EPSRC awards Warwick funding for new Centre for Doctoral Training in Mathematical Sciences
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has announced a new investment of £13 million to fund three new Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) dedicated to mathematical sciences at Warwick, Lancaster, and Cambridge. These new centres are the first to be dedicated to mathematical sciences and are being created in addition to the existing 44 CDTs which were set up in 2008 with £250 million of EPSRC funding. The CDTs will have close links to industry which will help to create a new generation of highly employable researchers. Not all maths students go on to become theoretical mathematicians; in fact many enter the world of commerce and industry and use their mathematical reasoning to enhance their chosen area of work. It is hoped these researchers will contribute to the long term scientific, technological and economic well being of the UK. Maths is an important subject that has both a direct and indirect impact on industry and the economy. In many cases application of mathematical theory can occur even when this was not the intention. For example insights from stochastic analysis and scientific computation, which were conceived initially in theoretical terms, now form the basis of the PageRank algorithm used by Google to order the results of a web search. The new centres will open at the beginning of the next academic year and will each train at least 40 students over seven years. In addition to developing an original research project, each PhD student will receive a formal programme of taught coursework to broaden their skills and enhance their technical and interdisciplinary knowledge. Each of the three new centres will have a different focus: Lancaster University – Statistics and Operational Research
University of Cambridge – Cambridge Centre for Analysis
University of Warwick – MASDOC: A CDT for the Mathematical Sciences
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