Brunel Maths Doctoral Researchers' Symposium 2022

Department of Mathematics at Brunel University London, are delighted to invite you to this year's Doctoral Researcher Symposium, filled with talks from our doctoral researchers and guest speakers, talking on a variety of topics from algebraic geometry to predicting stock prices.

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Guest Speakers

We are pleased to welcome the following guest speakers to this year’s symposium:

• Wendy Wang, Wellesley College, USA
• Blanka Horvath, Technical University of Munich, Germany
• Simona Paoli, University of Aberdeen
  
  

Programme

• 20-30 minute talks from our doctoral researchers
• Prizes for the best-judged contributions by doctoral researcher

Schedule

Day 1

Chair - Michael Garn

• 09:30 - 09:45 — Arrival
• 09:45 - 09:55 — Welcome note by Department of Mathematics' Head of Department
• 09:55 - 10:00 — Introduction
• 10:00 - 10:55 — Talk by Prof Horvath (Technical University of Munich)
• 11:00 - 11:30 — Talk by Brunel Maths alumnus, Arianna Salili-James, Natural History Museum
• 11:30 - 11:45 — Virtual tea break
• 11:45 - 12:35 — Talks by Brunel Mathematics Doctoral Researchers (Alexander Gladilin; Jugraj Deol)

Chair - Gargi Roy

• 15:00 - 15:55 — Talk by Prof Wendy Wang (Wellesley College, USA)
• 16:00 - 16:30 — Talk by Brunel Mathematics Doctoral Researcher (Sanaa Soomro)
• 16:30 - 16:45 — Virtual tea break
• 16:45 - 18:00 — Talks by Brunel Mathematics Doctoral Researchers (Yuanqi Chu, Mykolas Grublys, Michael Garn)

Day 2

Chair - Alexander Gladilin

• 10:00 - 10:55 — Talk by Dr Simona Paoli (University of Aberdeen)
• 11:00 - 11:30 — Talks by Brunel Mathematics Doctoral Researcher (Gargi Roy)
• 11:30 - 11:45 — Virtual tea break
• 11:45 - 13:00 — Talks by Brunel Mathematics Doctoral Researchers (Dongchen Jiao; Joe Zhang; Adam Hesse)

Chair - Sanaa Soomro

• 15:00 - 15:30 — Talk by guest speaker, Prof Yan Yu, (University of Cincinnati)
• 15:30 - 16:00 — Panel discussion; DRs to discuss experience of Maths Doctoral training
• 16:00 - 16:15 — Virtual tea break
• 16:15 - 16:30 — Prize distribution
• 16:30 – 18:00 — Brunel Maths Doctoral Researchers’ social interaction

Joining details

This year's PGR symposium will be held in hybrid mode; the in-person talks will be delivered in Lecture Theatre 061, and the event will also be live streamed online. Details of the Zoom log in will be provided upon registration.

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Please get in touch with Dalia.Chakrabarty@brunel.ac.uk for further information and to submit your abstract. All are welcome!

Click here to view the Abstract Booklet