UK-Japan Mathematical Forum Public Lecture at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation on Wednesday, 9 January 2013

UK-Japan Mathematical Forum Public Lecture

Date and Time: Wednesday, 9 January 2013, 14:00-16:30
Venue: Daiwa Foundation Japan House
13/14 Cornwall Terrace (Outer Circle)
London NW1 4QP
(nearest underground station: Baker Street)
Tel: 020 7486 4348
 
This free event is sponsored by the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation and the UK-Japan Mathematical Forum, and endorsed by JSPS and The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan.

Please e-mail Professor Yoshiaki Maeda, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University if you would like to attend: maeda@math.keio.ac.jp or fax (+81-(0)45-566-1641.

Speakers: 

14:00 -14:45 – Professor Chris Budd, University of Bath
How to Amaze Your Friends: the Maths of Networks and Facebook
Chris Budd is Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Bath and Professor of Mathematics at the Royal Institution of Great Britain. His research involves theory, application and computation for nonlinear problems, with a focus on problems which arise in industry. He is currently a Vice-President of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.

14:45 – 15:15 –  Refreshments

15:15 -16:00 – Dr Tadashi Tokieda, University of Cambridge
Science from a Sheet of Paper
Tadashi Tokieda is a Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He was born in Japan and educated in France, and obtained his PhD at Princeton University in the USA. His research involves symplectic geometry and Hamiltonian systems. He has a special interest in mathematical physics, particularly physics related to toys. In addition to Japanese, French, and English, he knows many other languages including Greek, Latin, Chinese, Finnish, Spanish, and Russian.