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'''If you would like to do a talk, please say so here or on our [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/lhs-mathspace mailing list].'''
'''If you would like to do a talk, please say so here or on our [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/lhs-mathspace mailing list].'''


== Next Event - Friday 23 Jan 2015 - Malware Detection, Bots & AI and Folding Tube Maps ==
== Next Event - Friday 06 Feb 2015 ==
Our next MathSpace event will be held on Friday the 23rd of January from 18:30 onwards in the classroom. The post on the mailing list is [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/london-hack-space/v1hKa4_JrVU here].
[http://projecteuler.net Project Euler] maths and programming evening. here].
 
===18:30 - Cake and puzzles===
===19:00 - Folding Tube Maps (Matthew Scroggs)===
How to fold platonic solids from tube maps and how to use the ideas behind this to prove that there are exactly 5 platonic solids.
 
===19:15 - AI and Bots in Game Design (Martin Clarke)===
An introduction to video game AI, including tactics and techniques that make bots smart, the areas humans still have the advantage, and where this may soon end.
What does it mean to solve a game? And how this can be a complex challenge even for very simple games.
 
===19:30 - Regime detection in multivariate stochastic processes (Alex Bolton)===
Regime detection in multivariate stochastic processes
A simulation technique for detecting change points is applied to the detection of malware.
 
===19:45 - Discussion and social time===


== Future events ==
== Future events ==
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The next two events will be a series of shorter talks. There is still space if you would like to give one.
The next two events will be a series of shorter talks. There is still space if you would like to give one.


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== Past meetings ==
== Past meetings ==
==== 23 Jan 2015 ====
* Folding Tube Maps (Matthew Scroggs) - [http://www.mscroggs.co.uk/blog/12 write up]
* AI and Bots in Game Design (Martin Clarke)
* Regime detection in multivariate stochastic processes (Alex Bolton)
==== 09 Jan 2015 ====
==== 09 Jan 2015 ====
* Voting Theory (Alex Bolton) - [https://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/view/File:Mathspace_voting_9_jan_15.pdf slides]
* Voting Theory (Alex Bolton) - [https://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/view/File:Mathspace_voting_9_jan_15.pdf slides]

Revision as of 09:33, 24 January 2015

MathSpace
When Alternate Fridays, from 18:30
What Talks and workshops on mathematical subjects
Members

The London MathSpace is a group which meets every other Friday to discuss mathematics. We host talks followed by questions and discussion.

If you would like to do a talk, please say so here or on our mailing list.

Next Event - Friday 06 Feb 2015

Project Euler maths and programming evening. here].

Future events

The talks listed here are provisional and subject to change.

The next two events will be a series of shorter talks. There is still space if you would like to give one.

20 Feb 2015

Speaker Topic Brief Outline
Cameron Dobbs (to be finalised) (to be finalised)
Matthew Scroggs Finite Element Methods (to be finalised)
Ruben (to be finalised) (to be finalised)
Axel Wagner Geometric Group Theory (to be finalised)

20 Feb 2015

Past meetings

23 Jan 2015

  • Folding Tube Maps (Matthew Scroggs) - write up
  • AI and Bots in Game Design (Martin Clarke)
  • Regime detection in multivariate stochastic processes (Alex Bolton)

09 Jan 2015

  • Voting Theory (Alex Bolton) - slides

05 Dec 2014

  • Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange (Axel Wagner) - slides

21 Nov 2014

24 Oct 2014

Proposed talks

If you would like to do a talk, please add it below or post on our mailing list:


Name Topic Approximate length Other details
Matthew Scroggs How to build a propositional logic robot 20-30 mins How I built @mathslogicbot and some of the maths behind it.
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