Department of Mathematics| 2nd October |
Alexandre Borovik UMIST
Paradoxes of computational group theory |
| 16th October |
Clifford Cocks Cheltenham An identity based encryption scheme based on quadratic residues |
| 30th October |
Graham Brightwell LSE The number of 2-SAT functions |
| 6th November |
Vassili Mavron Aberystwyth
Affine designs and the geometry of frequency squares Abstract |
| 13th November |
Jeff Yan Cambridge
Practical security issues in traitor tracing schemes |
| 20th November |
Janet Godolphin
A solution to the connectivity problem for row-column designs Abstract |
| 27th November |
James McKee Royal Holloway
Pisot numbers from stars and snakes |
| 4th December |
Blair Williams Royal Holloway
Ovoids of orthogonal spaces |
| 11th December |
David Saad Aston
Statistical physics of error-correcting codes and public key cryptography Abstract |
This page lists this term's Pure Mathematics Seminars. All are welcome. All seminars will take place in the McCrea Building, Room 219, at 4.00pm. Tea is served before the seminar at 3.30 in Room 237 of the McCrea Building.
The college is on the A30 about a mile south-west of Egham. The nearest station is Egham on the Waterloo--Reading line; see Railtrack for timetable information. Buses from the top of Station Road (Nos 41, 43, 441 and 500) stop at the College. See the College web page for maps and more detailed directions.
Previous seminars are still on the web: here and here and here and here and here and here.