2021-2022
2nd September 2022
PiFORUM 22: A 1-day in-person event on Friday 2nd September 2022 in Edinburgh, to celebrate our 3 year anniversary of the Piscopia Initiative.
07/07/22: PiWORKS seminar talk by Dr Aretha Teckentrup (University of Edinburgh) on “Blending mathematical models with observational data“.
26/04/22: PiWORKS seminar talk by Dr Maria Bruna (University of Cambridge) on “Continuum models of stochastic systems of interacting particles“.
18th March 2022
The Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt committees hosted a joint in-person PhD event. Many thanks to the ICMS and MIGSAA for making this possible. Here is some of the feedback we received at the end of our event.
23/02/22: PiWORKS seminar talk by Professor Apala Majumdar (University of Strathclyde) on “The Mathematics of Liquid Crystals – Multi-Faceted Approaches, Challenges and Applications for Future Technologies”.
15th February 2022
Non-traditional Career Paths into Academia – panel discussion and Q&A with female Mathematics researchers. Panelists:
- Prof. Rachel Bearon (University of Liverpool)
- Rachel Furner (PhD student, Cambridge University and the British Antarctic Survey)
- Dr Catherine Higham (University of Glasgow)
- Cathie Wells (PhD student, Reading University)
01/02/22: PiWORKS seminar talk by Professor Mihaela van der Schaar (University of Cambridge) on “Machine learning in healthcare: from interpretability to a new human-machine partnership”. Followed by PhD Information Event and Q&A by the St Andrews Piscopia committee.
21st December 2021
Your Q&A – an online informal coffee chat in which we answered any questions attendees might have about PhD life/PhD applications.
7th December 2021
Warwick Piscopia committee hosted an event with speakers from the MathSys CDT, HetSys CDT, and the main mathematics CDT. Further, current PhD students at the University of Warwick discussed their PhD experience so far and gave application advice.
30/11/21: PiWORKS seminar talk by Dr Claudia Neves (King’s College London) on “Extreme value statistics born out of domains of attraction“.
24th November 2021
Reading Piscopia committee launches a mentoring scheme by female PhD students about PhD life/applications/general support for students in STEM at the University of Reading. Get in touch with the committee members for more info!
22nd November 2021
Edinburgh Piscopia committee hosted their first in-person PhD information event. Many thanks to ICMS and the School of Mathematics of the University of Edinburgh for making this event possible!
21st November 2021
The Birmingham Piscopia committee starts running regular coffee mornings. Get in touch with the committee members if you’re interested in attending!
26/10/21: PiWORKS seminar talk by Dr Lisa Maria Kreusser (University of Bath) on “Mathematical modelling in biology and data science“.
20th October 2021
PhD Information Event by the Heriot-Watt committee.
28/09/21: PiWORKS seminar talk by Dr. Sophie Huczynska (University of St Andrews) on “Combinatorics in Information Security“.
2020-2021
29/06/2021: PiWORKS seminar talk by Dr. Olga Maleva (University of Birmingham) on “Lipschitz functions: from Newton’s apple to fractals“.
14th June 2021
Online tea time chat with current women PhD students at the University of Birmingham by the Birmingham Piscopia committee.
25/05/2021: PiWORKS seminar talk by Dr. Heather Battey (Imperial College London).
27/04/2021: PiWORKS seminar talk by Dr. Angela Tabiri (AIMS-Google AI postdoctoral fellow at AIMS Ghana and lead of Femafricmaths).
16th April 2021
Event on “careers after your mathematics degree” by the St Andrews Piscopia committee.
30/03/2021: PiWORKS seminar talk by Dr. Laura Ciobanu (Heriot-Watt University).
11th March 2021
“How to survive your dissertation” event by the Edinburgh Piscopia committee.
10th March 2021
Warwick Women in Maths event, jointly organised by the Warwick Piscopia committee and the University of Warwick Mathematics department, aimed at celebrating the achievements of women and non-binary mathematicians and giving students an idea what research in maths looks like, where a career in maths can take you, and insights into the personal experiences of a diverse range of mathematicians.
3rd March 2021
Talk by the two co-leads of the Piscopia Initiative in an ICMS meeting on “Progression from taught to research degrees in the mathematical sciences“.
24th February 2021
Online Piscopia Society social.
23/02/2021: PiWORKS seminar talk by Dr. Martine Barons (University of Warwick).
27th January 2021
PhD information event by the Heriot-Watt Piscopia committee.
26/01/2021: PiWORKS seminar talk by Professor Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb (University of Cambridge).
15th December 2020
“How to write a dissertation” event by the UCL Piscopia Committee.
27th November 2020
PiDOORS afternoon of talks by women who have a PhD in Mathematics, who are currently working in industry.
24/11/2020, PiWORKS seminar talk by Professor Karen Page from UCL.
25th November 2020
- PhD information event by the Bath Piscopia committee.
- Virtual coffee break by Strathclyde committee.
- PhD Information Event for St Andrews students by the St Andrews committee.
19th November 2020
PhD information event by University of Reading committee.
4th November 2020
Info session for students at the University of Manchester by Manchester committee.
28th October 2020
“How to study remotely” and PhD information event hosted by the UCL committee.
27/10/2020 – First PiWORKS seminar series talk by Professor Maggie Chen at Cardiff University. Jointly hosted with the Women in Mathematics Society at Cardiff.
21st October 2020
PhD information event by the Heriot-Watt Piscopia committee.
30th September 2020
“Get Involved with the Piscopia Society “- Help us host events at your university!
7th – 11th September 2020
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