Details:

We would like to invite you to join us for an informal event on 6 May that is part of the 2020 International Celebration of Women in Mathematics (ICMS) https://may12.womeninmaths.org/.  This is a great chance to hear from women with a mathematical background who are at different stages of their careers. The talks will NOT be detailed technical talks but will, we hope, inspire you through hearing about different women’s journeys in mathematics.

We are delighted that the speakers include Katharine Stevens, Assistant Vice President of Air Worldwide  https://www.air-worldwide.com/ in addition to senior and more junior researchers who are at (or have a strong link with) the University of Reading. We also have an Equality and Diversity talk from Professor Simon Chandler-Wilde.

All are very welcome to attend (and it is definitely not restricted to the University of Reading).   Please forward this invitation to your colleagues, students (undergrads are most welcome), postdocs, friends, etc and encourage them to attend.

To register:

The event is being run using zoom with the assistance of the ICMS.  To attend, you will need to register by 5 May. Details of how to do this are given at https://www.icms.org.uk/V_WOMENINMATHS.php.  Those who register will be sent the zoom joining details on the morning of 6 May.

Programme:

Chair: Jennifer Scott, Professor of Mathematics, University of Reading and Director at Reading of the Mathematics of Planet Earth CDT

11.30:              Welcome and introduction by Jennifer Scott

Talks:

11.35:              “Finding my way from University into the, somewhat niche, catastrophe modelling industry”, Katharine Stevens, Assistant Vice President, Client and Consulting Group, AIR Worldwide

11.55:              “My Journey in Statistics: Random Walks and Significant Events”, Sue Todd, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Reading

12.05:              “Stormy Maths”, Suzanne Gray, Professor of Meteorology, University of Reading

12.15:              “Working towards gender equality at the University of Reading”, Simon Chandler-Wilde, Professor of Applied Mathematics and Former Dean of Diversity and Inclusion, University of Reading

12.30:              “How I stopped being afraid of Maths and learned a new language”, Agnieszka Faulkner, Department of Meteorology PhD Student, University of Reading

12.35:              “Maths: the secret behind Data Science and AI”, Huizhi Liang, Lecturer in Computer Science, University of Reading

12.45:              “Maths, maps and me”, Tasmin Symons, Maths of Planet Earth Centre for Doctoral Training Graduate, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Oxford Big Data Institute

12.55:              “Discovering new worlds while at my desk”, Ieva Dauzickaite, Maths of Planet Earth Centre for Doctoral Training PhD Student, University of Reading

13.00:              Closing summary and online networking, Jennifer Scott

13.15:              Meeting closes

Location: Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training Suite

Organisers: Jochen Broecker (University of Reading), Dan Crisan (Imperial College London).

Scientific Committee:
Colin Cotter (Imperial)
Darryl Holm (Imperial)
Tobias Kuna (Reading)
Peter Jan van Leeuwen (Reading)
Valerio Lucarini (Reading)
Roland Potthast (Reading and Deutscher Wetterdienst)
Sebastian Reich (Reading and Potsdam)

Scope:
The workshop on “Stochastic Modelling in GFD, data assimilation, and non-equilibrium phenomena” to take place at Imperial College London in the period 2-6 November 2015. The workshop proposes to gather the combination of expertise needed to address compound and interdisciplinary questions raised by climate science, in the context of stochastic modelling in geophysical fluid dynamics, data assimilation and non-equilibrium phenomena. The scope of the meeting is illustrated by the following spectrum of topics to be covered by speakers who are recognised as world–leading in their field:

• Analysis of nonlinear PDEs in geophysical fluid dynamics including their stochastic counterparts.
• Bayesian learning, inference methods and data assimilation for high-dimensional models
• Numerical analysis and scientific computing for multi-scale, high and variable resolution weather and climate models on exascale computer architectures
• Statistical mechanics of geophysical flows, instabilities, and extreme events

Registration: 

Researchers interested to participate are warmly welcome. Please register below. The registration fee is normally £20. A reduced fee of £10 is accepted from PhD students and Postdoctoral fellows. Registration deadline: 6th November 2015

PDF files of the talks presented during the workshop are available here:
Alberto Carassi (NSERC Norway)
Colin Cotter (Imperial)
Mike Cullen (Met Office Exeter)
Eric Vanden-Eijnden (Courant USA)
Ana Fernandez (Deutscher Wetterdienst)
Chris Ferro (Exeter) 
Mike Fisher (ECMWF)
Darryl Holm (Imperial)
Christopher Jones (UNC Chapel Hill USA)
Tobias Kuna (Reading)
Peter Jan van Leeuwen (Reading)
Andrew Lorenc (Met Office Exeter)
Valerio Lucarini (Reading)
Marie Farge (Ecole Normale Superieure)
David Marshall (Oxford)
Tim Palmer (Oxford)
Roland Potthast (Reading and Deutscher Wetterdienst)
Hendrik Reich (Deutscher Wetterdienst)
Sebastian Reich (Reading and Potsdam) You can download the slides as a pdf here.
Andreas Rhodin (Deutscher Wetterdienst)
Piotr Smolarkiewicz (ECMWF)
Andrew Stuart (Warwick)
Johannes Zimmer (Bath)

MORE INFORMATION WILL FOLLOW SOON!

Email the organisers:

Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Location: Room 402, EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training Suite, Imperial College London

Supported by: London Mathematical Society Institute and EPSRC-CDT Mathematics of Planet Earth

The aim of this LMS Joint Research Group Grant, Scheme 3, Analysis, Geometry and Stochastics for Planet Earth is to investigate current challenges in mechanics, dynamics and earth system which require an intricate integration of techniques from geometry, analysis and stochastic processes. A core question in many applications in geo-fluid dynamics is how to model uncertainty and stability using random perturbations. We want to develop systematic ways to infer appropriate noise terms from the geometric structure and/or fluctuations of microscopic (sub-scale) origin. We now start to understand that the geometry of noise terms can be linked to the structure of the underlying non-equilibrium small-scale systems. Progress in this area will require cross-fertilization across the aforementioned areas. There have been substantial developments in stochastic analysis in the last two decades, but most of these remain of a theoretical nature, with no straightforward application to earth systems yet.

Researchers interested to participate are warmly welcome. Please register below. The registration fee is normally £20. A reduced fee of £10 is accepted from PhD students and Postdoctoral fellows. Registration deadline: Sunday, 31st May 2015.

Limited support for PhD students and Postdoctoral fellows may be available. Please contact the organisers at t.kuna@reading.ac.uk for details.

Programme:

• 14:00-14:10 Introduction
• 14:10-14:55 Prof Sebastian Reich (University of Potsdam), Title: “Beyond classic data assimilation: model adaptation, belief propagation and model selection”
• 15:00 – 15:45 Dr Michaela Ottobre (Edinburgh Heriot Watt University), Title: “A Function Space HMC Algorithm with second order Langevin diffusion limit”
• 15:50 -16:05 Coffee Break
• 16:05- 16:50: Prof Robert McCann (University of Toronto),  Title:  “The Intrinsic Dynamics of Optimal Transport”
• 17:05- 18:00: Discussion Group (Phd-students and PostDoc)

Organizers:

Dan Crisan, Tobias Kuna, Johannes Zimmer

Email the organizers at t.kuna@reading.ac.uk.

Funding

The conference is supported by the London Mathematical Society through a Joint Research Group Scheme 3 grant and by EPSRC Centre of Doctoral Training Mathematics of Planet Earth.