Irish Branch events 2000-02

10th May 2000

Portfolio Theory and Risk Management, Mr Peter Bennett

Venue: Dublin City University

October 2000

Bayes to the Rescue, Dr Donald Davidson (Queen’s University of Belfast) and Dr Dan Sprevak (University of Ulster)

6th November 2000

Mathematics of Impact and Impact of Mathematics, Professor Stephen Reid

A Presidential Address

Venue: Dublin City University

April 2001

What are the characteristics of effective use of ICT in teaching mathematics and statistics? James Nicholson (Queen’s University of Belfast)

Organised jointly with the local branch of the Royal Statistical Society

Venue: Queen’s University Belfast

October 2001

Symmetric shapes formed by polygons: A “Young Scientists’ Talk”

Abstract

The presenters were a group of students from St Killian’s Community School Bray, who won the 2001 Esat Young Scientists and Technology Award. The talk focussed on the arrangements of polygons into circular patterns, an idea drawn from Ann Hirst’s work at the University of Southampton.

Venue: Dublin City University

March 2002

Preconditioning for numerical solutions of BE problems in electromagnetics, Professor Iain Duff (CERFACS, Toulouse, France)

Venue: Dublin City University

19th June 2002

Why we cannot live without Probability, Professor Kambiz Farahmand (University of Ulster)

Venue: Dublin City University

Abstract

This talk begins with some historical background of mathematics and the origin of the numbers. We look at the influences of mathematics on other sciences in the past and present. We question the way that we treat mathematics, in particular pure mathematics, today. We conclude with an example of the contribution that Probability Theory is making. The talk is prepared with audience with both fair knowledge of mathematics and no knowledge of mathematics in mind. However, an effort has been made to avoid satisfying none of the possible audience in order to please all.