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Karen Uhlenbeck will talk on Noether Theorems

Signal processing and machine learning constitutes an important area for the application of mathematical concepts and techniques, in an era where learning algorithms must be transparent, robust, explainable and understandable, and ethical. It is a thriving area, as demonstrated by the success of the UK hosting the recent International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP) in Brighton in 2019. Signal and information processing is at the heart of our technological world, fuelled by developments in, for example, mobile communications, networks and graphs, multimedia systems, medical image analysis, genomics and bioengineering, neural signal processing, big data processing and internet of things. The aim of the conference is to bring together mathematicians, statisticians and engineers with a view to exploring recent developments in mathematics for signal processing and machine learning and identifying fruitful avenues for further research. It is hoped that the meeting will help to attract more mathematicians into this important and challenging field.

GAP (Geometry and Physics — Séminaire itinérant) is a series of conferences and summer schools held annually since 2003 in various countries around the world. The seventeenth edition of the annual GAP conference and summer school will be held at the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) on the campus of the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada from Monday May 16 to Friday May 20, 2022. The conference website and links to the previous editions are at https://sites.google.com/view/gap-xvii-vancouver/home?authuser=0 .

Some datasets are too small for standard statistical/data analysis to accurately characterize the data. Others are extremely large and data size reduction methods may be needed. One solution is to use topological data analysis to simplify and/or visualize data. This workshop will include both tutorials and research talks on topological techniques for visualizing data. In person workshop with hybrid component for those who wish to join virtually.

We are planning the following sections 1. Linear and nonlinear functional analysis 2. Function theory and approximation 3. Dynamical systems and their applications 4. Applications of analysis to real-world problems The official language of the Conference is English. The Registration Form is available on https://conference.pu.if.ua/cta/index.php. The deadline for registration is May 5, 2022. Each participant can offer a plenary or section talk or be a listener. All abstracts will be published online. Every participant will obtain a certificate. The abstract should be prepared in LaTeX. The deadline for submission of abstracts is May 5, 2022. Conference proceedings papers will be published in scientific journals Carpathian Mathematical Publications or Researches in Mathematics. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact us by email cta@pnu.edu.ua or visit our website at https://conference.pu.if.ua/cta.

The Hirst Lecture and Society Meeting will comprise of two lectures. The first lecture, 'Maths and the city. A snapshot of numeracy in classical Athens,' will be given by Serafina Cuomo (Durham). The lecture will explore the various spaces and practices for Athenian numeracy in the 5th and 4th century BCE, and discuss rates of numeracy, and also sketch a profile of who may have been numerate at the time. The second lecture, 'Algebraic work with operations in China, 1st century—13th century' will be given by the Hirst Prize and Lectureship 2021 winner, Karine Chemla (CNRS & Université de Paris). This lecture will explore thirteenth-century Chinese mathematical works that attest to two interesting innovations: Qin Jiushao’s Mathematical Work in Nine Chapters (Shushu Jiuzhang 數書九章, 1247) describes an algorithm solving congruence equations in ways related to the so-called “Chinese remainder theorem”. Moreover, Li Ye’ 李冶 Measuring the Circle on the Sea-Mirror (Ceyuan haijing, 1248) shows how to use polynomial algebra to establish algebraic equations solving mathematical problems. Both authors make use of the same technical expression: “one establishes one heavenly source/origin as… li tian yuan yi wei...” Historians of the past have relied on modern interpretations of the texts to draw the conclusion that, in the two contexts, this expression had different technical meanings. Karine Chemla will be interpreting this expression in light of the ancient Chinese mathematical canon and its commentaries, an approach that allows us to give the same meaning to the expression and, more importantly, to bring to light a tradition of formal work on operations to which a series of Chinese mathematical documents attests. The event will be followed by a wine reception hosted at De Morgan House, and a Society dinner, at a nearby venue.

The meeting features the Hirst Lecture 2022, given by the winner of the Joint LMS-BSHM Hirst Prize and Lectureship 2021, Professor Karine Chemla (CNRS). There will also be an accompanying talk by Professor Serafina Cuomo (Durham). The Hirst Prize and Lectureship for the History of Mathematics is awarded for contributions to the study of the history of mathematics. The prize will be awarded in recognition of original and innovative work in the history of mathematics, which may be in any medium. This prize is awarded jointly by the LMS and the British Society for the History of Mathematics. Programme (All times are in BST) 2.00 pm: Arrival 2.30 pm: Opening of the meeting. 2.45pm: Serafina Cuomo (Durham) 'Maths and the city. A snapshot of numeracy in classical Athens.' Abtract: I will explore the various spaces and practices for Athenian numeracy in the 5th and 4th century BCE, and discuss rates of numeracy, and also sketch a profile of who may have been numerate at the time. 3.45 pm: Tea 4.15 pm: Karine Chemla SPHERE (CNRS & Université de Paris) 'Algebraic work with operations in China, 1st century—13th century' Abstract: Thirteenth century Chinese mathematical works attest to two interesting innovations. Qin Jiushao’s Mathematical Work in Nine Chapters (Shushu Jiuzhang 數書九章, 1247) describes an algorithm solving congruence equations in ways related to the so-called “Chinese remainder theorem”. Moreover, Li Ye’ 李冶 Measuring the Circle on the Sea-Mirror (Ceyuan haijing, 1248) shows how to use polynomial algebra to establish algebraic equations solving mathematical problems. Both authors make use of the same technical expression: “one establishes one heavenly source/origin as… li tian yuan yi wei….” Historians of the past have relied on modern interpretations of the texts to draw the conclusion that, in the two contexts, this expression had different technical meanings. I suggest interpreting this expression in light of the ancient Chinese mathematical canon and its commentaries. This approach allows us to give the same meaning to the expression and, more importantly, to bring to light a tradition of formal work on operations to which a series of Chinese mathematical documents attests. 5.15 pm: Meeting closes - Wine reception. 6.30 pm: Society Dinner

Inverse problems are widespread in many varied fields such as medical and satellite imaging, biology, astronomy, geophysics, environmental sciences, computer vision, energy, finance, and defence. These problems are inverse in the sense that they arise from seeking to use a mathematical or physical model “backwards” to indirectly determine a quantity of interest from the effect that this quantity causes on some observed data. A main challenge resulting from using models “backwards” to measure causes from their effects is that solutions are often not well posed, i.e., not unique and/or unstable with respect to small perturbations in the data. This difficulty has stimulated an important amount of research and innovation at the interface of applied mathematics, statistics, engineering, physics, and other fields, leading to great social and economic benefit through impact on science, medicine, and engineering.

The main aim of the Conference is to present new theoretical and methodological results and significant applications in Insurance and Finance by means of the capabilities of the interdisciplinary mathematical-statistical approach. The Steering Committee of the Conference would appreciate very much if you could collaborate in the success of the conference by participating in some activities such as the organization of sessions and/or the presentation of contributions (also through a co-author).

Sponsored by the ECM Committee of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA). Feedback we received from our members is that networking and forming contacts with others at conferences is daunting but improves enjoyability of the conference. Forming contacts is what we want to facilitate at this event. This event is being run in a parallel format, we will host the event in Burleigh Court and run the same activities on Spatial.chat independently of each other. We will start the event with speeches on the history of the BAMC and ECMs, followed by what the ECM Committee does and information about the IMA. Then we will start the activities, which include: • Mathematical Taboo • Mathematical Headbandz • Celebrity Cameo • Group discussions on topics such as memorable moments during your PhD and your first conference experience