LMS Graduate Student Meeting Winter 2021

This meeting is intended as an introduction to the Annual General Meeting on 12 November 2021 at which Professor Jon Keating FRS (Oxford), will give the Presidential Address on Random Matrices and the Riemann Zeta-Function, with an accompanying talk by Professor Jens Marklof (Bristol) on Random Lattices.  All graduate students (and indeed any other mathematicians) welcome.

The event will include a talk by Nina Snaith (Bristol) and opportunities for Graduate Students to give 15 minute talks on their research to a general mathematical audience.

(All timings are in GMT)

1.00pm Opening of Meeting and Welcome

Nina Snaith (Bristol)

Title: Hollywood's hippest mathematics: random matrices and Riemann zeros

Abstract: This is the story of how physicists helped answer a hundred-year-old question about the Riemann zeta function and how this features in a major Hollywood movie.

2.00pm Break

2.15pm Student talks commence

The meeting will comprise of graduate student talks in breakout rooms. Graduate Student talks should be 15 minutes (max), including time for one or two questions. Certificates will be provided to all student speakers.

If you would like to give a Graduate Student talk, please advise on the registration form by 12noon (GMT) on Friday 5 November. (Exact timings for graduate student talks will be confirmed in the afternoon of Friday 5 November).

3.30pm Meeting closes.

Registration for the Graduate Student Meeting: Please register to attend by 10.00 am on Monday 8 November. The Zoom link will be circulated to registered participants on Monday 8 November prior to the meeting. Where possible, we will try to accommodate late registrations.

Please note that registration for the LMS Annual General Meeting and Presidential Address is separate to registration for this event.  If you would like to attend both events, please do register for each one.  Details about the Annual General Meeting and how to register are available here.