Exeter Centre for Mathematical Sciences
The Exeter Centre for Mathematical Sciences acts as an organic network of mathematical interests across the University of Exeter, drawing together expertise from all three faculties in the areas of research, education, outreach and innovation in all matters related to mathematics and its applications.
Among other initial activities, we hope to establish a mentoring network for PGRs and ECRs, and set up a maths/stats research helpdesk where researchers from any discipline might be able to approach mathematicians and statisticians for support with research proposals or problems.
We also expect to run an occasional seminar series with mathematical talks from across disciplines. Other activities will follow depending on interest and input from the community, and if any of this sounds like something you’re already doing- great! We would love to promote this more through the network.
The centre is for University of Exeter staff - needing access to advanced mathematical knowledge and will not ‘owned’ by any single department.
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If you have any general academic questions please feel free to contact our co-directors Andrew Hillier and Stuart Townley.
If you have any logistic questions about the EXCMS or the launch event , or if you’d like to suggest or request EXCMS to promote any activities, please contact Martin Ashley (EA for Mathematics and Statistics).
I joined Exeter in 2016 as an STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow after two years as a researcher at the University of Cambridge, and six years in total at Kyoto University as a PhD student and then a postdoctoral researcher.
Having initially obtained a Masters of Mathematics from the University of Leeds, my career has taken me back and forth between Applied Mathematics and the applications of Mathematics in Astrophysics.
As Co-Director for the Exeter Centre for Mathematical Sciences I am hoping to use my position to build and develop links between the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and the other Mathematicians in the University.
Professor Andrew Hillier
I am a founding co-director of the Exeter Centre for Mathematical Sciences. I am based in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science on the Penryn Campus. Since 2011, I have held the Chair in Applied Mathematics in the Environment and Sustainability Institute. Before that I was Professor of Applied Mathematics in the Department of Mathematics at Exeter.
I am interested in dynamical systems and control: the study of things (mechanical, biological, electrical, environmental) that interact and evolve in time and can be predicted, managed and/or optimised. I work with colleagues across the Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, and beyond, to understand the workings of natural and man-made systems.
Professor Stuart Townley