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Giuseppe Cannizzaro wins the Rollo Davidson Prize

Thu, 07 May 2026 08:25:41 GMT

Professor Giuseppe Cannizzaro has won the Rollo Davidson Prize for 2026, in recognition of his great advances in our understanding of scaling-critical two-dimensional stochastic systems.

The Rollo Davidson Prize commemorates Rollo Davidson (1944-1970). Since 1976, it has been awarded annually to young probabilists. The announcement post can be found at: https://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/rollo-davidson-prize.

Andreas Kyprianou appointed a founding fellow of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 09:48:00 GMT

Professor Andreas Kyprianou has been named among the founding fellows of the newly established Academy for the Mathematical Sciences (AcadMathSci) — a new national academy created to bring together the UK’s strongest mathematical scientists across academia, education, business, industry, and government to help solve some of the UK’s biggest challenges.

AI Intelligence Triage & Acquisition Support for Human-centred Analysis” (AiTASHA) project funded

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 09:31:07 GMT

The Alan Turing Institute has been awarded a £1 million EPSRC research grant to develop AI methods that support and enhance intelligence analysis for national security and defence.

Shreya Sinha Roy wins the IMS 2025 ICSDS Student Travel Award

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:06:00 GMT

Shreya Sinha Roy, a fourth-year PhD student, has recently been announced as one of the 21 recipients of the IMS 2025 ICSDS Student Travel Award. Her research introduces 'prequential posteriors' as a likelihood-free approach for data assimilation. She will travel to Seville to present her work at ICSDS 2025 in December.

Adrian Fowle wins Research Enabler 2025

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 08:54:00 GMT

The University held its annual research celebration earlier this week. At the event, Adrian Fowle was announced as one of the winners of the “Research Enabler” award for 2025. This is a very well deserved recognition - Congratulations, Adrian!

Giuseppe Cannizzaro wins the 2025 Adams Prize

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 09:50:02 GMT

Giuseppe Cannizzaro has won the 2025 Adams Prize

“Mathematical Innovators in the Digital Space” (MInDS) awarded

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:43:00 GMT

£2M UKRI NetworkPlus bid “Mathematical Innovators in the Digital Space” (MInDS) grant awarded.

ISPF UK-China Symposium

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:16:00 GMT

Award from the International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF) to participate in the UK-China Symposium on The Resilient Planet organised by the British Council in Beijing, China.

Ella Kaye awarded Software Sustainability Institute Fellowship

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 10:00:00 GMT

Ella Kaye has been selected as an SSI Fellow, recognising her as an ambassador for good software practice, and providing a grant and mentorship for nurturing the rainbowR community.

Gengyu Xue won IMS 2024 ICSDS Student Travel award

Fri, 18 Oct 2024 08:59:00 GMT

Gengyu Xue, a third year PhD student, has been recently announced as one of the 17 recipients of the IMS 2024 ICSDS Student Travel Award. She is the only UK based recipient this year.