Archive | 2017

After analysing a database of geological records dated within the last 100,000 years, a team of scientists from the University of Bristol has discovered the average time between so-called volcanic super-eruptions is actually much less than previously thought. Volcanoes and bolides, such as asteroids, are geohazards powerful enough to be destructive on a global scale. […]

The Anglo-Thai Society presents yearly awards to recognise the academic achievements of Thai postgraduate scholars studying in the UK. Awards cover a number of subjects including: Science, Medical Science, Engineering, Humanities & Social Science, Environment and the Arts. The Society also award a non-Thai national who’s research focuses on Thailand. Thantkrit (3rd year PhD student) […]

Our Vice-Chancellor’s Fellowships scheme offers an exciting opportunity for exceptional early-career researchers to advance their research careers, and support our strategic priorities. This year, we will be recruiting nine four-year fellowships for those researching primarily in Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine and Mathematics subjects with normally three-seven years’ experience post PhD or equivalent. We are looking […]

Congratulations to Jens Eggers who has won the American Physical Society’s 2017 Stanley Corrsin Award for “analysis of singularities as a unifying theme for physical and mathematical insights into a wide variety of two-phase fluid mechanics problems involving jets, coalescence, entrainment and wetting.” The annual award recognizes and encourages a particularly influential contribution to fundamental fluid dynamics, consisting […]

Congratulations to Dr Patrick Rubin-Delanchy who has won a grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council (BBSRC). Patrick has secured over £340k for a grant entitled “Bayesian and machine-learning-based analysis of high-volume super-resolution microscopy data for molecular-level cell phenotyping” which will begin in January 2018.

Professor Simon Wood has been appointed Joint Editor of the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B from January 2018. JRSSB, as it is known, is one of the top journals of statistical theory and methodology in the world. Simon is replacing Professor Piotr Fryzlewicz, London School of Economics, who is an alum and past […]

3pm – 5pm Friday 17th November, Room SM3, School of Mathematics, University Walk, BRISTOL Presentation and discussion with Hetan Shah, CEO, Royal Statistical Society Hetan will give a short presentation that explains the varied work of the Royal Statistical Society. After the presentation the floor will be open and a discussion held about what people see […]

European Statistics Day 2017 will be commemorated on October 20, themed this year around The Value of Official Statistics as a Public Good. The day is commemorated annually around Europe in the four years between each World Statistics Day and aims to raise awareness of the importance of official statistics. Further information on the events hosted […]

This month’s issue of The American Mathematical Monthly features two exciting papers, suitable for undergraduate students, from Bristol mathematicians, Dr Dave Platt and Prof Jens Marklof. The American Mathematical Monthly publishes articles and other features about mathematics and the profession for readers across a board spectrum of mathematical interests and abilities. October 2017 issue On the Sum […]