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Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Research
OCIAM is a world-leading research group in core applied mathematics.
We are the largest research group within the Mathematical Institute; between students, faculty, researchers, and visitors, the Centre has around 80 active members and many friends and collaborators around the world.
Because of the collaborative nature of our research, OCIAM cannot be divided into neat groups, nor do members fit into a single group. A division by application area can be found here.
Opportunities
Masters students are trained in industrial applications of mathematics via the MSc in Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing and the new MSc in Mathematical Sciences.
OCIAM takes 4-8 DPhil students a year onto our doctoral programme, which always attracts the best research students from across the world.
Here's some information about various Fellowships that are available to fund post-doctoral research.
Any postdoctoral positions we advertise on the University of Oxford vacancies page.
Faculty
- Prof. Alain Goriely FRS (Director)
- Prof. Andreas Münch (Deputy Director)
- Dr Murad Banaji
- Prof. Chris Breward
- Prof Maria Bruna
- Prof. S. Jon Chapman
- Prof. Mohit Dalwadi
- Prof. Paul J. Dellar
- Prof. Radek Erban
- Prof. Ian Griffiths
- Prof. Peter Grindrod CBE
- Prof. Heather Harrington
- Prof. Ian Hewitt
- Prof. Peter Howell
- Prof. Sam Howison
- Prof. Derek Moulton
- Prof. Renaud Lambiotte
- Prof. James Oliver
- Prof. Justin Sirignano
- Prof. Dominic Vella
- Prof. Sarah Waters
- Dr Nicola Kirkham (PA to Directors & Research Support for OCIAM)
Everyone else in OCIAM is listed here
prizes | media | podcasts | public lectures
| PRIZES: All quiet on the awards front.
| MEDIA: No media sensations this term - we're busy thinking.
| PUBLIC LECTURE The final Chapter in Professor Alain Goriely's public lectures at Gresham College is on Tuesday 17 June on The Deceived Brain: Coding and Illusion. Visual illusions: shapes or sounds that we perceive differently from their physical reality, have delighted children and scientists alike for centuries. This lecture reveals how simple geometric illusions can be modelled mathematically, based on our understanding of how visual signals are coded and decoded by the brain, leading to a better understanding of how we process information.
Case studies
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Spotlight
Professor Alain Goriely is Director of OCIAM, and the Statutory Chair of Mathematical Modelling. In this lecture he asks, 'Can Mathematics understand the brain?'
Spotlight
Jon Chapman is Professor of Mathematics and Its Applications in the University of Oxford. In this lecture he explains 'Waves and resonance: from musical instruments to vacuum cleaners, via metamaterials and invisibility cloaks.'
Spotlight
The Mathematics of Poking, a short film exploring an aspect of the work of Professor Dominic Vella.