Department of Mathematical Sciences

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Livestream about Numbers, coincidences and tipping points

On 5 November 2024, statistician Susanne Ditlevsen will give lectures in cinemas, libraries, public universities, cultural centres, high schools, and schools in cities across the country, including Greenland and the Faroe Islands.

Quantum researchers come up with a recipe that could accelerate drug development

University of Copenhagen mathematicians have developed a recipe for upgrading quantum computers to simulate complex quantum systems, such as molecules. Their discovery brings us closer to being able to predict how new drugs will behave within our bodies and has the potential to revolutionize pharmaceutical development.

Robert Burklund receives memorial scholarship

The Society for the Dissemination of Natural Science (SNU) presented 7 October the prestigious Kirstine Meyer Memorial Scholarship to Robert Burklund from, GeoTop, Department of Mathematical Sciences.

Matthias Christandl appointed Turing Chair

Professor Matthias Christandl has been appointed the “2024 Turing Chair” at the Dutch research centre for quantum software & technology, QUSoft.

ERC Starting Grant for Ryomei Iwasa

Postdoc Ryomei Iwasa has received a € 1.5 million Starting Grant from the European Research Council for his project about Motivic Stable Homotopy Theory.

Concrete abstractions

Professor Nathalie Wahl has won 2nd place in the DNRF's photo competition 2024 with a photo that shows how mathematicians use the blackboard to capture wild ideas and infinite spaces.

Successful international conference on actuarial risks

The first Scandinavian Actuarial Conference was held in Copenhagen, from 15 to 16 August 2024, hosted by The Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

Obituary for Inge Henningsen

Emeritus associate professor Inge Henningsen, who died on 5 August 2024 at the age of 83, played a central role in the statistics group at the department and at the former Department of Mathematical Statistics for many years.

Still debate about Ditlevsen's AMOC research

One year after Susanne and Peter Ditlevsen demonstrated that the AMOC ocean current could stop this century, the results are still hotly debated among climate scientists and in the press, with new studies pointing in the same direction and other studies that are critical. Various international media are still addressing the issue.

Giovanni Pantuso granted 10 million DKK from NNF NERD

The Novo Nordisk Foundation’s programme “New Exploratory Research and Discovery” (NERD) aims to support research projects “based on wild and unorthodox ideas that can produce new knowledge”. Giovanni Pantuso, associate professor in Operations Research, meets the NERD criteria.

Søren Galatius receives award from the association AMR

The Association for Mathematical Research (AMR) has July 1st 2024 awarded Professor Søren Galatius from University of Copenhagen the new Fred R. Cohen Prize.

Mathematicians Attempt to Glimpse Past the Big Bang

The headline is from Quanta Magazine. They describe the research by GeoTop postdoc Eric Ling and two of his collaborators.

Thorvald Nicolai Thiele in Mathematical Library

The Department has received artwork by portrait painter Herman Vedel (1875-1948). The artwork shows Thorvald Nicolai Thiele; a versatile researcher who worked as an actuary, astronomer, mathematician, and statistician.

Marie Curie grant to Adela Zhang

Postdoc Adela (YiYu) Zhang has won the competitive Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship, which she will carry at our department during the next two years.

Susanne Ditlevsen new president of the Royal Academy

Susanne Ditlevsen, professor of statistics at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, was elected president of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters for the next four years on Thursday 16 May 2024.