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AIM/MCRN Summer School: Week 6

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Professor Christopher K.R.T. Jones — Recipient of the 2020 MPE Prize


Professor Chris Jones is the Bill Guthridge Distinguished Professor in Mathematics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Director of the Mathematics and Climate Research Network (MCRN). The 2020 MPE Prize recognizes Professor Jones for his many significant contributions to climate science and the mathematics of planet Earth.

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MPE2013 Simons Public Lecture Series

The MPE2013-Simons Public Lecture Series will take place at nine locations around the world. Each of the lecturers is a leading expert who will explain how the mathematical sciences play a significant role in understanding and solving some of Planet Earth’s important problems. Our community’s best expositors and champions will cover a diverse range of research topics at a level that is accessible to a mathematically sophisticated public audience.

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The challenge of sustainability and the promise of mathematics
Speaker: Simon Levin
January 29, 2013
Hosted by: Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI)
Melbourne, Australia
Watch the video of Dr. Levin’s lecture

Climate disruption: what math and science have to say
Speaker: Emily Shuckburgh
March 4, 2013
Hosted by: American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) and Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI)
San Francisco, California
Watch the video of Dr. Shuckburgh’s lecture

Climate Math
Speaker: Inez Fung
March 26, 2013
Hosted by: African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
Cape Town, South Africa
Watch the video of Dr. Fung’s lecture

Mathematicians Listen as the Earth Rumbles (Images, Earthquakes and Plumes)
Speaker: Ingrid Daubechies
April 10, 2013
Hosted by Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM)
Montréal, Canada
Watch the video of Dr. Daubechies’ lecture

The Public Health Impact of Air Pollution and Climate Change
Speaker: Francesca Dominici
April 24, 2013
Hosted by: Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Watch the video of Dr. Dominici’s lecture

CliMathematics: Models, data, structures
Speaker: Rupert Klein
May 23, 2013
Hosted by: Berlin Mathematical Network
Berlin, Germany
Watch the video of Prof. Dr. Klein’s lecture

On growth and form:  mathematics, physics and biology
Speaker: L. Mahadevan
September 24, 2013
Hosted by: Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM)
Providence, Rhode Island
Watch the video of Dr. Mahadevan’s lecture

The Evolution of Cooperation: Why We need Each Other to Succeed
Speaker: Martin Nowak
October 8, 2013
Hosted by: Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Watch the video of Dr. Nowak’s lecture

Quantum Mechanics and the Future of the Planet
Speaker: Emily Carter
November 4, 2013
Hosted by: Institute For Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM)
Los Angeles, California
Watch the video of Dr. Carter’s lecture

 

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