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Registration open for Edinburgh Summer School on Generative AI for Extremes

27 May, 2026AI PhD Statistics Sustainability

The Summer School will take place from September 8-11 at JCMB.

Satellite imagery of a hurricane making landfall in the US

Join us for the Fitch Lecture 2026

12 May, 2026Industry and Impact

'Why Mathematics Matters – from chocolate to nuclear reactors, our economy, environment and…

For illustration only. Graphic reads, "Davey Fitch Lecture"

School donates 35 laptops to coding charity

05 May, 2026Outreach Sustainability

The second-hand machines were due to be recycled but now have a new lease of life helping Edinburgh…

Rayo and Rosie posing with a trolley stacked with laptops in Eagle Labs

Finn Lindgren receives RSS Barnett Award 2026

28 April, 2026Staff success Statistics

The Barnett Award is awarded annually to recognise outstanding contributions to the field of…

Finn Lindgren

Introduction to Mathematical Analysis wins 'Outstanding Course' Award

24 April, 2026Analysis and Probability Staff success Undergraduate

Students described Jonathan Hickman's Introduction to Mathematical Analysis course as '…

A photo of Jonathan Hickman receiving his award

Winners of ASA DataFest26@EDI announced

17 April, 2026Statistics Student success Undergraduate Industry and Impact

Serveh Sharifi, Vanda Inacio, and Ozan Evkaya were on the organising committee for ASA DataFest – a…

Logo reads, "DATAFEST@EDI"

Jonathan Hickman shortlisted for 'Outstanding Course' Teaching Award 2026

15 April, 2026Analysis and Probability Staff success

The Teaching Awards give students the opportunity to thank staff for their hard work, whilst…

A photo of the teaching awards logo printed across a display board

Minhyong Kim to give Abel Lecture 2026

14 April, 2026Staff success

The Abel Prize Lectures are an annual tradition during the week-long celebration of the Abel Prize…

A photo of Minhyong who is looking up at the camera from the stairwell of the Bayes Centre. In the background is a white spiral staircase.

Applied category theory featured in Quanta Magazine

19 March, 2026Outreach Staff success Sustainability

John Baez, Maxwell Fellow in Public Engagement, and Tom Leinster, Professor of Category Theory,…

This image explores how AI can be for sustainability efforts. It was created by Dada Projects as part of the Visualising AI project launched by Google DeepMind.

£20 million investment in Quantum Software Lab

17 March, 2026Energy Staff success Industry and Impact

This UK Government funding will accelerate the development of quantum software.

created by Bakken & Baeck as part of the Visualising AI project launched by Google DeepMind.