Recent Outreach Activities
An improved Bayesian algorithm for modelling time series with long memory and heavy tails
From finance to solar flares, time series whose statistics show long memory and heavy tails are commonplace. We present a more accurate way to measure the memory and estimate the risk of extremes.
Glue that makes plant cell walls strong could hold the key to wooden skyscrapers
Molecules 10,000 times narrower than the width of a human hair could hold the key to making possible wooden skyscrapers and more energy-efficient paper production, according to research published in the journal Nature Communications.
Christmas Lectures
Six Warwick Christmas Lectures presented science in an entertaining, festive and educational way to over 2,500 people - half from local schools and half general public. Topics ranged from gravitational waves to number theory, cake making to snow making, emotions to life in a cartoon universe.