Transcript SMSTC SEMINAR SERIES - Johns Hopkins University

SMSTC SEMINAR
SERIES
Jesús Martínez García
University of Edinburgh
[email protected]
SMSTC Seminar Series
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For 1st year PhD Students by 1st year PhD
Students
Originally inspired in Cambridge Part III Seminar
Series. (40 talks in 3 days. 200 attendants).
Stream-based presentations
20-30 minutes talk/presentation + 10 minutes
question time.
Opportunity for PhD students to practise their
presentation skills
More advantages!
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Show/share what you learnt in your “25%” of the
time outside from lectures
Learn easily what takes longer to learn from a
dry book (or at least an insight)
Share knowledge with people who probably
have similar problems (2nd/3rd years probably
know about it already).
A way to improve communication within maths
PhD students within Scotland
Streams / Theme Groups
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Algebra
Analysis and PDEs
Applied Mathematical methods
Geometry and Topology
Mathematical Models
Probability and Statistics (prospectively merged)
Mathematical physics (QFT, String theory...)
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Flexiblility depending on people interests
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Organisation
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To be held in the Jan/Feb break
Lectures for 2/4 days on each of the subjects
Training on how to do a MATHEMATICAL
presentation available
1 stream coordinator (volunteer now! Good for
CV!)
Each speaker sends an abstract to the
coordinator and he merges, comments and
spreads the world
(Hopefully) participation certificates available
E-mail me!!
Jesús Martínez García
University of Edinburgh
[email protected]