Irish Mathematical Society
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ICEDIM Seminars
Date: Wednesday, April 17 2024 at 3pm (UTC)
Speaker: Victoria Sánchez Muñoz (University of Galway)
Title: How Maths Helped Me to Annoy My Insurance Company
Location:
Online via Zoom [Meeting ID: 912 1298 3031 - Passcode: 798000 ]
Recording (Passcode: ^wMU2yG? )
Abstract
In this talk I will tell the full
story behind the article "The Estimation of Wind Speed: Challenging
the Insurance Company's Decision", awarded with the Graham Hoare Prize
2022 by the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications (IMA) in the
UK. Long story short: the insurance company refused to cover some
damages on a blind caused by the wind but I did not agree so I
challenged their decision using some very basic maths and physics.
Victoria Sánchez Muñoz was born in El Pinós, Alicante, Spain. She completed a BSc in Physics at Universitat de València in Valencia, Spain; and a MSc in Theoretical Physics at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in Madrid, Spain. In March 2024, she completed her PhD on "Boolean games played in a triangle using bi-partite and tri-partite entanglement" at University of Galway, Ireland. She enjoys doing different outreach activities to promote mathematics and physics through an equality, diversity, and inclusion lens.
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