Maths PhD Student @cardiffuni | Operational Research applied to Healthcare @CV_UHB
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Excited to share that the first paper of my PhD has been published in @healthsystemsj! 🥳
'Fractured systems: a literature review of OR/MS methods applied to orthopaedic care settings and treatments.' 🦴
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
@TheORSociety @MathsCU #operationalresearch
Had a fantastic time volunteering with @pintofscience this week as part of Team Cardiff! 🧪
Brilliant talks, great audiences, and a real reminder of how important it is to make science accessible and engaging.
Hope everyone who attended had as much fun as I did! #pint25
ALT A photo from the back of the event showing the audience listening to the opening of the first night of the Pint of Science Festival in Cardiff.
ALT A photo of the Cardiff poster for the Pint of Science festival.
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Over half a million people in the UK live with Crohn's or Colitis. They're invisible, lifelong conditions with devastating impact, and no known cure. Let's make the invisible, visible.
Get involved: crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/get-…
#WorldIBDDay #CourageLooksLikeThis
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🎉 Today is #WomenInMaths Day!
We’re proud to celebrate the incredible contributions of the women at @MathsCU – your research, teaching, and support make our mathematical community stronger every day 🙌
Check out the article below 👇
#May12 #May12WIM #WomenInMath
ALT A banner saying "Celebrating women in mathematics on #May12" #WomenInMaths #WomenInMath #May12WIM
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Excited to share our new open-access article in JORS! 🎉 We look at how data-driven decisions can improve care for frail, elderly patients across multiple sites. Check is out here: doi.org/10.1080/01605682.202…
#HealthcareAnalytics #FrailElderlyCare
@TheORSociety @tandfSTEM @MathsCU
I had an inspiring day yesterday at @smithinst's TakeAIM 2025 Awards. It was an honour to be named a finalist alongside such fantastic research in mathematics and data science. Congratulations to the winner and all involved!
Massive thanks to my funding bodies @EPSRC and @CV_UHB, as well as my supervisors @profpaulharper, @drdanielgartner, and @GeraintPalmer for helping make this possible!
Love competing in these, thanks to all those who voted for me! 🙏
It was also lovely to see a great turnout for the event. Thanks to everyone for stopping by and showing your support for the postgraduate research done @MathsCU!
The winner of our 3MT audience vote was @HowellsMA, with his presentation 'A Fractured System: Clinical Pathway Modelling of a Trauma & Orthopaedics Department.'
Excellent job Matthew, well done 👏
ALT Audience winner Matthew Howells posing for a photo before his slide.
Very proud to have been invited as a plenary speaker @TheORSociety's Systems Conference last week! It was lovely to meet so many new faces and have interesting discussions about systems thinking and OR. Thanks to all who gave kind words after my talk! 💜
#ThisIsOR #ORMS
ALT Me, presenting the title slide of my Travelling Swiftie Problem talk, featuring a photo of Taylor Swift performing live on tour.
Excited to share that I've been invited to speak @TheORSociety's one day Systems Conference next week! Looking forward to sharing the Travelling Swiftie Problem with a live audience - full article below 🙌
#ThisIsOR #ORMS
Pleased to share something a little different ✨
I present the Travelling Swiftie Problem - finding the optimal journey to visit the sights in @taylorswift13's London Boy! Out now in @TheORSociety's IMPACT magazine! 🎡
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
#ThisIsOR #ORMS #taylornation
I'd also like to share that I'm now on @bluesky! Follow me over there too for updates 🦋
bsky.app/profile/howellsma.b…
Thanks to everyone who stopped by and gave feedback! Always nice to share my work with my fellow PGRs 🙌
Interesting PGR Talk this week by @HowellsMA on "Clinical Pathway Modelling of a Trauma & Orthopaedics Department." Great work with Cardiff & Vale University Health Board applying OR techniques to tackle waitlist sizes. Well done, Matthew 👏
ALT Matthew Howells presenting this week's PGR Talk on "Clinical Pathway Modelling of a Trauma & Orthopaedics Department."
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🗣️ Tomorrow's PGR Talk will be given by
@HowellsMA, with the title ''Clinical Pathway Modelling of a Trauma & Orthopaedics Department".
👉 Abstract: siam-ima-cardiff.github.io/P…
📍 Abacws/3.38, 2pm
☕️ PGR Tea follows in the Staff Room
😊 Hope to see you there!
Lovely meeting and welcoming the new cohort yesterday. Always nice to have some new faces in our PGR community 🙌
🥳 Our PGR Talk Series started back yesterday!
As is customary, our first talk was our 'Welcome to being a PhD Student' talk for the new PGR cohort. It was great to see so many new faces in the audience, we hope the talk was helpful to you!
ALT Our presenters posing for a photo after the talk. Left to right; Rhys, Jenny, Daniel, Matthew, Elin, Aric.
ALT Our presenters posing for a photo after the talk. Left to right; Rhys, Jenny, Daniel, Matthew, Elin, Aric.
Thanks to everyone who stopped by to chat about my research with me! Always a pleasure to present at one of these 🙌
🎉 Our first event of the academic year was held yesterday!
We held our annual PGR Poster Session to showcase the excellent research carried out by PGRs in @MathsCU and @CompScienceCU and welcome the new starters. Thanks to the many who attended, presented and helped out! 🙌
ALT PGR students and staff attending the poster session
ALT PGR students and staff attending the poster session
ALT PGR students and staff attending the poster session
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The new issue of Impact magazine is here!
Read the issue here: pulse.ly/lj2yjrbdc5
Follow the Impact Magazine LinkedIn Page for updates – pulse.ly/zofoq59gel
#Impact #CaseStudies #Simulation #ORMS #DecisionMaking
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Pleased to share something a little different ✨
I present the Travelling Swiftie Problem - finding the optimal journey to visit the sights in @taylorswift13's London Boy! Out now in @TheORSociety's IMPACT magazine! 🎡
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
#ThisIsOR #ORMS #taylornation
Pleased to share something a little different ✨
I present the Travelling Swiftie Problem - finding the optimal journey to visit the sights in @taylorswift13's London Boy! Out now in @TheORSociety's IMPACT magazine! 🎡
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
#ThisIsOR #ORMS #taylornation
Always a pleasure to attend @TheORSociety’s Annual Conference. Had a wonderful time in Bangor + great to present my work on learning clinical pathways with @CV_UHB and @MathsCU!
#OR66 #ThisIsOR #ORMS @profpaulharper @drdanielgartner @GeraintPalmer @EPSRC
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Excited to announce that my new academic website is now live!✨Keep up to date with my latest research, publications and conference talks. Check it out here: williamsem.github.io/