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Keep up to date with the latest news from the Department of Mathematics.
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Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw lecture by Professor Kevin Buzzard: Will computers replace mathematicians?
19 Oct 2022
For decades now, computers have been much better than humans at calculating. But mathematical research is not all about calculating -- humans make ...
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Nick Higham elected as Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
14 Oct 2022
Congratulations to Nick Higham, Royal Society Research Professor and Richardson Professor of Applied Mathematics, who was recently elected as one of ...
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Manchester student’s extraordinary drive recognised at House of Lords
26 Jul 2022
University of Manchester mathematics student, Jesy Luyengi was part of 22 students who were recognised at the fourth annual Student Social Mobility ...
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Prof Jack Dongarra General Lecture to celebrate Turing Award
5 Jul 2022
The University of Manchester will host the lecture, in recognition of Professor Dongarra's achievements, on 21 July 2022.
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Dr Saralees Nadarajah shortlisted for master's teacher award
6 Jun 2022
He has been shortlisted for a Postgrad Award in the category of 'master's teacher of the year'.
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Professor Nick Higham to give International Congress of Mathematicians lecture
1 Jun 2022
Professor Higham will deliver his lecture at an overlay conference at Imperial College.
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FSE trio reach Undergraduate of the Year final
19 Apr 2022
Jacques Burgess, Jesy Luyengi and Aneesa Riaz are among the 120 student finalists.
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University of Manchester mathematician honoured with ‘Nobel Prize of Computing’
31 Mar 2022
The ACM Turing Award, which is often referred to as “The Nobel Prize of Computer Science,” and comes with a $1 million cash prize, funded by ...
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Prof Neil Ferguson discusses COVID-19 modelling and analysis at 2022 Bragg Lecture
24 Mar 2022
Professor Ferguson's work helped to inform the UK government during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Prof William Parnell to give 2022 BAMC plenary lecture
17 Feb 2022
The British Applied Mathematics Colloquium (BAMC) has been running for 64 years.
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Nick Higham awarded the 2022 Hans Schneider Prize
26 Oct 2021
He is recognised for his contributions in the analysis of numerical linear algebra problems and matrix functions.
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Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw Public Lecture 2021
20 Oct 2021
Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter FRS OBE will present the 2021 Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw Public Lecture
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Dr Anastasia Kisil appointed to Royal Society Science Book Prize judging panel
27 Jul 2021
She is part of a five-strong judging panel for this year's prize.
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Dr Saralees Nadarajah wins three Education Awards
29 Jun 2021
Dr Nadarajah picked up awards for exceptional feedback, outstanding postgraduate research supervision, and above and beyond.
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Manchester mathematician elected Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellow
30 Mar 2021
Professor Paul Glendinning is one of 87 new Fellows from across sciences, arts, education, business and public life.
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Prof Nick Higham awarded SIAM George Pólya Prize for Mathematical Exposition
24 Mar 2021
The prize is awarded for expository work that communicates mathematics effectively.
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Nick Higham named 2020 ACM Fellow
13 Jan 2021
He is recognised for contributions to numerical linear algebra, numerical stability analysis, and communication of mathematics.
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Nick Higham Awarded IMA Gold Medal 2020
16 Dec 2020
Professor Nick Higham has been awarded the IMA Gold Medal 2020 by the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, becoming the second mathematician...
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FSE to celebrate Class of 2020 with virtual winter celebrations
14 Dec 2020
The celebrations will recognise the hard work of FSE's Postgraduate Class of 2020.
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Dr Stefan Güttel awarded 2021 SIAM James H Wilkinson Prize
11 Dec 2020
Dr Güttel is recognised for his contributions to the analysis, implementation and application of rational and block Krylov methods.
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