Hooke Research Fellow

We are seeking talented postdoctoral researchers to take up exciting Fellowship opportunities at the Mathematical Institute.

The prestigious Hooke Research Fellowships provide an ideal opportunity for candidates to pursue an independent research programme in applied mathematics, and to join a large existing cohort of leading researchers on Fellowship programmes at the Mathematical Institute.

Our new EDI Fellow

Lena Zuspann has been selected as our new EDI Fellow by the Division. Lena says: I’m very excited to be one of this year’s MPLS ED&I Fellows, and I’m here to listen to and raise any concern or idea about ED&I in our department. Over the course of this year, I’m hoping to contribute to making everyone feel welcome and represented, so please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Kaibo Hu wins Philip Leverhulme Prize

Kaibo Hu has won one of this year's prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prizes. The award recognises the achievement of outstanding researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition and whose future career is exceptionally promising.

Squarepoint Technical Aptitude Challenge

Sunday, 25 October 2026, 10:00–11:30 am, North School at Examination Schools 

This event is aimed at students in quantitative disciplines and offers a great opportunity to test skills and participate in Squarepoint's hiring process.

Unhappy Hour

Happy Hour is cancelled today, but will be back next week.

Image: James Gillray - A voluptuary under the horrors of digestion

James Gillray - A voluptuary under the horrors of digestion

Week 2 Bulletin

It's the Week 2 student bulletin! 

Hopefully you've now settled into a Michaelmas routine, and are enjoying your time in lectures and classes. 

Read on for information about the mid-term questionnaires, graduate study opportunities, and more!

WTF?! Simulation-Free Reinforcement Learning with Wasserstein-Tilted Flow Maps
 Mammadov, A Huang, J Lin, J Kaushik, P Shah, S Nair, K Teh, Y Boffi, N (22 Sep 2026) https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.27033v2
Steering Diffusion Models to Rare Events with Sequential Monte Carlo
 Subedi, A Reichelt, T Williams, C Stier, P Teh, Y Syed, S (06 Oct 2026) https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.08652v2
Variational Flow Maps: Make Some Noise for One-Step Conditional Generation
 Mammadov, A Takao, S Chen, B Baptista, R Mardani, M Teh, Y Berner, J (07 Mar 2026) https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.07276v1
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