Seminars in Mathematical Sciences

Seminars in the next week
Mar 20 (Fri)

13:00 MCS0001 HEPMDonal O'Connell (Edinburgh University): Supertranslations are Soft Dressings

In quantum field theories, the definition of a single particle state is ambiguous when there is no mass gap. I will discuss how this ambiguity for a single massive particle, in the regime of validity of the classical approximation, is intimately connected to large gauge transformations of classical theories. I will in particular discuss general BMS supertranslations from this point of view, as well as implications for classical observables such as impulses and waveforms.

Venue: MCS0001

Mar 23 (Mon)

13:00 MCS2068 StatRasa Remenyte-Prescott (Nottingham): Reliability and Efficiency Modelling in Healthcare

The talk will give an overview of current research needs in reliability and efficiency modelling in healthcare, with a focus on using approaches of engineering risk and system reliability analysis. It will then focus on some current projects at the University of Nottingham and their outcomes, with a focus on Newborn Life Support (NLS) procedure, and will discuss future avenues for research in the areas of healthcare applications. The talk will also give a brief overview of activities in the Resilience Engineering Research Group and open a discussion for potential future collaboration opportunities.

Venue: MCS2068

Mar 27 (Fri)

13:00 MCS0001 HEPMSean Hartnoll (Cambridge University): TBA

Venue: MCS0001


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• Amplitudes and Correlators

Contact: arthur.lipstein@durham.ac.uk

No upcoming seminars have been scheduled (not unusual outside term time).

• Analysis and PDE

Usual Venue: MCS2068

Contact: yohance.a.osborne@durham.ac.uk

No upcoming seminars have been scheduled (not unusual outside term time).

• Applied Mathematics

Usual Venue: MCS3070

Contact: andrew.krause@durham.ac.uk

No upcoming seminars have been scheduled (not unusual outside term time).

• Arithmetic Study Group

Usual Venue: MCS2068

Contact: herbert.gangl@durham.ac.uk

No upcoming seminars have been scheduled (not unusual outside term time).

• CPT Colloquium

Usual Venue: OC218

Contact: mohamed.anber@durham.ac.uk

For more information, see HERE.


No upcoming seminars have been scheduled (not unusual outside term time).

• Department Research Colloquium

Usual Venue: MCS0001

Contact: inaki.garcia-etxebarria@durham.ac.uk,sunil.chhita@durham.ac.uk

No upcoming seminars have been scheduled (not unusual outside term time).

• Distinguished and Public Lectures

Usual Venue: MCS0001

Contact: sabine.boegli@durham.ac.uk,alpar.r.meszaros@durham.ac.uk

No upcoming seminars have been scheduled (not unusual outside term time).

• Education and Pedagogy

Usual Venue: MCS3052

Contact: andrew.krause@durham.ac.uk

No upcoming seminars have been scheduled (not unusual outside term time).

• Gandalf

Usual Venue: MCS3070

Contact: daniel.n.disney@durham.ac.uk

No upcoming seminars have been scheduled (not unusual outside term time).

• Geometry and Topology

Usual Venue: MCS2068

Contact: fernando.galaz-garcia@durham.ac.uk

Apr 02 13:00 Thiago de Paiva (Peking University): A simpler braid description for all links in the 3-sphere

By Alexander's theorem, every link in the 3-sphere can be represented as the closure of a braid. Lorenz links and twisted torus links are two families that have been extensively studied and are well described in terms of braids. In this talk, we present a natural generalization of Lorenz links and twisted torus links that produces all links in the 3-sphere, providing a simpler braid description for every link in the 3-sphere.

Venue: MCS2068

Apr 30 13:00 Anthea Monod (Imperial): TBA

Venue: MCS2068

May 07 13:00 Wilhelm Klingenberg (Durham): TBA

Venue: MCS2068

• HEP Journal Club

Usual Venue: MCS3070

Contact: mendel.t.nguyen@durham.ac.uk

No upcoming seminars have been scheduled (not unusual outside term time).

• HEP Lunchtime

Usual Venue: MCS0001

Contact: p.e.dorey@durham.ac.uk,enrico.andriolo@durham.ac.uk,tobias.p.hansen@durham.ac.uk

Mar 20 13:00 Donal O'Connell (Edinburgh University): Supertranslations are Soft Dressings

In quantum field theories, the definition of a single particle state is ambiguous when there is no mass gap. I will discuss how this ambiguity for a single massive particle, in the regime of validity of the classical approximation, is intimately connected to large gauge transformations of classical theories. I will in particular discuss general BMS supertranslations from this point of view, as well as implications for classical observables such as impulses and waveforms.

Venue: MCS0001

Mar 27 13:00 Sean Hartnoll (Cambridge University): TBA

Venue: MCS0001

• Probability

Usual Venue: MCS2068

Contact: tyler.helmuth@durham.ac.uk,oliver.kelsey-tough@durham.ac.uk

No upcoming seminars have been scheduled (not unusual outside term time).

• Pure Maths Colloquium

Usual Venue: MCS2068

Contact: michael.r.magee@durham.ac.uk

No upcoming seminars have been scheduled (not unusual outside term time).

• Spectra and Moduli

Usual Venue: MCS3070

Contact: joe.thomas@durham.ac.uk

No upcoming seminars have been scheduled (not unusual outside term time).

• Statistics

Usual Venue: MCS2068

Contact: hyeyoung.maeng@durham.ac.uk,andrew.iskauskas@durham.ac.uk

Mar 23 13:00 Rasa Remenyte-Prescott (Nottingham): Reliability and Efficiency Modelling in Healthcare

The talk will give an overview of current research needs in reliability and efficiency modelling in healthcare, with a focus on using approaches of engineering risk and system reliability analysis. It will then focus on some current projects at the University of Nottingham and their outcomes, with a focus on Newborn Life Support (NLS) procedure, and will discuss future avenues for research in the areas of healthcare applications. The talk will also give a brief overview of activities in the Resilience Engineering Research Group and open a discussion for potential future collaboration opportunities.

Venue: MCS2068

• Stats4Grads

Contact: adam.stone2@durham.ac.uk

No upcoming seminars have been scheduled (not unusual outside term time).

Special Series

These link to some of the special events hosted by the Department:


• [LMS|EPSRC] Durham Symposia (from 1974)
• Collingwood Lectures (from 1984)