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
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
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Climate Math
Speaker: Inez Fung
March 26, 2013
Hosted by: African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
Cape Town, South Africa
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Les mathématiques pour faire parler la Terre (Images, Earthquakes and Plumes)
Speaker: Ingrid Daubechies
April 10, 2013
Hosted by Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM)
Montréal, Canada
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
CliMathematics: Models, data, structures
Speaker: Rupert Klein
May 23, 2013
Hosted by: Berlin Mathematical Network
Berlin, Germany
Speaker: L. Mahadevan
September 24, 2013
Hosted by: Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM)
Providence, Rhode Island
Speaker: Martin Nowak
October 8, 2013
Hosted by: Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Speaker: Emily Carter
November 4, 2013
Hosted by: Institute For Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM)
Los Angeles, California