Maxwell Institute Distinguished Lecture Series: Fitch lecture Topic: "Entrepreneurialism at the Edge of Science" During this talk, I will sketch how studying mathematics unfolded into a career crisscrossing the line between science and startup businesses, for a lifetime. We will see some success, some failures, but above all I hope to convey the tremendous joy in working on the overlap. Some of the technical topics we will encounter are data storage, chip design, machine learning and devops as well as a simple mathematical and business perspectives to illustrate some things that went well and some that didn’t complete. Speaker Peter Braam is a scientist and entrepreneur mostly focused on problems in very large scale scientific computing. Originally trained as a mathematician by Sir Michael Atiyah, he was an academic at several institutions including Oxford, CMU and Cambridge. One of his many startup companies developed the Lustre file system which is very widely used. Since 2014 he has focused on computing for the SKA telescope, machine learning for science and holds visiting professorships at Oxford and Waseda (Tokyo). He also rekindled his study of deep mathematics. Registration Sign up via the Eventbrite page May 07 2025 15.00 - 17.00 Maxwell Institute Distinguished Lecture Series: Fitch lecture The Fitch lecture is one of four lectures in the Maxwell Institute's distinguished lecture series, and highlights the interactions between industry and mathematical research. The lecture is named in honour of Davey Fitch, the School of Mathematics' first Business Development Executive, who passed away in 2019. Room 2.35, Edinburgh Futures Institute, The University of Edinburgh 1 Lauriston Place Edinburgh EH3 9EF Edinburgh Futures Institute website
Maxwell Institute Distinguished Lecture Series: Fitch lecture Topic: "Entrepreneurialism at the Edge of Science" During this talk, I will sketch how studying mathematics unfolded into a career crisscrossing the line between science and startup businesses, for a lifetime. We will see some success, some failures, but above all I hope to convey the tremendous joy in working on the overlap. Some of the technical topics we will encounter are data storage, chip design, machine learning and devops as well as a simple mathematical and business perspectives to illustrate some things that went well and some that didn’t complete. Speaker Peter Braam is a scientist and entrepreneur mostly focused on problems in very large scale scientific computing. Originally trained as a mathematician by Sir Michael Atiyah, he was an academic at several institutions including Oxford, CMU and Cambridge. One of his many startup companies developed the Lustre file system which is very widely used. Since 2014 he has focused on computing for the SKA telescope, machine learning for science and holds visiting professorships at Oxford and Waseda (Tokyo). He also rekindled his study of deep mathematics. Registration Sign up via the Eventbrite page May 07 2025 15.00 - 17.00 Maxwell Institute Distinguished Lecture Series: Fitch lecture The Fitch lecture is one of four lectures in the Maxwell Institute's distinguished lecture series, and highlights the interactions between industry and mathematical research. The lecture is named in honour of Davey Fitch, the School of Mathematics' first Business Development Executive, who passed away in 2019. Room 2.35, Edinburgh Futures Institute, The University of Edinburgh 1 Lauriston Place Edinburgh EH3 9EF Edinburgh Futures Institute website
May 07 2025 15.00 - 17.00 Maxwell Institute Distinguished Lecture Series: Fitch lecture The Fitch lecture is one of four lectures in the Maxwell Institute's distinguished lecture series, and highlights the interactions between industry and mathematical research. The lecture is named in honour of Davey Fitch, the School of Mathematics' first Business Development Executive, who passed away in 2019.
