The first Springer Brief in the Mathematics of Planet Earth series has been published. MPE CDT PhD student Tobias Schwedes has collaborated with Imperial academics Dr David Ham and Prof. Matthew Piggott, as well as Dr Simon Funke of the Simula Research Laboratory in Oslo to present an in-depth exposition of PDE-constrained optimisation using the… Read more »
MPE CDT Events
The Cross-CDT Dragon’s Den Showcase 2017
When: Thursday, 27 July 2017 Where: Imperial Enterprise Lab, Level 2, Sherfield Building The Cross-CDT Dragon’s Den Showcase 2017 is the grand finale of the first inter-Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) Dragon’s Den competition run by Imperial Enterprise Lab. Students from four of the universities leading CDTs have been developing their entrepreneurial ideas into projects over the… Read more »
New Trends in Applied Geometric Mechanics – Celebrating Prof Darryl Holm’s 70th birthday
This will be an interdisciplinary conference on applied geometric mechanics to coincide with Darryl Holm’s 70th birthday. Geometric mechanics was first developed by Arnold, Smale, Marsden and Weinstein and has found applications in areas ranging from multi-scale fluid modelling to image registration. Many of these applications were developed by D. Holm over 35 years at… Read more »
The MPE CDT staff member, Prof Sebastian Reich, established the DFG funded Collaborative Research Center SFB 1294 “Data Assimilation – The Seamless Integration of Data and Models”
We are delighted to announce the opening of a new centre for Data Assimilation at the University of Potsdam (details at http://www.uni-potsdam.de/sfb1294.html) led by our MPECDT Chair of the Research Committee, Professor Sebastian Reich. The assimilation of time-dependent data sets into complex evolution models leads to unique mathematical and computational challenges, which provide the central… Read more »
University of Reading SIAM-IMA student chapter
On Friday 16th May, the University of Reading SIAM-IMA student chapter hosted their annual conference. There was strong MPE involvement in the conference: 2 current PhD students were on the organising committee, 4 students gave talks and 4 students presented posters. The conference was attended by over 40 staff and students including many students from… Read more »
Dendritis Team wins the Mathematics of Planet Earth Competition 2017
The competition, was run by the Mathematics of Planet Earth CDT as part of the MPE CDT outreach programme which aims to motivate school students to engage with science and innovation, to encourage them to work together as part of a team and to engage them in a fun activity that is motivated by their… Read more »
Congratulations to the MPE CDT student, Tasmin Symons, on her publication in “Communications on Stochastic Analysis”
The publication can be found here: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1612.06431.pdf
Faculty Prizes for Excellence 2017: congratulations to Goodwin Gibbins and Tasmin Symons
Congratulations to Goodwin Gibbins and Tasmin Symons who received Faculty of Natural Sciences Prizes for Excellence 2017 in the Support of Teaching and Learning category. More information can be found on this website: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/naturalsciences/newssummary/news_3-5-2017-17-24-33
Pint of Science
Pint of Science is a non-profit organisation that brings some of the most brilliant scientists to your local pub to discuss their latest research and findings with you. You don’t need any prior knowledge, and this is your chance to meet the people responsible for the future of science (and have a pint with them)…. Read more »
MPE Wednesday Seminar Series – term 3 Academic Year 2016/17
We are pleased to announce the programme for term 3, MPE Wednesday Seminar Series. Location Speaker 10 May Imperial College London TBC 17 May Imperial College London Dr Tamsin Edwards (The Open University) “Reconciling projections of the Antarctic contribution to sea level rise” 24 May University of Reading Prof Keith Shine (University of Reading)… Read more »
Three Minute Thesis Competition 2017
The Imperial Graduate School held their annual Three Minute Thesis Competition on Wednesday 5 April 2017 in lecture theatre G16, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, South Kensington campus. Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland; the exercise challenges PhD students to present a compelling oration on their thesis… Read more »
The MPE CDT Jamboree 2017 Awards
The MPE CDT research excellence was again reflected by the breadth and depth of oral and poster research presentations at this year’s Jamboree. The MPE CDT was pleased to offer a number of awards and prizes during this event. MPE CDT MRes Student Award to Lea Oljaca and Riccardo Passaggeri. The prizes were sponsored by the Department of Mathematics… Read more »
Read the latest edition of the MPE CDT Newsletter
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Mathematics of Planet Earth Jamboree 2017
On 20th-22nd March the Mathematics of Planet Earth Centre for Doctoral Training (MPE CDT) held its third annual Jamboree event. This is a celebration of the work of the staff and students of the CDT and includes seminars from industrial and academic speakers, as well as the opportunity for students to present their research. For… Read more »
CDTs Festival of Science 2017
Date: Friday, 21 Apr 2017 Location: Sir Alexander Fleming Building – Imperial College London – South Kensington Campus Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BB We are delighted to announce that the MPE CDT is co-organising the Festival of Science 2017. The festival is a chance for CDT students to showcase current research and scientific issues to the community… Read more »
Workshop on Numerical Methods for Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
MPECDT is hosting a workshop on Numerical Methods for Geophysical Fluid Dynamics at Imperial College London on 13-14 February 2017. Details are here. To register for this meeting please contact Colin Cotter.
Congratulations to Paulina Rowinska made it to the London final of FameLab as well!!!
Many congratulations to Paulina Rowinska who made to the London final of FameLab as well. The final event will take place on the evening of 22nd February in the Science Museum.
Congratulations to Paulina Rowinska who made to the semifinal of FameLab Poland.
Originally created by the UK’s Cheltenham Science Festival, FameLab is an exciting science communication competition designed to find the new faces of science – people who can inspire and excite public imagination with a vision of science in the 21st century. The idea behind FameLab is to take science out of the classroom and make… Read more »
Mathematics of Planet Earth School Competition 2017
We are very pleased to announce the launch of the Mathematics of Planet Earth School Competition 2017. The competition is free to enter and is open to teams of pupils from schools in Greater London. The aim of the competition is for teams to identify how the mathematical sciences can be useful in tackling our… Read more »
First Cross CDTs Dragon’s Den is here!
This Dragon’s Den style competition offers seed funding of £5K to the winning team that will allow them to begin the commercial development of a scientific idea/invention unrelated to their PhD projects. The competition includes bespoke training and mentorship by the Imperial College Business School and external entrepreneurship experts. The Live Final of the CDT… Read more »
Jamboree 2017
Date: 20th – 22nd March Location: Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, EPSRC CDTs hub Hosted by: EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in the Mathematics of Planet Earth We are pleased to announce that the Jamboree 2017 will be held on 20th – 22nd March at Imperial College London. This is an annual residential Mathematics of Planet Earth CDT convention, in which MPE… Read more »
MPE CDT to participate at the Schrödinger lecture reception
On Wednesday 1 February, Professor David Hand will be giving the 29th Schrödinger lecture in the Great Hall, entitled ‘Data, data everywhere, but let’s just stop and think’. After the lecture there will be a reception in the Queen’s Tower Rooms during which the MPE CDT students will have an opportunity to showcase their research and… Read more »
MPE Wednesday Seminar Series – term 2 Academic Year 2016/17
We are delighted to present our the MPE Wednesday Seminar Series for term 2 of the Academic Year 2016/17. MPE Wednesday – Programme for Term 2 January Location Speaker Institution Title 18 UoR Prof Dan Crisan Imperial College London Principled Data Assimilation: A Dream or Reality 25 ICL Dr Svetlana Dubinkina CWI (national research institute for mathematics and computer… Read more »
Christmas outing of Cohort 2016 (Charlie)
On Wednesday 14th December, Cohort Charlie had our Christmas outing as a final blow-off after our long, hard but enjoyable first semester as MPE CDT students. We went ice-skating outside the Natural History Museum! Experience on the ice was varied to say the least, ranging from “never skated before” through to an ex-figure skater, but… Read more »
MPE CDT PhD opportunity in Bayesian inference with application to air quality monitoring
The Centre for Doctoral Training in Mathematics of Planet Earth is partnering with the National Physics Laboratory (NPL) to offer a four year studenship in Bayesian inference with application to air quality monitoring, starting in September 2017. We welcome applications from students with a very strong track record and a degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Physics or related… Read more »
MPE CDT trip to the Met Office
On Monday 12th December the latest cohort of MPE CDT students visited the UK Met Office headquarters in Exeter. For most of us it was our first visit there and we were certainly impressed by being introduced with the vast variety of scientific work done in the Met Office as well as the tour around… Read more »
Congratulations to Carlo Cafaro and Ioannis Katharopoulos for winning the runners up prize at the “Chaos and Confidence in Weather Forecasting” event.
Royal Meteorological Society hosted on Wednesday 14 December 2016 an event on “Chaos and Confidence in Weather Forecasting”. Chaos leads to uncertainty in weather forecasts which grows the further into the future we try to predict. This meeting aimed to discuss how chaos is taken into account in order to assign confidence levels (and probabilities) to weather… Read more »
The MPE CDT meets the satellite sector
When: Thursday, 19 January 2017 Where: Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, Council Room, 170 Queen’s Gate, London SW7 2AZ Scope: The MPE CDT has teamed up with the Satellite Applications Catapult which has a growing network of businesses at a regional, national and international level. This is an introductory event for researchers and company… Read more »
The MPE CDT staff member, Tristan Pryer, received funding for Researcher Links Trilateral Workshop
The Climate change initiative for adaptation, Resilience and Mitigation (CCIARM) has recently been set up between the University of Reading, the National Institute of Space Research in São Jose dos Campos, Brazil and the Centro de Matemática in Montevideo, Uruguay. This initiative is funded by the Newton Fund and, in the first instance, will bring… Read more »
MPE CDT staff member Dr David Ham has been appointed as an executive editor of Geoscientific Model Development
GMD publishes papers documenting advances in all aspects of the techniques and technology employed to model the Earth system. GMD has a particular focus on excellence in open, reproducible science through field-leading requirements for full publication of methods, software source code and model data. A particularly important role currently fulfilled by GMD is as the… Read more »
Paulina Rowińska reports on visit the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM) at Brown University
For some MPE CDT students last summer was a very busy time. Paulina Rowińska and Jens Bendel crossed the Atlantic Ocean to visit the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM) at Brown University. Because their research interests include computational statistics, the five-day workshop “Stochastic numerical algorithms, multiscale modeling and high-dimensional data analytics”… Read more »
2016 SIAM Conference on Mathematics of Planet Earth
The purpose of Mathematics of Planet Earth (SIAG/MPE) activity group is to provide a forum for mathematicians and computational scientists to study Planet Earth, its life-supporting capacity, and the impact of human activities. By opening up a new area of applications, the stimulates interesting research in the mathematical sciences. Activities of the SIAG include the 2016… Read more »
MPE Wednesday Seminar Series – term 1 Academic Year 2016/17
We are pleased to present our MPE Wednesday Seminar Series for term 1 of the Academic Year 2016/17. This series will be given by climate and weather scientists, industrial partners and mathematicians who will present an overview of their current research activity and how it’s shaping and contributing to tackle global challenges in oceans, weather and climate…. Read more »
The MPE CDT Open Day 2016
If you are interested in applying for MPE CDT studentship please come to the MPE CDT Open Day held at University of Reading, Whiteknights Campus on Wednesday, 30 November. This is your chance to get to meet current MPE CDT staff who will be able to advise you on available studentship opportunities and MPE CDT Programme. If you… Read more »
Sandpit meeting
Date: Wednesday 19 October 2016 Location: Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, Room 402, EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training Suite The Mathematics for Planet Earth Centre for Doctoral Training will be hosting a Sandpit meeting on Wednesday 19 October 2016 at Imperial College for potential PhD and MRes supervisors, industrial partners and CDT students. There will be short… Read more »
The 2016 Kick off Camp
The 2016 Kick off Camp will be held in September 5-15 on the University of Reading, Whiteknights-Campus. The Kick off Camp, is an annual two weeks event, offering a tailor made program, designed to fit the needs of the cohort of students joining the MPE CDT. The Kick off Camp sessions feature: seminars, Maths refresher… Read more »
Educating future sustainable entrepreneurs: congratulations to our student, Thomas Leahy, for being part of the winning team.
Climate-KIC’s The Journey is the world’s largest climate innovation summer school. It brings together students and young professionals from all over the world. The MPE CDT students: Hinesh Chotai Thomas Leahy and Tobias Schwedes took part in five-week long courses offering a unique combination of academic study and real-world business experience with the aim of creating the climate… Read more »
The MPE CDT in the SIAM News Blog
SIAM News Blog has just published the article that features a speech by the MPE CDT student Goodwin Gibbins, given during the Jamboree 2016.
The MPE CDT end of year event 2016
The MPE CDT team had a fantastic time celebrating the end of the academic year on 6th July 2016. The event started with a visit to ECMWF warmly hosted by Prof. Erland Källén. The students and staff enjoyed the unique opportunity of a tour through the ECMWF computer hall and weather room and involved vividly… Read more »
CONVO: What to do about climate change? Making sense of a difficult problem
Date: Thursday, 7 July 2016 from 18:00 to 21:00 (BST) Location: Imperial College – London, SW7 2AZ Climate change is a problem – but what next? Come join in a conversation with other people who care about tackling it, exploring the questions it brings up: “what’s the fundamental problem?”, “what would a solution need to include?”… Read more »
MPE CDT students Paulina Rowińska and Tom Bendall report back on a panel discussion: Numbers to the rescue: can maths save the planet?
Can numbers, algebra and trigonometry save the planet? This was the question put to experts during a panel discussion at Imperial hosted by the Grantham Institute and the Mathematics of Planet Earth CDT. CDT students Paula Rowińska and Tom Bendall report back on seven ways that mathematicians are already working towards securing our planet’s future…. Read more »
Prof. Ted Shepherd, a member of the MPE CDT staff, elected Fellow of Royal Society.
We are delighted to announce that a member of the MPE CDT staff, Professor Ted Shepherd, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Professor Shepherd, Grantham Chair in Climate Science at Reading’s Department of Meteorology, is one of 50 leading scientists who have been elected to join the Fellowship of the Royal… Read more »
Welcome to our student blog
Some of our students have been working on website where they can share articles, videos and interviews. The aim is to communicate their research and lessons learnt as part of the MPE CDT course in an approachable way. Hopefully they can tackle some myths and misunderstandings about climate science, weather prediction and related topics. There… Read more »
MPE CDT in Imperial’s Department of Mathematics news
The MPE CDT has been featured in the Imperial’s Department of Mathematics news section.
Imperial’s Graduate School’s 2016 3 Minute Thesis Competition
Congratulations to the MPE CDT student, Tobias Schwedes, who won third prize at the Imperial’s Graduate School’s 2016 3 Minute Thesis Competition. Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland. The exercise challenges PhD students to present a compelling oration on their thesis topic and its significance in just… Read more »
Panel discussion: Numbers to the rescue: can maths save the planet?
When: Wednesday, 18 May 2016 Time: 18:00 to 20:00 Where: Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Room G34 – Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom The Grantham Institute and the Mathematics of Planet Earth Centre for Doctoral Training invite members of the business community to attend a panel discussion at Imperial College London where experts… Read more »
CDTs Festival of Science 2016
The 2016 Centre for Doctoral Training Festival of Science was held at Imperial College London on the 15th of April. “Science & ScienceFiction”was proved to be an inspiring theme for speakers both from academia and industry. The interplay between real science and its fictional counterpart was highlighted in several captivating activities including a virtual reality experience with Titans of… Read more »
Jamboree 2016
The 2016 Jamboree was held at the University of Reading, Whiteknights Campus. It was a great pleasure for the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Mathematics in Planet Earth to host this annual event, which provided a platform for disseminating outstanding research going on within the MPE CDT. This annual meeting drew more than 70 climate and weather scientists,… Read more »
MPE Wednesday Seminar Series – term 3 Academic Year 2015/16
We are delighted to announce the programme for term 3, MPE Wednesday Seminar Series. APRIL 2016 Location Speaker Title 27 April Imperial College London Dr Paul Williams (University of Reading) Time-stepping schemes in weather and climate models MAY 2016 4 May Imperial College London Prof Jan Zika (Imperial College London) Ocean water masses, global warming… Read more »
Imperial Festival 2016
Date: 7-8 May Location: Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus Dates for the 2016 Imperial Festival have been announced. Put 7-8 May in your diary for a weekend of free hands-on activities, talks, music and dance for all ages. We hope you will come to visit the MPE CDT exhibit which will be located in the Energy and… Read more »
Introducing SpringerBriefs in Mathematics of Planet Earth: Weather, Climate, Oceans
The MPE CDT would like to congratulate to Hinesh Chotai and Tobias Schwedes on the publication of the first two research briefs in the new Springer’s series in Mathematics of Planet Earth: Weather, Climate, Oceans.
The annual Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) Festival of Science
Date: Friday 15th April 2016 Location: Sir Alexander Fleming Building (South Kensington Campus) The annual Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) Festival of Science is a chance for CDT students to showcase current research and scientific issues to the community of Imperial College London. This year’s theme “Science & Science-Fiction” will explore the role scientific research… Read more »
Mathematics of Planet Earth – A Primer
Written by experienced researchers and educators in mathematics textbook is the first of its kind to link together the disparate fundamental topics necessary in educating and training the future leaders in this new and exciting field.
Analysis, Geometry and Stochastics for Planet Earth
Friday, February 26, 2016 University of Bath, Lecture Theatre 6W 1.2 Supported by London Mathematical Society Institute and EPSRC-CDT Mathematics of Planet Earth Jump to: Main Page Local and Travel information Abstracts The aim of this LMS Joint Research Group Grant, Scheme 3, Analysis, Geometry and Stochastics for Planet Earth is to investigate current challenges in mechanics, dynamics and… Read more »
MPE CDT Open Day
If you are interested in applying for MPE CDT studentship please come to the MPE CDT Open Day held at Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus on Wednesday, 9th March 2016. If you wish to register for the event, please visit this website. If for any reason you cannot use this form to register for the event, please contact: administrator.mpecdt@imperial.ac.uk. Further… Read more »
MPE CDT Newsletter 2016
Welcome to the second issue of the MPE CDT Newsletter. The purpose of this newsletter is to disseminate information about research and training activities, recent achievements and future events related to the MPE CDT among stakeholders and other interested parties.
MPE Wednesday Seminar Series – term 2 Academic Year 2015/16
We are pleased to announce the programme for term 2, MPE Wednesday Seminar Series. Location Speaker Title JANUARY 2016 20 January Imperial College London Prof Raymond Pierrehumbert (University of Oxford) Frontiers in exoplanet climate dynamics 27 January University of Reading Dr Hannah Christensen (University of Oxford) Stochastic parametrisation and model uncertainty in weather and climate models FEBRUARY… Read more »
Jamboree 2016
Date: 21st – 23rd March Location: University of Reading, Whiteknights Campus Hosted by: EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in the Mathematics of Planet Earth Following on from the success of the Jamboree 2014 we are pleased to announce that the event will be held on 21st– 23rdMarch 2016 at the University of Reading. This is an annual residential Mathematics of Planet Earth… Read more »
MPE CDT Stakeholder Committee meeting
The 1st MPE CDT Stakeholder Committee meeting took place at Imperial College London on Tuesday November 10, 2015. Participants were delegates who represented the MPE CDT Partners, staff and students . The main focus of this meeting was to update the MPE CDT Partners on the Centre’s past and current activities. The goals and strategic plans for the coming year to… Read more »
First Inter-Cohort event
The MPE CDT first Inter-Cohort activity took place on the 25th November 2015 at the Natural History Museum Ice Rink. The purpose of this event was to foster communication and synergies among all students who are part of the MPE CDT. With members from both Cohorts participating it was a great afternoon on a fantastic day in November. Thanks to everyone… Read more »
PG Open Day at Imperial College London
When: Wednesday 9 December 2015, 13.15 onwards Where: South Kensington Campus, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ, Huxley rooms 341/342 This open day is for people interested in studying a taught course (MSc, MRes, MBA, MPH, MEd) or research programme (PhD, MD(Res) or EngD) at Imperial. This is your chance to get to know Imperial better… Read more »
Christmas Workshop on Sequential Monte Carlo and related methods
Date:21-23 December 2015 Location: Huxley Building, South Kensington Campus (Clore Lecture Theatre, level 2) Aim: Sequential Monte Carlo Methods (also known as particle filtering or particle methods) have been a very successful topic in the field of Probability and Statistics that has attracted great popularity from the applied communities in Engineering, Econometrics and Medical or Life… Read more »
Official opening of the MPE exhibition
The “Mathematics of Planet Earth” exhibition is currently presented at the Imperial’s College Main Entrance. The event has been organised by the MPE CDT, in collaboration with Centre•Sciences and Imaginary platform. The official opening of the MPE exhibition took place on the 24th October 2015. We were delighted to have Prof Christiane Rousseau (Université de… Read more »
MPE CDT Open Day 2015
If you are interested in applying for MPE CDT studentship please come to the MPE CDT Open Day held at University of Reading, Whiteknights campus on Wednesday, 2nd December. This is your chance to get to meet current MPE CDT staff who will be able to advise you on available studentship opportunities and MPE CDT Programme. If you wish to register… Read more »
Applications for the 2016/17 academic year
Applications to our fully funded four year doctoral programme are being accepted for the next intake of students who will start in September/October 2016. Applicants are strongly advised to submit their applications as soon as possible but not later than by 17th January. An interview day will take place on Wednesday 3rd February at the University of Reading. For more… Read more »
MPE Wednesday Seminar Series – term 1 Academic Year 2015/16
We are delighted to announce our MPE Wednesday Seminar Series for term 1 of the Academic Year 2015/16. This series will be given by climate and weather scientists, industrial partners and mathematicians who will present an overview of their current research activity and how it’s shaping and contributing to tackle global challenges in oceans, weather and climate…. Read more »
Analysis, Geometry and Stochastics for Planet Earth
September 29, 2015 Room Lyle G74 CDT-Suite, University of Reading Supported by London Mathematical Society Institute and EPSRC-CDT Mathematics of Planet Earth Jump to: Main Page Local and Travel information Registration List of titles and Abstracts The aim of this LMS Joint Research Group Grant, Scheme 3, Analysis, Geometry and Stochastics for Planet Earth is… Read more »
The 2015 Kick off Camp
The 2015 Kick off Camp will be held in September 7-17 on the University of Reading, Whiteknights campus. The Kick off Camp, is an annual two weeks event, offering a tailor made program, designed to fit the needs of the cohort of students joining the MPE CDT. The Kick off Camp sessions feature: seminars, Maths… Read more »
Visit the Mathematics of Planet Earth Exhibition
The MPE CDT has a great pleasure invite you to ‘Mathematics of Planet Earth’ Exhibition which will take place in the main entrance of Imperial’s South Kensington Campus, between Saturday 24 October– Sunday 1 November 2015. Mathematics of Planet Earth is an international exhibition displaying exhibits, videos and computer programs. Collectively these illustrate how mathematics plays… Read more »
Workshop: Stochastic Modelling in GFD, data assimilation, and non-equilibrium phenomena
Date: 2-6 November 2015Location: Imperial College London Scope:The workshop proposes to gather the combination of expertise needed to address compound and interdisciplinary questions raised by climate science, in the context of stochastic modelling in geophysical fluid dynamics, data assimilation and non-equilibrium phenomena. For more information please visit this website.
Workshop: Stochastic Modelling in GFD, data assimilation, and non-equilibrium phenomena
Date: 2-6 November 2015 Location: Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training Suite Organisers: Jochen Broecker (University of Reading), Dan Crisan (Imperial College London). Scientific Committee: Colin Cotter (Imperial) Darryl Holm (Imperial) Tobias Kuna (Reading) Peter Jan van Leeuwen (Reading) Valerio Lucarini (Reading) Roland Potthast (Reading and Deutscher Wetterdienst) Sebastian Reich (Reading… Read more »
The MPE CDT end-of-the-year event
The MPE CDT had a wonderful end-of-the-year activity at NPL on Friday, 3rd July 2015. This event gave students a chance to get together and relax before submission of their final MRes report. Special thanks to Prof Dan Crisan and Prof Beatrice Pelloni for providing some good spirit and activities that had the entire MPE CDT team… Read more »
FEniCS Workshop
Date: 29th June – 1st July 2015 Location: Imperial College London The Firedrake project is proud to host the 2015 FEniCS Workshop. The workshop is an opportunity for all those interested the FEniCS Project, and related projects such as dolfin-adjoint and Firedrake, to exchange ideas, communicate their results and network with the automated finite element community. The workshop welcomes existing and… Read more »
Dr David Ham, a member of the MPE CDT staff, wins The Wilkinson Prize
We are pleased to announce that a member of the MPE CDT staff, Dr David Ham together with P.E. Farrell (University of Oxford), S.W. Funke (Simula Research Laboratory), and M.E. Rognes (Simula Research laboratory), have won a prestigious Wilkinson Prize for developing software that makes light work of complex mathematical models. Well done and congratulations to… Read more »
Analysis, Geometry and Stochastics for Planet Earth
Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2015 Location: Room 402, EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training Suite, Imperial College London Supported by: London Mathematical Society Institute and EPSRC-CDT Mathematics of Planet Earth The aim of this LMS Joint Research Group Grant, Scheme 3, Analysis, Geometry and Stochastics for Planet Earth is to investigate current challenges in mechanics, dynamics and earth system which require an intricate integration… Read more »
The annual CDT Festival of Science and Engineering
The annual CDT Festival of Science and Engineering took place on 23rd April 2015, with the theme of “Criticism & Science”. The event took place in the Sir Alexander Fleming Building at Imperial College. The festival organising committee was composed of students from 10 different CDTs: Theory and Simulation of Materials, Controlled Quantum Dynamics, Sustainable Civil… Read more »
EPSRC CDT Administrators’ Conference 2015
Date: Friday 10th July 2015 Location: Imperial College London The second National EPSRC CDT Administrators’ Conference is an informal event aimed at administrators or managers from all EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training which will provide an opportunity to meet and establish contacts with other CDT administrators to discuss good practice and challenges of centre administration… Read more »
Guest lecture announcement
Professor Edriss S. Titi, Weizmann Institute of Science and Texas A&M University, will give a guest lecture on Monday, April 27 from 3:00-4:00p.m. in the Room 401 at in the EPSRC CDTs Suite, Imperial College London. Professor Titi will discuss ” Finite Number of Determining Parameters for the Navier-Stokes Equations with Applications into Feedback Control… Read more »
Applications for the 2015/16 academic year
Applications to our fully funded four year doctoral programme are still being accepted for the next intake of students who will start in September/October 2015. Applicants are strongly advised to submit their applications as soon as possible. For further details please contact admissions@mpecdt.org.
MPE Wednesday Series – speakers for Summer Term 2015 announced
The MPE CDT holds regular MPE Wednesday Series comprising weekly seminars, presented by external speakers from the UK and overseas. Speakers in the Summer Term 2015 include: Prof Peter Ashwin (University of Exeter), Pof Daan Crommelin (University of Amsterdam), Prof Ramon van Handel (Princeton University) , Prof Robert McCann (University of Toronto Bahen Centre). Please… Read more »
Centres for Doctoral Training (CDT) Festival of Science & Engineering
Date: 23 April 2015 Location: Imperial College London The annual CDT Festival of Science & Engineering is a chance for CDT students to come together to organise and present a showcase of current science and scientific issues to the Imperial College London research community. The day is also an opportunity for all the CDTs to… Read more »
MPE CDT on Twitter
We are pleased to announce that we now have a Twitter account. Start following us on @MPECDT
MPE CDT newsletter
We are delighted to present our first MPE CDT newsletter, which has been created to keep you informed of all MPE CDT initiatives. The first issue of the newsletter gives an overview of the MPE CDT activities and achievements over the past year and shares the latest news and upcoming events. We would welcome any suggestions or… Read more »
The MPE Wednesdays Series – Spring 2015
The MPE CDT is delighted to present another inspiring series of seminars, a programme of events delivered by eminent guest speakers, on a wide range of topics related to the MPE CDT research mission. The MPE Wednesday Series line-up for the Spring 2015 semester includes: Dr Coralia Cartis (University of Oxford), Dr Jochen Voss (University… Read more »
2014 Jamboree
The 2014 Jamboree was held at the EPSRC Doctoral Training Centres, Imperial College London. It was a great pleasure for the Imperial College/University of Reading EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Mathematics in Planet Earth to host this annual event, in which MPE CDT students had an opportunity to showcase their research and its impact…. Read more »
The MPE CDT welcomes prospective students
We were delighted to welcome a number of prospective students that took the opportunity to find out more about the MPE CDT programme and its research areas. Current students and staff were available to talk to visitors about the wide range of available PhD opportunities as well as enrichment activities that make the MPE CDT… Read more »
MPE Wednesday – 10th December
We have a pleasure to announce that Prof Alex Mahalov is the next speaker at the MPE Wednesday event. The seminar will be held on 10th December 2014 at Imperial College London. Please download the MPE Wednesday timetable Term 1 Academic Year 2014-15
MPE Wednesday – 26th November
The next MPE Wednesday speaker is Prof John Thuburn.The talk will take place at the University of Reading.
MPE Wednesday – 19th November
We are delighted to announce that our guest speaker for the MPE Wednesday is Prof Rupert Klein. The event will be held on 19th November 2014 at Imperial College London
MPE Wednesday – 12 November
For Wednesday, November 12th, the speaker will be Prof Roland Potthast. The talk will take place at the University of Reading.
MPE Wednesday – 5th November
We have a pleasure to announce that Prof Robert Scheichl is the next speaker at the MPE Wednesday event. The seminar will be held on 5th November 2014 at Imperial College London.
Postgraduate Open Day 2014
If you are interested in applying for MPE CDT studentship please come to the Postgraduate Open Day held at Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus on Wednesday 10th December. This is your chance to get to meet current MPE CDT staff who will be able to advise you on available studentship opportunities and MPE CDT Programme…. Read more »
Jamboree 2014
The Jamboree 2014 held at Imperial College London on 17-18 December will showcase MPE CDT students research and its impact. Please download Programme or contact MPE CDT Administrator (administrator.mpecdt@imperial.ac.uk) for further information on the event.
MPE Wednesday – 29th October
We are pleased to announce that our next guest speaker for the MPE Wednesday is Prof Jacques Vanneste. The event will be held on 29th October 2014 at the University of Reading .
Kick-Off Camp 2014
It our great pleasure to announce that the Mathematics of Planet Earth CDT accepted 12 students through a competitive application process into its 2014-2015 inaugural cohort. The program kicked off with a residential course held in the University of Reading on September 8th-19th. The Kick-off Camp was custom-designed to meet the needs of this unique… Read more »
MPE Wednesdays 2014
We are delighted to announce our first confirmed speaker for the 2014 MPE Wednesdays event. Prof. Hans Kaper is an applied mathematician interested in the mathematics of physical systems. His research focuses on the development of analytical and numerical methods for differential equations describing these systems. For further details on Prof Kaper career please refer… Read more »
MPE CDT on LinkedIn
Please join the new LinkedIn group for the MPE CDT
MPE CDT Launches
On 22 November, the Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts announced funding for the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Mathematics of Planet Earth. See the BBC coverage and the University of Reading press release.
News
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Mathematics of Planet Earth CDT Final Programme Event
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Exploring Wetropolis, an extreme rainfall and flood demonstrator
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Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions for Transatlantic Flights via Optimal Control Theory
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MPE Symposium : MATHEMATICS OF PLANET OCEAN: THEORY, MODELS AND OBSERVATIONS, 18 May 2022
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MPE Virtual Summer School on Attribution, causality, and decision-making, June 6-10, 2022
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LMS Women in Mathematics Day, 11 May 2022
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Cathie Wells wins Smith Institute’s annual TakeAIM competition
