The Chair of the Faculty Board of Earth Sciences and Geography gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held at 2.15 p.m. on Tuesday, 20 November 2012, in the Seminar Room, Department of Geography, Downing Place. The business will be the election, in accordance with Statute C, IV, 2, of two members of the board in class (c) to serve for four years from 1 January 2013 and one member to serve in class (c) for two years from 1 January 2013.
Nominations for the election and notice of any other business should reach the Secretary of the Faculty Board (email: secretary@esg.cam.ac.uk) not later than 16 November 2012.
The Chairman of the Faculty Board of Economics gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, 19 November 2012, in the Meade Room, Austin Robinson Building, Sidgwick Avenue. The agenda for the meeting will be circulated to each member of the Faculty. One of the items of business will be to elect, in accordance with Statute C, IV, 2(c), two members of the Faculty Board in class (c) to serve for four years, from 1 January 2013.
Nominations in writing, signed by the proposer and seconder, together with an indication of the nominee’s willingness to serve, should reach the Secretary, Marie Butcher (email: mab30@cam.ac.uk), Faculty of Economics, Austin Robinson Building, Sidgwick Avenue, by 12 noon on Thursday, 15 November 2012. It would be helpful if notice of any other business that members wish to be discussed were sent in writing to the Secretary by 10 a.m. on Monday, 12 November 2012.
The Chairman of the Faculty Board of English gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held at 4 p.m. on Thursday, 15 November 2012, in the Faculty of English, 9 West Road. Elections will be held for places on the following committees:
(c)to serve for four years from 1 January 2013 (Statute C, IV, 2(c));
• Planning and Resources Committee: one member to serve for two years from 1 January 2013.
Nominations for the election, and notice of any other business, should be sent to the Secretary of the Faculty Board, Ms Gillian Weale (email: glw33@cam.ac.uk) by 12 noon on Monday, 12 November 2012.
The Chairman of the Faculty Board of History gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held at 2.15 p.m. on Tuesday, 20 November 2012, in Seminar Room 6 in the Faculty of History. The agenda for the meeting will be circulated to each member of the Faculty. Among the business to be transacted will be the election, in accordance with Statute C, IV, 2(c), of four members to serve on the Faculty Board for four years from 1 January 2013.
Nominations for the election, and notice of any other business, should reach the Secretary at the Faculty of History, West Road, not later than 12 noon on Tuesday, 13 November 2012.
The Faculty Board of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies give notice of an amendment to the Notice of 22 June 2011 (Reporter, 2010–11, p. 952) so as to amend the title of MES.40 offered under Regulation 8 for the Part II examination for the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Tripos in 2013.
By amending the title of Paper MES. 40
from |
MES.40 Special subject in the contemporary Middle East: Political anthropology of Islam and the Middle East |
to |
MES.40 Special subject in the contemporary Middle East. |
Candidates may choose one of the following two subjects: (i) Political anthropology of Islam and the Middle East or (ii) Israel: the invention of a culture.
The course-work that constitutes this paper assessment consists of one research essay, of between 6,000 and 7,500 words, including footnotes and excluding bibliography. Each student will develop the topic of the essay in consultation with the instructor. A one-page topic and paper outline will be due during the first class session of Lent Term. Two copies of the project shall be submitted to the Programmes Administrator in the Faculty so as to arrive not later than the third Friday of Full Easter Term.
The Faculty Board are satisfied that no candidate’s preparation for the examination will be affected.
The Faculty Board of Mathematics give notice that, in accordance with Regulations 16 and 17 for the Mathematical Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 372), there will be set in 2013 if candidates desire to present themselves therein, a paper in each of the subjects in the following list. The duration of the paper is shown beside it.
1 |
Lie algebras and their representations |
3 hours |
2 |
Commutative algebra |
3 hours |
3 |
Topics in group theory |
3 hours |
4 |
Topics in representation theory |
3 hours |
5 |
Representation theory |
3 hours |
6 |
Topics in kinetic theory |
3 hours |
7 |
Aspects of analysis |
3 hours |
8 |
Introduction to Fourier analysis |
3 hours |
9 |
The Kakeya universe and incidence problems in Rn |
3 hours |
10 |
Combinatorics |
2 hours |
11 |
Additive combinatorics |
3 hours |
12 |
Extremal graph theory |
3 hours |
13 |
Algebraic geometry |
3 hours |
14 |
Algebraic topology |
3 hours |
15 |
Differential geometry |
3 hours |
16 |
Spectral geometry |
3 hours |
17 |
Complex manifolds |
3 hours |
18 |
Category theory |
3 hours |
19 |
Topics in set theory |
3 hours |
20 |
Computability and logic |
3 hours |
21 |
Algebraic number theory |
3 hours |
22 |
Elliptic curves |
3 hours |
23 |
Topics in analytic number theory |
3 hours |
24 |
Advanced probability |
3 hours |
25 |
Stochastic calculus and applications |
3 hours |
26 |
Percolation and related topics |
2 hours |
27 |
Schramm-Loewner evolutions |
2 hours |
28 |
Actuarial statistics |
2 hours |
29 |
Time series and Monte Carlo inference |
2 hours |
30 |
Applied statistics |
3 hours |
31 |
Statistical theory |
2 hours |
32 |
Biostatistics |
3 hours |
33 |
Nonparametric statistical theory |
2 hours |
34 |
Applied Bayesian statistics |
2 hours |
35 |
Design of experiments |
2 hours |
36 |
Contemporary sampling techniques and compressed sensing |
3 hours |
37 |
Stochastic networks |
3 hours |
38 |
Mathematics of operational research |
3 hours |
39 |
Advanced financial models |
3 hours |
40 |
Optimal investment |
2 hours |
41 |
Quantum field theory |
3 hours |
42 |
Symmetries, fields, and particles |
3 hours |
43 |
Supersymmetry |
2 hours |
44 |
Advanced quantum field theory |
3 hours |
45 |
The standard model |
3 hours |
46 |
String theory |
3 hours |
47 |
Classical and quantum solitons |
2 hours |
48 |
Cosmology |
3 hours |
49 |
General relativity |
3 hours |
50 |
Applications of differential geometry to physics |
2 hours |
51 |
Black holes |
3 hours |
52 |
Astrophysical fluid dynamics |
3 hours |
53 |
Structure and evolution of stars |
2 hours |
54 |
Dynamics of astrophysical discs |
2 hours |
55 |
Origin and evolution of galaxies |
3 hours |
56 |
Binary stars |
2 hours |
57 |
Quantum foundations |
2 hours |
58 |
Quantum computation |
2 hours |
59 |
Computational complexity |
2 hours |
60 |
Distribution theory and applications |
2 hours |
61 |
Approximation theory |
3 hours |
62 |
Convex optimization with applications in image processing |
2 hours |
63 |
Numerical solution of differential equations |
3 hours |
64 |
Image processing – variational and PDE methods |
2 hours |
65 |
Fluid dynamics of the environment (open book) |
3 hours |
66 |
Biological physics |
3 hours |
67 |
Perturbation and stability methods |
3 hours |
68 |
Slow viscous flow |
3 hours |
69 |
Fluid dynamics of energy systems |
2 hours |
70 |
Sound generation and propagation |
2 hours |
71 |
Solidification of fluids |
2 hours |
72 |
Polar oceans and climate change |
2 hours |
73 |
Fluid dynamics of climate |
3 hours |
The Faculty Board remind candidates and Tutors that requests for papers to be set on additional subjects should be sent to the Secretary of the Faculty Board at the Mathematics Faculty Office, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, not later than 9 November 2012.