Irish Branch

Chairman	Secretary
Patricia Eaton,	Seamus Bellew
Stranmillis University College 028 9038 4445

Branch Events
2009
13 October	Maths Week - Turing Machines vs. Human Minds Speakers: Shane Dowdall & Conor Dowdall, on Tuesday 13 October 2009 from 5pm - 7pm Venue: Room S215, Computing & Mathematics Dept., DkIT. Abstract: In this talk we will give an overview of Alan Turing: the man, his work and his legacy. We will build and test various Turing Machines and consider their applications, limitations and philosophical implications. Open To: General Public
12 October	Maths Week - Speaker: Steve Humble a.k.a. Dr Maths educationalist, maths populariser and columnist on Monday 12 October 2009 from 11.30am - 12.30pm. Venue: Whitaker Theatre, DKIT Open To: Transition Year Students
12 October	Maths Week - Speaker: Steve Humble a.k.a. Dr Maths educationalist, maths populariser and columnist on Monday 12 October from 9.30 am - 10.30 am. Venue: Gaelscoil Dhun Dealgan (Dundalk) Open To: 5th/6th Class at Gaelscoil
27 May	Annual General Meeting and talk “Sir George Gabriel Stokes: His Phenomenon and Semi-Classical Dynamics of Heavy Particle Collisions” Talk at 2:00 pm by Prof Derrick Crothers Annual General Meeting at 3.30 pm (Note those unable to attend AGM are welcome to attend the talk), Queens University Belfast, David Bates Building (Room DBB/01/006)
4 February	Effective Mathematics, Effective Mathematicians - Presidential Address Professor I. David Abrahams (University of Manchester) on Wednesday 4th February 2009, 2.00 p.m. Logic House, NUI Maynooth, Maynooth, Co Kildare

2008
18 June	Hooked on Polyhedra Mr. Gerard Cotty (Fermoy) on Wednesday 18^th June at 2.00 pm NUI Maynooth, MS2, Top Logic, Logic House, South Campus.
21 May	Mathematical Modelling of Cancer Dr Francesca O’Rourke (Queen’s University) on Wednesday 21 May 2008 at 2.00 pm Queen’s University, New David Bates Building (Room to be advised).