Directions in Research Talks 2007-10-29 15:00: Holomorphic curves and symplectic rigidity (Jonny Evans) 2007-11-05 15:00: Directions in Research Talk (Simon Griffiths) 2007-11-12 15:00: Directions in Research Talks (Maxine von Eye) 2007-11-26 15:00: The delights of percolation (Jakob Bjornberg (Statistical Laboratory)) 2008-01-21 15:00: Finite generation of section rings in algebraic geometry (A. Prendergast (Cambridge)) 2008-01-28 14:30: Spindown of the sun (Toby Wood) 2008-02-04 15:00: Title to be confirmed (Jack Waldron) 2008-02-18 15:00: Conservation laws in mathematical physics (Anthony Ashton (University of Cambridge)) 2008-02-25 15:00: Motion of quantum vortices in trapped Bose-Einstein Condensates (Peter Mason) 2009-10-12 16:00: The Story of Hodge Theory (Alexander Shannon (DPMMS)) 2009-10-19 16:00: Explicit Local Reciprocity (Rachel Newton (DPMMS)) 2009-11-02 16:00: Road traffic, the button model, and internet protocols (Elena Yudovina (Statslab)) 2009-11-09 16:00: Symplectic topology and Floer homology (Richard Harris (DPMMS)) 2009-11-16 16:00: From Quantum Field Theory to particle physics: the Standard Model (Hiro Funakoshi (DAMTP))