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Welcome to new staff in 2011 academic year

Welcome to new staff in 2011 academic year

published Friday, 22 July 2011

The School of Mathematics welcomes a number of new appointments starting during the 2011 academic year. For biographies of new staff, please refer to the Appointments in 2011-2012 page.

Leverhulme Award for Prof. Michael Singer

Leverhulme Award for Prof. Michael Singer

published Thursday, 14 July 2011

Congratulations to Professor Michael Singer on his award of a Leverhulme Research Fellowship to the value of £35,703 to support his research on Moduli spaces and Kaehler metrics over the period 1 September 2011 to 31 August 2012.


In the last 10 years the following School members have obtained Leverhulme a

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The unplanned impact of mathematics

The unplanned impact of mathematics

published Wednesday, 13 July 2011

The July 13 issue of Nature has an article on the unplanned impact of mathematics

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v475/n7355/full/475166a.html

including a contribution by Julia

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Andrew Thompson: SIAM UK Student Prize Winner

Andrew Thompson: SIAM UK Student Prize Winner

published Wednesday, 6 July 2011

Congratulations to Andrew Thompson on his award of a Student prize for his excellent talk at the 24th Biennial Conference on Numerical Analysis.

http://www.mathstat.strath.ac.uk/naconf

The Mathematician's Shirts

The Mathematician's Shirts

published Monday, 13 June 2011

Julia Collins and Madeleine Shepherd have won an ASCUS grant to create a series of mathematical sculptures out of shirts.

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Degree Ceremony, 28 June 2011

Degree Ceremony, 28 June 2011

published Monday, 30 May 2011

The University Graduation at which the School of Mathematics will present its graduands will be at 11AM on Tuesday, 28th June in the McEwen Hall.

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Agata Smoktunowicz appointed as Emmy Noether Professor for 2011 at the University of Gottingen

Agata Smoktunowicz appointed as Emmy Noether Professor for 2011 at the University of Gottingen

published Monday, 30 May 2011

In honour of the great mathematician Emmy Noether the Faculty of Mathematics of the University of Göttingen has created a visiting professorship named after the scientist, who studied, taught und researched in Göttingen from 1915 unt

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Maxwell Colloquium: Felipe Cucker, On Smale's 17th Problem

Maxwell Colloquium: Felipe Cucker, On Smale's 17th Problem

published Wednesday, 11 May 2011

Professor Felipe Cucker will present a colloquium on Smale's 17th Problem on Friday 13 May 2011, at 16:10 in Lecture Theatre C of the James Clerk Maxwell Building.

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Computational Complexity Challenges in Optimization

Computational Complexity Challenges in Optimization

published Monday, 9 May 2011

Maxwell Institute Symposium and Colloquium, 12 - 13 May 2011.

The Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences has organised a symposium on topics relating to Computational Complexity Challenges in Optimization, followed by a colloquium on Smale's 17th Problem.

The symposium will take place

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Jim Wright FRSE

Jim Wright FRSE

published Thursday, 17 March 2011

Congratulations to Professor Jim Wright on his election to the Royal Society of Edinburgh!

 

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