Oxford Sparks
Description: All talks and exhibitions that explore and discover science research from the University of Oxford.
Talks:

Thursday 23 January 2025

Optimal design of odd active solids
Date: 23 January 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof. Anton Souslov (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Lecture Room 3
Organiser: Alain Goriely (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 24 January 2025

Combining computational modelling, deep generative learning and imaging to infer new biology
Date: 24 January 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Simon Walker-Samuel (UCL)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organisers: TBA
Host: Dr Eamonn Gaffney (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 29 January 2025

Oxford Mathematics Public Lecture: Can we truly understand by counting? - Hugo Duminil-Copin
Date: 29 January 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Hugo Duminil-Copin (IHES)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1
Organisers: TBA
Host: Dyrol Lumbard (University of Oxford)

Friday 31 January 2025

Adventures in Mathematical Biology
Date: 31 January 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Kit Yates (Bath University)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organisers: TBA
Host: Dr Ruth Baker (University of Oxford)

Thursday 6 February 2025

Modelling flying formations and vortex ring motions
Date: 6 February 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof. Christiana Mavroyiakoumou (NYU Courant)
Venue Details: Lecture Room 3
Organiser: Alain Goriely (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 7 February 2025

Self-organized patterning in complex biological fluids
Date: 7 February 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Giulia Celora (University of Oxford)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organisers: TBA
Host: Dr Ruth Baker (University of Oxford)

Friday 14 February 2025

Computational investigation of single-scale and multi-scale heterogeneous immune responses during cancer evolution
Date: 14 February 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Raluca EFTIMIE (Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Jose Carrillo (University of Oxford)

Thursday 20 February 2025

Advanced Effective Models in Elasticity
Date: 20 February 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr. Claire Lestringant (Sorbonne University)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Lecture Room 3
Organiser: Alain Goriely (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 21 February 2025

Epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity at scale: AI-powered insights from single cells and spatial transcriptomics
Date: 21 February 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Maria Secrier (UCL)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Helen Byrne (University of Oxford)

Friday 28 February 2025

Machine learning interatomic potentials to dynamics-preserving coarse-graining strategies
Date: 28 February 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Matthias Sachs (University of Birmingham)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Radek Erban (University of Oxford)

Thursday 6 March 2025

Dr Kasper Petersen Title TBC
Date: 6 March 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Kasper Petersen (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Lecture Room 3
Organiser: Alain Goriely (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 7 March 2025

Nonlocal advection-diffusion for modelling organism space use and movement
Date: 7 March 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Jonathan Potts (University of Sheffiled)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Yurij Salmaniw (University of Oxford)

Friday 14 March 2025

Hierarchical inference for more mechanistic functional response models using machine learning
Date: 14 March 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Ben Lambert (University of Oxford)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L4
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Robin Thomspon (University of Oxford)