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MLconf Industry Impact Student Research Award

Published: Tuesday, 8 December 2015 Tags: Operational Research Optimization

The CoCoA [NIPS 2014] / CoCoA+ [ICML 2015] distributed optimization algorithm developed in a duo of papers with two co-authors from Edinburgh (Martin TakáÄ, Peter Richtarik) has won the MLconf Industry Impact Student Research Award. The award goes to our coauthor Virginia Smith (UC Berkeley).

Postgraduate Research Student Essay Prize

Published: Monday, 7 December 2015 Tags: Graduate School

The School of Mathematics would like to congratulate the winners of the postgraduate research essay prize.

The Atiyah Lectures

Published: Friday, 27 November 2015 Tags: Geometry Mathematical Physics

Professor Sir Michael Atiyah is organising a new series with many speakers from different countries and different fields.

PhD graduates: Winter 2015

Published: Friday, 27 November 2015 Tags: Graduate School

Congratulations to all of our PhD students graduating on 26th November 2015.

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Optimization

Published: Friday, 27 November 2015 Tags: Optimization jobs

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in optimization in the School of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. The post is available from 1st September 2016 for a 3 year fixed ...

Ruth King publishes in Biometrics

Published: Tuesday, 24 November 2015 Tags: Statistics

Congratulations are due to Ruth King who had the paper "Semi-Markov Arnason-Schwarz Models" accepted by Biometrics, one of the top five Statistics journals.

Whittaker Research Fellow in Stochastic Analysis

Published: Thursday, 19 November 2015 Tags: Stochastic Analysis jobs

The School of Mathematics wishes to appoint a WHITTAKER RESEARCH FELLOW in STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS. The fellowship is a fixed term contract for two years.We are seeking an outstanding candidate with a track record of research ...

Lectureship in Mathematical Sciences

Published: Tuesday, 10 November 2015 Tags: jobs

Applications are invited for a Lectureship in the Mathematical Sciences to start on 1 August 2016 or by agreement. Exceptionally, the appointment may be to a Readership.Applicants should hold a PhD in a field of the Mathematical ...

William Gordon Seggie Brown Research Fellowship in the Mathematics Sciences

Published: Monday, 2 November 2015 Tags: jobs Fellowship

Applications are invited for the WILLIAM GORDON SEGGIE BROWN Research Fellowship in Mathematical Sciences, tenable at the School of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh.  The Fellowship will commence on the 1 September ...

Three Postdoctoral Research Associate Positions in Pure Mathematics Available

Published: Tuesday, 27 October 2015 Tags: Algebra Geometry Topology jobs

Applications are invited for three Postdoctoral Research Associate positions in algebraic geometry, representation theory and topology.  The posts are available from 1st August 2016 or a mutually agreed date. The positions ...

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