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IMA Mathematics 2013 Conference

By Peter Rowlett. Posted September 17, 2012

The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications’s flagship general mathematical interest conference, ‘Mathematics’, is getting ready for its eighth outing in 2013. Mathematics 2013 focuses on the Mathematics of Planet Earth, an international collaboration, including talks on climate, education, energy and demography. The website expresses a hope that

the audience will have mathematicians, those who work with mathematicians in policy forming roles, and anyone who has an interest in developments in the applications of mathematics.

The conference will take place on Thursday 14 March 2013 at Mary Ward House in London. A programme and registration for the conference are available via the website.

Source: IMA Mathematics 2013.

Information and Inference: new journal with free content for two years

By Peter Rowlett. Posted September 2, 2012

The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications has launched a new journal, Information and Inference: a Journal of the IMA. This aims to

publish high quality mathematically-oriented articles, furthering the understanding of the theory, methods of analysis, and algorithms for information and data.
Articles should be written in a way accessible to researchers in the associated topics in pure and applied mathematics, statistics, computer sciences, and electrical engineering. Articles are published in, but not limited to: information theory, statistical inference, network analysis, numerical analysis, learning theory, applied and computational harmonic analysis, probability, combinatorics, signal processing, and high-dimensional geometry.

According to the website, “all content will be free to access for the first two years of publication of the journal”. You can sign up for free email table of contents alerts.

The first paper, ‘The masked sample covariance estimator: an analysis using matrix concentration inequalities‘, has been made available for advanced online access.

More information: Oxford Journals: Information and Inference: a Journal of the IMA.

A-level Mathematics and Further Mathematics numbers continue to rise

By Peter Rowlett. Posted August 26, 2012

An IMA/LMS press release points out that A-level and AS-level Mathematics and Further Mathematics entries are continuing to rise.

The number of A-level Mathematics entries is up 3.3% on last year, with AS Mathematics increasing by 5.1%.
Further Mathematics also continues to grow, with entries increasing by 7.6% at A-level this year and 12.9% at AS.
This means that since 2007 the number of A-level Mathematics entries has risen by 42.7% and in Further Mathematics the increase is even greater at 68%.

The piece also points out that “mathematics A-levels now account for 11.4% of all entries – more than any other subject”. A quote from LMS Education Secretary Dr Tony Gardiner warns that “it is essential that Ofqual’s current review does nothing to undermine this position”.

Press release: A-level results – Mathematics is counting its success.

Call for submissions: articles on the Maths of Planet Earth for Mathematics Today special issue

By Peter Rowlett. Posted May 27, 2012

The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications has launched a call for submissions for a special issue of its magazine Mathematics Today on the Mathematics of Planet Earth.

IMA YouTube page launched

By Peter Rowlett. Posted May 4, 2012

The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications have launched a YouTube channel.

BAMC writing prize

By Peter Rowlett. Posted April 15, 2012

The IMA have announced a competition connected to the 54th British Applied Mathematics Colloquium (BAMC) which took place last month at University College London. Four prizes of £100 are available for the best reports of between 500 and 1,500 words by attendees at the recent BAMC who are students or completed their PhDs within the past five years. You are encouraged to write about a talk you have seen or your experience of being at BAMC. Further details are given on the IMA website at: Win a £100 prize!

Third IMA Virtual Branch talk: ‘Dissections – highlights from a masterclass’ by Bernard Murphy

By Peter Rowlett. Posted April 5, 2012

The IMA has a series of online talks. The third in this series will be ‘Dissections – highlights from a masterclass’ by Bernard Murphy on Thursday 10th May 2012 starting at 7 pm. The following information is available on attending this:

This is to be the third IMA virtual branch talk and will take place in an online classroom.
To join the session navigate your internet browser to: http://bit.ly/IMAVirtualTalk3
It could take a few minutes to get into the online room the first time, so you may wish to either try earlier in the day, or come a little before 7 pm. If you are unable to access the site, then click on the ‘Support’ link in the top right corner of the webpage.

No charge is made to attend meetings; non-IMA members are welcome.