MSc Kick Off
Date: Thursday, 14/03/2019
Location: Grey College, Holgate Room (this room has changed due to the large number of registrations)
If you are interested in participating in this workshop, please let us know. The event addresses primarily Durham staff which are involved with or interested in the upcoming programme, as well as invited guests.
| 14:30-15:00 | Coffee | Coffee is served in the Pennington Room at Grey College |
| 15:00-15:15 | About MISCADA: Vision, curriculum and partners | Tobias Weinzierl (Course Director) |
| Welcome Messages | Claire Warwick (PVC Research) | |
| 15:15-16:00 | Welcome Message from the Department of Physics | Nigel Glover (HoD) |
| Using CS to speed up the Universe | Richard Bower (ICC) | |
| Break | ||
| 16:15-16:45 | Welcome Message from the Department of Mathematics | John Parker (HoD) |
| Beyond-the-lab – about an industry placement at IBEX Innovations Ltd. | Carolina Cuesta-Lazaro and Arnau Quera-Bofarull (Durham CDT students) | |
| 16:45-17:30 | Welcome Message from the Department of Computer Science | Gordon Love (HoD) |
| Machine Learning in Particle Physics | Tilman Plehn (Invited Speaker; Univ Heidelberg) | |
| 17:30-17:45 | Closing Remarks | Frank Krauss (IPPP) |
| 18:00 | Reception | Served in the Pennington Room at Grey College |