Had a wonderful week in peaceful Umeå at the Swedish eScience Academy conference. Here's a photo of Eric Elmroth subtly indicating to a speaker that their time was up. Also a photo of one of the main streets in the city of Umeå at 10:30 in the morning. Many thanks to Paul Townend for inviting me.

I've invented a new word.

Plagiarism.

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Impressed by my first visit to Newcastle University Malaysia. Thanks to Prof Vishna and Dr Steffi for being such excellent hosts. One part of the building looked familiar..

Proud father-in-law: Jory Griffin wins the Annales Henri Poincaré prize for the most remarkable paper published in the journal. link.springer.com/journal/23/u...

In Liverpool for the ESRC Imago Satellite imagery community event.

We're holding the 9th UK Systems Workshop (sponsored by Red Hat) on April 15-17. An excellent opportunity to present new work to a constructive audience from industry and academia. PhD students especially welcome. Abstract submission 3rd March. Details: uksystems.org/workshop/2025/

Back to Durham Cathedral for the annual performance of Olivier Messiaen's La Nativite du Seigneur. @durhamcathedral.bsky.social

Britten's Ceremony of Carols in Durham Cathedral to start the Christmas season.

Jonathan Richman preventing a clean sweep for The Smiths #SpotifyWrapped
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Really enjoyed the Turner exhibition at Newcastle's Laing Art Gallery (ends Sept 7th). They do a really good job of explaining the context behind his most famous painting, including the links to shipbuilding on the Tyne. laingartgallery.org.uk/whats-on/tur...