No images? Click here INI NEWS BULLETIN Dear friends, associates and supporters of INI, Welcome to the March 2022 edition of our monthly news bulletin. As April approaches, INI's main Seminar Room is filling to capacity with participants and the days are lengthening beneath azure skies. In the words of Rainer Maria Rilke:
This month, we're promoting: keynote lectures; support initiatives for academics displaced by the war in Ukraine; and a fascinating Cambridge Festival talk. Alongside this, we'll be celebrating award-winning young mathematicians and an Abel-prize winning researcher. Finally, we'll be paying tribute to a brilliant artist whose work continues to inspire visitors to the Institute despite his sad and untimely passing; and giving an update about our travel funding policy. Thanks as always for your continued support. We are excited to say that the next edition of this bulletin will not only be delivered via different software, but will also have received a considerable visual and editorial overhaul. We hope that it pleases you when it arrives. Until then. - INI Communications team Would you like to direct colleagues or associates to our newsletter sign-up page? Simply forward them this link: tinyurl.com/ininewsletter Contact: communications@newton.ac.uk (above) Physical participants in the "Modelling and analysis of turbulent transport, mixing and scaling" workshop, 7-11 March 2022 SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE: learn how INI is supporting displaced mathematicians, and how you can help too. As detailed in our previous email of 11 March, INI has launched two initiatives to support mathematicians displaced by Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. As a reminder:
There has been considerable interest in both initiatives so far. Please continue to share these links as widely as possible. STEM for BRITAIN: early career researchers celebrated in Parliamentary awards ceremony (above, left to right) medal winners Desislava Ivanova (Oxford), Matthew Tointon (Bristol), Teresa Bautista (KCL). INI was proud to provide media support to the STEM for BRITAIN awards this month. The poster competition - which is sponsored by the Parliamentary & Scientific Committee and takes place in the House of Commons – is judged by professional and academic experts. It aims to “help politicians understand more about the UK’s thriving science and engineering base" and is open to early stage or early career researchers. The three winners in the mathematics category – Desislava Ivanova (University of Oxford, Bronze), Teresa Bautista (King’s College London, Silver) and Matthew Tointon (University of Bristol, Gold) – were picked from 20 selected finalists and were awarded cash prizes ranging from £750 to £1,500 in value. INI would like to congratulate not just Desislava, Teresa and Matthew on their awards, but all 20 of the mathematics finalists, and the further 100 finalists in the Biosciences, Chemistry, Engineering and Physics categories also. The level and passion of research on display was of inspirational quality, and we wish each of them the greatest success in the promising careers which lie ahead. ROTHSCHILD LECTURE: "Population dynamics and black spots on the Sun" by Stanislav Molchanov (North Carolina) | Tuesday 5 April, 16:00 (above) Professor Stanislav Mochanov (North Carolina) The Fractional differential equations programme's Rothschild keynote talk will take place on Tuesday 5 April at 16:00 in INI's Seminar Room 1. A synopsis of Professor Stanislav Molchanov's talk follows below. All are welcome to attend.
CAMBRIDGE FESTIVAL: "How do cells walk through complex environments?" by Anotida Madzvamuse | Saturday 9 April, 11:00 (above) Professor Anotida Madzvamuse (Sussex) This year, INI's contribution to the Cambridge Festival will come via the irrepressible Professor Anotida Madzvamuse (Sussex). Prof Madzvamuse will be delivering his talk "How do cells walk through complex environments?" in INI's main Seminar Room at 11:00 on Saturday 9 April. At the time of sending, there are a limited number of tickets still available. However these are sure to go quickly - so click the link below immediately if you are able to join us for this fascinating talk!
Anotida Madzvamuse is Professor of Mathematical and Computational Biology at the University of Sussex. He holds a DPhil from the University of Oxford (awarded in 2001). His research focuses on the applications of mathematics to experimental, medical and plant sciences. He is also interested in promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in Mathematical Sciences. He has a passion for training a new generation of early career fellows at the interface between mathematics and its applications. IN MEMORY: a tribute to Grenville Davey, the Turner prize winning sculptor and former INI "artist-in-residence" who died on 28 February. (above) Grenville Davey, portrait by Josh Wright The Institute was greatly saddened to learn of the passing of Grenville Davey on 28 February 2022. A previous artist-in-residence at INI, Grenville was a popular and ever-present figure during his tenure and our thoughts are with his friends, family and colleagues at this time. The following words were submitted by Professor David Berman (Queen Mary University of London) specifically for this newsletter, and form a fitting tribute to Grenville:
ABEL PRIZE: Dennis Sullivan receives 2022 award for "groundbreaking contributions to topology". (above) Dennis Sullivan (Stony Brook) Many congratulations are due to Professor Dennis Parnell Sullivan, who was this month awarded the 2022 Abel Prize for his “groundbreaking contributions to topology in its broadest sense, and in particular its algebraic, geometric and dynamical aspects”. The prize, established by the Norwegian Parliament in 2002, is one of the most prestigious in mathematics and comes with a 7.5m Kroner (~£659,000) cash award. An extract of the Abel Committee's citation follows below:
PARTICIPANT FUNDING: an update to our travel support policy In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, INI has so far this year offered full travel funding to all academic visitors to the Institute. However, as the recovery has accelerated and visitor numbers are expected to exceed pre-2020 levels, we are now phasing out this support in order to better allocate resources to those most in need. Extensive funding support is still available to those in need of childcare during their stay, to those with a disability, and to visitors from DAC-listed countries. |