Black Heroes of Mathematics Conference 2024
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), British Society for the History of Mathematics (BSHM), ICTP-East African Institute for Fundamental Research (ICTP-EAIFR), Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS), Isaac Newton Institute (INI), London Mathematical Society (LMS) and Mathematical Association (MA) are holding a two day conference on Black Heroes of Mathematics.
The Vision of the conference is ‘To celebrate the inspirational contributions of black role models to the field of Mathematics and Mathematics Education’. There will be a balance of technical talks by internationally renowned black speakers that include some detail of career paths and experience to provide a testimonial dimension. We plan to achieve a balance of career stage and gender.
Programme (all timings in BST)
Wednesday 2 October:
| Time | Speaker |
| 12:00 | Registration open - tea and coffee served on arrival |
| 13:00 | Welcome from organisers |
| 13:10 |
Kim Sellers (online) Dispersed Regression Models for Dispersed Count Data |
| 13:50 |
Justice Aheto (online) Spatiotemporal modelling and interactive web-based spatial mapping of malaria risk under Integrated Nested Laplace Approximation to support preventive and control efforts in Ghana |
| 14:40 | BREAK |
| 14:50 |
Angela Tabiri (online) Becoming the World's Most Interesting Mathematician |
| 15:30 |
Flavia H. Santos (in person) Scoping Maths Anxiety in Our Community |
| 16:20 | BREAK |
| 17:00 |
Panel (in person) Mark Richards, Flavia Santos, Sylvester Jude, Stephen Edwards, Jordan Marajh, Kabiru Abubakari, Paulette Watson MBE, Deborah Harris FCA, Herbert Daly |
| 18:30 | RECEPTION |
Thursday 3 October:
| Time | Speaker |
| 09:30 | Registration open - tea and coffee served on arrival |
| 10:00 | Welcome from organisers |
| 10:10 |
Teresa Senyah (in person) Representation in Mathematics Education |
| 10:50 |
Imoleayomide Ajayi (online) Modelling Low Energy Electron Emission with Truncated Normal-Generalized Linear Model (TN-GLM) |
| 11:30 |
Nathalie Ayi (online) Shaping Collective Opinions: Mathematical Insights into Social Dynamics in Large Population |
| 12:10 | LUNCH |
| 13:00 |
Robin T Wilson (online) Bob Moses and the movement for math literacy as a civil right |
| 14:00 |
Panel (in person) Rashada Harry (online), Donald Palmer, Jason Gottfried, Dr Iretioluwa Akerele, Ayodeji Akiwowo, Charlene Hunter MBE |
| 15:30 | END |
Full agenda, speakers, titles and abstracts can be viewed here.
Timings and speakers are subject to change.
There will be tea and coffee served at the start of each day plus each break, and a sandwich lunch will be provided during the lunch break on Day 2 with vegetarian, vegan and fish options available. You are also welcome to bring your own or go out for lunch.
Organising Committee; Nira Chamberlain (IMA); Alex Liu, (ICMS); Troy Astarte (BSHM); Maya Everson (IMA); Kieran O'Connor (LMS); Tanniemola Liverpool (University of Bristol); Christie Marr (INI); Angela Tabiri (AIMS); Nicola Goldie (LMS), Frank Neumann (LMS)
Accessibility
The building currently has stepped access only to the raised ground floor and lower ground floor entrances
An accessible toilet is located at lower ground floor level.
Please see the LMS website for further details on accessibility
Registration
**Please note that if you intend to attend both days, you will need to register for each day for both in person and/or online registraion - registering for one day does not include entry for the other.**
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Day 1 - Wednesday 2 October
- Click here for in-person registration.
- Click here for online registration. You will receive the link to the meeting upon registration, as well as an automated reminder email sent closer to the time.
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Day 2 - Thursday 3 October
- Click here for in-person registration.
- Click here for online registration. You will receive the link to the meeting upon registration, as well as an automated reminder email sent closer to the time.
If you have any queries on any of the above, please contact lmsmeetings@lms.ac.uk
