MaThRad Annual Review & Community Mixer 2025
MaThRad Annual Review & Winter Research Mixer 2025
Building Partnerships for Civil Nuclear Innovation
15th December 2025 | 10:30 am - 3:00 pm | MSB 2.22, Mathematical Sciences, University of Warwick
MaThRad Annual Review & Festive Mixer
The MaThRad Annual Review & Festive Mixer is a chance for our researchers, partners and colleagues to come together, look back on the year, and share what’s taking shape for the months ahead.
It’s a relaxed mix of short talks, a panel discussion, some group work, and plenty of time to catch up properly over food and conversation.
MaThRad remains the UK’s only research programme focused on the mathematical theory of radiation transport across fission, fusion and nuclear medicine. This gathering gives us space to connect across those areas, hear what people are working on, and think together about where the next year might take us.
Panel Discussion
From Tacit Knowledge to Trustworthy AI: How Mathematics Grounds and Governs Nuclear-AI Acceleration
As AI systems become more agentic and deeply embedded in nuclear design, operation and safety analysis, mathematical sciences play a crucial role in grounding, constraining and explaining these tools.
This panel will explore how mathematical modelling, data assimilation and discrepancy analysis can help us move from tacit engineering intuition to trustworthy, accountable AI in the nuclear sector.
We will discuss:
- where models and reality diverge,
- how discrepancy can be treated as structure rather than noise, and
- what new skills and collaborations are needed for the next generation of nuclear-AI research.
Contributors
Professor Paul Smith
(TBC)
Professor Carola Bibiane Schönlieb
(TBC)
Professor Andreas Kyprianou
Programme (10:30 – 15:00)
12:45 – 13:45| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Arrival, Coffee & Welcome Informal arrival with tea, coffee and pastries. |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | MaThRad Year-in-Review Overview of key scientific highlights, outputs, collaborations and milestones from the past year. |
| 12:00 – 12:45 | Panel Discussion From Tacit Knowledge to Trustworthy AI: How Mathematics Grounds and Governs Nuclear-AI Acceleration A chaired discussion with Paul Smith and MaThRad colleagues exploring mathematical, scientific and governance challenges in nuclear modelling and AI. |
| 12:45 – 13:45 | Networking Lunch |
| 13:45 – 14:30 | Impact Pathways Interactive mapping of emerging impact opportunities across policy, industry, methodological innovation and researcher development. |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Community Networking & Festive Refreshments |