I occasionally give talks and lectures on various topics. Here is a list of upcoming and past events. I also accept invitations to speak about these and related topics - just drop me a line! I am able to present in English (native) and Esperanto (fluent). The language of the talk is indicated with a flag next to the title, when not given in English.
Upcoming
Invitations welcome to matt@peperell.com.
- Introduction to amateur radio (working title:
Enkonduko al amatora radio)
28th December 2022 - A introduction to the hobby of amateur radio, whereby one can communicate via voice with other licensees around the world. Part of JES 2024/5.
Past
- A peculiar property pertaining to pythagorean products 3rd November 2024
- I recently learned of a property relating to Pythagorean triangles. In this talk I describe a method to generate them, and then go on to analyse them in order to surface this property. Part of MathsJam 2024
- schema.org: Let's talk about metadata 3rd November 2024
- schema.org is a way in webpages of imparting additional information about books, people, movies, organisations etc. In this talk I cover what that means, present a tool for consuming this information, and give a couple of ways that the idea can be extended. Part of BarCamp London XIII.
- Open Government (working title:
Malferma Registaro)
10th May 2024
- A repeat of the talk given in December 2023.
- Open Government (working title:
Malferma Registaro)
December 2023
- Having worked on numerous public-facing projects within UK Government for almost a decade, I've gained some interesting insights into the machinations of public sector. Here I talk about some of the projects and how members of the public can interact with their government to drive changes they wish to see, how governments can make themselves receptive to this feedback, and also the Open Government Partnership which aims to broaden the number of governments working in this way.
- Showing off my curves12th November 2023
- Most of us will be familiar with the conic sections and the trigonometric functions. In this talk, I explain some of the lesser known curves and their relevance in the world around us.
- Life as a devops engineer 22nd November 2022
- A guest lecture given to soon-to-be graduates at the National University of Singapore. The talk covers my experiences gained over 20 years in industry and offers advice to new people starting out.
- Mini-Bridge workshop (working title:
Ateliero pri Briĝo)
29th October 2022
- A introduction to minibridge, a variant of the popular card game created in the UK in the early 1900 and now played worldwide. Part of KKPS 2022.
- Notation systems for sequences of permutations 21st November 2021
- A certain subset of people, who may or may not be mathematicians, care about permutations and sequences thereof. How can we describe these, and how can we commit them to memory? Part of MathsJam 2021.
Getting bitterGitting better 22nd July 2021- A talk on improving one's git skills. Aimed at people who are already familiar with git, but who wish to learn about internals and advanced techniques. (A repeat of the talk in March 2020)
- Giving your first presentation July 2020
- A talk on how to give your first presentation. This was followed a couple of days later by a workshop in which several participants did indeed give their first talk. Part of IJK 2020
Getting bitterGitting better 25th March 2020- A talk on improving one's git skills. Aimed at people who are already familiar with git, but who wish to learn about internals and advanced techniques.
- An unexpected use for the golden ratio 1st December 2019
- It's not just pentagons and fibonacci! Part of MathsJam 2019
- A brief introduction to Lojban (working title:
Fulma enkonduko al Loĵbano)
13th September 2018
- A lightning-talk variant of the presentation given in September. Given at MASE 2018
- Introduction to Lojban (working title:
Enkonduko al Loĵbano)
13th September 2018
- An introduction to the conlang Lojban. Given at KKPS 2018
- Logical Deduction Games 11th November 2017
- Logical deduction games are those like Penultima, where players have to deduce the rules by being told when they've broken them. Part of MathsJam 2017
- A selection of Vim plugins 2nd November 2016
- A talk given at Vim London
- Zombie Dice 1st November 2014
- On developing a strategy for the dice game by Steve Jackson Games. Part of MathsJam 2014
- The history of Esperanto 16th July 2014
- Part of an event called The Universal Language of Hope, an evening at The Floating Cinema.
- Bridge (working title:
Briĝo)
13th September 2013
- A history and introduction of the cardgame Bridge, popular in the UK and US.
- Bells and bellringing 4th Jun 2013
- Part of the inter-faith activities in Edgware, this talk is an introduction to the English tradition of Change-ringing, covering the techniques and history, and will also provide a chance to have a go yourself.
Language acquistion 5th May 2013Cancelled-
A short talk on techniques used for language teaching and learning, as part of the 1-day event Electromagnetic wave - The London Hackspace (working title:
La Londona Hakejo)
15th Feb 2013
- A repeat of the talk in Germany, but customised to a non-technical crowd. Took place at the London Esperanto Club
- The London Hackspace (working title:
La Londona Hakejo)
3rd January 2013
- An introduction to London Hackspace and Makerspaces around the world. This talk was given in Esperanto, to an annual youth conference which took place in Germany.
- A taste of language 21st October 2010
- A series of mini talks on language-related topcis: conlangs (spoken but made up languages, as opposed to natural - examples include Esperanto, Klingon and Lojban), Speech synthesis (computer generated speech), Language Forensics (how linguistic analysis is used in law - whether in contracts, or in a courtroom, interpretation of spoken evidence etc), and British Sign Language.