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Living Proof: the Isaac Newton Institute podcast

Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences

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1 month ago

Send us a text Welcome to the latest episode of Living Proof, our podcast produced in collaboration with Plus.maths.org In this episode we spoke to Sarah Hart, a mathematician interested in not just the maths itself, but also its connections to other areas of literature and art. She's done an amazing number of things throughout her career — from research in pure mathematics and heading up a maths department, to being the first woman Gresham Professor of Geometry and President of the British S...

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Send us a text Welcome to the latest episode of Living Proof, our podcast produced in collaboration with Plus.maths.org In this episode we spoke to Sarah Hart, a mathematician interested in not just the maths itself, but also its connections to other areas of literature and art. She's done an amazing number of things throughout her career — from research in pure mathematics and heading up a maths department, to being the first woman Gresham Professor of Geometry and President of the British S...

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Living Proof: the Isaac Newton Institute podcast

#66 A conversation with Sarah Hart

Send us a text Welcome to the latest episode of Living Proof, our podcast produced in collaboration with Plus.maths.org In this episode we spoke to Sarah Hart, a mathematician interested in not just the maths itself, but also its connections to other areas of literature and art. She's done an amazing number of things throughout her career — from research in pure mathematics and heading up a maths department, to being the first woman Gresham Professor of Geometry and President of the British S...

2 months ago

24 minutes

Living Proof: the Isaac Newton Institute podcast

#64 Communicating mathematics with the INI and Hannah Fry

Send us a text Welcome to the latest episode of Living Proof, our podcast produced in collaboration with Plus.maths.org In this episode, we dive into the importance of communicating mathematics to a broader audience, a growing priority within the maths community. Sara Khan, Communications Manager at the Isaac Newton Institute, shares how the INI is championing mathematics communication. Then, Rachel Thomas and Marianne Freiberger, editors of Plus.maths.org, revisit their conversation with Han...

3 months ago

28 minutes

Living Proof: the Isaac Newton Institute podcast

#65 Diving into maths with Emmy Noether

Send us a text Welcome to the latest episode of Living Proof, our podcast produced in collaboration with Plus.maths.org In this episode, we talked to famous Maths historian, David E. Rowe, who provided scientific advice for the play Diving into math with Emmy Noether, which was staged as part of the Modern History of Mathematics research programme and the Inclusivity in the Mathematical Sciences workshop at the INI. We dive deep into the life and work of Emmy Noether, and about what it'...

3 months ago

29 minutes

Living Proof: the Isaac Newton Institute podcast

#63 Exploring anomalous diffusion: an interview with Aleks Mijatovic and Codina Cotar

In the latest episode of Living Proof, Dan Aspel speaks to Aleks Mijatovic (Warwick, Alan Turing Institute) and Codina Cotar (UCL) about the Stochastic systems for anomalous diffusion programme. They’ll be speaking about the theme and challenges of their highly interdisciplinary six-month research project, but the conversation starts with comments on some truly remarkable headwear…Stochastic systems for anomalous diffusion programme: https://www.newton.ac.uk/event/ssd/Submit a proposal for an...

9 months ago

28 minutes

Living Proof: the Isaac Newton Institute podcast

#62 Exploring Twistor Theory - an interview with Lionel Mason and Maciej Dunajski

In the latest episode of Living Proof, Dan Aspel speaks to Professors Lionel Mason (Oxford) and Maciej Dunajski (Cambridge) of the Twistor Theory programme (https://www.newton.ac.uk/event/twt). Over the 30 minutes, they share their experiences of the scale and challenges of this far-reaching topic that - amongst other things - aims to unify general relativity and quantum mechanics.00:00 - Introduction00:42 - Welcome01:48 - “I have been excited about this programme for 40 years”, introducing t...

9 months ago

30 minutes

Living Proof: the Isaac Newton Institute podcast

#61 Organising an INI Satellite Programme: an interview with Professors Mark Blyth and Sasha Korobkin

In the latest episode of Living Proof, Dan Aspel speaks to Professors Mark Blyth and Sasha Korobkin, organisers of the INI Satellite Programme “The mathematics of multiphase flows with applications” (https://www.newton.ac.uk/event/mfa/). In the conversation, Mark and Sasha explain the programme’s research themes and share their insights into the challenges and rewards of organising an INI programme at your home institution - in their case the University of East Anglia in Norwich.00:00 - Intro...

9 months ago

33 minutes

Living Proof: the Isaac Newton Institute podcast

#60 Exploring 'Mathlib' and the digitisation of mathematics: an interview with Professor Kevin Buzzard

In the latest episode of Living Proof, Dan Aspel speaks to Professor Kevin Buzzard of Imperial College London. Inspired by a lecture given by Thomas Hales at INI’s Big Proof (https://www.newton.ac.uk/event/bpr/) programme in 2017, Kevin has spent the past seven years working alongside fellow enthusiasts on the “Maths Library” project. In this conversation he explains the project in detail, touching on why the programming language of Lean was chosen, and how it interacts with his recent five-y...

9 months ago

55 minutes

Living Proof: the Isaac Newton Institute podcast

“Meet the… Simons Postdoctoral Fellows” mini series #12 Dr Luke Davis

Established in 2021, the INI Postdoctoral Fellowships in Mathematics scheme enables “exceptional early career researchers in the mathematical sciences” to gain “experience, independence and new connections on their way to a successful academic career”.In this episode of Living Proof, Dan Aspel speaks to Dr Luke Davis to learn about his journey through mathematics so far, and to find out what being awarded this Fellowship – which involves spending six months on the INI research programme “Stoc...

10 months ago

18 minutes

Living Proof: the Isaac Newton Institute podcast

#59 Meeting the three mathematics medalists from the STEM for Britain awards 2024

In this episode of Living Proof, Dan Aspel is joined by three guests: Daniel Gardham (Surrey), Katherine Benjamin (Oxford), and Francisco de Melo Virissimo (LSE), all of whom won medals as podium finishers at the 2024 STEM for Britain awards at the UK parliament in March. The conversation covers their success in the highly competitive poster exhibition, how it felt to present their mathematical research to politicians and the public, and what the future holds for each of them from this point ...

1 year ago

32 minutes

Living Proof: the Isaac Newton Institute podcast

“Meet the… Simons Postdoctoral Fellows” mini series #11 Dr S. J. Kole

Now in its third year, the INI Postdoctoral Fellowships in Mathematics scheme enables “exceptional early career researchers in the mathematical sciences” to gain “experience, independence and new connections on their way to a successful academic career”. In this episode of Living Proof, Dan Aspel speak to Dr Swapnil Jaideo (SJ) Kole to learn about her journey through mathematics so far, and to find out what being awarded this Fellowship – which involves spending three months on the INI r...

1 year ago

8 minutes

Living Proof: the Isaac Newton Institute podcast

#58 Linking Cambridge with Africa: how to co-host an international research workshop

From 8-12 January 2024, the "Equivariant methods in geometry" took place in INI's main seminar room in Cambridge, UK. So far, so routine procedure. However, this workshop had the unique twist of being run in parallel with a team at the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Linked by audio-visual streaming connections, the two events were remotely connected and operated as one throughout the week.Following successful interactions across continents (on top of the usual collaborations taking...

1 year ago

22 minutes

Living Proof: the Isaac Newton Institute podcast

#57 Cambridge Festival | Prof Ben Allanach previews his talk: "The Force Awakens: Quantum Collisions"

In this short episode, Dan Aspel speaks to Professor Ben Allanach (Cambridge, CERN) about his talk "The Force Awakens: Quantum Collisions" which he'll be delivering in INI's main seminar room for this year's Cambridge Festival. Taking place on Saturday 23 March at 11:00, the talk is in fact now sold out. However, if you'd like to join the waiting list for any cancelled tickets you can do so here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-force-awakens-quantum-collisions-tickets-810293639087... and r...

1 year ago

9 minutes

Living Proof: the Isaac Newton Institute podcast

#56 Voices from Ukraine: Olena Domanska of the Solidarity for Mathematicians programme

Episode published 30/01/24 In February 2022, Olena Domanska and her family left their home in Ukraine. The ongoing Russian invasion has meant that they are yet to return to the world they left behind. However, through her engagement with INI's Solidarity for mathematicians programme, she and her family are currently based near the University of Manchester where she is continuing her work on neural networks "at the intercept of artificial intelligence and differential equations".&nbs...

1 year ago

19 minutes

Living Proof: the Isaac Newton Institute podcast

“Meet the… Simons Postdoctoral Fellows” mini series #10 Dr Samuel Stark

Episode published: 20/11/23 Thanks to the generous support of the Simons Foundation, the INI-Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Mathematics is now in its second year of enabling “exceptional early career researchers in the mathematical sciences” to gain “experience, independence and new connections on their way to a successful academic career”. In this episode of Living Proof, Dan Aspel speak to Dr Samuel Stark to learn about his journey through mathematics so far, and to find out w...

1 year ago

4 minutes

Living Proof: the Isaac Newton Institute podcast

“Meet the… Simons Postdoctoral Fellows” mini series #9 Dr Zhao-He Watse Sybesma

Episode published: 10/10/23 Thanks to the generous support of the Simons Foundation, the INI-Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Mathematics is now in its second year of enabling “exceptional early career researchers in the mathematical sciences” to gain “experience, independence and new connections on their way to a successful academic career”. In this episode of Living Proof, Dan Aspel speak to Dr Zhao-He Watse Sybesma to learn about his journey through mathematics so far, and to f...

1 year ago

10 minutes

Living Proof: the Isaac Newton Institute podcast

“Meet the… Simons Postdoctoral Fellows” mini series #8 Dr Paul Pruzina

Episode published: 09/10/23 Thanks to the generous support of the Simons Foundation, the INI-Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Mathematics is now in its second year of enabling “exceptional early career researchers in the mathematical sciences” to gain “experience, independence and new connections on their way to a successful academic career”. In this episode of Living Proof, Dan Aspel speak to Dr Paul Pruzina to learn about his journey through mathematics so far, and to find out w...

1 year ago

5 minutes

Living Proof: the Isaac Newton Institute podcast

#55 Marbles, pint glasses and the Kepler conjecture: an overview of the 2023 GeomPack programme, with organisers Simon Cox and Adil Mughal

In the latest episode, Dan Aspel speaks to Simon Cox and Adil Mughal - organisers of the 2023 programme "GeomPack: Geometry and packing in material structure and biology". The second ever INI satellite programme, GeomPack is being held at Aberystwyth University in its 150th year. Simon and Adil explain the joys and challenges of organising such an event, as well as the fascinating research which has seen them and the participants tackle "some of the knottiest problems in mathematics for centu...

1 year ago

28 minutes

Living Proof: the Isaac Newton Institute podcast

#54 Discussing "The Irrational Diary of Clara Valentine", an interview with Coralie Colmez

Episode recorded: 17/07/23In this episode of Living Proof, Dan Aspel speaks to Coralie Colmez, author of the young adult novel "The Irrational Diary of Clara Valentine" - recently chosen as one of Chalkdust magazine's "books of the year". A Cambridge maths graduate herself, it was Coralie's ambition to write a story rich in both mathematics and mystery - with the Chalkdust review highlighting that "the explanations of the solutions to these puzzles are blended into the story expertly". In thi...

1 year ago

16 minutes

Living Proof: the Isaac Newton Institute podcast

#53 Disproving Ravenel's "telescope conjecture": an interview with Tomer Schlank and Jeremy Hahn

Episode recorded: 07/07/23In this episode of Living Proof, Dan Aspel and Marianne Freiberger are joined by Tomer Schlank (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) and Jeremy Hahn (MIT). Working alongside Robert Burklund and Ishan Levy, Tomer and Jeremy's recently announced a disproof of Ravenel's telescope conjecture at the June 2023 INI workshop "A panorama of homotopy theory". Here, they explain why this was such a significant announcement, and what effect it has had on the field of homotopy t...

2 years ago

23 minutes

Living Proof: the Isaac Newton Institute podcast

Thirty years of proof: celebrating Andrew Wiles on the anniversary of Fermat's Last Theorem

The 23rd of June 2023 marks exactly thirty years since Sir Andrew Wiles announced his historic first proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem. He did so at the Isaac Newton Institute, during the culmination of three days of special lectures, delivered as part of the June 1993 L-functions and arithmetic programme - one of the first research meetings to take place at the recently founded INI. To mark this happy occasion, we - together with our colleagues at Plus magazine and the Maths on the move! podcas...

2 years ago

26 minutes