Contagious Maths, part 2: Play Lucky Dip!
You can explore how we might extend our model but running your own epidemic with our Lucky Dip interactivity. Follow along with Julia as she paves the way to a model that is very similar to the mathematics disease modellers use every day.
Contagious maths, Part 3: Everybody is different
In Part 3 Julia refines our model to use one of the most important numbers in disease modelling. And there's a chance for you to explore its meaning using a new interactivity.
Entropy: From fridge magnets to black holes
Contagious maths, Part 4: Get moving!
In the final Part we explore what other aspects we need to consider to make a model more realistic. There's an interactivity that allows you to party, commute, and visit friends and we find out more about what life as a research is like from Julia.
From steam engines to the limits of physics
Contagious maths, Part 5: Meet the researchers!
In this final part, you can meet the researchers themselves and find out about the real research questions that Julia and some of her colleagues are working on!
AI be the judge: The use of algorithms in the criminal justice system
Could AI help judges deliver fair and transparent sentences? A recent study group involving law experts and mathematicians explored the challenges involved.
AI be the judge: Part II
We continue our exploration of the potential use of AI in sentencing.
Maths in a minute: The SIR model
Maths in a minute: R – the reproduction ratio
The reproduction ratio, R, is one of the most important numbers in epidemiology. Find out what it means in this very easy introduction.