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Weekly Update

Week 9



02 dec 2025

We have a number of job and internship listings from our sponsors. Check them out! Of particular interest is TPP’s summer internship program:

The summer internship is for university students who are in their penultimate year. Working alongside our Software Developers you’ll get the opportunity to work on exciting new projects, developing cutting-edge software. Our interns typically join us for 8 to 12 weeks but we are flexible on duration and start dates.

Our Software Developers work on a wide variety of projects as part of an agile development environment. Interns are involved in the full software cycle and work closely with all teams across the company as they scope out new projects and design, develop and deploy our solutions.

To apply, please visit https://tpp-careers.com/roles/summer-internship-software-developer/.


This year, the Warwick Maths, Statistics and Physics Societies ball will have the theme masquerade. Save the date of 21st February 2026. Tickets will go on sale soon!


Regular Events Schedule


On Tuesday (2nd), we will have an information session for the upcoming WMS tour in MS.05, from 17:00 to 18:00. The tour will be in Budapest, Hungary and will occur from Monday 23rd March to Friday 27th March during the Easter holidays this academic year. Tickets will go on sale on sale Wednesday (3rd)!


On Wednesday (3rd), we will be running Maths Café in the Undergraduate Workroom (A0.05), from 13:00 to 15:00. As usual, we will be bringing (a small amount of) food for you to enjoy.

If you have any questions about academics, module options, or any general queries about the university, our academic support officers (and many other attendees) will be happy to help.


Also on Thursday (4th), we have our regularly scheduled WMS Talk, titled Game Theory from First Principles to Poker and Bluffing, with guest speaker Dr Sean Eberhard, in B3.03, from 18:00 to 19:00, with free pizza afterwards.

Abstract:

Is bluffing just bravado—or is there a basis in mathematics? In this talk I will give a general introduction to game theory, which is an essential toolkit for understand strategic interactions in all sorts of modern fields, from economics to evolutionary biology. We will build up sufficient theory to analyze one fascinating simple model of poker: two-player one-round no-limit poker. Even this tiny model leads to striking conclusions about optimal strategies, mixed equilibria, and when you should pretend to have a good hand. Aimed at undergraduates of all backgrounds, this talk requires no previous knowledge of game theory or poker (or even cards).


On Friday (5th), we are running Coffee and Cake, our weekly welfare event, from 16:00 to 17:00, in MB0.07. Drop in to get a hot drink and some food, and relax with others in an informal and friendly environment.