ERC Advanced Grant Success for Des Higham
Des Higham has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for his project “Numerical Analysis for Stable AI”. The project will identify, quantify and mitigate vulnerabilities in current artificial intelligence algorithms from a numerical analysis perspective. Novel mathematical research will emerge along six overlapping axes: inevitability; editability; targetability; universality; roundability; legislatability. The project will identify high-profile […]
ERC Starting Grant Success for Ofer Busani and Leonardo Tolomeo
Ofer’s project “Universality in the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang class” aims to solve central open problems in the study of the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang class which consists of a large set of models, sharing common microscopic dynamical features as well as develop new tools to study the models. Leonardo’s project “Overcoming Criticality for PDEs with Randomness” is concerned with the […]
Lorenzo Pareschi appointed next Editor-in-Chief of SIAM Multiscale Modeling and Simulation
Prof. Lorenzo Pareschi has been appointed as the next Editor-in-Chief of Multiscale Modeling and Simulation (MMS), beginning in January 2026. MMS, one of the flagship journals of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), publishes high-impact research at the interface of modeling, analysis, and computation across multiple scales. Serving as Editor-in-Chief of a leading […]
Ben Davison is invited speaker for ICM 2026
Professor Davison has been invited to speak at the next International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) which will take place in Philadelphia in 2026. The ICM, which has been running since 1897, takes place only once every four years. Being an invited ICM speaker is considered one of the most prestigious honours within the mathematical community. […]
£2 million project to develop insurance for AI risks
Professor Lukasz Szpruch is the lead academic on a £2m UKRI Prosperity Partnership project to develop novel methods to understand, measure, and ultimately insure against risk associated with the commercial application of artificial intelligence. Lukasz will work with colleagues from WMG University of Warwick and the University of Oxford, alongside insurance group AXA. The academic-industry […]
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 […]