In case you missed it, Graeme Segal has been awarded the Chern Medal in recognition of an outstanding lifelong achievement at the highest level in the field of mathematics.
In case you missed it in this week's divisional newsletter, Dominic Vella has received one of the MPLS teaching awards. Congratulations to Dominic.
We announced our supervision awardees in a recent Bulletin and we didn't win anything else. As someone said, all prizes are rubbish, but that doesn't mean I don't want to win one.
Konstantin received the award for his paper, Consensus-Based Optimization Methods Converge Globally. The paper was co-written with Massimo Fornasier and Timo Klock.
The SIAM Student Paper Prize is awarded annually to the student author(s) of the most outstanding paper(s) accepted by SIAM journals within the three years preceding the nomination deadline. Up to three awards are made every year.
Martin Bridson and Yuji Nakatsukasa have been recognised in this year's London Mathematical Society (LMS) awards. Martin wins the Polya Prize for his foundational contributions to the field of geometric group theory and his exceptional service to the mathematical community.
The King has approved the appointment of James Maynard as the new Regius Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. He will take up the post on 1 October 2026, and will also be a professorial fellow of Merton College.
This chair is one of three Regius Professorships of Mathematics in the United Kingdom, the others being at St Andrews and Warwick. The Oxford Regius chair was created in 2016 as part of the 90th birthday celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II. James will succeed the inaugural postholder, Andrew Wiles.
Patrick was awarded the Prize by Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) in recognition of outstanding contributions to the numerical solution of differential equations and numerical methods for scientific computing.
PS: they are running a year behind on the prize because of the Pandemic, hence 2025.
Ben Green and Alex Scott have been awarded European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grants. The grants are one of the most prestigious and competitive research awards in the world, providing long-term funding to well-established, leading scientists and scholars who wish to pursue groundbreaking, high-risk projects that push the frontiers of knowledge.
Radek will deliver the 23rd Eduard Čech Lecture in spring 2027 as part as serving as the Eduard Čech Distinguished Visitor at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences in the Czech Academy of Sciences.
Eduard Čech (1893-1960) was a renowned Czech mathematician after whom several mathematical concepts are named (e.g. Stone–Čech compactification).