Generic Skills Courses for First Year Postgraduates in the Mathematical Sciences, Spring 2006/7
Mar 7, 2007
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
The aim of the course (organised by the Edinburgh Mathematical Society and the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences) is to provide generic skills training for postgraduate mathematicians in Scotland.
Arrangements
This course will take place in the afternoon of Wednesday 7 March 2007 in Room CM G.01 (ground floor seminar room, Colin Maclaurin Building) at Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton Campus, Edinburgh. The campus is on the western edge of the city, near the airport, with excellent public transport to and from Edinburgh city centre.
The university's website has a map showing the location of the university and instructions on how to reach it by various forms of transport, http://www.hw.ac.uk/home/dir/40/edinburgh-campus then choose ‘Edinburgh Campus Maps and Directions’.
Programme
Wednesday 7 March 2007
| 14.00-14.30 | Arrival and tea/coffee |
| 14.30-15.10 | Dugald Duncan (Heriot-Watt University) Software for scientific computation |
| 15.10-15.45 | Steve Linton (University of St Andrews) The St Andrews GAP project and software |
| 15.45-16.15 | Tea/coffee |
| 16.15-17.00 | Penny Davies (Strathclyde University) Elements of report/paper writing |
| 17.00-17.30 | Bernd Schroers (Heriot-Watt University) and Sandra Pott (University of Glasgow) The PhD experience so far |
Participants
| Name | Institution |
|---|---|
| Alrajahi, Ahood | Heriot-Watt University |
| Ashraf, Ehsan | University of Glasgow |
| Aspden, Jonathan | University of Edinburgh |
| Barlow, Euan | University of Strathclyde |
| Bellamy, Gwyn | University of Edinburgh |
| Collins, Julia | University of Edinburgh |
| England, Matthew | Heriot-Watt University |
| Gibson, Malcolm | University of Glasgow |
| Gupta, Meetu | University of Strathclyde |
| Intep, Somkid | University of Strathclyde |
| Islam, Mahmuda | University of Strathclyde |
| Kennedy, Stuart | University of Strathclyde |
| Khan, Khaula Naeem | University of Strathclyde |
| Macauley, Monica | University of Glasgow |
| Macfarlane, Susan | University of Glasgow |
| Macleod, Marjory | University of Glasgow |
| Marthews, Lydia | University of Dundee |
| Mazzi, Giacomo | University of Edinburgh |
| McGinty, Sean | University of Strathclyde |
| O'Malley, Stephen | University of Glasgow |
| Ogbonna, Nneoma | Heriot-Watt University |
| Reinfeldt, Cornelius | Heriot-Watt University |
| Sahin, Sule | Heriot-Watt University |
| Samuel, Anthony | University of St Andrews |
| Seddon, Lawrence | University of Strathclyde |
| Sehba, Benoit Florent | University of Glasgow |
| Stothers, Andrew | University of Edinburgh |
| Taylor, Graeme | University of Edinburgh |
| Vasilopoulos, Georgios | Heriot-Watt University |
| Wajid, Hafiz | University of Strathclyde |
| Yatim, Yazariah Mohd | University of Strathclyde |
| Yu, Fei | Heriot-Watt University |
| Zhu, Yunfei | Glasgow University |