My name is Mason Porter. I am a Professor in Nordita (Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics) and am Professor in Complex Systems in the Department of Mathematics at Stockholm University. Previously, I was a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at UCLA. Before that, I was Professor of Nonlinear and Complex Systems in the Mathematical Institute at University of Oxford. I was also a Tutorial Fellow of Somerville College. I am still a Senior Research Fellow of Somerville College.
Saturday, December 10, 2005
What happens in Cambridge stays in Cambridge (UK edition)
I am up obscenely early (pain!) for a flight to Boston, followed by a 3.5 hour layover at Logan, a flight to London-Heathrow, and a roughly 3-hour bus ride to Cambridge, where I'll be staying in Wolfson Court for a pattern formation conference. This is my first trip to jolly old (bloody) England and, in fact, to any part of Europe.
Awesome. Cambridge is a very cool place. If you have some sightseeing time it's fun just to walk around the university and check out all the old colleges.
ReplyDeleteI walked through St. John's College to go get food on a couple occasions and then I walked around a bit this morning near Bridges Street just to see what else was there, but I haven't done much else yet in that respect.
ReplyDeleteI do have a couple things I plan to blog, but this is my first internet access in a couple days and sleeping was priority one.
I've made up for a couple mistakes now---like forgetting to bring my world traveler kit of adaptors. I still won't have internet access at night unless I pay for the privelege, but at least I won't have a full week's worth of stuff waiting for me.