Maths for Industry Day
- Wednesday 28 January 2026
- 09:30 - 14:00
- This event has passed
Join us for an opportunity to discover how you can engage with our School and students to exchange knowledge with academia on real-world problems and new mathematics.
Speakers
Jonathan Thompson
Head of School
Katerina Kaouri
Director for Impact and Engagement
Owen Jones
Chair in Operational Research
Maggie Chen
Personal Chair
Federica Dragoni
Personal Chair
Matthew Shepard
Student
Asima Hameed
Student
Paul Harper
Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes
Andrew Banks
Deputy Director Central Data Science and AI - Office for National Statistics
Jon Gillard
Deputy Head of School
Kyriakos Fistos
Senior Data Scientist - SAS
Anna McNally
Senior Azure Cloud & AI Specialist
Join us to find out more about engaging with the School of Mathematics at Cardiff University.
- Learn about the impact our world class research is making
- Hear from our students about the positive influence a professional placement and industry-proposed topic for their dissertation has on their learning, skills and experience
- Join in our Fireside Chat – AI: Thinking Tools for Tomorrow, an interactive discussion on the impact and opportunities AI is having on research, education and careers in the world of mathematics
- Hear some Lightning Talks and view some informational posters from our PhD students on their research
- Network with us over some refreshments and discuss opportunities and ideas to collaborate with us
| Times | Programme |
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Registration |
| 10:00 – 10:20 | Welcome and Introductions
· Dr Jonathan Thompson (Head of School) · Dr Katerina Kaouri (Director for Impact and Engagement) |
| 10:20 – 11:00 | Maths Impact Stories
· Prof. Maggie Chen - Financial modelling for real life problems in financial services · Dr Mark Tuson - Three common illusions about impact commonly found in the academic world · Dr Katerina Kaouri - Fighting Epidemics: Modelling airborne virus transmission in indoor spaces |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Successful Student Projects
· Matthew Sheppard - MSc Dissertation (Nationwide) · Asima Hameed - Placement Student (Abbott Diabetes Care) |
| 11:20 – 11:50 | Refreshments, Posters, and Networking |
| 11:50 – 12:40 | Fireside Chat - AI: Thinking Tools for Tomorrow
· Prof. Paul Harper (Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes - School of Mathematics, Cardiff University) (moderator) · Andrew Banks (Deputy Director Central Data Science and AI - Office for National Statistics) · Prof. Jon Gillard (Deputy Head - School of Mathematics, Cardiff University) · Kyriakos Fistos (Senior Data Scientist - SAS) · Anna McNally (Senior Azure Cloud & AI Lead - Microsoft) |
| 12:40 – 13:00 | Lightning Talks
· Rhys James - Modelling Granular Flows · Neha Bansal - How smarter sampling improves epidemic predictions · Dr Mikhail Cherdantsev - Effective properties of high-contrast composites |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch, Posters, and Networking |
This event will be delivered through the medium of English.
Contact
- Maths Engagement Team
- [email protected]
Location
sbarc|spark
Maindy Road
Cathays
Cardiff
CF24 4HQ