Department of Mathematical Sciences

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Alexander Kupers, postdoc at SYM

Alexander Kupers is employed as a postdoc from 1 July 2016. He will be working with the topology research group and the Centre for Symmetry and Deformation.

Two million DKK to research in C*-algebras

Associate professor Magdalena Musat and Professor Mikael Rørdam have received a grant from the The Danish Council for Independent Research | Natural Sciences to the project ”Groups, Actions and C*-algebras”.

5 million DKK to research in statistical methods

VILLUM FONDEN supports three MATH researchers work to explore new statistical models for analysing large amounts of data in complex systems - like the biological cell, the brain, traffic systems or social networks.

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If you want high wages, Actuarial Mathematics is the absolute best choice among 611 different higher educations. All four courses offered at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, ensures candidates a high lifetime income and low unemployment.

Julie Thøgersen, visiting PhD student

Julie Thøgersen is a PhD student from Aarhus University, studying Mathematics and Economics. She will be visiting our department the rest of 2016.

Kang Li wins poster award

PhD student Kang Li won last week an award for best poster at a conference on mathematical neuroscience.

Two PhD students visiting from Stanford

The two PhD-guests, Gergely Szucs and Jens Reinhold, will stay in Copenhagen for five months and study homotopy theory with Søren Galatius.

Asger Kjærulff Jensen, PhD student

Asger Kjærulff Jensen has been employed as a PhD student at MATH from 1 May 2016. Asger will join the Quantum Information Group under Matthias Christandl.

LEGO math on the cover of American magazine

“The LEGO Counting Problem” by professor Søren Eilers is the introductory article in the May issue of The American Mathematical Monthly.

Thesis Prize to Nilin Abrahamsen

Danish Mathematical Society's thesis prize of 15,000 DKK will be presented Friday, June 10, to Nilin Abrahamsen at an event on HCØ.

Inaugural lecture by Søren Galatius

Professor of topology Søren Galatius will give his inaugural lecture at Department of Mathematical Sciences Friday 27 May 2016 at 15:00, followed by a reception.

Albert H. Werner, postdoc at GAMP

Albert is joining the department as a postdoc – with a Feodor Lynen Fellowship (a Humboldt Foundation sponsorship) - from May 2016. He is associated with the section for Geometric Analysis and Mathematical Physics.

Two mathematicians elected to the Academy of Science

Copenhagen University and the Department of Mathematical Sciences are well represented among the new members of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.

Gerd Grubb receives a Swedish honorary doctorate

Lund University promotes Gerd Grubb to honorary doctor and holds a seminar in her honor.

Professor Michael Sørensen new Head of Department

Michael Sørensen will 1 August 2016 take over as Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences, where he has been a professor of mathematical statistics since 1997. For almost 10 years he has been Deputy Head of Research.