Department News, November 2018

The following students have passed their vivas:
- Belgin Seymenoglu, with a thesis titled "Invariant manifolds of models from population genetics"
- Erin Sutton, with a thesis titled "Algebraic aspects of Poincare duality"
Congratulations Dr Seymenoglu and Dr Sutton!

The Chalkdust team - Sean Jamshidi, Eleanor Doman, and Niki Kalaydzhieva, along with Luciano Rila, organised a fantastic event on Wednesday for Black Mathematicians Month. David Lammy (MP for Tottenham) and Nira Chamberlain (IMA Vice President and one of only 5 mathematicians in Who's Who) spoke to an audience of 13/14 year olds from around the Tottenham area, who then took part in workshops for the rest of the event. Initial feedback returned to Luciano was:

·        …Having tons of fun with the Maths challenge…

·        …an enjoyable day…..

·        …We met one of the top mathematician in this country…...

·        …Thank you for sending us there Sir….

·        …I want to do it again.....

Many, many thanks to all those who made this event such a success!