Gui-Qiang G. Chen appointed to Professorship in the Analysis of Partial Differential Equations

Gui-Qiang G. Chen (BS Fudan; PhD Academia Sinica), Full Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Northwestern University, USA and Visiting Chair Professor of Mathematics, Fudan University, PRC and Visiting Professor, Centre for Advanced Study, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Norway has been appointed to the Professorship in the Analysis of Partial Differential Equations with effect from 10 August 2009.

Professor Chen will be a fellow of Keble College.

Posted on 11 Jun 2009, 9:33am. Please contact us with feedback and comments about this page.

The course system now supports plain TeX

A few people have asked if it would be possible for the course material system to accept plain TeX in addition to LaTeX for the automatic compilation. We are now happy to report that this feature has been implemented and plain TeX users don't need to (and shouldn't) submit a PDF anymore.
Posted on 11 May 2009, 5:52pm. Please contact us with feedback and comments about this page.

Stipendiary Lecturership in Pure Mathematics at Pembroke College

Pembroke College wishes to appoint an eight-hour Stipendiary Lecturer in Pure Mathematics, for the period 1st September 2009 to 31st August 2010, with the possibility of renewal for the following academic year. The successful candidate will be required to teach a range of topics, mostly in Pure Mathematics. In addition to the eight hours of tutorial teaching, the lecturer will be required to work in conjunction with the Fellows in Mathematics in arranging teaching and in the admissions process. The stipend for this post will be £16,101 to £18,122 per annum depending on experience and the lecturer will be provided with shared use of a teaching room. In addition, the successful applicant will be entitled to a Tutors Allowance and certain lunching and dining rights.

Further particulars are available by contacting Lynn Wilkinson at Pembroke College (@email). Applicants should submit four copies of their application and curriculum vitae to the Academic Registrar, Pembroke College, Oxford, OX1 1DW (@email) by Monday 11th May 2009. They should also ask two referees to send references to the Academic Registrar by the same deadline. It is anticipated that interviews will be held on Tuesday 19th May 2009.

Pembroke College is an Equal Opportunities Employer

Posted on 8 May 2009, 3:53pm. Please contact us with feedback and comments about this page.

John Ockendon, Nick Trefethen and Nick Gould honoured with SIAM Fellowships

SIAM membership approved the SIAM Fellows Program in 2008 to designate as Fellows of the Society certain members who have made outstanding contributions to fields served by SIAM.

SIAM has named 183 Fellows for key contributions to applied mathematics and computational science in 2009 including John Ockendon, Nick Trefethen and Nick Gould.

Posted on 1 May 2009, 7:25pm. Please contact us with feedback and comments about this page.

Andrew Lo delivers the 2009 Nomura Lecture

Andrew Lo, Harris and Harris Group Professor of Finance at MIT, delivers the 2009 Nomura Lecture entitled "Kill all the quants? Model vs. Mania in the current financial crisis" on 19th May 2009
Posted on 1 May 2009, 7:15pm. Please contact us with feedback and comments about this page.

Ubuntu Linux Firefox update

Due to a security hole, Firefox needs to be updated on all Linux machines today. The updates will occur on all desktops between 5pm and 10pm today. There is no action required, but you might notice that you get error messages when browsing the web. In this case simply close all Firefox windows and restart Firefox again. That should clear all the problems.
Posted on 29 Apr 2009, 5:13pm. Please contact us with feedback and comments about this page.