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 […]
Archive | October, 2017
Patrick Rubin-Delanchy wins BBSRC grant
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.
Simon Wood appointed as Joint Editor of JRSSB
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 […]
Opportunity for dialogue with the Royal Statistical Society
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 […]
Bristol’s Institute for Statistical Science joins the Royal Statistical Society in celebrating European Statistics Day
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 […]
Two Bristol mathematicians feature in The American Mathematical Monthly
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 […]
Pure Institute Research Day
Monday 18 December, 1pm – 5pm The Royal West of England Academy, Queen’s Road, Clifton Bristol BS8 1PX The event will include short research talks by our new HIMR fellows, together with 2 minute talks by everyone else. Thus, as part of your attendance we would like you to prepare a two minute research talk. […]
Dr Matteo Fasiolo awarded an EPSRC Doctoral Prize
University launches new specialist research institutes
Press release issued: 20 March 2017 The University of Bristol has today (Monday, 20 March) launched seven new research institutes reflecting the University’s strength and depth in key specialisms. The Specialist Research Institutes (SRIs) encompass areas where the University is already internationally-leading and is looking to develop capacity. The seven new SRIs are: Bristol BioDesign Institute – […]
From pigeonholes to the arrow of time: quantum physicist wins prestigious prize
Press release issued: 27 March 2017 A professor of physics from the University of Bristol’s new Quantum Information Institute has been awarded the prestigious 2016 Cozzarelli Prize for a paper published in the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Professor Sandu Popescu’s paper ‘Quantum violation of the pigeonhole principle and the nature of quantum correlations’ was awarded […]
