 11-99)
14:00-14:45, Abacws 0.01, (ages 11-99), talk
Dr Rhyd Lewis
Newspapers, politicians and advertising companies often use statistics in misleading ways. How can you spot this?
Drawing, colouring, and untangling (ages 3+)
15:00-15:45, Abacws 0.34, (ages 3+), workshop
Dr Rhyd Lewis
Draw, colour and untangle: from the "four-colour challenge" to the "untangle" game!
Rapping euclidean axioms (ages 11-18)
15:00-15:20, Abacws, 0.01, (ages 11-18), video and presentation
Stylianos Koutsoullis
Who knew Euclid and rap can go together?
Viruses in the air (ages 15-99)
15.25-15.45, Abacws, 0.01 (15-99 oed), presentation
Dr Katerina Kaouri
How mathematical models can predict if we are infected by viruses flying around the room?
She-roes of mathematics (age 10-99)
16:00-16:45, Abacws 0.01, (ages 10-99), theatrical talk
Women in Mathematics and in Computer Science Society
Would you like to get to know famous female mathematicians and their achievements?
Contact us
If you have any questions about the event or would like to take part, please contact the School of Mathematics Engagement Team:
