Conferences!

My name is Lizzi Lake, Conference Officer for the IMA - I feel this would be a perfect time to introduce myself and tell you a little more about the conferences coming up this year:

The next conference will be our 3rd Mathematics in Sport conference, on 22 - 24 June 2011 at The Lowry in Salford Quays. Registration is open for this event - please click here for further information for this conference.


The first IMA Conference on Nonlinearity and Coherent Structures follows from 6 - 8 July 2011 at the University of Reading. Registration is open for this event - for further information please click here.


Our 14th Early Career Mathematicians Conference will take place on Saturday 16th July at the University of Leicester - please visit the conference webpage for further information on the programme and to register!


Our first conference on Computational Neuroscience will take place 5 - 7 September at University of Plymouth. There is currently a call for papers for this conference - please follow the link for further information on the conference webpage.


The IMA Conference on the Mathematics of the Climate System will take place 13 - 15 September 2011 at the University of Reading. There is currently a call for papers for this conference which closes on 10 June 2011 - click here for further information on submitting abstracts, registration details and the conference itself.


Our 2nd Conference on Mathematics in Defence will take place on 20th October 2011 at the Defence Academy, Shrivenham. Please visit the conference webpage for further information and to register.


Our 15th Early Career Mathematicians Conference will take place on Saturday 19th November at the University of Bristol - further information will be made available via the conference webpages.


The 13th IMA International Conference on Cryptography and Coding will take place on 12 - 15 December at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford. There is currently a call for papers for this conference that closes on 10 June 2011 - please visit the conference webpage for further information.


We are presently arranging the programme for 2012 - I would like to mention however the IMA's 9th International Conference on Mathematics in Signal Processing which will take place 17 - 20 December 2012 at Austin Court, Birmingham. The call for papers for this event closes on 2 May 2012 - for further information on this conference please visit the conference webpage.

For up to date details of our conference, please do visit our conference pages which include the conference calendar, information for organisers, conference proceedings and past conferences. If you would like to contact the Conference Team, you can reach us by e-mail: conferences@ima.org.uk, or by calling 01702 354020.

Branching out into blogging...

If you're reading this then you've come across the first blog from the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), so welcome along! 

As detailed at the top of the IMA blog homepage - In this blog we will publish mathematical articles and news to reflect the interests of our members who come from a multiplicity of different organisations including university academics, industrial mathematicians, financiers, school teachers, scientists, civil servants etc.

I thought we could briefly discuss a recent event for this first blog...

Last night was the AGM for the East Midlands Branch of the IMA and the meeting was followed by a talk by Professor Peter Styring on Raising the Public Profile of Mathematics. 

I think it is worth saying that although Branches are important in helping the Institute meet its charitable objectives, they also provide excellent networking opportunities, something which shouldn't be overlooked and which can be valuable for many people, such as Early Career Mathematicians. People from many fields of work get involved with the IMA and so excellent dialogue can be had at such meetings - there will always be someone there who has an interesting maths question that you've not heard! 

Talks are usually put on without charge and are open to members and non-members. Speakers come as highly recommended and last night Peter was no exception. He gave insight into the many different mediums for 'getting your message out there', with 'new media', such as YouTube being prominent mechanisms.

Hopefully having read this you may consider getting involved with your local branch (if you don't already do so!), or even just look into attending an event.