Whitehead Professor of Pure Mathematics Appointed
Professor Martin Bridson has been appointed Whitehead Professor of Pure Mathematics from October 2007.
Whitehead Professor of Pure Mathematics AppointedProfessor Martin Bridson has been appointed Whitehead Professor of Pure Mathematics from October 2007. |
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OxMOS / MULTIMAT Workshop on MicrostructureFrom 2-5 September 2007 OxMOS (New Frontiers in the Mathematics of Solids) and MULTIMAT (Multi-scale modelling and characterisation for phase transformations in advanced materials) will hold a joint meeting on Microstructure at St Anne's College, Oxford. The main themes will be:
The programme will combine some longer talks by invited speakers (see below) and some shorter invited talks by participants. |
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Royal Society Hughes MedalThe 2007 Hughes Medal has been awarded to Professor Artur Ekert for his pioneering work on quantum cryptography and his many important contributions to the theory of quantum computation and other branches of quantum physics. |
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LMS Prizes 2007Congratulations to:
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The Fourth Oxford-Princeton workshop in FinanceOxford recently hosted the fourth Oxford-Princeton workshop in Finance, an offshoot of the Oxford-Princeton alliance. |
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Maverick Oxford Mathematician's ObituaryProfessor L.C. Woods died Oxford 15 April 2007. For further details see the obiturary from The Independent written by John Ockendon. |
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Professor sees magic, mystery in mathematicsThe San Francisco Chronicle recently published an article about Marcus du Sautoy to conicide with his talk at Berkeley. |
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First Brooke Benjamin Lecture in Fluid DynamicsThe first Brooke Benjamin Lecture in Fluid Dynamics will be given by Jerry Bona (University of Illinois, Chicago). The lecture will be at 5pm on Thursday 17 May, in L1 of the Mathematical Institute. All are warmly invited to attend the lecture and reception that follows. |
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Shaping the Future of Nonlinear PDEs in the UK: Consultation Meeting - 29 May 2007, LMSEPSRC has recently invested significant resources in nonlinear PDEs in the UK by making two Science and Innovation awards in this area. These, to be held in the University of Oxford and in the Maxwell Institute, Edinburgh (comprising the mathematics departments of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt universities), are designed to enhance the position of nonlinear PDEs throughout the UK. In addition to new posts in the three institutions, there will be a large programme of activities to benefit the entire UK nonlinear PDE community. Included in this programme are international conferences, workshops, instructional conferences/summer schools, activity groups/networks, and visitor programmes. The directorships of the two centres - the Centre for Analysis and Nonlinear PDE in the Maxwell Institute and the Centre in the Analysis of Nonlinear PDEs in Oxford - are now interested in ideas, suggestions and proposals from the UK PDE community for specific activities that could be undertaken by one of the two centres, or jointly, under the aegis of these programmes. It should be noted that there will be every opportunity for activities to take place outside Oxford and Edinburgh. At this time, the directors would like to invite views from groups and/or individuals on ways in which these two new centres can best help energize and be responsive to the UK nonlinear PDE community. Specifically they invite expressions of interest, ideas and suggestions under the following headings:
We are not at this stage asking for full proposals. Contributions received by 15 May 2007 will be especially welcome. Please make such on at most two sides of A4, and send them to the directors by email (contact points below). In order to involve and consult the UK PDE community as widely as possible, we shall be holding a UK Nonlinear PDEs Scoping Consultation Meeting open to all. This will take place on 29 May 2007 at the LMS, De Morgan House, 57-58 Russell Square, London WC1B 4HS. The ideas and suggestions received prior to this meeting will help shape it, and the more concrete proposals for activities which will follow. See the agenda of the meeting for further information. Colleagues planning to attend the meeting should indicate their participation by email to Laura Darling (@email). For more information, please contact one of the directors below.
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One-Day Combinatorics MeetingThere will be a one-day combinatorics meeting on Wednesday, 14 March 2007. |