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2018 Christopher Zeeman Medal nominations open

By Katie Steckles. Posted December 5, 2017



The IMA/LMS Zeeman Medal has been awarded every two years since 2008, to an individual, to “recognise and acknowledge the contributions of mathematicians involved in promoting mathematics to the public and engaging with the public in mathematics in the UK, and demonstrate that such activities are valued by the societies and the mathematical community at large and are a part of a mathematician’s roles and responsibilities”. The nomination process is now open for 2018, and details of eligibility and how to make a nomination are at the link below.

Christoper Zeeman Medal award, on the LMS website

First Clay Award for Dissemination of Mathematical Knowledge goes to Etienne Ghys

By Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted June 14, 2015



The Clay Mathematics Institute is best known for handing out a cool million in return for answering a hard question, much like Chris Tarrant.

Anyway, that’s not all they do! The Institute says it is “dedicated to increasing and disseminating mathematical knowledge”, and that now includes handing out an award for Dissemination of Mathematical Knowledge. The first recipient is research mathematician, Frenchman, and all-round top chap Etienne Ghys.

Mathical books for kids award winners announced

By Katie Steckles. Posted April 20, 2015



US organisations the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) and the Children’s Book Council (CBC) have founded a youth book prize, called Mathical: Books for Kids from Tots to Teens. The prizes, awarded for the first time this year, recognise the most inspiring maths-related fiction and nonfiction books aimed at young people. This year, they’ve awarded a set of prizes for books released in 2014, as well as honouring books published been 2009 and 2014, plus two ‘hall of fame’ winners from the further past.

The Abel Prize Laureate 2013: Pierre Deligne

By Peter Rowlett and Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted March 20, 2013

The Abel Prize for 2013 has been awarded to Pierre Deligne, Professor Emeritus in the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, for

seminal contributions to algebraic geometry and for their transformative impact on number theory, representation theory, and related fields.

Not mentioned on The Aperiodical last week – Un-un-free research, MOOCs and cash for arty maths

By Christian Lawson-Perfect. Posted February 19, 2013

Yikes! Even with our hard-working new team of News Team news teamsters chopping away at it admirably, our news queue has grown faster than we can deal with. That means it’s time for another bullet list of news!

• The first edition of the IMA’s new journal Information and Inference (announced previously) came out last December, and everything’s free to read for two years. In other temporarily un-unfree research news, T&F have sent out another one of their inimitable PDF posters announcing that they have generously made four articles from the journal PRIMUS (Problems, Resources, and Issues in Undergraduate Mathematics) “free to access” for an unspecified period of time. Meanwhile, reading any other individual article will still cost you $27.50. Because that’s how much value they’ve added. Definitely. Please excuse me, I’m having trouble expressing enthusiasm.
• The Sirovich family, apparently a very wealthy family, has committed $2.5 million to establishing a “Professorship of Mathematics for the Arts” at Pratt Institute. (via The Aperiodical’s own Colm Mulcahy on Twitter)
• Robert Ghrist, a maths professor at the University of Pennsylvania, is running a MOOC on Coursera titled “Calculus: Single Variable“.
  

  Calculus is one of the grandest achievements of human thought, explaining everything from planetary orbits to the optimal size of a city to the periodicity of a heartbeat. This brisk course covers the core ideas of single-variable Calculus with emphases on conceptual understanding and applications. The course is ideal for students beginning in the engineering, physical, and social sciences.

  I thought we’d written about Ghrist before, but it seems we haven’t. Dude keeps popping up all over the place, so keep an eye out.  (via Steven Strogatz on Twitter)

• An AUD 14 million scheme to fast-track bankers, engineers and so on into jobs teaching maths and science has only recruited 14 participants.

2012 Abel Prize awarded to Endre Szemerédi

By Peter Rowlett. Posted March 24, 2012

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize for 2012 to Endre Szemerédi (Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, and Department of Computer Science, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA) “for his fundamental contributions to discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science, and in recognition of the profound and lasting impact of these contributions on additive number theory and ergodic theory.”

The Abel Prize is awarded annually since 2003 “for outstanding scientific work in the field of mathematics” and, according to Wolfram MathWorld, is “modelled after the Nobel Prize”

There are profiles of Szemerédi (pronounced, according to Nature, “sem-er-ADY”) and descriptions of his work in New Scientist “Pattern master wins million-dollar mathematics prize” and Nature “Mathematician’s ‘irregular mind’ scoops Abel award“.

Awards for statistical excellence in journalism

By Peter Rowlett. Posted March 10, 2012

Nominations are open for the Royal Statistical Society’s awards for statistical excellence in journalism. Eligible work must have been published or broadcast between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2011.

Awards are to be made in three categories:

• print publication
• online publication
• broadcast media

When nominating, you are asked to indicate in which area or areas you feel an entry has made a contribution from the following:

• raised awareness and understanding of what statistics are and what they can be used for, and what statistical methods can achieve
• enabled greater public understanding through an accessible analysis of the statistics put forward to support or challenge the claims of policy makers
• sourced and used statistics to investigate a societal issue and have an impact on public opinion
• used statistics well to challenge and/or change the decisions and policies of public or private bodies

Final judging takes place in June 2012 with announcements of winners made in early June 2012. Winners will be invited to be formally presented with their awards at the Royal Statistical Society’s Awards Reception on Tuesday, 4 September 2012.

Judging criteria and an entry form are available via the RSS website.