The Grimm Network in Aperiodic Order

Aims:

The network seeks to continue the pioneering work of our late colleague Prof. Uwe Grimm, who throughout his career was instrumental in facilitating the collaboration of UK researchers in aperiodic order from diverse mathematics and physics backgrounds.

Nodes:

• The Open University (Contact: Dan Rust)

• Queen Mary University (Contact: Reem Yassawi)

• University of Bristol (Contact: Felix Flicker)

• University of Derby (Contact: Petra Staynova)

• University of Durham (Contact: Gabriel Furhmann)

• University of Exeter (Contact: Tony Samuel)

• University of Glasgow (Contact: Mike Whittaker)

• University of Leeds (Contact: Alastair Rucklidge)

• University of Liverpool (Contact: Sam Coates)

• University of Manchester (Contact: Yotam Smilansky)

• Oxford University (Contact: Nick Jones)

Funding:

The London Mathematical Society

The Isaac Newton Institute

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Mailing list:

To be added to the mailing list you can either search for the "Grimm Network" in Google Groups or email Dan, Felix, or Mike directly and ask to be added. If you have a Gmail address, finding us in Google Groups is the preferred method of being added.

Upcoming meetings

The next network meeting will be in Manchester, 31 March, hosted by Manchester University.

GRIMManchester

This meeting will be preceded the day before (30 March) by a One Day Ergodic Theory meeting, which we encourage members to also attend. Up to date info on both meetings should be found at the joint website. Speakers are asked to make their talks accessible to both audiences.

Date: 31 March 2026

Location: Frank Adams 1 on the 1st floor of  the Alan Turing Building at the University of Manchester

Speakers and Schedule (preliminary):

12:00 - 13:00: lunch

13:00 - 14:00: Andrew Mitchell (Loughborough)

14:00 - 15:00: Sigrid Grepstad (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) 

15:00 - 15:30: Coffee break

15:30 - 16:30: Ram Band (Technion)

16:30 - 17:30: Rodrigo Treviño (University of Maryland)

17:30: Pizza and drinks

Local organisers: Yotam Smilansky