Department of Mathematical Sciences

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No MATH/DIKU merger

The SCIENCE faculty management has withdrawn their proposal for a merger of DIKU and MATH.

Entangled? Inaugural lecture by Matthias Christandl

Matthias Christandl, Professor of mathematical physics at MATH/UCPH, gives his inaugural lecture about entangled quantum particles 28 November 2014.

Steffen Lauritzen, new professor in statistics

The Dean has appointed Steffen L. Lauritzen professor of statistics at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, UCPH.

Professor Niels Richard Hansen's inaugural lecture at MATH

Statistics, dynamics and biological mechanics. That’s the title of the inaugural lecture by Niels Richard Hansen. The lecture is Friday 28 November 2014, at 15:00 in the HCØ's auditorium 4.

Rasmus Sylvester Bryder, PhD student

Xie Xiaolei, PhD student

Xie Xiaolei is employed as a PhD student from November 2014. He is associated with the Insurance and Economics research group, and has Professor Thomas Mikosch as his PhD supervisor.

Frederik Riis Mikkelsen, PhD student

Annelies Jaspers, PhD student

Annelies Jaspers is a PhD student – since October 2013 – from University of Leuven, Belgium. From September 2014 she is also enrolled as a phd-student at MATH/UCPH.

Birger Brietzke, PhD student

Dino Destefano, PhD student

Ulrik Buchholtz, postdoc

Ulrik Buchholtz is employed as postdoc at The Department of Mathematical Sciences from 1 November 2014.

First Harald Bohr lecturer: Étienne Ghys (ENS, Lyon)

The Department is proud to announce the inauguration of the Harald Bohr lecture series in mathematics, with the French mathematician Étienne Ghys on October 28.

MATH/DIKU merger meets strong resistance

On 15 September 2014 the SCIENCE faculty management came with a surprising proposal to merge the Department of Mathematical Sciences with the Department of Computer Science.

New success with Gaming Café at Culture Night

The Department’s Gaming Cafe in the Botanical Garden was well attended from 18 to 24, where the audience listened to the wise lectures about games, opportunities and strategies - or tested the theories at the café's gaming tables.

Søren Eilers at film festival

On 9 November 2014 the film "Beyond the Brick: a LEGO Brickumentary" has European premiere at the film festival CPH: DOX. In the film contributes Professor Søren Eilers, Department of Mathematical Sciences.