Jack Carr PhD Internship Programme
Two internships are available to current PhD students in an African university to spend up to 6 weeks doing research related to their PhD topic at the Maxwell Institute in Edinburgh. A grant of up to £ 4,000, offered by the Jack Carr Fund, will cove travel, accommodation and subsistence costs for the duration of […]
Alexandre Martin awarded EPSRC Standard Grant
Dr. Alexandre Martin(Heriot-Watt) received an EPSRC Standard Grant in total value of £620K to work on the project titled “The Geometry of the Isomorphism Problem for Artin Groups.” The project will commence in September 2025, last for 3 years and involve a postdoctoral fellow.
Lorenzo Pareschi receives €2 million funding to help predict the unexpected
Prof. Lorenzo Pareschi, Chair of Applied Mathematics at Heriot-Watt University, received an Advanced Grant from the Italian Science Fund (FIS) in value of 2 million euros to study and better understand and predict complex phenomena such as epidemics, traffic, the economy and even how opinions spread on social media. See details here.
Víctor Elvira secures £1m ARIA funding to forecast climate tipping points
Víctor Elvira, Chair of Statistics and Data Science, has been awarded £1 million by Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) to investigate and forecast climate tipping points — thresholds that, once crossed, will likely lead to cascading and irreversible changes to Earth’s climate. Major parts of the Earth system are at risk of crossing climate […]
Prof. Jacques Vanneste appointed Co-Convenor of Maxwell Institute
Professor Jacques Vanneste has been appointed as the University of Edinburgh Co-Convenor of the Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences as of August 2024. He succeeds Professor Kostas Zygalakis who has served the Maxwell Institute for the last year and a half. We would like to thank Kostas for all of his hard work and extend […]
Mathematics Showdown 2023
As part of the Edinburgh Science Festival in May, five MAC-MIGS PhD students presented engaging short talks to the public at a “Mathematics Showdown” comedy evening in the Bayes Centre. The evening was a huge success, and the talks are now available to watch here on the Maxwell Institute Youtube channel.
Prof. Ruth King Appointed Bayes Centre Director
Professor Ruth King, the Thomas Bayes Chair of Statistics at the University of Edinburgh, has been appointed as the next Director of the Bayes Centre. Ruth will take over from Michael Rovatsos in August 2023 and will hold the post for an initial five years, sharing her time between Bayes and Mathematics. The Maxwell Institute […]
ICMS receives £5M from EPSRC Additional Funding Programme for Mathematical Sciences
The International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS), jointly operated by Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh, is delighted to announce that it has been awarded an additional grant of £5M to support the mathematical sciences community over the next five years. The grant will increase the range and scope of what ICMS does – […]
Prof. Minhyong Kim appointed Director of ICMS and Sir Edmund Whittaker Prof. of Mathematical Sciences
Professor Minhyong Kim has been appointed as Director of the ICMS and Sir Edmund Whittaker Professor of Mathematical Sciences at both Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh, with effect from September 2021. Minhyong is the first full-time director of the ICMS and the first joint professor in the Maxwell Institute. For details see https://www.icms.org.uk/news/icms-appoints-new-director-0