#14 “A Golden Age of maths communication”: an interview with Professor Chris Budd
Duration: 16 mins 59 secs
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| Description: | Featuring Professor Chris Budd (Bath), a participant in two INI programmes in 2019 and a wide selection of others of the past 27 years. |
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| Created: | 2019-08-16 13:20 | ||||
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| Collection: | Living Proof - the Isaac Newton Institute podcast | ||||
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge | ||||
| Copyright: | Dan Aspel | ||||
| Language: | eng (English) | ||||
| Keywords: | mathemathics; cambridge; isaac newton institute; | ||||
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| Abstract: | In episode #14 Dan Aspel speaks to Professor Chris Budd (Bath), a participant in two 2019 programmes/workshops ("Geometry, compatibility and structure preservation in computational differential equations", "Mathematical and statistical challenges in landscape decision making") as well as a host of others since the Institute's inception in 1992. Subjects touched upon include maths communication, the mathematics of weather forecasts and the nature of collaboration at the Institute.
01:10 – associations with Cambridge and the Institute 02:48 – Geometic Integration 03:30 – collaborating over a sustained period of time at INI 04:25 – highlights from a lifetime of attendances at INI programmes 07:25 – interests in computational mathematics and environmental science 09:38 – the public impact, the (extensive) mathematics of meteorology, interactions with the Met Office 10:45 – “a billion unknowns” in a weather forecast 13:08 – “a golden age of maths communication” 15:25 – visiting the Fields Institute, return trips to INI |
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