What was... the What is...? seminar?

What is...? seminars was relaxed, informal talks with snacks and drinks. The seminar was aimed at PhD students and postdocs from all groups (ALG, GAMP, IE, MBIO, NCG, QMATH, SPT, TOP), but anyone was welcome to attend.

The seminar stopped in 2020. Here is some text frem the original seminar page:

The social bit: We want to have an event where people from across the entire department can meet each other and socialise, so we hope that people will stay after the talk to chat, have a drink, and enjoy the sun (when it's around).

The maths bit: Inspired by a column in the Notices of the AMS with the same title, we want to have an accessible and non-technical seminar where speakers explain in one (short) lecture some object or theorem that they think is interesting. For inspiration, see the list of columns that have appeared in the Notices or the archived lists of past talks (below). The target audience is quite broad, so the talks shouldn't assume too much background.

Organisation

The current organisers of the What is....? seminar are Josh Hunt, Mikala Ørsnes Jansen, and Philipp Schmitt. If you would like to give a talk, or would be keen to hear a talk on a certain topic, then feel free to let one of them know!

Go to the archived schedule of the academic year 2014–15, the archived schedule of the academic year 2015–16, the archived schedule of the academic year 2016–17 or the archived schedule of the academic year 2018–19.