Blog posts from 2024
The Lighthouse Problem
Oct 03 2024, 19:08
This is a piece of advice that I found myself giving to many early career researchers, students, and colleagues supervising and advising those as well. For years, actually.
A mathematician, the joke says, is a blind man, in a dark room, searching for a black cat that isn't there. I don't know about that, but I think we can still agree that a researcher, in most fields, is sailing a boat, at night, in the fog, searching for the harbor.
Continue reading...Conferences: unsolicited advice
Jul 12 2024, 17:02
Well, that was quite the week!
As the last few posts had possibly clued you in, we hosted a conference in Leeds this past week. We had around 50 participants, including the speakers and poster presentations. I am very grateful for everyone who came here, those that spoke and did such a wonderful job, the posters that were so fascinating, and the audience that asked questions. I'm really grateful to Philipp Schilcht for his wonderful tutorial, filled with interesting open problems, and very cool results.
Continue reading...120 Years of Choice: Final call for registration!
Jun 11 2024, 21:08
Continuing from last two posts, this is a final reminder to register to 120 Years of Choice. Registration ends next week on the 20th of June.
We are very excited about the speakers and the poster presentations! The titles and abstracts are now available through our website (a few are TBD, but should be filled in soon enough).
Continue reading...120 Years of Choice: Registration is open
Feb 15 2024, 18:22
Continuing from the previous post, we have a website for the conference now, and you can now register for the conference.
We are planning to have two poster sessions, and we might be able to offer some financial support for people who are presenting posters. We will prioritise early career researchers, and given the budget limitations we might not accept all poster submissions.
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