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LML External Fellows
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We are pleased to announce the LML External Fellows of 2016 / 17; Colm Connaughton, Max Werner, Yuzuru Sato, Mark Buchanan, Isaac Pérez Castillo and Imre Kondor.
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Percolation on trees as a Brownian excursion
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Nicholas Moloney and Francesc Font-Clos have written up their calculation on the size of percolating clusters in branching processes. They exploit a mapping between continuum trees and Brownian excursions, and arrive at a diffusion equation with suitable boundary conditions.
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Science on Screen: Pi with Simon DeDeo
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The third Science on Screen of the second series was presented by Simon DeDeo, who chose Darren Aronofksy’s cult film Pi. Simon gave an entertaining introduction to patterns, and how we as humans are primed to see them everywhere, either consciously or subconsciously.
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Warwick workshop on ergodicity breaking and anomalous dynamics
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In partnership with Warwick University, Nicholas Moloney, Colm Connaughton, Nick Watkins and Yuzuru Sato co-organised a workshop on ergodicity breaking and anomalous dynamics, held at Warwick University from 10-12th August.
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Summer School 2016
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LML welcomed 7 project students to the summer school for 4 weeks in July/August. The students came from Germany, India and the UK. They were joined by an A-level student supported by a Nuffield research placement.
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Dynamics of Inequality
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Alex Adamou and Ole Peters have published an article on the Dynamics of inequality in the Royal Statistical Society’s magazine, Significance. In it they tackle the assumption of equilibrium which is widespread in mainstream economic analyses.
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Science on Screen: Frankenstein with AC Grayling
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The second Science on Screen of the current series was presented by AC Grayling, who chose the iconic 1931 version of Frankenstein. While the film does a considerable disservice to the many questions raised in Mary Shelley’s novel,
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Far from equilibrium: Wealth reallocation in the United States
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2015 summer school student and LML visitor Yonatan Berman and LML Fellows Ole Peters and Alex Adamou have published an empirical study of wealth inequality in the United States.
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Yonatan Berman awarded Dan David Prize Scholarship
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2015 Summer School student and current LML Visitor, Yonatan Berman, has been awarded a Dan David Prize Scholarship to support his doctoral research into Stochastic Modeling of Inequality in Complex Financial and Economic Systems.
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Science on Screen: The Life of Pi with Henrik Jensen
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Henrik Jensen began the second season of Science on Screen with a thoughtful presentation on the role of narrative. As well as organising information plausibly and consistently, a narrative’s most important function