Events 2007/8

Edinburgh International Science Festival, 5th April 2008

Why are we so good at predicting the weather? A talk by Mike Cullen of The Met Office at the Edinburgh International Science Festival, Saturday 5 April 2008. Royal Museum of Scotland, 4pm.

This talk for the general public highlights why nonlinear PDEs are so important in weather-forecasting. View presentation here: [PowerPoint]

A Introduction to Partial Differential Equations, Thursdays from 17th April 2008

A postgraduate level course providing an introduction to classical methods which are still useful in today's research. The main aim of the course will be to develop the method of layer potentials. Held at Edinburgh University, JCMB 6309, Thursdays 1-3pm. The course website provides more details.

A Workshop on Geometric Analysis, Elasticity and PDE, 23rd June - 27th June 2008

This major international workshop was held at Heriot-Watt University. The ICMS website contains details of the conference, including how to register.

Visit of Barbara Keyfitz, 3-5 September 2008

Barbara Keyfitz (Field's Institute, Toronto) visited and gave a seminar on Hyperbolic Conservation Laws - Past and Future.