Category Archives: events

conferences, seminars, lectures, etc

From permutation groups to model theory

Posted on 16/05/2018 by

I cannot resist a conference with a title like this! But in this case, there is another very important reason to attend. In the mid-1970s, when I began being interested in infinite permutation groups (I had been a strictly finite … Continue reading →

Posted in events, history | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

The Royal Society of Edinburgh

Posted on 15/05/2018 by

I have been to the Royal Society of Edinburgh twice in the last two weeks, for different reasons. Yesterday it was for my induction as a Fellow, along with forty-odd others. One of the things that we were told was … Continue reading →

Posted in events, history | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

London Combinatorics Colloquia

Posted on 11/05/2018 by

The second speaker at this year’s Queen Mary colloquium, János Pach, said at the start of his talk that he first came to Britain as a backpacker some years ago; at that time he never imagined that by now there … Continue reading →

Posted in events | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Scottish Combinatorics Meeting 2018

Posted on 29/04/2018 by

Last week saw the fourth annual Scottish Combinatorial Meeting in Edinburgh, in the Informatics Forum at the University of Edinburgh. The building was new to me, but easy enough to find, and having a terrace with a fine view of … Continue reading →

Posted in events, exposition | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Mathematical collaboration

Posted on 08/04/2018 by

I have just spent an entire weekend at a workshop on mathematical collaboration. It blew a huge hole in the time that I had to get on with urgent work that needs to be done, but it was such a … Continue reading →

Posted in doing mathematics, events | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Symmetry vs Regularity

Posted on 06/12/2017 by

This is the title of a conference to be held next year (2018) from 1 to 7 July, in Pilsen, Bohemia, Czech Republic. The subtitle is “The first 50 years since Weisfeiler-Leman stabilization”, and the webpage is here. If you … Continue reading →

Posted in events, exposition | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Workshop on Bannai-Ito theory

Posted on 01/12/2017 by

The original purpose of our trip to China was to speak at an international workshop on Bannai-Ito theory at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, a popular Chinese tourist destination. Hangzhou is set on an artificial (but centuries old) lake, with islands, … Continue reading →

Posted in events, exposition | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment