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The Data Science Group is hosting Dr. Arthur Turrell, from the Bank of England. He will give an exciting talk about data analysis techniques that are being applied to understand the complexities of the UK economy. The talk is open to everyone. Please join us!.. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Date: December 1st, Thursday
\nTime: 2pm
\nLocation: Infolab21, D55<\/p>\n
Abstract:
\nThe Bank\u2019s recently formed Advanced Analytics Division has brought a new suite of techniques to bear on understanding the complexities of the UK economic and financial system. This means making better use of the variety of data now available. And it means applying new methodologies: for instance, machine learning and agent-based modelling.
\nIn this talk, I will discuss some of the most exciting projects within the Advanced Analytics Division and some of the insights that have come out of them.
\nBiography:
\nDr. Arthur Turrell is a Research Economist in the Bank of England\u2019s Advanced Analytics Division. Prior to joining the Bank, he was an EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellow in the plasma physics group at Imperial College London. His research interests are in complexity theory, large and unstructured data sets, and agent-based modelling.<\/p>\n
Leandro Soriano Marcolino<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n JSPS and the EPSRC will be holding a joint symposium titled \u201cMaterials Science Pioneered by Structured Lights\u201d at the Royal Society, London on Friday 6th January 2017 from 09:30 until 16:30, followed by a reception at the Japan Embassy in London until 19:00. Please find a tentative event programme below.<\/p>\n If you would like to attend this event, please RSVP in a return e mail by 21st December 2016.<\/p>\n In this reply please include the following details: full name, name of department and institution you are affiliated with in the UK and contact e mail address and telephone number. Please also indicate if you are able to attend the evening reception as well as the symposium.<\/p>\n *This event is free to attend but Spaces are limited and registration in advance of the event is essential. We hope to see you on January 6th.<\/p>\n JSPS-EPSRC Collaborative Symposium TENTATIVE PROGRAMME<\/p>\n 09:30 Registration Anupam Mazumdar<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Please see below details of scheduled works on the Physics refurbishment and Isolab projects for next week.<\/p>\n Physics scheduled works <\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 M&E strip out – medium noise, no vibration Should you have any queries regarding these projects please contact the Senior Project Manager, Helen Wood, via the Facilities Helpdesk on facilities.helpdesk@lancaster.ac.uk<\/a> \u00a0or 01524 593333.<\/p>\n Madeline Asquith<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Title: Galaxies Tracing Dark Matter: From the small to the large scales Abstract: I will present new results on how galaxies occupy dark matter haloes using halo occupation distribution modelling, and provide a framework for pushing this work forward accounting for astrophysical effects such as quenching, AGN feedback and gas stripping. I will then highlight how this field is crucial to our understanding of cosmology in the longer term, as we become limited by systematics rather than statistics. Finally, I will give an overview of how radio surveys, combined with optical and near-infrared surveys can make great strides in this area over the coming decade.<\/p>\n Grainne Wilkinson<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Date: 25 November 2016, 13:45 – 14:45 Abstract: Precision measurements of flavour observables can provide powerful tests of many extensions of the Standard Model. I will present a review of recent heavy flavour results, focussing on places where tensions have started to appear between experimental measurements and Standard Model predictions, including recent measurements of rare b \u2014> s ll flavour-changing-neutral current processes by the LHCb experiment. The talk will summarise possible explanations for these tensions. I will also try to highlight areas where theoretical progress is needed to keep pace with increasing experimental precision from the LHC experiments.<\/p>\nJSPS-EPSRC, Japan-UK Symposium: Materials Science Pioneered by Structured Lights<\/h2>\n
\nMaterials Science Pioneered by Structured Lights
\nThe Royal Society, London
\nFriday, 6 January, 2017<\/p>\n
\n09:50 Opening Remarks Professor Nobuo Ueno, Director, JSPS London
\n10:00 Time- and Space-Domain Structures of Optical Fields on Metal Nanostructures Professor Hiromi Okamoto (IMS, Japan)
\n10:30 Designer EM fields: A New Paradigm for the Characterisation of Biomaterials Professor Malcolm Kadodwala (University of Glasgow, UK)
\n11:00 Infrared Ultrafast Plasmonics Boosts Nonlinear Light-matter Interactions Professor Satoshi Ashihara (University of Tokyo, Japan)
\n11:30 Novel Concepts in Nanostructured Photonic Biosensors Professor Thomas Krauss (University of York, UK)
\n12:00 Lunch
\n13:00 Vortex and Vector Beams for Excitation of Multipole Plasmon Resonances Dr Kyosuke Sakai (Hokkaido University, Japan)
\n13:30 Biomimetic Computational Imaging Dr David Phillips (University of Glasgow, UK)
\n14:00 Coffee break
\n14:30 (Title: TBC) Professor Stefan Meir, Imperial College London
\n15:00 Twisting Lights Create Twisted Structures Professor Takashige Omatsu (Chiba University, Japan)
\n15:30 Accelerating Progress in Biomedical Imaging Professor Kishan Dholakia (University of St. Andrews, UK)
\n16:00 Closing Remarks Dr Jane Nicholson, Associate Director, Impact & International, EPSRC Professor Takashige Omatsu (Chiba University, Japan)
\nGroup Photo
\n17:00 Opening of Evening Reception Japan Embassy in the UK, Piccadilly London<\/p>\nPhysics and Isolab weekly updates<\/h2>\n
\n\u2022 Demolition to level C,B & A including screed removal – high noise, medium vibration
\n\u2022 Forming new brickwork openings – high noise, medium vibration
\n\u2022 Protection works – low noise, no vibration
\n\u2022 Re-Roofing works – low noise, no vibration
\n\u2022 Window installation – medium noise, minimum vibration
\n\u2022 Scaffolding – minimum noise, minimum vibration
\n\u2022 New toilet block fa\u00e7ade works – medium noise, minimum vibration
\n\u2022 External drainage connection – medium noise, medium vibration
\n\u2022 Removal of wall cladding to the plant room – medium noise, minimum vibration<\/p>\nAstrophysics Seminar<\/h2>\n
\nSpeaker: Matt Jarvis (University of Oxford)
\nTime: 3pm on 6th December 2016
\nVenue: Physics C36<\/p>\nTodays: Particle Physics Seminar: Flavour Anomalies<\/h2>\n
\nVenue: Physics C36
\nSpeaker: Dr Tom Blake, Warwick University<\/p>\n