TMS AGM 2021 Results (and a message of thanks)
President: Valentin Imbach
Vice-president: Sharvil Kesarwani
Constable: Misha Schmalian
Treasurer: Joel Fair
Secretary: Somsubhro Bagchi
Membership Secretary: Artur Avameri
And a message of thanks to all of the community:
In what will be the penultimate email I send as the Secretary of the Trinity Mathematical Society, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all.
Thank you for attending and enjoying so many talks and events over these years – it has been a pleasure to see the society thrive and grow – from the annual influx of freshers to familiar-faced long-term regulars. Thank you for putting up with all of my emails (with the occasional poem and barely functional puns) over these years, and for the kind replies. And thank you to all the diligent members of the TMS Committee, for making all of this possible, for inviting brilliant speakers and so, so much more.
In my three years of the TMS, I feel fortunate to have shared historic events with the community. In particular, 2018/19 saw the 100th year of the society, with celebrations culminating in the TMS Centenary Dinner and Symposium. 2019/20 was in general excellent, upholding the traditions with the annual ‘TMS Call My Bluff’, Garden Party and a fantastic range of speakers.
Finally, 2020/21 has been unique in many ways. All the committee, especially the President – Misha – have worked hard to make the most of the situation, inviting a diverse range of speakers from various universities around the world. Indeed, our final talk of this term will be delivered by Professor Leonard Susskind of Stanford University in the US.
I sincerely hope that normality will return (in some form!) next year, so that freshers may experience all that the society has to offer – from the talks in the Winstanley Lecture Theatre (with the customary accompanying port/apple juice, and even pre-talk piano playing sometimes?!), the ‘brown-bread’ ice cream at the TMS Garden Party, the annual Symposium and Dinner, and most importantly, the opportunity to meet other TMS members properly in person.
I have thoroughly enjoyed my role over the past three years – and I am glad to be handing it over to Som, who I’m sure will manage excellently – part of next year’s committee headed by the capable hands of Valentin (whose college parents are very proud of him), backed by the expertise of Misha as Constable. I hope to continue attending talks in the future, and as usual, hope to see many of you there!
It has truly been an honour to have been part of this remarkable community. Many thanks for a wonderful three years.
[TMS] Week 8 – Dr. Henry Wilton (Trinity College, Cambridge)
Perhaps I’ll add more personally; I’ve had the pleasure of being supervised by Dr Wilton for 1B Geometry in the past, in addition to having him as my Director of Studies. I can confirm that this promises to be an excellent talk!
[TMS] Week 7 – Prof. Ana Caraiani (Imperial College London)
[TMS] Week 6 – Prof. Emily Riehl (Johns Hopkins University)
[TMS] Week 5 – Prof. David Conlon (Caltech)
Week 4 – Prof. Piers Coleman (Rutgers University) – ‘Atoms, Particles and Fractionalization’
Week 2 – Dr Jeremy Butterfield (Trinity College, Cambridge; All Souls College, Oxford)
Our first talk of the term is given by Dr Jeremy Butterfield (Trinity College, Cambridge; All Souls College, Oxford). Dr Butterfield is renowned for his contributions to philosophical aspects of quantum theory, relativity theory and classical mechanics, pioneering, for example, a detensed theory of time in several papers.
We look forward to seeing you there.
TMS Week 2
Speaker: Dr Jeremy Butterfield (Trinity College, Cambridge; All Souls College, Oxford)
Date and Time: Monday 1st February, 8:30pm
‘A Philosopher Looks at Multiverse Proposals’
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TMS Week 7 – Prof. Michel Goemans of MIT
TMS Week 7 – Prof. Michel Goemans of MIT
23 Nov, 8:30pm
Speaking about Discrete Optimization.
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TMS Week 6 – Prof. Ken Ono of Columbia University
TMS Week 6 – Prof. Ken Ono of Columbia University
16 Nov, 8:30pm
Why does Ramanujan “The Man Who Knew Infinity” Matter?
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