The London Mathematical Society (LMS) has won the inaugural Royal Society Athena Prize, which celebrates individuals and organisations that have contributed most to the advancement of diversity in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) within their communities. The prize will be presented to the LMS at a ceremony at the Royal Society’s annual diversity conference on 31st October 2016.
Following the Brexit vote, the LMS would like to express its support and solidarity with the 31% of the UK mathematical academic community from other EU states. We would like to reassure our EU friends and colleagues, wherever they are based, that we are keen to maintain our close mathematical and professional relationships with the rest of Europe, however the Brexit process proceeds.
On Tuesday 11 October 2016 at Bletchley Park, the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre (CSC) will launch an initiative to celebrate women in maths and computing. As a new branch of the existing Suffrage Science scheme it is hoped that the initiative will encourage women into science, and to reach senior leadership roles.
The London Mathematical Society (LMS) congratulates Honorary Member Claire Voisin, Professor at Collège de France, Paris, on her award of the 2016 CNRS Gold Medal; France’s highest scientific distinction. Professor Voisin is a specialist in the field of algebraic geometry. Since it was created in 1954, the CNRS Gold Medal is awarded annually to scientific figures who have made an exceptional contribution to ‘the innovation and influence of French research’. Professor Voisin is only the fourth woman, and first female mathematician, to receive the honour.
Mathematics continues to be the top A-level subject in spite of a decrease in the number of A-level Mathematics entries across the UK. While the number of students sitting the exam is down by 0.6% on last year to 92,163, the percentage of the total A-level cohort represented by mathematics has risen slightly from 10.9% to 11%.
Figures released today by the Joint Council for Qualifications also show that A-level Further Mathematics has continued to rise in popularity, with entries increasing by 1.8% (to 15,257).
London Mathematical Society (LMS) Honorary Member, Ingrid Daubechies, professor of mathematics and electrical and computer engineering at Duke University, US, has received a $1.5 million grant from the Simons Foundation
The London Mathematical Society (LMS) congratulates Professor Sir Timothy Gowers FRS on his award of the the Royal Society Sylvester Medal. The medal is awarded 'for the encouragement of mathematical research'.
The London Mathematical Society (LMS) extends its congratulations to the winners of this year's European Mathematical Society (EMS) Prizes, which have been announced at 7ECM in Berlin. The Society would particularly like to congratulate the winners from the UK, Dr James Maynard (University of Oxford), Dr Peter Varjú (University of Cambridge) and the Otto Neugebauer Prize winner, Professor Jeremy Gray (Open University). More information is available here
The 2016 LMS Prize winners were announced at the Society Meeting on Friday 8 July 2016. The LMS extends its congratulations to this year’s prize winners and for their continued contributions to mathematics .
A DE MORGAN MEDAL is awarded to PROFESSOR SIR TIMOTHY GOWERS FRS of the UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE for his seminal contributions to functional analysis, additive number theory and combinatorics, as well as for his numerous activities on the national and international mathematical stages.
Following the results of the UK Referendum on membership of the EU, the Council for the Mathematical Sciences (CMS) takes the following view:
· The focus will remain on collaboration in the mathematical sciences as currently exists.