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09 June – Marina “The Kalman Filter algorithm​”

By mz233 | 08 June 2017

The Kalman filter which is over 50 years old is one of the most important and common data fusion algorithms in use today. It combines … Read more

19 May– Alex “A theoretical overview of Bayesian nonparametrics”

By mz233 | 15 May 2017

In this talk we provide a general overview of the growing topic of Bayesian nonparametric. The start of BNP can be dated back to 1973 … Read more

12 May– Christos “Homological aspects of Lie algebras and related topics”

By mz233 | 15 May 2017

Lie Algebras is a useful tool which dominates every aspect of the interaction between physics and mathematics. Moreover, the applications within mathematics are uncountable and … Read more

10 March – Floris: “What the hack is he doing anyway?”

By mz233 | 08 March 2017

In 1926 Arnaud Denjoy and Julius Wolff proved the Denjoy-Wollf Theorem (not a coincidence) which looks at the behaviour of holomorphic functions on a disc … Read more

10th February – Giacomo: Characterising the Tangent Space

By mz233 | 08 February 2017

The tangent space to a smooth manifold is an important object in differential geometry. Depending on context, different ways of viewing this object can be … Read more

3rd February – Yoon: The Heun Equation and the Poincare-Perron Theorem

By mz233 | 08 February 2017

Heun functions generalize well-known special functions such as Spheroidal Wave, Lame, Mathieu, and hypergeometric-type functions. Heun functions are applicable to diverse areas such as theory … Read more

27th January – Neil: Determinants, the Plücker relation and functional identities

By mz233 | 25 January 2017

The Plücker relation is a curious identity satisfied by determinants. I’ll state and prove it, and give a couple of examples of how it arises … Read more

20th January – Jocelyne: Universal Property of Spectra

By mz233 | 25 January 2017

Stefan Schwede and Brooke Shipley, in their article “A uniqueness theorem for stable homotopy theory” announced the Uniqueness Theorem, which have multiple applications, mainly it … Read more

16th December – Alex: Quantum algebras and polynomial identity (PI) degrees

By mz233 | 13 December 2016

Quantum algebras arose in the 1980’s as deformations of the algebra of functions over certain groups and were motivated by problems in mathematical physics. Under … Read more

09 December – Laurence: Objective Bayesian Analysis for Change Point Problems

By mz233 | 06 December 2016

Change point problems appear in various contexts, for instance, in hydrology, finance and ecology. Objective Bayes aims to construct prior distributions in conditions where the … Read more

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