Semester 1 Semester 2

Scheduled Times and Places

The SLS has three scheduled timeslots a week. To find out what is taking place in each session, see the timetable.

Wednesday, 10:15-12:15, CB4.7
Thursday, 13:15-15:15, CB4.9
Friday, 14:15-15:15, CB4.7

SLS Resources

Resources used in SLS sessions will be accessible from here. This will include any presentations produced for SLS sessions; or materials such as papers for viewing before a session.

Paul Rohrbach's introduction to python talk; 26/10/17, can be accessed here(.pdf) and here(.ipynb).
Slides from NPL's visit, containg outlines for the industrial problems are available here (NPL and Data Science) and here (Spectral Analysis, Source Diagnostics, Summarising Distributions)
The slides outlining the problems presented by the Environment Agency can be found here, and where to obtain data can be found here. In addition, Alex Cox's notes that look at the NVZ problem from a Fluid Dynamics perspective can be found here.
Emiko Dupont's introduction to Gaussian processes and Kriging can be found here.

ITT7 Information

ITT7 will take place between Monday 29th January and Friday 2nd February, at the BRLSI in Bath City Centre. The industrial partners for the ITT are National Physical Laboratory and the Environment Agency.

National Physics Laboratory: The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is the UK's National Measurement Institute, and is a world-leading centre of excellence in developing and applying the most accurate measurement standards, science and technology available. - Taken from the What Is NPL? page, 23/10/17.
Environment Agency: [The Environment Agency] were established in 1996 to protect and improve the environment. Within England [they're] responsible for: regulating major industry and waste, treatment of contaminated land, water quality and resources, fisheries, inland river, estuary and harbour navigations, conservation and ecology. [They] are also responsible for managing the risk of flooding from main rivers, reservoirs, estuaries and the sea. - Taken from the About Us page, 23/10/17.

Student Contacts

Please note, the SLS has concluded for Semester 1 2017-18.

SLS Co-ordinators:
- Teo Deveney (T.J.Deveney@bath.ac.uk)
- William Graham (W.Graham@bath.ac.uk)
National Physics Laboratory: Lizhi Zhang (L.Zhang@bath.ac.uk)
Environment Agency: Eleanor Barry (E.V.H.Barry@bath.ac.uk)

Other Seminars

In the event that an SLS session is unused, there are a number of other seminar series that are well worth attending. These include:

Postgraduate Seminar Series (PSS), Thursdays 10:15, 4W1.7
SNARGSS, (Fortnightly) Thursdays 13:15, 4W1.7
Landscapes Colloquium, Fridays 15:15 4W1.7