2021.01.22 Research in trustworthy quantum technologies Laura Mančinska has received a Villum Young Investigator-grant of DKK 6 million to develop new quantum mathematics. Laura is an associate professor at the Department of Mathematical Sciences’ QMATH Centre.
2021.01.02 Obituary of Professor Mogens Flensted-Jensen Professor Mogens Flensted-Jensen passed away at the age of 78 on 21 December 2020 after a short illness. He was influential both as an internationally highly recognized researcher and as an efficient and well-liked university and research administrator.
2020.11.18 Hans Plesner Jakobsen appointed Affiliated Professor The Dean has appointed Hans Plesner Jakobsen - former Head of the Section for Mathematics - Affiliated Professor at the Department of Mathematical Sciences.
2020.11.16 Research-based teaching in experimental mathematics Closer integrating research in teaching is a focus area for the University of Copenhagen. It is now being tested at the Department of Mathematical Sciences in the field of Experimental Mathematics.
2020.11.16 Quantum Information Pioneer Appointed Affiliated Professor The Dean has appointed Charles H. Bennett of IBM, a pioneer of quantum information science, affiliated professor at the Department of Mathematics.
2020.11.12 Mathematical models contributes to the green transition Independent Research Fund Denmark supports 65 research projects on green conversion. Associate Professor Trine Krogh Boomsma from the Department of Mathematical Sciences participates. She will find new mathematical models for how to couple planning in the various energy sectors.
2020.10.28 The Novo Nordisk Foundation supports data science at MATH Professors Susanne Ditlevsen and Niels Richard Hansen from the Department of Mathematical Sciences have been granted a total of DKK 16.6 million to explore new methods for statistical inference and to identify causal relationships in large amounts of data from the biology and health areas.
2020.10.22 The Royal Academy’s gold medal to Gerd Grubb The gold medal from The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters was awarded for a lifelong effort for Danish science. HM The Queen presented the award at a celebration on the occasion of the Queen's 80th birthday.
2020.09.30 Quantum for Life – a new research centre The Novo Nordisk Foundation has granted Professor Matthias Christandl from the Department of Mathematical Sciences a 6-year grant of DKK 48.6 million to build a cross-disciplinary research centre exploring the use of quantum computation to address hard computational challenges in the life sciences.
2020.08.16 Malte Nielsen wins the 2019 Edlund-DMF Thesis Prize A thesis on statistical problems in DNA identification has been assessed by the Danish Mathematical Society as the country's best thesis submitted in 2019. On 11 September [POSTPONED!], Malte Bødkergaard Nielsen will be presented with the Edlund-DMF Thesis Prize of DKK 15,000.
2020.08.12 Opening symposium in the new GeoTop Centre Copenhagen Center for Geometry and Topology will address the array of fundamental and unanswered questions in mathematics that lie at the intersection of geometry and topology. The opening of the centre will be marked by a symposium on 27 August 2020.
2020.07.22 30 million DKK for quantum science research and training The VILLUM Centre of Excellence for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory (QMATH) has received DKK 30 million from the VILLUM FOUNDATION to train tomorrows quantum science experts.
2020.06.30 Coronavirus family tree can reveal new transmission chains Researchers at the QMATH Centre have used unconventional methods to identify coronavirus transmission chains. An advanced family tree of the virus’ development can provide an exceptionally accurate overview of how the virus was carried into Denmark and its subsequent spread domestically. The researchers hope that their tool will prove useful for contact tracing as new outbreaks flare up locally.
2020.06.25 Obituary: Professor Erik Kjær Pedersen has passed away It was with great sadness that the members of the department learned that Erik Kjær Pedersen passed away on May 24, 2020, at a hospital in Florida after a long period of illness. Erik was 74 years old.
2020.06.22 How long can a monkey multitask? Statistics and psychology researchers from the University of Copenhagen have worked with Oxford University researchers on a small study to see what happens to nerve cells in monkey brains when monkeys are presented with varying numbers of images at once. How long can monkeys multitask?