News and events
Upcoming Events
ExCMS Ideas Exchange Meeting in Penryn
We are organizing a one-day day event for the Exeter Centre for Mathematical Sciences (ExCMS) at the University’s Penryn campus on Tuesday 18th June 2024 from about 10:30 to 16:30. We plan to provide a mixture of talks and activities aimed at promoting exchange of ideas between Mathematical Sciences and other disciplines. Whether you are staff, or PhD student, we hope to offer something relevant to you. We plan to offer transport from Exeter to Penryn and back during the day.
If you are interested to join, please do let us know by 7th June 2024 via this form: https://forms.office.com/e/5MZ9SeHx4b
Future event plans - Workshop on boundary crossing
ExCMS Events Log
ExCMS successfully launched (12/06/2023)
On the 12th June we launched the Exeter Centre for Mathematical Sciences (ExCMS) at the South West Institute of Technology Building on the Streatham Campus. This event was attended by around 50 staff and students both from the Mathematics department and from other departments, including a contingent who made the journey from the Penryn campus, all brought together by their interest in the Mathematical Sciences. The event consisted of an introduction to the centre by the two directors, talks by Mathematicians from around the University, an Early Career Researcher poster session, stands from around the University and an “ExCMS” cake shown below.
ExCMS Data Hackathon (run by Dr John Bruun 19/10/2023)
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics and the Exeter Centre for Mathematical Sciences held a data hackathon in October led by Dr John Bruun. This was open to PGR students and staff from across the University who would like to gain awareness on how data science and data analysis can help in their topic areas. No programming was experience required and attendees got to use contemporary climate data examples (mostly in excel) to explore and discuss how to analyse data.
ExCMS Early Career Researcher Networking Event (1/11/2023)
This was an event for all the Early Career Researchers (ECRs) in the Mathematical Sciences. The Exeter Centre for the Mathematical Sciences organised a networking event to bring together the ECRs working in the Mathematical Sciences from across the University to network and to showcase their research. There will be networking, some talks by ECRs, a poster showcase and lunch. A particularly nice part was the ice-breaker where everyone had to draw a sketch of their research and use this to explain what they did to other attendees.
ExCMS ECR Careers Event (22/3/2024)
The Exeter Centre of mathematical Sciences (ExCMS) with the leads of the ECR Network in Mathematics and Statistics organised a day-long careers event focusing on different possible paths your career in the Mathematical Sciences may take. In the morning, we looked at non-academic careers that a PhD in the Mathematical Sciences may lead you. Starting with a talk from the careers team at the doctoral college, we then had four speakers talk about their current careers and how a Mathematical Sciences PhD has helped them on their path.
In the afternoon we ran two panel discussions. The first was for current PhD students in the Mathematical Sciences giving them a chance to hear from current postdocs at Exeter about how they found their current role. We had a special focus on those who have moved fields to highlight how versatile a Mathematical Sciences PhD is! The second was for those thinking about applying for research fellowships where a number of current fellowship holders talked about the process they went through to get their fellowship and a chance for you to ask question.