Short courses
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics runs occasional short courses on hot and interesting topics in mathematics and its applications. These courses usually take place over two or three days of lectures and training sessions.
July 4-6, 2012
Short course on Instabilities and Fluid Flows
Lecturer: Prof. Valerio Lucarini (University of Hamburg and University of Reading)
Recent short courses
May 5-7, 2009
Short course on Probability
Lecturer: Prof. Peter Grindrod (University of Reading)
5th - 9th January, 2009
Short course on Entangled Polymer Dynamics
Lecturer: Prof. Alexei Likhtman (University of Reading)
6th - 7th October, 2008
Introduction to Inverse Scattering Problems
Lecturer: Dr. R. Potthast (University of Reading)
25th - 27th June, 2008
Operator adapted methods for the Helmholtz equation
Lecturer: M Melenk (Technical University Wien)
25th - 27th June, 2007
Spectral Properties of Banded Toeplitz Matrices
Lecturer: Prof. Albrecht Böttcher ( Technische Universität Chemnitz (Germany))
2nd - 4th April 2007
The Mathematics of Large-Scale Atmospheric Flows
Lecturer: Prof. Mike Cullen ( UK Meteorological Office)