My first task as the newly elected Vice President of the SIAM-IMA Dublin area student chapter was to produce a short video detailing my research. My research focuses on the development of operational tools for tsunami warning centres. As this video was aimed at introducing my research to a wide audience, it simply provides a brief introduction. So if you would like to learn more about the fascinating dynamics of tsunamis and how warning centres try to mitigate their damages, please check out the quick 4 min video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMWprUeGPa0
Making this short video doubled as great practice for the Flash Talk series run by UCD's Earth Institute. This series was organised to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. I gave a quick 2 min talk detailing my research to a wide audience from across UCD and I was fortunate enough to win the audience prize! I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those involved in organising this event. It was a great way to see the huge scope of research which is carried out within the Earth Institute.
Finally, if you are undergraduate/postgraduate applied mathematician in the Dublin area and would like to get involved with the student chapter please check out our new website: https://sites.google.com/view/siam-ima-dublin
Dan Giles
Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholar