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News from the School of Mathematics.

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Adams Prizewinner 2024-25

15 April, 2025Staff success

The University of Cambridge has announced the winner of one of its oldest and most prestigious…

Leverhulme Research Fellowship success

15 April, 2025Staff success Statistics

Natalia Bochkina and Miguel de Carvalho have both been awarded Leverhulme Research Fellowships.…

Winners announced in the Undergraduate Edinburgh Operational Research Challenge

19 March, 2025Optimization and OR Student success

The Undergraduate Edinburgh Operational Research Challenge is an annual event organised by the…

HiGHS and NVIDIA cuOpt: Driving open-source innovation in optimization

18 March, 2025Optimization and OR Staff success

Through collaboration with NVIDIA, HiGHS is excited to push the boundaries of what’s possible in…

Feasibility study funded by Ove Arup and Partners

11 March, 2025Energy Staff success

Lars Schewe, Miguel Anjos and Chris Dent have received funding from Arup.

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships awarded

10 March, 2025Staff success Structure and Symmetry

Dr Ioana Coman has been awarded a MSCA fellowship.

PhD studentship funded by Kraken Technologies Ltd

10 March, 2025Energy PhD

Julian Hall has received funding from Kraken (part of the Octopus Energy Group) to fund a 4-year…

Víctor Elvira secures £1m ARIA funding to forecast climate tipping points

26 February, 2025Applied and Computational Mathematics Staff success Sustainability

The PROTECT project, backed by the Advanced Research + Invention Agency, will develop new methods…

RSS Meeting: 'Some statistical aspects of the Covid-19 response'

25 February, 2025Statistics

There will be a Royal Statistical Society meeting on 10th April in London

Bruce Worton's research listed among most influential papers in first 100 years of journal Ecology

13 February, 2025Staff success Statistics Sustainability

Worton (1989) introduced new methods to characterize home ranges.

Luke Davis awarded Wellcome Accelerator Award

03 February, 2025Staff success Statistics

Luke Davis, one of the recently hired Flora Philip Fellows, has been awarded a Wellcome Accelerator…

Emeritus Professor Douglas Heggie awarded 2025 RAS Eddington Medal

14 January, 2025Applied and Computational Mathematics Staff success

The Royal Astronomical Society's 2025 Eddington Medal has been awarded to Douglas Heggie,…

Ozan Evkaya receives GAIL seed funding

10 January, 2025AI Staff success

Ozan Evkaya has received seed funding from GAIL for his project 'Large Language Models: Are…

Miguel de Carvalho receives funding from the Prob_AI Hub Network and Development Fund

10 January, 2025AI Staff success

Miguel de Carvalho has received funding from the Prob_AI Hub Network and Development Fund for his…

Victor Elvira receives funding from the Cornell University - Edinburgh Global Strategic Collaboration

10 January, 2025Staff success

Victor Elvira and his collaborator at Cornell University, Anna Scaglione, have received funding…

Karine Chemla elected to the French Academy of Sciences

10 January, 2025Staff success

Karine Chemla has been elected to the French Academy of Sciences in the Commission on History,…

Victor Elvira accepted as ELLIS Fellow

10 January, 2025AI Staff success

Victor Elvira has been accepted as a Fellow to the ELLIS Network.

Francesco Tudisco selected for second cohort of Bayes Innovation Fellows

07 November, 2024AI Staff success

Francesco Tudisco, Reader in Machine Learning, has been selected for the second cohort of Bayes…

John Pearson awarded EPSRC Standard Grant

22 October, 2024Applied and Computational Mathematics Staff success

John Pearson has been awarded funding from EPSRC for his project "Randomized Numerical Linear…

Strategic Innovation Fund Success

22 October, 2024Staff success Sustainability Energy

Chris Dent and Petros Wallden are project partners in "Network Security in a Quantum Future…