Tom Troscianko
Memorial Day
TomFest, a celebration of Tom's life and work, was held in the Wills Memorial Building, University of Bristol, UK on Friday 30 March 2012.
The morning involved an informal gathering with coffee at Mud Dock followed by a boat trip around Bristol Harbour, visiting many of the places that Tom knew and loved from his trips on his narrowboat Lancer.
In the afternoon many of Tom's friends and colleagues paid tribute to Tom with a series of 6-minute talks. The day finished with a splendid dinner with wine tasting and music - an evening we know Tom would have enjoyed.
Presentations:
We hope that those of you who contributed to Tom's Memorial Day may make your presentations available here. Please email admin[at] tomtroscianko.com.
Talks about Tom's science
John Harris, University of Reading
Making coloured stripes and other memories of Tom
Ian R. Moorhead, sciVision
Presence in an eReader
David Tolhurst, University of Cambridge
Andrea Tales, Bristol University
Your Attention Please
P. George Lovell, University of St Andrews
Seeing Shadows
C. Alejandro Párraga, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Innes Cuthill, University of Bristol
Iain Gilchrist, University of Bristol
Scientific adventures
Talks about Tom’s contribution to science and education
Tim Meese, University of Aston
Alan Gilchrist, Rutgers University
Tom's spirit of adventure
Nick Wade, University of Dundee
Scotch Tom
Tiziano Agostini, University of Trieste
Ol Braddick, University of Oxford
Anya Hurlbert, University of Newcastle
Colourful Tom
Dave Bull, University of Bristol
The Bristol Vision Institute
Lesley Sackett, The Journal Perception
The Perception Years
Angus Clark & Henk Muller, University of Bristol
Beethoven, Babies and Business
Mike Morgan, City University
EURATOM
Pete Thompson, University of York
Basic Tom
Talks about Tom’s life and wider impact
John Brooks on behalf of Krystyna Brooks (Kopczewska) and the Radio Free Europe brats: Krys Markowski, Ewa Gamarnikow (Dzidzia), Hania and Andrrzej Kuczmierczyk. Krystyna has been a close friend since childhood, her parents worked at RFE in Munich with Tom’s father.
Tom’s background and early years
John Rance, Friend of forty years
Tom’s undergraduate days
Susan Blackmore, Tom's former wife
Gillian Porter, Tom's PhD student 1999-2004
Being Tom's PhD student
Lee de-Wit, Tom’s former tutee
Alice Mason, Tom's former tutee
Tutorials with Tom
Stephen Hinde, University of Bristol
An apprenticeship with Tom
Emily Troscianko, Tom’s daughter and Junior Research Fellow in Modern Languages at St John's College, Oxford
Jolyon Troscianko, Tom’s son and University of Cambridge
Journeys with my Father
Derek Carr, Member of Tom's research group 1990-1994, joint owner of Lancer
Personal memories of Tom
Carol Laidler, Tom’s partner
He went downhill fast
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