Join our friendly online taster lecture to find out what it's like to study maths at university.
Session time: Thursday 9 December, 16.45-17.30
In this live interactive Mathematical Modelling tutorial, we will be joined by Dr Robert Whittaker, Lecturer in Applied Mathematics in the School of Mathematics at UEA, who will explore The Mathematics of Stopping a Self-Driving Car.
Self-driving cars need to provide an experience that is both safe and comfortable for their passengers. In this Channel Talent Headliner, we will examine how mathematics can help ensure a smoother ride when a self-driving car needs to come to a halt at some point on the road ahead.
The introductory video will describe the problem and introduce the idea of “mathematical modelling” — how to turn a real-world problem into a mathematical problem that we can solve. Viewers will then be invited to think about the modelling for this problem.
In the interactive live session we shall look at a simple mathematical model for the smooth stopping of a self-driving car, and see how various mathematical techniques can be employed to obtain a solution. We will then discuss how the model could be improved to obtain more realistic results.
Our events are designed so that a group of students can take part from a classroom, or students and teachers can take part as individuals, either from school or from home. This means that sessions will continue irrespective of possible school closures.
For details and to register, visit:
https://www.channeltalent.co.uk/event/mathematics-the-mathematics-of-stopping-a-self-driving-car-university-tutorial-with-dr-robert-whittaker-from-university-of-east-anglia/