We’re happy to announce that Nerd Nite Kyushu #8 is coming to you on June 24th. We’re back again at the Dancing Penguin Craft Beer 角打ち for another round of nerdy talks from nerdy people!
皆さんお待ちかねナードナイト九州＃８は6月24日に開催することになりました！気軽に飲みながらナーディーな話を聞ける夜をまた過ごしましょう！
When
June 24th (Sat) 18:00〜
6月24日（土）18:00〜
Where
Dancing Penguin Craft Beer 角打ち (Two minute walk from Takeshita station)
ダンシングペンギンクラフトビール角打ち（竹下駅から徒歩2分）
Entry fee: ￥1000 (comes with a drink ticket)
入場料: ￥1000 (ドリンクチケット付き)
Speakers
“Dead Men Do Tell Tales: What Forensic Autopsies Can and Can’t Tell Us”
by Brian Waters
Summary:
Welcome to the realm of the deceased and the stories they unravel. The dead indeed have tales to tell, and autopsies are the key to unlocking the secrets of the dearly departed. Pathologists meticulously inspect the cadaver to identify injuries or afflictions that may have contributed to the decedent’s demise, working to unveil the cause and manner of death. These procedures are a critical tool in the pursuit of truth, yet they have their limits. Nevertheless, autopsies are a vital component of the legal system and provide indispensable insights that bring resolution to bereaved families and justice to the deceased.
Bio:
While studying Textile Chemistry at North Carolina State University, Brian began studying Japanese and later spent a year at Nagoya University. After returning to complete his degree, he subsequently joined the JET Program in Fukuoka for two years. He furthered his education with an M.S. in Criminalistics from California State University, Los Angeles, and served as a Criminalist at the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner-Medical Examiner for over seven years. Fukuoka University then welcomed him to the Department of Forensic Medicine, where he obtained a Ph.D. in Medicine. Altogether, Brian has accumulated over 15 years of residence in Japan.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mytwoyen/
Twitter: @MyTwoYen
「ウイルスは進化する！」 “Viruses evolve!”
By Rena Hayashi
Summary:
COVID-19が流行したことによって、ウイルスの進化を目の当たりにしました。
様々な株が出現しましたが、私たちの目に見える形で感染を拡大したのはごく一部の変異株です。数学の力を使って、新しいウイルスの変異株が定着する確率を考えます。
Bio:
私は九州大学システム生命科学府の修士2年生です。高校生の時から生物と数学が大好きです。今は生物の現象を数学で記述する数理生物学を学んでいます。専門は感染症やウイルス学、確率論、統計学です。当日皆様にお会いできることを楽しみにしております。
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/Route66_Rena
「折り紙と微分方程式が出会う場所」The place where origami and differential equations meet
by Shota Shigetomi
Summary
Kaleidocycle is a closed linkage mechanism that can be made out of origami, and is interesting in the way it deforms like a bubbling ring. A study is known to model the deformation of this mechanism as a deformation of a discrete curve with constant torsion. Several differential-difference equations appear in this model, but no solution corresponding to the Kaleidocycle has been found so far. In this talk, we construct a solution to this equation using the elliptic theta function.
カライドサイクルとは，折り紙で作ることのできる閉リンク機構であり，バブルリングのように変形する様子が面白い．この機構の変形を，捩率一定離散曲線の変形としてモデル化する研究が知られている．このモデルには，いくつかの微分差分方程式が登場するが，カライドサイクルに対応する解はこれまでに見つかっていなかった．本講演では，楕円テータ函数を用いて，この方程式の解を構成する．
Bio
沖縄生まれ福岡育ちの講演者は，今年三月に数学の博士号を取得したばかりの新人数学者だ．子供の頃は宇宙に憧れており，学部では天文学を学んでいた．そんな講演者が専攻を数学に変えるきっかけとなったのは，可積分系との出会いである．これは，通常は解けるはずもない難しい方程式が解けてしまう奇跡を体験することのできる，とても刺激的な分野だ．今宵の講演でその魅力を紹介しよう．
The speaker, born in Okinawa and raised in Fukuoka, is a young mathematician who just received his PhD in mathematics this March. As a child, he was fascinated by space and studied astronomy as an undergraduate. It was an encounter with integrable systems that led him to change his major to mathematics. This is a very exciting field where one can experience the miracle of being able to solve difficult equations that would usually be unsolvable. This evening’s talk will introduce the magic of this fascinating field.
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/shotashigetomi/english?authuser=0