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ICMS launches Mathematics for Humanity Programme

Published: Friday, 12 May 2023 Tags:

Prof. Minhyong Kim, Director of ICMS, is leading a new programme which aims to use education, research, and scholarly exchange activities to improve mathematics' contribution to the betterment of society. The programme is ...

Edinburgh Mathematical Society 2022 Impact Prize

Published: Thursday, 11 May 2023 Tags: Operational Research Optimization prizes

Congratulations to Chris Dent, Amy Wilson and Stan Zachary (Heriot-Watt) who were awarded the Edinburgh Mathematical Society's 2022 Impact Prize. The Impact Prize recognises "the contribution of individuals, teams or partnerships ...

Chris Sangwin awarded Knowledge Transfer Partnership

Published: Wednesday, 10 May 2023 Tags: funding award Maths Education

Chris Sangwin has been awarded a Knowledge Transfer Partnership funded by Innovate UK and in collaboration with IDEMS International, a Community Interest Company. The overall aim of this project is to significantly broaden the ...

Ruth King Appointed as Director of Bayes Centre

Published: Tuesday, 2 May 2023 Tags: Statistics jobs

Professor Ruth King, the Thomas Bayes Chair of Statistics, has been appointed as the next Director of the Bayes Centre. Ruth will take over from Michael Rovatsos in August 2023 and will hold the post for an initial five years. ...

Aretha Teckentrup Named SIAM Women's History Month Honoree

Published: Monday, 17 April 2023 Tags: Applied Mathematics

Aretha Teckentrup has been named as one of SIAM's (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) Women's History Month honorees, alongside applied mathematics colleagues from Intel Corp., University of Florida, and Oregon ...

British Academy Visiting Fellowship Awarded to University of Auckland's Igor Kontorovich

Published: Wednesday, 12 April 2023 Tags: international Fellowship Maths Education

Igor Kontorovich, University of Auckland has been awarded a British Academy Visiting Fellowship to collaborate with Chris Sangwin and other members of the School. The project will investigate the processes that unfold when students ...

Chris Dent Awarded Knowledge Exchange Catalyst Fellowship

Published: Wednesday, 12 April 2023 Tags: Fellowship

Chris Dent has been awarded a Knowledge Exchange Catalyst Fellowship from the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences. The aim of these fellowships is to support members of the mathematical sciences community who wish to ...

Jim Wright Awarded Leverhulme Research Fellowship

Published: Wednesday, 12 April 2023 Tags: Fellowship

Jim Wright has been awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship entitled "Polynomial Ergodic Theorems". Jim, and his collaborators at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Rutgers University, King's College and Scuola Normale ...

Emily Roff Awarded JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship

Published: Wednesday, 12 April 2023 Tags: international Fellowship

Emily Roff, one of our inaugural Flora Philip Fellows, has been awarded a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship to visit the University of Osaka for eight months in 2023-24. Emily will be working with Professor Masahiko Yoshinaga and others ...

Flora Philip Fellow awarded EPSRC National Fellowship

Published: Wednesday, 8 March 2023 Tags: Fellowship

Lois Baker, who is joining the School this summer as one of our inaugural Flora Philip Fellows, has been awarded an EPSRC National Fellowship in Fluid Dynamics. Lois will study the hugely complex dynamics of rotating and density ...

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