functionroom

The Function Room @colmoregan A podcast about the maths and numbers of life and the news.

[Colm O'Regan @colmoregan]

A new ep of the Function Room airs next week but in the meantime here's a taste of Ep36 Murderous Maths with @KjartanPoskitt
@GoLoudApp
here https://t.co/LeOfs4lhyf…… or wherever at https://t.co/IR5E9GDKne

[Alex Kontorovich @AlexKontorovich]

Oh looks like this is out: https://t.co/1DJuwQ3kld

It was fun to chat with @colmoregan on his @functionroompod podcast! There should be a lot more interaction/collaboration between comedians and mathematicians...

[John Butler @jslbutler]

My 2023 academic appreciation Christmas star includes
• a few papers w @CERI_TUDublin @CNL_Rochester @CNL_Einstein & @neuromatch
• A couple of blog posts @RTEBrainstorm
•A podcast chat @functionroompod
• a @pintofscienceIE event
Thanks to everyone especially @EdelmFlynn

[Colm O'Regan @colmoregan]

Function Room #31 It's in our Nature: Biomimicry. A really interesting chat with Kathyrn Parkes, UX designer and expert. about termites, ants, hippos, kingfishers, fungi and what we can learn from them. on @GoLoudApp here and wherever you get your podcasts https://t.co/c3141YaMi3

[Colm O'Regan @colmoregan]

The @functionroompod #29 The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same w/ Prof Pauline Mellon of @ucddublin. The maths of Symmetry including biology, chemistry, evolution, town planning, AI, Babylonians, duels. (the basics)
on @GoLoudApp https://t.co/5DvjTvmyzv or WYGYP

[Colm O'Regan @colmoregan]

In @functionroompod #28: Things Fall Apart. The baffling arithmetic of dereliction with @frank_oconnor and @judesherry of #DerelictIreland on @GoLoudApp here
https://t.co/c3141YaMi3
and everywhere here https://t.co/IR5E9GDKne

[Colm O'Regan @colmoregan]

Function Room 27: A Sense of Ounce with @jjvincent author of Beyond Measure, a history of how and why we measure with 15000 wolf jawbones, revolutions and the strange world of anti-metric guerillas on @GoLoudApp here https://t.co/c3141YaMi3
everywhere https://t.co/IR5E9GDKne

[Colm O'Regan @colmoregan]

Function Room #26 Chums' Pedigree w/@KuperSimon author of chums, the maths angle on Eton and Oxford, we meet an early Rees Mogg and why Boris has been an accidental class warrior. Find it here @GoLoudApp https://t.co/c3141YaMi3

or everywhere
https://t.co/IR5E9GDKne

[Colm O'Regan @colmoregan]

Function Room #25 Crime Numbers
The maths of Criminology with @iancriminology. Including how crime is counted, how it should be counted, why you should get on with your neighbour, how to build a criminal justice system
on @GoLoudApp here or wherever here
https://t.co/IR5E9GDKne

[Colm O'Regan @colmoregan]

It's @functionroompod #24: Carbon of Contention with Dr. @mu_lynch . You may remember her from such🧵s as "Here's how offshore wind auctions work yiz ticks". She tells me about the maths behind the cost of carbon.
@GoLoudApp https://t.co/CAq9oYwa9n and https://t.co/IR5E9GDKne

[Colm O'Regan @colmoregan]

Function Room #23 of @functionroompod:
What the Butler saw with @jslbutler of @WeAreTUDublin Using maths to figure out how the brain works and why it works that way. Available on @GoLoudApp here https://t.co/4MTT4YSsHP
or elsewhere here https://t.co/IR5E9GDKne

[Colm O'Regan @colmoregan]

The latest @functionroompod Once Upon A Prime with @sarahlovesmaths about her brilliant new book about maths in literature. We talk about giants the size of planets, Ulysses, Moby Dick, poetry, Poirot @goloud https://t.co/c3141YaMi3
or WhYoGeYoPodcasts
https://t.co/IR5E9GDKne

[Colm O'Regan @colmoregan]

Recording a new episode of the @functionroompod later but in the meantime here's some snippets from @Ayliean talking about stitches, aperiodic tiles and toilet paper.
get it on @goloud or WYGYPs
https://t.co/ld1QMaNm6W

or
https://t.co/IR5E9GDKne

[Colm O'Regan @colmoregan]

This week in @functionroompod Drawing by Numbers w/ @Ayliean We talk about the usual things people talk about: aperiodic tiles, Hitomezashi stitching, L-chair trinomials, toilet paper, cozy-gaming and the meditative power of drawing lots of straight lines https://t.co/ld1QMaNm6W

[Colm O'Regan @colmoregan]

Aargh not sure why the link links to @offtheball but here's the link to mine I hope @CarlowWeather :) https://t.co/piim9kiyxj

[Colm O'Regan @colmoregan]

2 @functionroompod s to catch up on!
@CarlowWeather on graupel, not-hearing-the-forecast anxiety, being lost in the snow, the unbearable lightness of solar, the small numbers that make a big difference in the massive maths of weather. @GoLoudApp or WYGYP https://t.co/P67m3W46oT

[functionroom @functionroompod]

Episode 4 and the guest is @conradwolfram !

[Colm O'Regan @colmoregan]

This week on @functionroompod: Some Idle ChatGPT with my guest @conradwolfram
CEO and European Co-Founder of Wolfram. Founder of Computer-Based Maths.
The maths of (and because of) AI etc.
Get it here on @GoLoudApp or wherever you get your podcasts. https://t.co/gpKtp0QtRI

[Colm O'Regan @colmoregan]

This week on @functionroompod: Some Idle ChatGPT with my guest @conradwolfram
CEO and European Co-Founder of Wolfram. Founder of Computer-Based Maths.
The maths of (and because of) AI etc.
Get it here on @GoLoudApp or wherever you get your podcasts. https://t.co/gpKtp0QtRI

[functionroom @functionroompod]

Series 2 Episode 3. Of the Function room! About mental arithmetic with @robeastaway
Check out his book Maths On The Back Of An Envelope in/on/from all good bookish locations

https://t.co/hraQh5UP2b

[Colm O'Regan @colmoregan]

And here it is! @functionroompod Se2 ep3 It's All In Your Head with @robeastaway on @GoLoudApp and everywhere https://t.co/SegTLELpD9