200 years of Mathematics at UCL
Join us in Bloomsbury for a full-day symposium and festival to celebrate the history of one UCL's founding departments 200 years ago.
200 years of Mathematics at UCL
Join us for an exciting event celebrating 200 years of Mathematics at UCL with our mathematics symposium featuring VIP guests, including Professor Hannah Fry. Learn more about the intriguing research happening in UCL Mathematics via our interactive research hubs where you can find out about machine learning, maths in healthcare and the fluid dynamics of chocolate fountains.
Public Engagement Talks: 11:00-16:00
Location: Cruciform LT 1
Our full-day festival includes an exciting roster of public engagement talks from our guest speakers:
| Time | Guest Speaker & Talk Title |
| 11:10 | Welcome & Introduction: Prof Christian Boehmer |
| 11:15-12:00 | Prof Hannah Fry: “The unreasonable effectiveness of a good story” |
| 12:00-12:30 | Prof Adrian Rice: “What was it like to be a maths student at UCL 200 years ago?” |
| 12:30-13:00 | Break |
| 13:00-13:30 | Dr Niki Kalaydzhieva: “Game, SET, Maths” |
| 13:30-14:00 | Prof Nira Chamberlain: “The mathematics that can stop an AI apocalypse” |
| 14:00-14:30 | Prof Christina Pagel: “Numbers don’t lie - but they can mislead, the numbers can be wrong, and they can be the wrong numbers” |
| 14:30-15:00 | Prof Mahir Hadzic: “Gravity vs. pressure: a tug of war in collapsing stars” |
| 15:00-15:30 | Prof Helen Wilson: “Mathematics in the Kitchen” |
| 15:30-16:00 | Prof Christian Boehmer: “The dark side of gravity” |
Schedule and guests subject to change.
Mathematics in Everyday Life - Exhibition & Posters: 10:30-17:00
Location: North Cloisters
Learn more about the department through our exhibition stands, including interactive and hands-on demonstrations from our staff as well as a selection of research posters.
Expected hubs to explore include:
- History: Mathematics at UCL from 1826 - Dr Jesse Garrison
- MENACE: matchbox machine learning - Dr Matt Scroggs
- VisualPDE: a visual way of interacting with equations - Dr Benjamin Walker
- Mathematics in Healthcare - Prof Sonya Crowe, Assoc Prof Alex Diaz De La O
- LEAN: formalizing mathematics - Dr John Talbot, Prof Richard Hill
- Gombok: Interactive Geometry - Prof Yiannis Petridis, Prof Christian Boehmer, Dr Yusra Naqvi
- Interactive art: maths-based equations - Dr Hamid Naderi Yeganeh
- Mathematics of Financial Markets - Assoc Prof Camilo Garcia Trillos
Further Event Information
Complementary food and refreshments will be available from approximately 13:00 (while supplies last). More information will be provided closer to the time for ticketholders. Please note that food and drink are not permitted inside Lecture Theatres, so please plan your visit with these restrictions in mind.
All proceeds from ticket sales will go toward supporting UCL students who are encountering financial difficulty from relevant hardship funds.
Further information
Ticketing
Ticketed and Pre-booking essential
Cost
£8.00
Concessions
Child (under 18s): £5.00
Open to
All
Availability
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