Tuesday 18 November 2008

9th IMA Younger Mathematicians Conference

What a truly inspirational day.......


So many eye-opening talks including, the importance of eigenvalues and eigenvectors within Google's framework for ranking the search results, the future plans for preserving the Cutty Sark as a national treasure and the use of the Monte Carlo Simulation methods for calculating the most likely ruin event within the financial industry.
Noel-Ann Bradshaw (University of Greenwich) gave a brilliant talk on how multi-objective evolutionary algorithms can be used within portfolio optimisation in the financial markets.
Gareth Howell (Cardiff University) gave us a sneak preview into the life of a PhD student and talked about research he's conducting on Theoretical Statistics, including the Farey Series for finding all rational fractions between 0 and 1.

David Youdan also told us about the possible merge between the IMA and LMS into a more unified mathematical society.
All in all, it was a stimulating day and one I certainly will never forget.

My favourite Quote of the day:
"The openness to keep learning is as important as the subject itself" - Andrew Smith (Deloitte)

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